Pete Crow-Armstrong Appreciation Thread

[squally1313]

17 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Torii Hunter maybe

You can't knock his consistency (at least 2 fWAR every year from 2001-2013). But PCA has 4.7 fWAR in the 153 games he's played this year and last year, and that matches Hunter's best year. 

2 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

Better version of Steve Finley?

Don't mind this one. Couple years over 5 fWAR, had some wild defensive swings that PCA can probably better but also it seems pretty unlikely PCA gets to 300 HRs. 

[CUBDOM4life]

PCA with the cup check on Seiya

[NorthsideAvenger]

10 minutes ago, CUBDOM4life said:

PCA with the cup check on Seiya

Better than what my HS coach would use for cup check. It was a fongo bat.

[TarzanJoeWallis]

Excellent article on the Athletic right now about PCA. Goes into some details about the trade:  

“The Mets wanted infielder Javier Báez, a potential free agent. Crow-Armstrong was not the Cubs’ initial target. Early in the negotiations, Hoyer kept asking for Allan, who recently had undergone Tommy John surgery. The Mets, viewing Allan as a future top-of-the-rotation starter, responded that he was untouchable.

Mark Vientos, then a corner infielder and outfielder at Triple A, was another player the Mets and Cubs discussed. Mets acting GM Zack Scott, who worked for the Boston Red Sox from 2004 to 2020, carried his old team’s preferences to his new one. The Red Sox liked Vientos but questioned Crow-Armstrong’s bat. Both, Scott said, had little industry value.

“Only two clubs ever brought his name up,” Scott said about Crow-Armstrong. “Texas asked for him for (Joey) Gallo, who had 1 1/2 years of control, but the New York fit scared me. The Cubs were pushing for a different prospect (Allan) and were mixed on PCA.”

Crow-Armstrong, though, had at least one strong advocate in the Cubs’ organization — assistant GM Jared Banner, who joined the Cubs in December 2020 after serving more than two years as the Mets’ farm director.

The Cubs did not have a player with Crow-Armstrong’s defensive and baserunning skills, making him more appealing than Vientos and others. But as the deadline approached, the teams were at a stalemate.”

 

Edited May 2, 2025 by TarzanJoeWallis

[Hot Sauce]

Thank you, Jared Banner!

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

[Bobson Dugnutt]

1 hour ago, TomtheBombadil said:

I want to but am too lazy to find the 2021 TDL post in which I said (more or less quote unquote) “any sell trade to the Mets not bringing back Crow-Armstrong is a failure” so everyone gets yet another exhibition of uuuuuh….my uuuuuh brilliance

Found it…

 

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Crow Armstrong is big time, the kind of prospect you’d hope to get

 

Btw Madrigal, PCA, and Howard, not to mention Davis doing everything they said he was too raw to do, the Cubs have some huge mean and vicious makeup young guys. I know there’s alot of cynicism towards the unquantifiable but I see these guys as winning/first division players with the abilities to move very fast

 

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

I found this.  It was in response to someone saying a self-proclaimed mets insider was saying that the cubs asking price for Bryant was PCA.  

On 7/27/2021 at 4:10 PM, TomtheBombadil said:

^^ Sounds about right, but I wonder if that still holds up after PCA lost the season to a shoulder injury. He is a big time talent, maybe was since I don't like shoulder injuries but also recognize teams have figured *something* out about them, and probably the only way the Cubs are getting that kind of ceiling is going very young

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

28 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

I actually think there’s one before it maybe in the live deadline thread, but that’ll do. I’d still stand by praising Madrigal’s makeup too 

There’s also the one where you ranked PCA #10 in the system early in 2023. But there’s enough posts of you pining for him in the 2020 draft thread to counterweight that hot take.

[CubinNY]

On 4/30/2025 at 12:33 PM, CubinNY said:

a left-handed Mickey Mantle with a little less power

Did I say a little less power? I meant a little more. 

[17 Seconds]

k% almost under 20

[javy knows my name]

The plate coverage/contact skill he's developing is something else. Garry Sheffield at the plate?

[Wilson A2000]

I did not see this level of growth coming from PCA this fast. He is unreal!

[jb10194]

The Baez trade was an obvious decision at the time, but I can’t believe the player they got for him is as fun and exciting as he was. A 30-30 season is a real possibility. 

[muntjack]

He had a terrible start to the season and is almost on pace for 40/40. 

[Wilson A2000]

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48K likes, 530 comments - mlb on May 2, 2025: "Pete Crow-Armstrong is one of a kind 😂".

 

[javy knows my name]

1 hour ago, Wilson A2000 said:

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48K likes, 530 comments - mlb on May 2, 2025: "Pete Crow-Armstrong is one of a kind 😂".

 

He looks like my Cyberpunk character

[Post Count Padder]

brb holding PTR hostage until he signs off on a PCA extension

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Prime Mike Trout with more speed?

[Wilson A2000]

21 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Prime Mike Trout with more speed?

Gotta work on his OBP. I don’t think Trout has PCA’s arm though 😀. 

[Old Style]

This kid is kinda OK. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

12 hours ago, Post Count Padder said:

brb holding PTR hostage until he signs off on a PCA extension

I read this as Jason Bateman.

[Clem Fandango]

I think one of my favorite things about his home runs is that he's not hitting cheapies. These aren't Dansby squeakers scraping past the wall he's blasting some nukes. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Whatever he did to increase swing speed this winter, I hope Nico (and others) signed up for the course. 

 

His swing is pretty simple but destructive. 

[BKHoo]

We have PCA through 2030?! Wow that is awesome.