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Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (4) catches a fly out from Miami Marlins’ Eric … More Wagaman (33) during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. It’s early, but the Chicago Cubs appear to be the class of a tightly bunched NL Central. Trade acquisition Kyle Tucker and free agent starting pitcher signee Colin Rea certainly deserve their share of the credit, but if you go by WAR totals – and the eye test – center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has been the club’s MVP in the early going. Defensively, Crow-Armstrong is one of “those guys” – when you watch him effortlessly gallop into the gaps to rob opposing hitters, he evokes images of the Garry Maddoxes, Andruw Joneses and Kevin Kiermaiers. He doesn’t dive for balls often, because he doesn’t have to. His jumps are impeccable and he accelerates into cruising speed quickly. If all he did was play elite defense, Crow-Armstrong would still be a valuable player. But this just in – he’s beginning to come of age with his bat. Through Wednesday’s games, he was hitting a more than respectable .266-.306-.538, with 11 doubles, 11 homers and a 133 wRC+. His combination of bat, glove and speed (13 steals in 16 attempts) has been good for 2.5 fWAR, good for 5th in the majors to date, behind only Aaron Judge (4.0), Corbin Carroll (2.8), Bobby Witt Jr. (2.6) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (2.6). This has basically been an overnight success story – after a slow start with the bat, Crow-Armstrong had a 22-game stretch for the ages from April 7 to May 3, unfurling a .322-.337-.736 line with nine homers in 91 plate appearances. He’s cooled off a bit since…

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