Cubs top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong has chance to be ‘a face of the franchise’

“He has a chance to be a face of our franchise, a very electric player,” South Bend coach Lance Rymel said of top Cubs prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong. “I think he takes accountability with that.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — As the Cubs opened a three-game series against the Mets on Monday, Pete Crow-Armstrong was gearing up for the postseason with Single-A South Bend.

Crow-Armstrong, of course, was the prospect the Cubs acquired in a trade that sent two-time All-Star Javy Báez and right-hander Trevor Williams to New York last summer.