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For a guy who wasn’t an everyday third baseman prior to this spring, Matt Shaw is playing great defense at the hot corner.
“I know it’s a semi-new position [for him], … but he’s done an extremely good job,” Cubs first baseman Michael Busch said after Sunday’s win 7-3 over the Reds. “It’s not an easy position to play, and to play it at the level that he’s doing it the past couple weeks is pretty amazing to watch, especially the age [he is].
“Just to be able to do that at such a high level is pretty amazing.