Nick McLain

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #208 prospect in 2024 draft
  School: Arizona State Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.6
  Nick is the youngest brother of the McLain siblings, who also include 2021 first-round shortstop Matt and 2022 fifth-round shortstop Sean. Nick started his career at UCLA, like his eldest brother, but didn’t play in a game in 2022 and transferred to Arizona State in 2023 where he became the team’ s primary right fielder for the next two seasons and managed a 1.000+ OPS in each year. He hit .342/.457/.663 this spring with a career-high 12 home runs and more walks than strikeouts. McLain has dealt with hamate injuries that have limited him at times with Arizona State, but when healthy he’s shown an average hit tool and has a chance for average power as well. He’s got a strong arm that would suit him in right field, but he doesn’t have the typical right field build—he’s listed at 5-foot-10, 185 pounds—or raw power so he’s a bit of a tweener outfield prospect with average speed that probably won’t allow him to play center.