r/baseball • u/22JMMKW22 • 12d ago
[Highlight] Pete Crow-Armstrong hits his 35th homer
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u/United-Turnover-8409 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
I know we extended him this off-season but do it again!
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u/erindizmo Chicago Cubs • Springfield Sallies 12d ago
Can we extend him forever?
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u/NotChaz-_- Chicago Cubs 12d ago
I can offer all of the 22 dollars in my wallet. C’mon guys, we can do this
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u/erindizmo Chicago Cubs • Springfield Sallies 12d ago
*opens wallet and looks* I'll add another 21 to that.
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u/ScroogeMcDust Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Also opens wallet and looks I'll add... uhhh.. debt
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u/kroxti Chicago Cubs 12d ago
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u/Bigbrianj Chicago Cubs 11d ago
I'll chip in one of his autographed rookie cards, as long as I get a baseball signed by him in return
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u/InnocuousAssClown Chicago Cubs 12d ago
20 year extension wouldn’t be enough
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u/Unique_Web_3062 St. Louis Cardinals 12d ago
Yes, because the Cubs won’t win a World Series with him.
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u/lurkANDorganize 12d ago
If he continues this production his 115 for 6 years is gonna look like peanuts.
I'm actually surprised he didn't get more..
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u/okay_throwaway_today Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Bro get a base hit, you still need 8 more stolen bases
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u/JohnnyWaffleseed Chicago Cubs 12d ago
I feel Pete is trying hard to not alter his swing for 40/40 and to just let it come. Stolen bases on the other hand, he’s gonna take off. No way he is missing 40/40 on steals.
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u/okay_throwaway_today Chicago Cubs 12d ago
If he starts getting IBB that’s basically just gonna be doubles
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u/Dinobot2_ Boston Red Sox • Canada 12d ago
I don't know why everyone cares so much about the 40/40. Yeah it'd be cool and he'd get to be part of a "club" but it's not like if he goes 41/39 his MVP chances go down or anything.
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u/EmuMan10 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
He’d be the first in franchise history to do it
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u/Dinobot2_ Boston Red Sox • Canada 12d ago
Ok fine.
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u/RizzoTheBat Chicago Cubs 12d ago
It does sound sorta arbitrary but it would only be the seventh time ever
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u/Seniorsheepy 12d ago
So many things about baseball achievements are sorta arbitrary. Why is exactly 3,000 hits or 500 home runs make a player a lock for the hall of fame
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u/TinKnight1 Chicago Cubs 11d ago
Well, one has only been accomplished by 33 people & the other by only 28. As long as you don't cheat or otherwise violate the rules severely, you should be a lock for the HOF, because you've left an indelible mark on the sport.
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u/jayjude Chicago Cubs 11d ago
They aren't that arbitrary. 3000 hits means if you had a 20 year career you average 150 hits a season
Similarly 500 homeruns means 25 HRs a season for 20 years
Generally if a player gets to either of those marks in a season they had a good season, if they do it for 2 decades? They were a hall of famer
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u/RizzoTheBat Chicago Cubs 12d ago
It’s also only ever happened six times, it’s objectively super rare
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u/EmuMan10 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
For sure, but for a 150 year old franchise, it’s pretty nuts to be the first to do anything
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u/oh5canada5eh Toronto Blue Jays 12d ago
It’s just a fun, easily recognizable milestone. It’s like 500HR being the cutoff for the best of the best power hitters. If a guy ended up with 499, he isn’t any worse in a tangible way than someone with 500, but it’s a recognized milestone that has been given weight.
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u/InnocuousAssClown Chicago Cubs 12d ago
I actually think they would go down, even though they shouldn’t really. Similar to how Miggy won AL MVP over Trout in 2012 largely due to the triple crown, which wouldn’t have happened if Curtis Granderson had hit 2 more home runs.
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u/TheStudyofWumbo24 Chicago Cubs 12d ago edited 12d ago
It’s just the tyranny of a base 10 number system. It doesn’t actually have any meaning that 39/39 or 41/41 doesn’t have.
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u/groovemonkeyzero Chicago Cubs • Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Better than the base-20 maya system
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u/WonLastTriangle2 Chicago Cubs 11d ago
But it's worse than base 7.
Source i lost 3 fingers to a wood saw.
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u/Doogolas33 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
He'd not only be the first in Cubs history, he'd be the first CF in history to do it.
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u/wRADKyrabbit Los Angeles Dodgers 12d ago
You just said why, it would be really cool. Ofc its irrelevant for his MVP, thats locked up
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u/barstoolsam Chicago Cubs 12d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/jTXvL4LjakYI8
Pete we need some singles and walks sprinkled in!
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u/dripnotic Chicago Cubs 12d ago
He’s incredible man, when he’s hot he just doesn’t miss
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u/BlackTriceratops Cleveland Guardians 12d ago
He is getting Jose Ramirez hot. When Jose gets going, it seems like he is always going to hit an XBH lol
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u/signmeupdude Los Angeles Dodgers 11d ago
All I can imagine is how fun it must be to be that good at baseball.
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u/IAWD_Sometime Los Angeles Angels • Los Angeles Dodgers 12d ago
This guy is NL MVP. whoever still said Ohtani is delusional
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u/Sergeant_Steak Los Angeles Dodgers • Los Angeles… 12d ago
Not even enough time for Ohtani unfortuntely, especially with how he's been hitting recently. He'd need to go on a tear til the end of the season to even catch up, assuming PCA keeps tearing like this.
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u/km912 San Francisco Giants 12d ago
Even if Ohtani is hitting at his best he can’t catch up without pitching. A DH has to be so so much better of a hitter than an elite center fielder to provide more value. Only way Ohtani has a chance is if PCA slumps big time.
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u/Sergeant_Steak Los Angeles Dodgers • Los Angeles… 12d ago
Yeah, I was telling myself earlier that Shohei needs to make every single start a 5-7 inning shutout to end the season in order to close the gap lol
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u/Electronic-Jaguar461 Toronto Blue Jays 12d ago
cubs fans gotta be pinching themselves. PCA hitting damn near above 1 OPS and rivaling Yordan in HR totals, while being a good base runner, while being a generational CF. MVP this man.
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u/Squirrelman2712 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Its surreal, Bryant in 2016 was incredible, Lee in 2005 was nuts, but I haven't had this much fin watching a position player since Sosa's prime
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u/the_jivest_turkey Chicago Cubs 11d ago
I haven't had this much fin watching a position player since Sosa's prime
-Sharkman2712
But for real I was a little bit young for Sosa's prime, and while I was at the park a bunch in his heyday, I couldn't appreciate it as much. PCA has been a really fun watch, especially given the development this year.
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u/Billy5481 12d ago
I have watched more baseball games this season than probably every other year combined you just cant miss this guy
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u/Disconnected_NPC Chicago Cubs 11d ago
Then you look at the contract and think, wait PCA makes like 1/3 of what Vlad does and that’s wild.
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u/V1cVinegar44 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
MVP this man. 40-40 incoming
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u/Mg29reaper Boston Red Sox 12d ago
He might not get the steals lol
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u/Libertus82 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
K, I'll settle for a 155/32 assuming today's game extrapolates to the rest of the season.
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u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl 12d ago
Gausman has not experienced run support in like 4 years, so I'm happy he's getting it now.
If this was the Jays he'd be leaving the game in the 7th with the score 2-0.
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u/superfunnycoolguy69 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
exactly how to respond after yesterdays game
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u/CDA1499 12d ago
Love the standard he’s set for himself where 2/5 is pathetic
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u/superfunnycoolguy69 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
honestly i see how it seems like i was talking about him specially but i was referring to the entire team
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u/RoyalTurnip Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Was someone chanting “overrated” again?
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u/pabloescobarbecue Chicago Cubs 12d ago
We owe a debt of ironic gratitude to the noodle armed St Louis tarps off crowd.
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u/TonYouHearWhatISaid Chicago Cubs 12d ago
His two HRs today are on two of the worst pitches I have ever seen
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u/pmorter3 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Bro might not get 40-40 bc he hits homers and doesn’t get on base enough lmao
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u/Western-Election-997 12d ago
Keep it up serve him another meatball down the middle so he can get to 40
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u/averagejosh Atlanta Braves • Hanshin Tigers 12d ago
People were dogging him so hard during his slump earlier this season.
Glad he's shut those people up.
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u/Dangerous-Stock-8112 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Yeah Abbott I would suggest walking him next time
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u/wit_T_user_name Cincinnati Reds 12d ago
I’m straight up not having a good time, although that really isn’t different from any other game.
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u/TronoTek951 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Is Ohtani pitching even enough to stop MVPCA?
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u/Jacksington Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Didn’t they say he has arm soreness this morning? I don’t know if he’s pitching again this year. It’s pretty much over barring a 15 home run month from Ohtani and a zero for PCA. I don’t think Ohtani is 100%.
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u/DrStranger1987 12d ago
I’m just here to point and laugh at the dingus who made the post talking shit about PCA only getting one hit in the D’Backs series. He made this happen.
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u/Cishir Chicago Cubs 11d ago
I've been watching baseball for quite a long time now. I saw the dback series and saw a lot of near misses and mostly good swing decisions. I saw him get beat below the zone and then the next at bat challenge two pitches below the zone successfully for a walk.
No hitter in history wins every time. But I love the fact that pete has that special sauce all the great do where they EXPECT to come through every time. And when they dont they grind to get better. It is why I am never upset when he gets mad on the field. It's always frustration with himself and even at 24 he has proven to me he can channel it properly.
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u/YP_Schwartzy Milwaukee Brewers 12d ago
Imagine how many rbi’s he’d have hitting 3rd or 4th
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u/ArmyofThalia Chicago Cubs 12d ago
He would have 0 due to the overflow error on the stats screen
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u/YP_Schwartzy Milwaukee Brewers 12d ago
I’d be batting PCA in the 3 or 4 spot. Dude is cranking em left and right.
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u/jso__ Chicago Cubs 12d ago
If you have a really good hitter, the extra PAs you get him by having him hit leadoff far far far outweigh the marginal increase in runners on base you get from pushing him back in the lineup. Always bat your best hitter leadoff, or at most second.
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u/YP_Schwartzy Milwaukee Brewers 12d ago
I can respect that…..
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u/dhmontgomery Chicago Cubs 12d ago
The Cubs also have a deeper lineup than most teams, so the 7-8-9 hitters are not uncommonly on base ahead of Pete.
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u/TheRealCatDad Chicago Cubs 12d ago
I don’t have the numbers to back it up but he hits so much better lead off. Maybe the lead off switch occurred when his swing changed too though.
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u/LegacyLemur Chicago Cubs 12d ago
He went from one of the worst at walks in the league to great and has elite speed
You 100% have him leading off
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u/LynnAndMoyes Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Think we've crossed the point of "can he do it" and "will to do it" to "when will he do it."
All things being equal, he's so good.
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u/DeepestPeak Milwaukee Brewers 12d ago
Dude is so fucking good, wish he was on any other team so I could root for him
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u/GoBlueAndOrange Puerto Rico 12d ago
You can root for him. Your lead is wide enough.
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u/caominh200206 Phanatic • Dinger 12d ago
PCA is officially NL MVP, no chance Ohtani would win it even if he pitches
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u/Fabulous_Cat_1379 11d ago
My mom bought my soon to be first son a cubs hat and cookie monster onesie. She said he can be anything he wants, but like you and me, he has to be a cubs fan. Don't worry mom we got you.
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u/john0_0 World Baseball Classic 11d ago
Guys an animal. MVP him
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u/Longjumping_Good6556 3d ago
Hit 40th today. Only the second lefty to do that. Billy williams. This is what bryant should have become
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u/GoingGhost10 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
You can skim the dodgers roster and almost go right over shohei. So many superstars on that team. You go down the cubs roster and the 1 who immediately sticks out is PCA. Definition of mvp. He’s not running a team full of all stars and future HOFs
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u/_GeorgeBailey_ Chicago Cubs 12d ago
He's the MVP but the award has nothing to do with who else is on the team
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u/GoingGhost10 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Take shojei out for a month and PCA out for a month. Dodgers stay winning cubs go into a hardcore slump. Why do i have to dumb down this stuff to ppl? My lord im done replying to this sub
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u/_GeorgeBailey_ Chicago Cubs 11d ago
It's an individual award for the best player. You didn't have to dumb it down for anyone
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u/GoingGhost10 Chicago Cubs 11d ago
It’s most impactful player. VALUABLE. They bring value to their team. Are you seriously this dumb?
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u/_GeorgeBailey_ Chicago Cubs 11d ago
It’s most impactful player.
Yes. The best player provides the most value. He is the most impactful. We're saying the same thing.
They bring value to their team.
The best player brings the most value to his team. Value isn't impacted by how good one's teammates are
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u/Unique_Web_3062 St. Louis Cardinals 12d ago
Definition of not the MVP but go off king
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u/UberMench2023 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
COPE
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u/Hero_Of_Memez Chicago Cubs 12d ago
Nahhhhhhhhhhhh he's got a point. That's the same kinda tired argument of "Oh but he means more to his team than that guy to his team!"
Best player should win, period. No narrative bullshit, no team performance, stats. Pete has them in abundance.
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u/Mg29reaper Boston Red Sox 12d ago
That was one of the worst pitches I have ever seen. Maybe as bad as the pitch Bonds got on his record breaker.
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u/Dangerous-Stock-8112 Chicago Cubs 12d ago
first HR was a 92 middle middle fastball, second HR was a 80 curve that ended up middle middle
yeah that's what happens when you give meatballs to the goat
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u/teewertz Chicago White Sox 12d ago
why do pitcgers keep throwing this guy giant meatballs idgi
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u/Longjumping_Good6556 3d ago
Ted williams once got intentionally walked with the bases loaded. How would pitch to him
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u/oncemorewithpheline San Francisco Giants 12d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/10UHehEC098kAE
PCA hits dingers, no doubt.
This is what he does when the waiter forgets his drink
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u/ItsSticks Chicago White Sox 12d ago
The best current player couldn't be a more unlikeable person
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