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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Matt Shaw could see some time at 1st base for the Cubs this season

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed how Cubs utilityman Matt Shaw could see time at first base this season.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Eagle and home show flashback, flashback.

0:03.0

Nico, I had one question about Cubs Camp right now.

0:07.0

I'm trying to do the math on the roster and figure out who's going to make the team.

0:11.0

Who's the backup first baseman and could it be you in a pinch?

0:15.0

I have played first base. I don't think it's my best skill set.

0:18.0

I think we're going to have plenty of options of guys who can play first base.

0:22.2

It's an easy position to be able to play, but not to play well. So I think in a pinch, we got a lot of guys. I think our confidence in Michael Bush is very, very high to be that guy. But, yeah, we'll see. I think Carson would do a good job of it. He's a good athlete and hits lefties really well. so that could be a good fit.

0:38.7

Well, yeah, but that... job of it. He's a good athlete and hits lefties really well. So that could be a good fit.

0:45.4

Well, yeah, but that hasn't been the guy that's, wait, now you have two sets of headphones? What is going on with you today? Do you need another pair of headphones? I do not.

0:51.8

It's just another pair of headphones that was sitting around. Did you get hit on the head when you got your haircut yesterday? What is going on? What did they do to you over at Fox? I didn't do anything. Fox TV did nothing, but treat me well. In fact, I found out last night that if I'm ever going to be in the A block of Chicago Sports tonight, which starts at 6.

1:29.8

They're cool with me just walking over and going right onto the set at 603 or 604 when we're done. Just walking over and doing the Collinsworth, just sliding into frame. Listen, I told Cassie Carl said, I was like, man, Speaks needs a lobotomy, but I don't think she was actually going to give you one yesterday. no it's just an extra pair of headphones the latter out everything's fine

1:30.8

everything's fine a lobotomy, but I don't think she's actually going to give you one yesterday.

1:30.7

No, it's just an extra pair of headphones the latter out. Everything's fine.

1:34.8

Okay, so the microphone's fixed, and those are not your headphones.

1:37.9

We'll put them away. What is happening right now?

1:43.4

What's happening right now is we're ahead of the curve. This show features a couple Mr. Validations. There's two of us right here.

1:46.8

And the fact that I asked Nico that the other day, hey, who's going to play first base when

1:51.4

Michael Bush can't? And he's like, I don't know, maybe Carson Kelly. And then you get the story

1:56.4

today on MLB.com. Matt Shaw was asked to play some first base, and he did for the first time,

2:03.8

and he went, and he said, I don't have a glove, and they said, well, Carson's got one.

2:08.4

So apparently he grabbed like an old Rawlings first base glove from Carson's batch,

2:13.5

and Matt Shaw went out there and played a little first base,

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