If you’re in a fantasy baseball draft in 2025 and you’re not targeting second basemen with eligibility at other positions, you’re missing the boat.

ESPN surveyed three dozen general managers, scouts, analysts and evaluators to come up with 10 players that they are "buzzing about" in camp. The first player on the list? Reds second baseman Matt McLain.

According to one evaluator, McLain and Elly De La Cruz will be the best middle infield combo in baseball by the end of the season.

They're always going to be brothers, and they're also roommates. However, Matt McLain and his brother, Sean McLain, were opponents on the field Monday afternoon. Matt, the Reds’ second baseman, was in the lineup against the Dodgers,

The Reds beat the Diamondbacks 9-8 on Saturday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark. With a man on first and two outs in the third, Austin Hays kept the inning alive with a single 110.2 mph off the bat. Gavin Lux followed with a hard-hit single up the middle that scored Matt McLain to give the Reds a 1-0 lead.

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain, a Southern California native, continued his spring assault on the I-5 corridor with a 2-for-3 day against the Padres that included a sixth-inning leadoff double that led to the tying run when Elly De La Cruz followed with another double.

Matt McLain talks about competing being the part that he misses the most, Elly De La Cruz's impact and more

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After missing the entire 2024 season, Matt McLain is back with a clean bill of health for the Reds as the starting second baseman with 20-20 upside and value at his current ADP in fantasy drafts.

Montgomery pitched 0.1 innings in a Cactus League game against the Reds on Saturday, allowing five runs on two hits and two walks.

The first player on the list? Reds second baseman Matt McLain. "It's easy to forget that McLain had a better rookie season in 2023 than his keystone partner, Elly De La Cruz," ESPN's Jeff Passan ...