• Full name Christopher James Shaw
  • Born 10/20/1993 in Stoneham, MA
  • Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 220 / Bats: L / Throws: R
  • School Boston College
  • Debut 08/31/2018
  • Drafted in the 1st round (31st overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 2015 (signed for $1,400,000).
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    A good summer in the Cape Cod League can do wonders for a player's draft stock. Shaw entered last summer as a known commodity, as he had already begun to tap into his elite offensive potential with a strong sophomore year at Boston College. On the Cape, Shaw showed off his most impressive tool, his plus-plus lefthanded power, leading the league with eight homers. Shaw home runs became legendary, with reports of 450-foot bombs to dead center. Still, Shaw entered the spring with significant question marks on how much his hit tool would allow his power to play. He started to answer those questions this spring, leading some evaluators to give him average grades for his bat. Shaw then broke his hamate bone in his right hand in April. He returned quickly and had yet to show the same power he had pre-injury. Defensively, Shaw plays right field for the Eagles, but many scouts project him to move to first base at the pro level. Shaw does have enough arm strength to handle left field, but the 6-foot-4, 235-pounder's slow feet have scouts pessimistic about his ability to handle the outfield. The team who takes Shaw will likely be a team that was convicted about his bat prior to his hamate injury.

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  • Rated Best Power Hitter in the San Francisco Giants in 2019

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Career Transactions

  • Birmingham Barons released LF Chris Shaw.
  • Birmingham Barons placed LF Chris Shaw on the 7-day injured list.
  • LF Chris Shaw assigned to Birmingham Barons from Charlotte Knights.
  • LF Chris Shaw assigned to Birmingham Barons from Charlotte Knights.
  • LF Chris Shaw assigned to Charlotte Knights from Birmingham Barons.
  • LF Chris Shaw assigned to Charlotte Knights from Birmingham Barons.
  • LF Chris Shaw roster status changed by Chicago White Sox.
  • LF Chris Shaw assigned to Chicago White Sox.
  • LF Chris Shaw assigned to Birmingham Barons.
  • Chicago White Sox signed free agent LF Chris Shaw to a minor league contract.

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