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Ryan Phillips

How Pete Crow-Armstrong Fell Into the Worst Slump in Baseball

The Cubs gave Pete Crow-Armstrong $115 million and he still can't buy his way out of the worst slump in baseball.

Chicago's center fielder was an MVP candidate during the first half of the 2025 season. The 24-year-old has a big left-handed swing and plays elite defense, and he looked like Chicago's next two-way star. By the end, he’d been playing like the worst hitter in baseball for a while, and months later, he's still a mess at the plate.

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