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Player

Matt McLain

CIN2BBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

1,848

Chase%

26.4%

Zone swing%

62.3%

Whiff%

24.7%

xwOBA

0.304

Barrel%

9.4%

Hard-hit%

36.8%

Avg EV

86.5 mph

Swing Decision Value

68

Decision

70

Contact

80

Damage

18

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball60132.5%26.3%24.0%0.316
Sinker35018.9%9.6%25.9%0.335
Slider26614.4%37.9%32.9%0.275
Sweeper19710.7%26.6%24.5%0.264
Changeup1327.1%30.2%31.7%0.217
Cutter1216.5%25.5%21.1%0.410
Curveball995.4%18.2%20.7%0.293
Splitter351.9%46.7%33.3%
Knuckle Curve221.2%37.5%29.4%
Slurve120.6%0.0%20.0%
Eephus60.3%0.0%40.0%
Unknown50.3%
Fastball20.1%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.