Pete Crow-Armstrong hammered another leadoff home run on Tuesday night for the Chicago Cubs, ripping his 31st bomb of the year against the White Sox in the bottom of the first inning. This guy is absolutely red-hot at the plate, doing things we haven’t seen in decades and putting the entire National League on notice. Seriously, his second leadoff shot in as many days? That’s just wild.
PCA Is Rewriting the Record Books with Pure Power
You gotta look at what Crow-Armstrong pulled off on Monday night in the Crosstown Series against the White Sox. He didn’t just hit a leadoff home run to start the home half of the first inning, he absolutely lit up the stat sheet. PCA went 4 for 5 with two home runs and four RBI. But the real kicker? His second homer was a 391 ft. walk-off shot that gave the Cubs a huge 7-5 victory. Talk about clutch! That makes him the first player in 70 years to hit a leadoff home run on the very first pitch his team saw and a walk-off home run on the last pitch his team saw in the same game. That’s not just a good game, that’s legendary stuff right there.
The MVP Race Just Got Real
Crow-Armstrong isn’t just having a good season, he’s putting together an MVP-caliber year. Before Tuesday’s game, he was slashing an insane .281/.379/.550 with 30 home runs, 78 RBI, and 31 stolen bases. And get this: he just made Cubs history as the first player in franchise history to have back-to-back 30-30 seasons. That’s not a typo, folks, *back-to-back*. While Shohei Ohtani has snagged the last two National League MVP Awards and is having another “very good” season, the source notes he’s slightly under the otherworldly performance we’ve come to expect. That crack in the door? PCA is kicking it wide open. A strong finish could absolutely crown him the first Cubs player to win MVP since Kris Bryant did it in 2016, a year where Bryant mashed .292/.385/.554 with 29 dingers and 102 RBI. Crow-Armstrong is making a serious push, and the whole league is watching to see if he can seal the deal.
What’s next for PCA? He’s got to keep this unbelievable run going. Every game, every at-bat, it all matters for this MVP race. The stakes are sky-high, and it’s going to be a wild ride watching him try to bring that award back to the Cubs.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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