Matt McLain
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 180LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 1, #17, Cincinnati Reds | UCLA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 403 365 65 106 16 14 .290 .357 .507 .864
2025 164 139 23 26 6 10 .187 .307 .338 .645
2 Seasons 567 504 88 132 22 24 .262 .343 .460 .803
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .290 16 14 .864
2025 .187 6 10 .645
2 Seasons .262 22 24 .803
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 23 1672 250 27 10.8 6.7 89.3 109.9 13.8 39.6 .256 .436 .370 .332 .429 42.4 28.5 7.7
2025 25 669 87 10 11.5 6.2 90.7 109.9 16.8 36.8 .215 .413 .296 .331 .421 48.3 31.1 13.0
Player 2341 337 37 11.0 6.6 89.7 109.9 14.6 38.9 .245 .430 .349 .332 .427 43.9 29.3 9.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 40.0 60.0 26.4 27.2 6.4 32.8 38.4 28.8 19.2 15.6 5.2 13.6 22.8 23.6
2025 35.6 64.4 34.5 25.3 4.6 34.5 41.4 24.1 18.4 12.6 4.6 16.1 28.7 19.5
Player 38.9 61.1 28.5 26.7 5.9 33.2 39.2 27.6 19.0 14.8 5.0 14.2 24.3 22.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 5.2 25.2 23.6 27.2 7.6 10.8 6.7
2025 6.9 18.4 27.6 26.4 8.0 11.5 6.2
Player 5.6 23.4 24.6 27.0 7.7 11.0 6.6
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 2 192 28.7 42 .188 .500 .418 32.5 31.0 25.5 .244 .627 .436 75.0
2025 Slider 0.0 0 147 22.0 30 .214 .321 .263 43.9 43.3 26.0 .233 .327 .271 26.7
2025 Sinker -1.1 -1 131 19.6 34 .192 .346 .350 13.5 20.6 23.3 .251 .458 .397 47.4
2025 Curveball -1.4 -1 50 7.5 13 .091 .091 .177 16.7 38.5 20.8 .113 .246 .235 50.0
2025 Changeup -1.7 -1 43 6.4 13 .167 .167 .192 43.5 46.2 37.5 .153 .266 .217 50.0
2025 Sweeper 0.3 0 42 6.3 10 .100 .400 .200 35.7 40.0 25.0 .112 .261 .155 16.7
2025 Cutter 0.2 0 34 5.1 10 .333 .444 .375 18.8 10.0 33.3 .300 .390 .338 37.5
2025 Split-Finger -4.6 -1 23 3.4 5 .000 .000 .000 11.1 0.0 0.0 .161 .288 .189 40.0
2025 Slurve -20.0 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .274 1.069 .550 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 487 29.1 111 .273 .566 .398 24.3 27.0 19.6 .288 .562 .394 47.8
2023 Sinker 2.7 9 349 20.9 101 .379 .621 .475 11.8 15.8 17.4 .339 .532 .416 54.9
2023 Slider 0.6 2 248 14.8 59 .288 .458 .335 39.8 42.4 29.4 .164 .280 .186 32.4
2023 Curveball 1.6 2 155 9.3 26 .280 .480 .371 31.8 26.9 12.5 .230 .343 .264 27.8
2023 Changeup 1.7 3 147 8.8 42 .184 .474 .341 44.3 45.2 30.2 .163 .337 .257 42.1
2023 Cutter -0.8 -1 135 8.1 26 .261 .304 .337 29.6 23.1 17.6 .227 .254 .269 17.6
2023 Sweeper 0.1 0 111 6.6 26 .250 .333 .288 31.7 26.9 16.7 .296 .459 .353 23.5
2023 Split-Finger 0.4 0 28 1.7 9 .333 .333 .300 40.0 44.4 44.4 .169 .254 .182 60.0
2023 Slurve 4.1 0 9 0.5 3 .000 .000 .467 60.0 33.3 33.3 -- -- .467 --
2023 Screwball -5.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 403 1,670 2 -2 11 7 18
2025 160 669 0 -8 5 2 -2
Player 563 2,339 2 -11 16 2 16
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 1,672 51.0 57.7 79.9 25.4 52.9 42.4 18.9 41.9 28.0 9.0 63.3
2025 669 48.7 56.7 80.0 23.6 45.7 44.7 14.9 39.8 29.7 8.2 70.9
Player 2,341 50.3 57.5 79.9 24.8 50.9 43.1 17.7 41.3 28.5 8.8 65.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 58 53 60 60 53 45 70 50 57 59 16 39 35 72 90 78 60
2025 52 9 42 65 57 52 66 65 62 76 5 86 18 73 93 85 52 23 35 87
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 21.23 16 13.1 3 6 12 3 18.8
2025 22.22 6 5.3 1 3 3 3 50.0
Player 21.50 22 18.3 4 9 15 6 27.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 16 12 8 15 12 14 13 12 8 12 10 9 18 14 14 16 15 13 15 14 15 12 19 17 11 12 11 14 17 11 9
2025 6 6 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 7 7 4 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 5 5
Player 22 18 12 21 17 19 18 17 12 16 14 15 24 21 21 20 21 18 21 20 21 18 25 23 15 17 15 18 23 16 14
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 403 31 7.7 .357 .529
2025 Shades R 160 2 1.3 .297 .348
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 517 15.5 41.2% 0.2% 289 19.3 2.8% 1.0%
2025 207 16.2 26.1% 1.0% 126 18.1 8.7% 0.0%
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