Matt Shaw
Chicago Cubs · No. 6 · RF

Matt Shaw

5' 10", 185 lbs·Age 24·Bats R / Throws R
10-DayInjured 10-Day
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2025–2026 · 398 batted balls
2026 · 32 G
.245
AVG
.753
OPS
4
HR
18
RBI
26
H
10
BB
23
SO
3
SB
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Career Highs
.737
Best OPS · 2026
13
Most HR · 2025
44
Most RBI · 2025
.246
Best AVG · 2026
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jun 27310011.246
Jun 26100010.244
Jun 24400111.246
Jun 23310001.254
Jun 20511303.252
Jun 19500011.254
Jun 17420201.266
Jun 16310000.257
Jun 15420210.255
May 16400001.245

Career · Batting

2 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20251263931344
202656130420
Career1825231764
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

397 BBE · 2025–2026 · 84.6 mph avg EV · 6.5% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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