Chris Shaw

Position: 1B
Level: High A
Affiliate: San Jose Giants
League: California League
Age: 22
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 235
B/T: Left / Right
Acquired: 1st Rd. (#31 overall), 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft (SFG)

Prospect Spotlight

Joining Duggar in San Jose is fellow 2015 draftee and power-hitting first baseman Chris Shaw.  Shaw has a quiet set up and very easy swing, which generates seemingly effortless power to all fields.  He has made short work of the Cal League thus far in 2016 with 10 bombs (including one off Hyun-Jin Ryu on Friday and two (though one being an inside-the-park job) off of newly-signed Cuban prospect Yasiel Sierra on Sunday), 14 doubles with a .323 BA to go with a .995 OPS.  He has a little more swing and miss than Duggar (37 K’s to 15 BB’s) and does not project as well on the defensive side, but his power looks like it has a chance to be well above average.  So far in his short professional career he has not seemed to care much about the righty/lefty matchups, hitting for power and getting on base almost equally vs both (2015 OBP: .354 vs LHP,  .363 vs RHP/2016 OBP: .372 vs LHP,  .394 vs RHP).  The Giants will soon want to challenge Shaw, so while there is no rush, expect him to move with Duggar and surface in Double-A before too long.– Dave DeFreitas