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00:00So let's talk about Matt Shaw for a moment because I think there's a lot of focus on
00:04and hope that he is going to be a guy that is the everyday third baseman this season.
00:10He's not great at the plate so far, hitting just 170, but he is getting on base
00:15because he's walked 10 times.
00:17How do you balance one against the other, Carter?
00:19And what are reasonable expectations for Matt Shaw?
00:23And also how much patience is the front office and maybe Craig Council going to have?
00:30Yeah, I mean, I think from a broad scope, you know, we're trying to win baseball games
00:33and so we're going to try to make decisions to put our best team out there.
00:37But what Matt's done really well is he's played great defense
00:39and I think there's a lot of encouraging signs at the plate.
00:42I think you mentioned the plate discipline.
00:44That's certainly been good, his ability to get on base.
00:47And I think he's taken better swings over the last week
00:49and he's seen some really good arms.
00:51He's seen some really good arms and some really not great hitter-friendly weather
00:55and, you know, hopefully over the course of, you know, the next weeks and months
01:00that he'll be able to slow things down a little bit
01:02and get back to his natural talent.
01:04I expect that will happen.
01:05But I think you look at all the young players around the league
01:08and just the adjustment it is to go up to the big leagues so quickly,
01:11it's really, really difficult.
01:13And I think the fact that we're seeing some progress here is encouraging
01:16and we'll continue to play that out.