Matt McLain| Year | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | Rate |
| 2025 proj | 495 | 125 | 74 | 21 | 72 | 54 | 154 | 18 | 0.253 | 37.4 |
| 2025 | 370 | 82 | 53 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 111 | 15 | 0.222 | 24.1 |
| 2023 | 365 | 106 | 65 | 16 | 50 | 31 | 115 | 14 | 0.290 | 36.2 |
| Date | News |
| 7/19/25 | Terry Francona, Emilio Pagan, and Others Reacts to Reds 5-2 Win Over Mets. The Cincinnati Reds won their sixth game out of their last seven on Saturday, beating the New York Mets 5-2. The Reds trailed 2-0 for the second game in a row, but rallied in the third to tie the game on a Mets throwing error and a Matt McLain single. Jake Fraley gave the Reds a 3-2 lead in the fourth before hitting a two-run double in the sixth to increase the Reds' lead to 5-2. Nick Martinez battled through five innings to give up just two runs on six hits. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/cincinnati-reds-analys... |
| 7/12/25 | Reds Superstar Joins Unique Company With Performance In Friday's Loss to Rockies. Reds Superstar Joins Unique Company With Performance In Friday's Loss to Rockies The Reds fell 3-2 on Friday night. Greg Kuffner | 0 Minutes Ago Jul 10, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain (9) hugs shortstop Elly De La Cruz (44) after the victory over the Miami Marlins at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images / Katie Stratman-Imagn Images In this story: Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds superstar Elly De La Cruz was intentionally walked three times on Friday night in the Reds 3-2 loss to the Rockies. It was just the fifth time and Red has been intentionally walked three times in a game and the first time it's happened since July Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/cincinnati-reds-analys... |
| 7/08/25 | Marlins extend road winning streak to 11 with win over Reds. The Miami Marlins extended their franchise-record road winning streak to 11 with a 12-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. It's the longest road winning streak in the major leagues since the Phillies won 13 straight away from home in 2023. Eury Pérez (2-2) made his sixth start for the Marlins since returning this season from Tommy John surgery and only two hits including Matt McLain's solo homer, his 10th, in the first inning. Pérez struck out eight and didn't walk a batter. Source: https://www.limaohio.com/sports/2025/07/08/marlins... |
| 7/02/25 | Reds' Matt McLain earns Terry Francona's praise for 'winning baseball' play. In a much-needed 8-4 win to avoid a sweep in their three-game series against the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds witnessed a defining moment from shortstop Matt McLain — a play that drew high praise from manager Terry Francona, who called it true “winning baseball.” After missing all of 2024 with a shoulder injury, McLain is steadily rounding into form. In the bottom of the seventh inning, with the Reds clinging to a 5-4 lead, Romy Gonzalez ripped a ball down the left field line. The Reds' official X account (formerly Twitter) shared the moment, showing Francona smiling as he recounted the clutch defensive play by the Reds' shortstop against his old team. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/cincinnati-reds/reds-... |
| 6/24/25 | The Reds Have a Month to Prove Who They Are. Halfway through the 2025 season, there are still more questions than answers with this Cincinnati Reds team. It's hard to project expectations for inconsistent hitters like Matt McLain, Jake Fraley, Will Benson, and Spencer Steer. Austin Hays and Hunter Greene need to be healthier over the second half of the season. Prospect Chase Burns is getting called up to the big leagues and is being counted on immediately. Source: https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/cincinn... |
| 6/22/25 | 'Just be Chase Burns': Cincinnati Reds' advice for top prospect's MLB debut vs. Yankees. Cincinnati Reds' fiery Chase Burns facing the Yankees in a MLB debut? "That's usually when you get the most out of guys like that," Matt McLain said. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/just-chase-burns-... |
| 6/20/25 | Pallante throws 6 shutout innings, Cardinals have 5-run 8th in 6-1 win over Reds. Pallante allowed a walk and a second-inning single to Matt McLain before leaving with a 1-0 lead after a broken-bat single by Elly De La Cruz to begin the seventh. Phil Maton got three outs to end it. St. Louis scored five runs off relievers Scott Barlow, Taylor Rogers and Tony Santillan — who retired one batter each. Masyn Winn drove in the first run with a single off Rogers and Lars Nootbaar's single off Santillan capped the rally after a two-out throwing error by Gavin Lux led to two runs. Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/palla... |
| 6/19/25 | Streaking Reds pursue series sweep of skidding Twins. Matt McLain and the surging Cincinnati Reds will look to complete a three-game series sweep when they host the Minnesota Twins in a Thursday matinee. The Reds won their fourth straight and ninth in 11 games on Wednesday, defeating the Twins 4-2 in a contest that ended in the bottom of the sixth inning due to rain. Cincinnati has won four straight series to move four games over .500 for the first time this season. The Twins took their sixth consecutive loss. Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/streaking-... |
| 6/16/25 | Former Bruin McLain Looking to Bounce Back from Struggles. Matt McLain of the Cincinnati Reds is a baseball prodigy. You rarely see an athlete get drafted in the first round twice, but that's what McLain is. After high school in 2018, he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks, 25th overall. Because in his freshman year in Westwood, he batted a whopping .203, hit four home runs, and drove in 30 RBIs. Source: https://www.si.com/college/ucla/bruins-baseball-ma... |
| 6/15/25 | The details behind the best inning of the best win of the Reds' season. The Cincinnati Reds were well aware that before Sunday, they didn't have a late-game comeback will all season. “I know there are stats that we weren't coming back from behind,” Matt McLain said. The Reds finally got that win on Sunday as they took the series against the Detroit Tigers. Facing the team with the most wins in MLB, the Reds were down, the Reds fell behind in the seventh inning as the Tigers took a two-run lead. Source: https://www.fox19.com/2025/06/15/details-behind-be... |
| 6/08/25 | McLain's homer sends Reds past Diamondbacks 4-2 for 3-game sweep. Matt McLain broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer off Zac Gallen, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep with a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Jose Trevino also homered for the Reds (33-33), who got back to .500 for the first time since May 30. Eugenio Suárez homered to center field for Arizona (31-34) against his former team in the second. Source: https://wtop.com/sports/2025/06/mclains-homer-send... |
| 6/07/25 | UCLA Alum Channels Collegiate Experience to Break Out of Slump. Cincinnati Reds second baseman and former UCLA standout Matt McLain is going through one of the worst slumps of his career. Batting .175 in 189 at bats this season, the righty is experiencing some of the worst trips to the plate he's seen since his freshman season at UCLA. "My freshman year at UCLA was tough," McLain told Cincinnati Enquire reporter Gordon Wittenmyer. Source: https://www.si.com/college/ucla/bruins-baseball-ci... |
| 6/02/25 | 'It's coming': Why Cincinnati Reds Matt McLain, Terry Francona predict slump buster for 2B. "My freshman year at UCLA was tough. That was worse than now. So I've used that in this case," said Matt McLain, who was benched again Monday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/coming-why-cincin... |
| 5/21/25 | Cincinnati Reds Offense Reaches Historic Low Not Seen Since 1945. Cincinnati Reds Offense Reaches Historic Low Not Seen Since 1945 Yikes. Greg Kuffner | 0 Minutes Ago May 20, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain (9) in the batting cage before the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images / Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images In this story: Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds offense has been historically bad this season. They have scored one run or less in 14 games this season. According to Jay Morrison, that is their most through the first 51 games of a season since 1945, which is tied for the eighth most in franchise history. Cincinnati gave up five total runs in their Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/news/cincinnati-reds-o... |
| 5/20/25 | Despite Strikeouts, Reds Infielder Showing Signs of Life at the Plate. Cincinnati Reds infielder Matt McLain had been struggling mightily after coming off the injured list on April 15, but he's starting to turn the corner. In his last 13 games, while his numbers still don't look as good as Reds fans had hoped, he's playing much better. In those 13 games, McLain is slashing .222/.321/.400 with an OPS of .721. To put that into perspective, Major League Baseball league average OPS is currently at .711. His strikeout percentage over that time is 35.2%, which is still too high, but his walk rate is sitting at 9.3%, which is encouraging to see. He has four extra-base hits and four stolen bases over that time. McLain has sky-high expectations from Reds fans and the front Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/cincinnati-reds-analys... |
| 5/16/25 | Reds' Lineup Shuffle Paying Off, Second Baseman Catching Fire. Matt McLain Seeing Early Returns on Hitting Lower in the Cincinnati Reds Lineup McLain is hitting well as of late. Jeff Carr | 0 Minutes Ago May 15, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain (9) reacts after hitting a solo home run in the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images / Katie Stratman-Imagn Images In this story: Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona made the decision to move Matt McLain down in the batting order at the beginning of the Chicago White Sox series and it seems to have paid off, initially. In the three games since being put in the 8th spot in the lineup, Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/cincinnati-reds-analys... |
| 5/13/25 | Ronel Blanco strikes out career-high 11 as Houston Astros shut out Cincinnati Reds. May 11—The curveball arced for a called third strike. Matt McLain craned his neck in disbelief. Ronel Blanco came off the mound with a hop-step and a pump of his fist, punctuation on another clean inning.It distilled Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park into a deft sequence. Blanco dispatched batter after batter in his best start of the season. Source: https://www.poncacitynews.com/sports/ronel-blanco-... |
| 5/10/25 | Reds Explode for 13 Runs, Francona and Players React to Win vs Astros. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros 13-9 on Saturday night. In a game where it felt like the Reds could cruise to an easy win after scoring 10 runs in the first inning, the Astros fought back. "I felt like being at the dentist," Reds manager Terry Francona joked postgame. Matt McLain hit his first home run since April 20 and said he just has to keep trusting the process, despite the results. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/news/reds-explode-for-... |
| 5/09/25 | Cincinnati Reds Shutout vs Astros, Where Do They Go From Here?. Part of the lyrics to Guns N' Roses's Sweet Child O' Mine go "Where do we go now?" Well, as far as this Reds season goes, that's a good question after a 3-0 loss vs the Houston Astros Friday night to push the Reds to 19-21 through 40 games. Before the Reds won 12 straight games in June of 2023, they were under .500 until six games into that winning streak. The Reds were relatively inconsistent until they called up Matt McLain, Elly De La Cruz and Andrew Abbott. This year's Reds may be following a similar path. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/cincinnati-reds-analys... |
| 5/05/25 | Matt's Take: Want to win the National League Central, Cincinnati?. Matt's Take: Want to win the National League Central, Cincinnati? Want to win the National League Central, Cincinnati? Well, you better be ready for change, as a lot of things need fixed in order for this team to hold a better record than the Cubs or Brewers at the end of 162 games. Let's dive in: • In their last 22 rubber match games, Cincinnati is 3-19. WOOF! Want to win the division? You have to find a way to win the decisive game of a series. • Matt McLain has to be better … way better. A .165 batting average from your “star” second baseman isn't going to cut it. If it continues for another week, Santiago Espinal might have to take over as the second baseman and let McLain take a back seat Source: https://www.wnewsj.com/2025/05/05/matts-take-want-... |
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