Matt Shaw, your table is ready.
Chicago Cubs 2024
Paredes’ numbers with Cubs were actually pretty similar to his numbers with TB last year except in one area — extra base hits. With TB he had 19 doubles. 1 triple and 16 HRs. With Cubs in almost half as many AB, he had only 6 doubles and 3 HRs. He is a dead pull hitter and Trop is only 315 down LF line compared to 355 at Wrigley. He’s a career .230 hitter with his highest season average only .250. So if he’s not hitting HRs, his value goes well down.
I think it is reasonable to assume he should show better in coming year without having to deal with a mid season trade, but he’s very unlikely to reach his season high of 30 HRs playing half his games in Wrigley. Tops may be 20 and more likely closer to 15. Basically he’s a fairly competent 3B who allows Cubs to not have to rush a prospect. He can also play 1B and even a little 2B, which gives the Cubs some flexibility when a prospect does take his starting job.
Definitely not a long or even mid-term solution at 3B, but if he can field the position and improve his hitting some, he’s not a terrible stop gap. Rather see Cubs spend money/assets elsewhere to improve roster and hope a prospect can put him on bench sooner rather than later.
If Shaw proves he's ready I just hope the Cubs let him have a legit shot at winning the job. I suspect he would make a fair competition a hard decision.
I looked at his stats and was surprised that he was an all-star. I can't see it happening again.
He'll never break camp with the team because of free agency rules (see Kris Bryant) but could be up as early as May if Paredes soils the bed.