Cubs All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong gets $125 million contract update ahead of possible extension talks
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The Chicago Cubs have a future franchise star on their roster in Pete Crow-Armstrong, and he seems to have realized that as well. He wants to stay in Chicago long term, and extension talks will likely come around sooner rather than later due to that.
Fansided’s Chris Landers believes so as well, and predicts that the Cubs will offer PCA a seven-year, $125 million extension with a club option for an eighth year.
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“Rodriguez was a more proven player (and a better prospect) when he signed his extension. Corbin Carroll signed an eight-year, $111 million extension with Arizona before the 2023 season, but he'd played just 32 MLB games at that point. Jackson Merrill had played just one full season before the Padres locked him up for nine years and $135 million (with a team option for year 10 that would bring it north of $150 million). PCA, by contrast, has played 280 games over the last two years. Something in between those two numbers seems right: Crow-Armstrong's defense gives him a high floor, but he also wasn't the prospect that Carroll was and comes with some question marks about his bat. The above deal buys out two or three free agency years while still allowing him to hit the market before he's too old to cash in. And unlike Kurtz, he has enough uncertainty in his game that he might be more willing to consider signing now rather than playing the waiting game,” Landers wrote.
This past season, PCA slashed .247/.287/.481/.768 with 37 doubles, 31 home runs, 95 RBI, and 35 stolen bases in 157 games played. He also earned his first All-Star nod and Gold Glove this season as well.
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Although, Landers did give it a six out of ten chance PCA receives this extension. And according to MLB Trade Rumors’ Darragh McDonald, PCA himself stated an extension is wanted, but the urgency isn’t there.
Hopefully, the Cubs still find a way to lock PCA up, as he could be the anchor of their outfield for years to come.
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