Matt Shaw

[patrickgpe]

Cubs signed Bregman. Not sure where he fits in Chicago. the price to get him in division will be high, but I wonder if Arnold could make a rare inter-division trade. 

[Soupy]

Doubt it

They can use him 

[Scooterfletcher]

Wouldn’t be a trade to be had anyway.  No way the two teams would agree on value.

[wallus]

Nope. They wouldn't trade him to us and let Cubs fans hate him.

[Lathund]

Their bench was terrible before this, keeping Shaw as a utility player makes a ton of sense. Injuries will happen, rest days. Hoerner is a FA after 2026 too. So the smart thing to do would be to keep him around. 

If he's traded, I doubt it'll be intra-division. And if it was, it would be expensive. I wouldn't be too keen on him regardless. 

[Jopal78]

Shaw had a nice rookie season for a 23 year old: around league average as a hitter and strong defense  at 3rd. With 5 years of team control remaining he’s a pretty valuable asset for the Cubs and one they likely are not interested in trading despite the Bregman signing 

[TURBO]

Just now, Jopal78 said:

Shaw had a nice rookie season for a 23 year old: around league average as a hitter and strong defense  at 3rd. With 5 years of team control remaining he’s a pretty valuable asset for the Cubs and one they likely are not interested in trading despite the Bregman signing 

The Athletic’s Keith Law suggests that INF Matt Shaw is “the most obvious candidate” to be traded after the Cubs signed Alex Bregman.

 

There was some thought that the Cubs would try to trade Nico Hoerner and move Shaw to second base, but Law suggests that Shaw may be wearing out his welcome in Chicago. After a poor rookie season, Law reported that Shaw has shown “resistance to help from the Cubs’ staff.” His approach at the plate in 2025 was “undisciplined and often defensive,” according to Law, and he wasn’t eager to make adjustments with the hitting coaches. If that’s the case, it’s easy to see why the Cubs would want to trade Shaw, but may limit his market if teams are worried about him taking the same approach in a new place.

 

Source: The Athletic

[Jopal78]

12 minutes ago, TURBO said:

The Athletic’s Keith Law suggests that INF Matt Shaw is “the most obvious candidate” to be traded after the Cubs signed Alex Bregman.

 

There was some thought that the Cubs would try to trade Nico Hoerner and move Shaw to second base, but Law suggests that Shaw may be wearing out his welcome in Chicago. After a poor rookie season, Law reported that Shaw has shown “resistance to help from the Cubs’ staff.” His approach at the plate in 2025 was “undisciplined and often defensive,” according to Law, and he wasn’t eager to make adjustments with the hitting coaches. If that’s the case, it’s easy to see why the Cubs would want to trade Shaw, but may limit his market if teams are worried about him taking the same approach in a new place.

 

Source: The Athletic

And if everything Law writes is true, Shaw still had a 3.1 bWAR as a 23 year old rookie. So I guess it depends how Law defines “poor season” or the metrics one uses. Shaw had a better bWAR than Caleb Durbin who got ROY votes. 

Perhaps, the Cubs front office and fans remain irked for “not putting the team first” when he left the team in September for the Charlie Kirk thing and they’re motivated to move him as a result.

However, if the Brewers had a first round pick in 2023 who put up a 3.1 bWAR as a rookie less than 18 months later, with 21 doubles, 13 homers and 17 steals I’d be pretty excited about that player. 

 

[jay87shot]

I would guess they would trade Hoerner before Shaw just based on service time. The should get at least a decent mlb arm and possibly prospect for Hoerner. 

[TURBO]

1 hour ago, jay87shot said:

I would guess they would trade Hoerner before Shaw just based on service time. The should get at least a decent mlb arm and possibly prospect for Hoerner. 

ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that the Giants are “aggressively pursuing a second baseman and have been engaged with Chicago on Nico Hoerner and St. Louis on Brendan Donovan.”

 

The Yankees have also reached out to the Cubs about Hoerner, but all indications, for now, are that the Cubs would rather hold onto Hoerner and trade Matt Shaw. Both Hoerner and Donovan are high-contact rate hitters who would provide nice balance to a Giants infield that features power bats in Willy Adames, Matt Chapman, and Rafael Devers. Nothing appears imminent, but the Giants don’t appear comfortable beginning the 2026 season with Casey Schmitt or Christian Koss as their starting second baseman.

 

Source: Jeff Passan