Chicago Cubs Still Weighing Matt Shaw's Opening Day Status

Chicago Cubs Still Weighing Matt Shaw's Opening Day Status, Per Report
Matt Shaw is primed to make the leap to MLB in 2025, but it still remains to be seen if the Cubs will insert him into their lineup for the Tokyo Series.
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With only five days to go until the team travels to Japan for the Tokyo Series, Shaw has just nine plate appearances in Cactus League play.
Cubs Face Big Decision With Top Prospect Matt Shaw
With the Cubs set to play the Dodgers in Tokyo in ten days, they have to decide whether top prospect Matt Shaw will join them overseas.
Chicago Cubs top prospect Matt Shaw made his Cactus League debut Sunday. Will he be ready for Japan?
It feels amazing to get back out there and just to play baseball,” Chicago Cubs prospect Matt Shaw said after making his Cactus League debut Sunday.
Chicago Cubs still pondering opening day status of top prospect
The Chicago Cubs are bullish on top prospect Matt Shaw, but they’re also in no hurry to push things further than they need to be pushed. The Cubs organization began spring training with a bit of egg on their collective faces as they lost out on a bid to bring free agent third baseman Alex Bregman to Chicago.
Cubs' Matt Shaw: Team undecided on Tokyo series
The Cubs have not yet made a decision as to whether to carry Shaw on the roster for their two-game series versus the Dodgers in Tokyo from March 18-19, Patrick Mooney of The Athletic reports. Mooney indicates that the Cubs probably already would have decided to include Shaw on the Tokyo series roster and started him at third base if the infielder had not suffered an oblique injury that's limited him to just nine Cactus League plate appearances.
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The Chicago Cubs Opening Day roster is becoming clearer by the day, as the team is making decisions sooner than all other teams, aside from their opponent in Toyko, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Recently the big league roster was trimmed down to 42 players,

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