Chris Shaw, LF. DOB: 10/20/1993. B-L, T-R. 6'4", 235 lbs. Drafted 2015 Round 1, #31.
AA: .301/.390/.511, 10 2B, 6 HR, 11.7 BB%, 16.9 K%, 154 PA.
AAA: .289/.328/.530, 25 2B, 3B, 18 HR, 5.6 BB%, 29.4 K%, 360 PA.
Chris Shaw is easily the top power hitting prospect in the Giants farm system. He has enough of a hit tool that you can quite easily envision the power being useful at the MLB level. If prospect rankings were only about hitting, Shaw would probably be at least #2 on this list, possibly #1. The problem is almost nobody outside the Giants organization thinks he can play a position in MLB. Reviews of his D at both 1B and LF are dismal. For their part, the Giants seem determined to make him a LF with Manager Bruce Bochy stating this week that Shaw would play exclusively LF in spring training games. The Giants do not need a corner OF this year.....yet. Shaw will undoubtedly start the season in Sacramento where he will try to up his BB% and shave down his K% while maintaining the doubles and dingers. The Giants will have 2 corner OF openings in 2019. They are clearly trying to prep Shaw to be the LF by then.
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Chris Shaw in left field?
ReplyDeleteIn the last 10 years or so, toward the end of the Barry Bonds era and since, the Giants have had a few good men in left field, and some very interesting ones also:
Mike Morse
Pat Burrell
Aubrey Huff
Ryan Klesko
Brandon Belt
Eduardo Nunez
Aaron Hill
Kelby Tomlinson
Chris Marrero
Orlando Calixte
Ryder Jones
Travis Ishikawa
Brandon Hicks
Ryan Theriot
Eugenio Vélez
Clay Timpner
Dan Ortmeier
Brian Horwitz
Todd Linden
Pedro Feliz
But none was quite like September 9, 2016, when Corey Gearrin moved to left as Javier Lopez tried to get an out in the bottom of the 12th in AZ.
Chris Shaw? Why not!
The Red Sox sign Nunez but this article (from Massachusetts) on the trade devolves into a discussion about JD Martinez and why the Red Sox shouldn't worry about going over the CBT -- they can afford it!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2018/02/boston_red_sox_signing_eduardo.html
When spending OPM, it's always easy, especially if the "Other People" are rich and making "too much" money.
So SF Giants, you are rich, you can afford it, you make a ton of money: pay for JD Martinez.
We fans want a Big Stick in left field and if the Giants are considering Shaw out there, why fear Martinez's defense?
Sure, get into another bidding war with Boston!
YMMV