Travis Shaw came into Saturday’s game with the fourth worst OPS among qualified players in the league. After drawing a walk on Saturday, he now has the fifth worst OPS in the league. If Shaw wasn’t pressed into service as a pinch hitter on Saturday, there’s a good chance that he would have spent the entire weekend on the bench. Were the Chicago Cubs the right team to sit Shaw against, and will the reboot actually work?
Why sit Shaw against the Cubs?
The Cubs were scheduled to start left-handers in all three games this weekend.