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00:00Ron, if the season started today, Matt Shaw would be the everyday third baseman by all
00:05accounts.
00:06It's still, he's only got 35 games of AAA experience.
00:09How ready for the job is he and how concerned would you be to have as many as four kind
00:16of unproven guys in the Cub lineup on a regular basis if you talk about Shaw, PCA, Miguel
00:22Amaya, and Michael Bush?
00:24Two of those four, you kind of know what you're getting.
00:28For Bushy, I think he proved himself that he's, he understands what he's doing over
00:32there at first.
00:33He made great, great strides defensively last year as the season progressed.
00:38And he's a sound offensive player.
00:41He's got a sound approach, David.
00:42So he, to me, it looks like his feet are on solid ground in the big leagues.
00:48I think Amaya understands the defensive part somewhat and is getting there.
00:54Kelly made some good strides also on offense with Council's help in the middle of the
01:00season last year.
01:01And I thought that was very good.
01:03So I think he, I look for him to make some improvements also and be a solid guy with
01:11a very good backup and Tarson Kelly behind him that I think can help.
01:16So I think those two things are good.
01:19Matt Schott, to me, he's the one that you roll the dice on a little bit because he hasn't
01:25had a lot of time in AAA.
01:27He's an offensive player and he's, I have watched his workouts.
01:33I've had people send some stuff on his workouts and taking ground balls and he looks very
01:39good.
01:40So the defensive side, I think he's greatly improved and he's been a hitter everywhere
01:44he's gone.
01:45I don't anticipate him as a career having struggles, but that doesn't mean when you're
01:50first time in the big leagues, you won't.
01:53And then I think Pete Cromstrong has earned the right to be the everyday center fielder.
01:58At least, you know, getting a shot at facing some of the lefties and doing pretty well.
02:03So I really don't know that you could have made, other than the third base spot, obviously,
02:09where else would you have made a move that you wouldn't want these guys in there?
02:13So I think going into the offseason, you knew these were going to be your guys that
02:17you were going to go with.