The Chicago Cubs are selling prime outfield prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong to the majors, according to ESPN. He is anticipated to be activated forward of Tuesday’s contest in opposition to the Colorado Rockies.
Crow-Armstrong, 21, has cut up the season between Double- and Triple-A. In 34 video games on the increased stage, he is batted .271/.350/.479 with six residence runs and 10 stolen bases. CBS Sports activities ranked him because the Twenty second-best prospect in baseball again in June. Here is what we wrote:
The Cubs nabbed Crow-Armstrong from the Mets on the 2021 commerce deadline in change for a half-season of Javier Báez. That is becoming as a result of, in a really broad sense, the 2 have comparable video games. Each are high-quality defenders at premium positions who can slug and run and who tend to publish lean walk-to-strikeout ratios. Crow-Armstrong has made changes to his swing and method since becoming a member of the Cubs which have him lifting and pulling the ball with abandon. He is been capable of maximize his energy output consequently, although it is seemingly capped the opposite elements of his triple slash. To his credit score, he is made it work thus far in Double-A. Will it work as properly within the majors? We’ll see. His means to influence the sport in middle and on the basepaths will grant him a large berth.
Crow-Armstrong might nonetheless be playoff-eligible regardless of making his debut after the Aug. 31 deadline. The Cubs would wish to petition MLB to permit him to switch an injured participant on the roster.
The Cubs entered Monday with a 77-67 file on the season, placing them two video games up on the Arizona Diamondbacks for the second wild-card spot and a couple of.5 video games up over the Miami Marlins for a playoff spot usually. They’re additionally three video games again of the Milwaukee Brewers within the Nationwide League Central.
