Cubs dream deadline acquisition keeps putting Matt Shaw on notice
Matt Shaw is going to have to step it up if he wants the Cubs to shift their trade deadline focus.
The Chicago Cubs entered the 2025 MLB season hoping Matt Shaw would take the third base job and run with it, but that simply hasn’t happened. Shaw was given the job out of spring training, but struggled so mightily to begin his MLB career to the point where he was demoted to Triple-A. He’s looked better since his recall in mid-May, but overall, his play has still left a lot to be desired. His struggles make Eugenio Suarez’s play really hard to ignore.
For the 11th time this month, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ third baseman went deep. Suarez now has 26 home runs on the year, leads the NL with 69 RBI, and has an .894 OPS. To put it simply, he’s been one of the best third basemen in the game this season.
As he continues to impress and Shaw continues to struggle, it’s getting harder to ignore a potential trade deadline deal that’d send Suarez to the Windy City.
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Eugenio Suarez is a perfect fit for the Cubs
If the Cubs decide they need a third baseman, it’d be hard for them to do better than Suarez, who has hit more home runs than any other primary third baseman this season and is tied with Jose Ramirez for the top WRC+ (142) among qualified players at the position
