Matt McLain's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell said that infielder Matt McLain (rib, shoulder) is pain-free now and will resume baseball activities to see how he progresses. McLain has been out all season, first because of surgery on his left shoulder and most recently a stress reaction in his rib cage. The Reds and McLain are still holding out hope that he can return in the final couple of weeks of the 2024 season, which would be nice, but the point of him being fantasy relevant in 2024 has come and gone. It's been a frustrating year for the 25-year-old middle infielder and any fantasy managers that invested in him back in the spring after he had an impressive .290/.357/.507 slash line with 16 home runs, 50 RBI and 14 steals in 89 games in his rookie campaign in 2023. If McLain can get back to full health in the offseason, he should be a big part of Cincy's plans in 2025.

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain (rib, shoulder) could resume swinging a bat soon, according to manager David Bell. "He's still getting tested. Different testing to get to the root cause of some of the pain he's having in his side. We're getting toward the end of that. Everything is checking out good so far. Maybe he gets back into swinging again shortly," Bell said. While recovering from surgery on his left shoulder, McLain suffered a setback with a stress reaction in his rib cage in early August. The team is still trying to determine the cause of that, but it sounds like the 25-year-old could resume baseball activities sooner than later. The Reds remain hopeful that the second-year infielder can return in the season's final month, but fantasy managers shouldn't be expecting anything out of him in what has become a lost season after such a promising rookie campaign for the former first-rounder from UCLA.

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain (rib cage, shoulder) has been cleared to resume baseball activities, including swinging a bat. However, there's still no date for McLain to resume a minor-league rehab assignment. It's been a trying year for McLain, who was extremely impressive in his first year in the big leagues for the Reds in 2023. The 25-year-old former first-rounder out of UCLA had offseason shoulder surgery and then suffered a stress reaction in his rib cage earlier this month just as he was on the cusp of making his 2024 debut. It's good news that he's been cleared to resume baseball activities, but he's going to need a lengthy rehab stint before joining the Reds and isn't going to have much time to help fantasy managers if he returns before the end of the year. McLain slashed .290/.357/.507 with 16 homers, 50 RBI and 14 steals last year.