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The Chicago Cubs have gotten remarkable play out of outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong over the last two years.
He was huge for the club last year when they made a small run in the postseason, and he's picked up right where he left off this year.
He had a little bit of a cold streak to start the 2026 season, but he has caught fire after the first 20 games.
Across 87 games, he is hitting .287/.374/.524 with 19 home runs, 49 runs batted in, and 21 stolen bases.
The young slugger is a major reason why the Cubs, who are experiencing heavy pitching injuries, have been able to stay in the thick of things.
Going into Thursday's games, they sit with a 49-38 record, five games behind the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers.
Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong secures an elite spot in the midseason player rankings Not many players have had a better first three months of the season than PCA has.
He's doing it with the bat in his hands, and he's doing it on the defensive side of things as well.
Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller recently came out with a midseason player rankings list where he has the Cubs' slugger as the fifth-best player in baseball at this point of the year.
"After homering in just one of his first 19 games, PCA caught fire for a 49-game stretch with 16 home runs, 12 stolen bases and an OPS of 1.045.
That was a 162-game pace of 53 home runs and 40 stolen basesnot much unlike the heater he was on through the first 92 games of last season, pacing at 44 homers and 48 swipes.
On behalf of Cubs fans, here's hoping he can keep that going into the second half this time around." Now, PCA did have a bit of a rough time last year after the All-Star break, so that will be something fans will want to pay attention to.
As for now, there isn't much to complain about as the former New York Mets first-round draft pick is looking the part.
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