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Cubs Reveal Pete Crow-Armstrong Stance Amid MVP Start

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jon Conahan | Last updated May 1, 2025 5:45 PM ET

Pete Crow-Armstrong has completely changed the way people think about him.

After entering the year with questions on the offensive side of the baseball, Crow-Armstrong has completely quieted all of them, and has continued to be one of the top defensive centerfielders in baseball, as well as an elite base runner.

While those questions were prevalent during the offseason, and have been since Crow-Armstrong made his debut, Dustin Kelly, the Cubs' hitting coach, revealed in an interview with Patrick Mooney of The Athletic that the team was never too worried about his offensive production.

He said that they always believed internally that there was something there, and despite the external noise, they understood that Crow-Armstrong could be this type of player one day.

“Everybody always knew that he was going to play great defense, and he could really run. There were questions about the bat. I don’t think internally we had as many questions about the bat as some people had externally. We knew that we were going to have to find something with Pete that was going to stick,” Kelly said.

It's tough to say the Cubs ever envisioned Crow-Armstrong being as good as he's been throughout the first 30 games of the season.

He has six home runs, 10 doubles, and a 142 OPS+.

If this continues on the offensive side, there's a good chance the Cubs could be looking at one of the top five players in Major League Baseball when factoring in his defense and base running abilities.

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

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