Matt Shaw

Bats R Throws R5'10" 185 lbBorn 2001 Springfield, USADebut 2025Team CHCDraft 2023 R1 #13 Chicago Cubs, MarylandContract 1 y/$804,500 (26) 2026: $804,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 108.4FIELD+ 102.3 at 3BTotal 1.09 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	357	320	78	14	3	11	30	74	14	0.245	0.315	0.406	0.720	0.161	0.316	20.6	8.5	103.7	1.28
2027	263	235	59	11	2	8	22	52	9	0.249	0.318	0.408	0.726	0.159	0.318	19.6	8.3	106.5	1.03

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 106 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tim Anderson	2016	99.6	78.4	606
2	Andy Pages	2024	101.3	112.9	624
3	Rick Schu	1985	97.5	112.1	233
4	Mike Schmidt	1973	94.9	158.2	686
5	Carlos Febles	1999	94.4	71.3	399
6	Marty Kavanagh	1914	96.6	140.0	386
7	Anthony Rendon	2013	98.2	128.8	683
8	Brandon Drury	2016	95.4	87.0	480
9	Phil Rizzuto	1941	94.4	103.1	613
10	Mike Mowrey	1907	93.9	68.9	252

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			263		59	11	2	8		9	22	52	0.249	0.318	0.408	0.726	106.5
2026*	CHN	56	147	20	32	6	2	4		4	12	27	0.246	0.322	0.415	0.737	111.8
2025	CHC	126	437	57	89	21	3	13	44	17	38	94	0.226	0.295	0.394	0.690	98.7
Career		126	437	57	89	21	3	13	44	17	38	94	0.226	0.295	0.394	0.690	98.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	147	86.8	14.8	4.8	36.2	19.7	35.6	0.241	0.359	0.301	29.0
2025	437	84.9	13.4	7.0	29.4	22.5	30.7	0.237	0.375	0.302	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	3B	124	1010	80	214	7	18	0.977	+9.1
2025	CHC	2B	4	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	23	0 HR, 1 SB	0.333	0.772
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	110	6 HR, 5 SB	0.286	0.969
2024	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	152	7 HR, 6 SB	0.298	0.929
2024	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	371	14 HR, 25 SB	0.279	0.841
2023	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	70	3 HR, 6 SB	0.292	0.852
2023	A+	South Bend Cubs	Bat	89	4 HR, 7 SB	0.393	1.082

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.365	0.310	0.325	0.344
2025	0.342	0.308	0.296	0.335

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	0.118	0.318	0.118	0.436
Career	8	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	0.118	0.318	0.118	0.436