Travis Shaw is returning to the big league roster. Per reports from Robert Murray and Ken Rosenthal, Travis Shaw will be taking Jhoulys Chacin’s roster spot today. This isn’t a puzzling move when it comes to production. Shaw has been doing really well in Triple-A hitting home runs and hitting for average. It was a matter of time before they wanted to call him up. It’s puzzling in terms of the roster. They’re nowhere for him to get meaningful starts. Keston Hiura is the second baseman, Mike Moustakas then pushes over to third and there’s a platoon at first base. Is there something else in the works that the Brewers have yet to announce?

The logical reason on why Shaw is getting brought is they’re close to trading Eric Thames. I know absolutely nothing, and I’m not reporting this as fact. Rather, I’m thinking through the reasons for having Shaw on this roster. If the Brewers decided to move Thames, they immediately have a spot for Shaw at first base where he can platoon with Jesus Aguilar. Another theory on this could be the Brewers are trying to show off Shaw to make him part of a package for a deal, but a team or teams are convinced he isn’t the same player he was last season or 2017.

Regardless of why Shaw is up, it gives the Brewers another bat in the lineup, and that’s always a good thing. We’ll see if the Mayor of Ding Dong City can make any weekend visits.

Charlie.