Shaw is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees. Shaw will close out of the Cubs' first-half schedule having been held out of the lineup for three consecutive games and four of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In the afterglow of rookie third baseman Matt Shaw’s walk-off sacrifice fly last week against the Guardians, he ...

Matt Shaw’s path to the opening-day third-base job is clear. ... As he continues to hone his defense, Shaw wants to be able to use his feet better and have clean footwork.

Iowa Cubs infielder Matt Shaw has become one of the best hitters in Minor League Baseball since the Cubs drafted him. ... with fences about 187 feet from home plate, was too small for Matt.

Third base is Matt Shaw’s for the taking. Shaw, the Cubs’ top prospect, saw the franchise seemingly clear the deck for him to win the job out of spring training after sending Isaac Paredes and ...

Matt Shaw, who was demoted to Triple-A Iowa in mid-April, returned to the Chicago Cubs on Monday for their series opener vs. the Miami Marlins.

Shaw has always been known for his ability to hit the ball hard and on a line. In his first stint in the big leagues, he had a line-drive rate of 20.5 percent and a hard-hit rate of 12.5 percent.

As a player on the 40-man roster, Shaw's free agency will be pushed back from the 2030-31 offseason to the 2031-32 offseason if he spends at least 20 days in the minors this season. That said, the ...

CHICAGO — When the Cubs sent Matt Shaw down to Triple A in the middle of April, the hope was that it wouldn’t be a long stint with Iowa. The Cubs knew it would be hard to address their hole at ...

The Matt Shaw conundrum for the Chicago Cubs is one front-office executives face all the time. When your top prospect is on a hot streak and appears ready for a call-up, ...