2025 Player Outlook
We didn’t get to see Matt McLain due to a shoulder injury, but he’s played in the Fall League, so he should be there for Opening Day. The team is contemplating moving him to the outfield, which could give him another position to his eligibility that already includes second base and shortstop. Assuming he’s healthy, there might be some rust that needs to be shaken off, but McLain is a professional hitter who should be able to contribute across the board in the top-half of the Cincinnati lineup. He could be a 20/20 or even 25/20 guy with a .270 average this season, and I wouldn’t bat an eye, especially if he can cut back on the strikeouts a bit (28.5 K% in 2023).
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Matt McLain went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the loss to the Cardinals in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader.
McLain has 17 strikeouts and four hits in his last nine games, and his average is down to .154. His power is all of the way back after shoulder surgery, and that’s more important for the long run than his early strikeout troubles. Still, it’d be nice to see him put some more balls into play.
Matt McLain went 1-for-4 with a stolen base on Monday in a win over the Cardinals.
Matt McLain is not in the lineup for Sunday’s contest against the Rockies.
It appears to be a routine off day for McLain, who is hitting just .119 (5-for-42) with one homer and two steals in 11 games since returning from the injured list back on April 15. It’ll be Gavin Lux at second base during Sunday’s series finale against the Rockies.
Matt McLain hit a three-run homer and walked Friday against the Orioles.
McLain’s fourth homer in 12 games this year traveled 414 feet to center. It was a three-true outcomes night for the second baseman, just as many have been this season; with one of everything tonight, he’s homered, struck out (13 times) or walked (seven times) in more than half of his 47 plate appearances.
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