The Chicago Cubs manager didn't hold back on his comments about Christopher Morel.
every chance to earn the position at third base full-time. While Morel can swing it at a high level when he's at the top of his game, the defensive struggles are still prevalent.His .205/.316/.400 slash line could improve, but if the young slugger can give the Cubs a 25-plus home run season, that's a way to outweigh the negatives on the defensive side of the baseball., causing four runs to end up scoring.
Matt Shaw, who they drafted last year out of the University of Maryland, could be the future third baseman, but it's likely too soon to call him up., the team has even thought about moving Michael Busch to third. "We've discussed a lot," Counsell said, "but at this point, we're probably not going to go that direction."
Still, with what would have to happen for someone else to play third base, Morel is the likely candidate to continue playing there."With Christopher, in areas, there's been some progress. And then we've taken steps back on some days, for sure. As we get a bigger sample here, we've got to evaluate that, absolutely."Perhaps someone likeWith an opportunity to get better before the trade deadline, the front office has multiple areas that they need to improve.
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