The Orioles have outrighted first baseman/outfielder Chris Shaw to Triple-A Norfolk, per a team announcement. The club designated Shaw for assignment last week, but he cleared waivers.
Shaw has only been with the Baltimore organization for a little over two months, as it claimed him off waivers from San Francisco toward the end of November. The 27-year-old was a prospect of note in his younger days, going 31st overall to the Giants in the 2015 draft and subsequently ranking among their best farmhands on multiple occasions. However, Shaw hasn’t found any real success in the majors to this point, though the sample of work hasn’t been extensive. He collected 82 plate appearances as a Giant from 2018-19 and batted .153/.244/.222 with a 37.8 percent strikeout rate and one home run.
To Shaw’s credit, he has been a pretty successful hitter in the minors, having slashed .279/.340/.520 with 109 homers over 2,189 plate appearances. During his most recent minor league action in 2019, he posted a strong .298/.355/.592 line with 21 HRs across 310 trips to the plate in Triple-A.
Totally thought it said Chris Davis at first! lol
Yeah they got rid of the wrong Chris.
They didn’t get rid of any Chris’
They sure did!
The Orioles should just release Chris Davis at this point. The opposing pitchers probably look forward to facing him in the lineup.
Safe to say probably is an understatement
If the Orioles wait until the season starts to cut him, they likely will save hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.
How?
I think he’s suggesting that there will be a shortened season again and the players will get pro rated pay, thereby saving them millions.
Same. I’m sure there will be more. It should have been done long ago.
If only….
The Giants ruined another potential everyday player. Never gave him a fair shot in the bigs. He should have gotten 200 ab’s in one stretch and then you’ll find out what you have.
I can think of 5 or 6 other players they never gave a fair shot to and some turned out to be good like George Foster.
I think Farhan has done a pretty good job of picking up and letting go of players so far. Can’t think of anyone he’s put on waivers that I look back at and go dang I wish we kept him. But I do agree that Shaw hasn’t been given a fair chance in the bigs yet.
I agree
As good as Bochy was, his biggest flaw was giving rookies, other than the obvious stars, the ab’s they needed to develop
talking baseball:
That’s a totally bogus claim. I see people making that claim all the time about guys that just aren’t MLB quality. I saw the same thing said about Brett Pill. If Shaw, or Pill, really had anything to offer they would be another team if the Giant’s mistakenly gave up on them.
I saw Shaw a number of times. I’m no scout, but it doesn’t take one to see that when a guy swings and misses by a foot, or constantly swings at balls in the dirt, and doesn’t improve, there’s not much hope.
MLB, and MiLB managers and coaches see a lot more of any player than we do. We don’t see what goes on in the batting cage or know how a player responds to coaching. Some guys just develop as hoped and Shaw is one of those guys. The Giants aren’t to blame for his failure.
This is absolutely true. Hasn’t been given a long enough chance to adjust to the bigs. Those who followed and know him know he adapts quick when given the opportunities. Hope the O’s don’t give up on this “kid” in his prime. Just give him a chance this season for 100 minimum AB’s and see what happens. Don’t ever underestimate the heart and drive of a player clinging to childhood dreams. Chris has already destroyed AA-AAA. It’s a business, but this dude deserves hos legitimate shot. Love the George Foster reference FWIW. Best wishes and luck to you Chris! Go get ‘em man!
FIRE KUBATKO!
What?
Pretty crazy that this guy was supposed to be the headliner going to MIA in the vetoed Stanton deal with the Giants
Beede/Shaw/Panik for Stantons contract. Wonder who would’ve won that trade to be honest, since Beede and Shaw busted and Panik sharply declined.
2 of those 3 don’t have enough big league experience. The difference is Beede has shown flashes of really good stuff, Shaw never showed anything in his limited opportunities. I expect a good bounce back from Beede when he’s ready.
Heck I’m surprised the Brewers didn’t pick him up then they could have Green at third, Robertson at short and put Shaw at first lol
They still can, but I can’t agree with any of those other ideas. For a team theoretically trying to compete those three players cannot be 3/4th our infield, Shaw hasn’t been good in three years and Vogelbach is already our platoon lefty at 1B, the other 2 we’d be lucky to get league average production from considering no pop from Robertson and a K% above 33 in the minors for Green. And this is all hoping that Hiura can rebound, if not the infield is going to be one of the weakest in franchise history unless Arcia finally puts it all together.
Ok Steve relax I was only goofing around I honestly don’t think any of these guys will see MLB pitching in a Brewers game
My apologies, ur right on both those players hopefully not seeing meaningful playing time & me needing to relax about the brewers, they just make me so mad! Wasting prime yelich years and cheap good starting pitching…now is the time to push it!
oh I completely agree I have seen some of the signings and I have been passed too. They are trying to hard to penny pinch right now.
Couldn’t figure what the O’s wanted with Shaw anyway; they have the free world supply of 1B types. And saying Shaw “CAN play the OF” is like saying David Ortiz CAN play shortstop”.
Too many 1b-needy teams let Shaw pass through…AAAA guy.
bobtillman:
I think calling him a AAAA guy is being generous.
Is there any site we can go to to find out who is put on waivers before they are cleared
I am glad the Orioles kept Shaw. Never got a chance in SF. Maybe he will turn out like Mike Y. The giants got a steal when they got him from the Orioles. Time to turn the table.
Shaw will never be a Yaz, yaz has talent and Shaw does not. There’s a reason SF gave up on him, he’s another AAAA player at best. If you can only hit in the hitter friendly PCL, you have a problem.
However Shaw is a great fit for the mediocre Orioles, who are at best a AAAA team.
Champion1701, you know absolutely nothing! Yaz did nothing for years and broke out. Shaws minor league numbers kills what Yaz did! Giants vs. Orioles in 2021…..very even.
I am guessing you are a SF fan? Well how does it feel to know your team will be in the bottom of their division for years to come. As previously mentioned Yaz did nothing in Baltimore for years. Sometimes a change of scenery can make the difference.
Will be very successful overseas. My guess he goes to npb