All summer is a bit much.
Not an option. Healy is recovering from hip surgery that prompted his release in Seattle, and Sogard is considered more of a utility player.Acquired in a trade with Boston at the winter meetings in December 2016, Shaw had two big seasons as the Brewers' third baseman, hitting 31 home runs with 101 RBI in '17 and 32 HRs with 86 RBI in '18, moving to second base down the stretch of that playoff season as the Brewers acquired third baseman Mike Moustakas in a trade with Kansas City.By that time, rookie Keston Hiura was swinging a hot bat at second base and Moustakas was having an all-star season at third base, leaving few at-bats for Shaw. Travis Shaw is excited for a fresh start with the Blue Jays. But for me, I was looking forward to a new opportunity. To make room on the 40-man roster, INF Richard Ureña has been designated for assignment. That’s not going to be the player that I am in the future.After being selected by the Red Sox in the ninth round of the 2011 MLB Draft and spending his first two big league seasons with Boston, Shaw joined the Brewers via trade in '16 and got the first fresh start of his career.“Positional flexibility is something that benefits me and gives me a little bit more value,” Shaw said. A series of tweets about Canada's strict quarantine rules are Exhibit A as to why the Blue Jays' plan to host games in Toronto is untenable. … I liked the idea of playing with a young team and a team that has a lot of potential here in the next year or two. Not an option.
Rather than go to salary arbitration with Shaw, the Brewers offered him a deal for less guaranteed money and he declined, preferring to get non-tendered and become a free agent.Shaw, who turned down an offer to stay with the Milwaukee Brewers after a dreadful 2019 season saw him spend considerable time in the minors, has signed a one-year free-agent deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, according to multiple reports.In 86 games with the Brewers, Shaw batted a mere .157 with a .281 on-base percentage and .270 slugging percentage, with only seven homers and 16 RBI. “Obviously it sucked going through it at the time, but I know how to get through it a lot better this year I think than I would have; than I did last year.”“Last year was extremely stressful,” Shaw said. Is it wrong to want to live in a place that I've already paid for [...] to be able to go on a walk (WITH A MASK) to be able to get fresh air, walk to go get takeout food (not eat inside). In order to make room for Shaw on Toronto’s 40-man roster, infielder Richard Ureña was designated for assignment. He was not happy that after a successful stint in the minors in the second half, during which he performed well and seemed to have his swing back, he did not get much action upon returning with to the Brewers.Travis Shaw wanted a change of scenery and he got one.The Brewers are looking for help at third base but have signed free agents Ryon Healy and Eric Sogard, who have played the position in the majors. “So I’m open to moving around wherever they need me to be, but for the most part, they stated from the beginning that they envisioned me at first base the majority of the time, spell a couple people here and there, if I need to move around to third base or wherever.”“Last year was about as bad as you can possibly go,” Shaw said during a conference call on Friday.