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  1. Arlen
    I suggest looking at the typical curve of the career history of good baseball players, Jason. They are both good baseball players, Shaw and Bregman. Good baseball hitter/fielders tend to peak in their 20's. Pick 10 very nice third basemen that are now retired. Look at when they peaked and when they tailed off. It's pretty much the same, whatever the position.
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    Shaw's trajectory appears one of the continuing kind. Contact with power and speed. Excellent defense for a new position.
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    And Shaw is on the upswing, not beginning to jump the shark.
  4. Arlen
    And Shaw is on the rise, both at third and at the plate. I don't see how we can say the same for Bregman.
  5. Arlen
    How is Matt Shaw not better at third than Bregman?
  6. Arlen
    Whatever you do, Cubs, keep Shaw and keep him playing.
  7. Arlen
    I can see trading Hoerner and moving Shaw to 2B, but if I had to pick a better 3B-man for the Cubs from 2026 onward, my pick would be Shaw vs. Bregman.
  8. Arlen
    Matt Shaw will be a better baseball player at third base this year and onward, than Alex Bregman, to my speculation, and this was a classic and unbrilliant move to sign the latter.
  9. Arlen
    Why in the world are people so excited about him?
  10. Arlen
    Thanks, but neither STEAMER nor a palm reader can predict what such players will hit next year.
  11. Arlen
    Last year was Matt Shaw's rookie season. Probability is that he'll improve significantly. Maybe dramatically.
  12. Arlen
    Based on him "having the stuff," but lacking command and consistency, something that can get much better with practice of his technique. Witness Hottovy's "school." Seems he may also need to come up with another decent pitch. That takes time. Thanks for asking.
  13. Arlen
    Brown is the kind of dude that gets better with age, seems to me, hopefully so with the Cubs.
  14. Arlen
    Very interested in Jonathan Long and think he deserves a shot, thankyouverymuch.
  15. Arlen
    Well, I'm 66, but I could consider signing-up.
  16. Arlen
    It seems that when an injured pitcher has a successful operation, he generally recovers to form or improvement. And it seems when the injured pitcher hasn't had an operation, not so much, not quite as often. #NipTuck
  17. Arlen
    Kudos to masterful Hoerner and Cubs team and organization. Look at PCA's numbers vs. Rafaela. My vote is PCA.
  18. Arlen
    Just didn't see it in the results, compared to Keller, for example. Not when it counted bigly.
  19. Arlen
    Pete Crow-Armstrong fell off, too, from where he was. We'll see.
  20. Arlen
    I don't remember that kind of thing in old-timeyness... ruling out Sodom and Gomorrah, of course, but I wasn't there.
  21. Arlen
    Plus the Los Angeles Dodgers promote the transvestite men that mock Christians, dressed as nuns.
  22. Arlen
    I don't quite understand what people see as very special in Kittredge. On the other hand, to me, Collin Rea seems to be pitching better than he ever has.
  23. Arlen
    Go for the prospects and the long-term, Cubs, yes, yes, and it appears wise to figure in that potential lock-out. Thanks.
  24. Arlen
    Thanks for the note. We'll see about Cam Smith as well as Matt Shaw. I tend to think the difference is highly explainable in his being a year behind. But, I like Shaw for the future and the Cubs should have OF/DH talent to use if not to spare from their prospects next season, so there's that.
  25. Arlen
    Fine question, thank you. Ask me again, next July, as his BA and OBP come up. He may be the Cubs' leadoff man. (I'm having a challenging time understanding all the short-term interest in these pundit blogs and lack of interest in long-term investment.)
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