Banner Weekend for Birdball in the Pros

The news came down Friday afternoon as sources began to report that the San Francisco Giants were set to call up their No. 5 prospect Chris Shaw from Triple-A. Earlier in the day, San Francisco traded veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen to the New York Yankees at the waiver deadline necessitating the need for an outfielder on its MLB roster.

Shaw, an All-American during his days at Boston College, earned the promotion and was inserted into the lineup that night against the New York Mets for his MLB debut. A first-round pick of the Giants in 2015, he became the 41st BC player to reach the big leagues, the first since Tony Sanchez (2013 – Pittsburgh) and the first from Mike Gambino's tenure as…