Matt McLain

Bats R Throws R5'8" 180 lbBorn 1999 Orange, USADebut 2023Team CINDraft 2018 R1 #25 Arizona Diamondbacks, Beckman HSContract 1 y/$2.3M (26) 2026: $2,300,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 91.8FIELD+ 98.8 at 2BTotal 0.80 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	457	403	95	19	2	14	43	124	15	0.236	0.315	0.393	0.708	0.156	0.312	27.1	9.4	94.6	1.12
2027	375	329	74	15	1	11	37	101	12	0.224	0.310	0.376	0.686	0.151	0.304	26.9	9.9	90.6	0.74

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 99 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Ke'Bryan Hayes	2022	97.8	102.8	525
2	Hans Lobert	1907	94.0	145.0	650
3	Jerry Coleman	1950	95.2	73.5	405
4	Nico Hoerner	2022	97.1	97.7	688
5	Brook Jacoby	1985	94.5	116.4	641
6	Aaron Hill	2007	97.7	86.0	229
7	Jeremy Peña	2023	97.2	97.3	650
8	Jerry Adair	1962	96.2	61.4	401
9	Bill Hall	2005	92.2	124.2	608
10	John Castino	1980	98.2	90.1	409

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			375		74	15	1	11		12	37	101	0.224	0.310	0.376	0.686	90.6
2026*	CIN	104	381	44	66	17	0	11		15	42	104	0.199	0.296	0.349	0.645	71.5
2025	CIN	147	577	73	112	18	0	15	50	18	55	167	0.220	0.300	0.343	0.643	73.5
2023	CIN	89	403	65	106	23	4	16	50	14	31	115	0.290	0.357	0.507	0.864	130.1
Career		236	980	138	218	41	4	31	100	32	86	282	0.249	0.323	0.411	0.735	96.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	380	88.1	20.7	10.1	37.4	28.2	25.8	0.233	0.397	0.321	28.6
2025	577	88.8	16.3	7.8	40.7	28.5	26.3	0.212	0.361	0.290	29.2
2023	403	89.3	13.8	10.8	42.4	28.0	25.4	0.252	0.441	0.332	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	2B	138	1173	196	288	6	58	0.988	-1.0
2025	CIN	SS	6	38	4	9	1	1	0.929	-0.9
2023	CIN	SS	53	465	55	121	1	25	0.994	+5.8
2023	CIN	2B	37	296	45	79	4	15	0.969	-2.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.294	0.812
2023	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	180	12 HR, 10 SB	0.340	1.155
2022	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	452	17 HR, 27 SB	0.232	0.816
2021	A+	Dayton Dragons	Bat	119	3 HR, 10 SB	0.273	0.811

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.357	0.276	0.299	0.290
2025	0.315	0.289	0.335	0.254
2023	0.441	0.370	0.427	0.356

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.286	0.375	0.429	0.804
Career	2	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.286	0.375	0.429	0.804