Discussing How Cubs May Handle Matt Shaw’s Leg Kick Moving Forward

Greg Huss of North Side Bound quipped recently that kids will grow up imitating Matt Shaw‘s leg kick, to which I replied such a move might be genetic because the kick has reportedly led to multiple pregnancies already. Those reports are probably false, but there has been some mild alarm among fans when it comes to the pronounced move and how it will translate to the bigs. After all, we’ve seen other cases in which a timing mechanism that led to huge output in the minors was quickly exposed at the highest level.

Ednel Javier Báez comes to mind there, as does young Angels shortstop Zach Neto. Drafted No. 13 overall out of Campbell University in 2022, Neto zoomed through the minors to make his…