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Donovan Mitchell ‘sick’ after learning about Pete Crow-Armstrong

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated Jul 18, 2025 6:48 PM ET

Donovan Mitchell is a big New York Mets fan, and now he is “sick” after learning some information regarding Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Crow-Armstrong, 23, has put together a 25/25 season through the All-Star break. He has clubbed 25 homers and stolen 27 bases in 95 games with the Chicago Cubs. Many Mets fans know that’s what he could have done with their team, but Mitchell just learned all about it.

“Just found out Pete Crow Armstrong was on the Mets lol I’m sick,” Mitchell wrote in a post he shared to X on Thursday.

Just found out Pete Crow Armstrong was on the Mets lol I’m sick
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) July 17, 2025

Indeed, PCA was a first-round pick by the Mets in 2020. They selected him No. 19 overall out of Harvard-Westlake High School in the Los Angeles, Calif., area. The thing is, they traded him in July 2021 to the Cubs in a deal to acquire shortstop Javy Baez.

Baez had made the All-Star team in 2018 and 2019. He batted .299 with 9 doubles and 9 home runs in 47 games with the Mets after they acquired him. He played well with them, but there were two problems with the deal.

One, the Mets finished the 2021 season 77-85, so they didn’t even make the postseason, meaning the acquisition of Baez was a waste. Two, Baez left after the season to sign with the Detroit Tigers in free agency.

Baez was pretty brutal for Detroit last season, though he has bounced back this year with a good season and made the AL All-Star team. Crow-Armstrong has blossomed into a game-changer for the Cubs and a potential MVP player. If you’re a Mets fan like Mitchell, who is a star player with the Cleveland Cavaliers, you wish the team still had PCA.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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