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Carter Hawkins: Cubs see 'encouraging signs' in Matt Shaw's play despite early struggles
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4/10/2025
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So let's talk about Matt Shaw for a moment because I think there's a lot of focus on
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and hope that he is going to be a guy that is the everyday third baseman this season.
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He's not great at the plate so far, hitting just 170, but he is getting on base
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because he's walked 10 times.
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How do you balance one against the other, Carter?
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And what are reasonable expectations for Matt Shaw?
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And also how much patience is the front office and maybe Craig Council going to have?
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Yeah, I mean, I think from a broad scope, you know, we're trying to win baseball games
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and so we're going to try to make decisions to put our best team out there.
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But what Matt's done really well is he's played great defense
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and I think there's a lot of encouraging signs at the plate.
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I think you mentioned the plate discipline.
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That's certainly been good, his ability to get on base.
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And I think he's taken better swings over the last week
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and he's seen some really good arms.
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He's seen some really good arms and some really not great hitter-friendly weather
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and, you know, hopefully over the course of, you know, the next weeks and months
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that he'll be able to slow things down a little bit
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and get back to his natural talent.
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I expect that will happen.
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But I think you look at all the young players around the league
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and just the adjustment it is to go up to the big leagues so quickly,
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it's really, really difficult.
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And I think the fact that we're seeing some progress here is encouraging
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and we'll continue to play that out.
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