It feels amazing to get back out there and just to play baseball,” Chicago Cubs prospect Matt Shaw said after making his Cactus League debut Sunday.

The Chicago Cubs infielder situation for opening day looks less rosy following Sunday’s 7-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs revealed last week that Nico Hoerner will not be starting at second base against the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan as he recovers from flexor tendon surgery.

On Wednesday, it appeared like the Chicago Cubs would not have Matt Shaw available at the start of the season. Bruce Levine of 670 The Score said he didn’t think Shaw would make the Cubs’ trip to Japan to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 at the Tokyo Dome.

And under it, Shaw had outlined Turner’s whole career, from 2006, when he was drafted by the Reds, to present. “I thought it’d be a funny kind of little thing,” Shaw said, “but also respectful to show him that he’s had a really amazing career and to show my interest in that.

Shaw, who is likely to be the team's starting third baseman at the beginning of the year, is back in action after an oblique injury suffered before camp officially started.

The Chicago Cubs spent the entirety of this offseason filling holes and crafting what they feel is the best possible major league roster. The team added depth in the bullpen, in the starting rotation,

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