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 82 70 14 11 4 3 .157 .280 .343 .623
2 Seasons 485 435 79 117 20 17 .269 .344 .480 .824
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .290 16 14 .864
2025 .157 4 3 .623
2 Seasons .269 20 17 .824
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Hits Spray Chart

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 25 322 41 8 19.5 10.4 91.1 107.9 17.5 34.1 .235 .506 .304 .372 .497 53.7 31.2 14.3
Player 1994 291 35 12.0 7.3 89.6 109.9 14.3 38.8 .253 .447 .360 .338 .438 44.0 29.0 8.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 34.1 65.9 36.6 22.0 7.3 31.7 43.9 24.4 19.5 9.8 4.9 12.2 34.1 19.5
Player 39.2 60.8 27.8 26.5 6.5 32.6 39.2 28.2 19.2 14.8 5.2 13.4 24.4 23.0
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 7.3 14.6 24.4 24.4 7.3 19.5 10.4
Player 5.5 23.7 23.7 26.8 7.6 12.0 7.3
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 4.7 4 79 24.5 21 .278 .833 .574 23.3 23.8 22.7 .383 1.007 .594 84.6
2025 Slider 2.0 1 75 23.3 14 .231 .462 .321 48.3 42.9 24.0 .222 .388 .289 28.6
2025 Sinker -2.4 -2 68 21.1 17 .154 .154 .288 11.5 17.6 18.8 .268 .363 .379 30.0
2025 Changeup -3.7 -1 28 8.7 7 .000 .000 .100 42.9 57.1 33.3 .071 .254 .212 100.0
2025 Sweeper -1.9 0 23 7.1 4 .000 .000 .000 42.9 50.0 20.0 .021 .027 .020 0.0
2025 Cutter -3.5 -1 18 5.6 4 .000 .000 .175 33.3 25.0 50.0 .020 .024 .189 0.0
2025 Curveball -5.2 -1 16 5.0 5 .000 .000 .140 25.0 60.0 50.0 .045 .159 .206 100.0
2025 Split-Finger -6.9 -1 8 2.5 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .267 .454 .305 50.0
2025 Slurve -20.0 0 1 0.3 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 77 322 0 -3 3 1 1
Player 480 1,992 2 -6 14 2 18
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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 322 49.4 56.6 78.9 20.2 45.5 40.7 13.0 38.2 30.1 7.8 72.0
Player 1,994 50.7 57.6 79.7 24.5 51.9 42.1 17.9 41.3 28.3 8.8 64.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 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 81 34 82 87 73 74 95 72 45 89 9 88 25 88 94 92 35 58 78
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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 21.2 16 13.1 3 6 12 3 18.8
2025 22.0 4 3.0 1 1 4 0 0.0
Player 21.4 20 16.1 4 7 16 3 15.0
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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 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 3 2 2 4 3 3
Player 20 16 10 18 14 17 16 15 10 15 12 12 22 18 18 18 17 17 19 17 19 16 23 21 12 15 13 16 21 14 12
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 77 2 2.6 .303 .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 94 16.3 22.3% 1.1% 72 18.5 11.1% 0.0%
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