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Report: Cubs Approached Pete Crow-Armstrong About $75 Million Extension

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jon Conahan | Last updated Apr 12, 2025 1:27 PM ET

The Chicago Cubs have seen the benefits of signing young talent from other teams in Major League Baseball.

According to a recent report on Saturday afternoon from Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the Cubs attempted to do the same with one of their own.

Feinsand reported that the Cubs approached Pete Crow-Armstrong about an extension worth about $75 million, but the two sides didn't finalize a deal.

"The Cubs recently approached Pete Crow-Armstrong about an extension worth roughly $75 million, per sources, but the two sides did not work out a deal," Feinsand wrote.

It's uncertain why a deal didn't get done, but it shouldn't have been from the Cubs' side.

Crow-Armstrong is a decent player, but he hasn't shown nearly enough offensively throughout his major league career to suggest that he's worth anywhere near $75 million.

The other tools are there, mainly defensively and with his speed, but it'd be tough to justify a $75 million deal for a player who owns a career slash line of .224/.280/.354 and an OPS+ of 79.

While this could be viewed as a positive from the Cubs' perspective, given the team hasn't done a good job of keeping players around over the past decade, it's questionable why they're doing it with him.

All the focus should be on getting a deal done with Kyle Tucker. Crow-Armstrong doesn't hit free agency until 2031, and while he's arbitration-eligible in 2027, the Cubs have more than enough time to get a deal done before 2031 or arbitration, if that's what they want to do.

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

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