2025 continues to be a magical season for Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. The 23-year-old might be in just his second full season in the major leagues, but he's playing like a seasoned veteran and already prompting regular "M-V-P" chants from the Cubs faithful at Wrigley Field.
Crow-Armstrong, who has affectionately become known simply as PCA by fans and baseball media, has blossomed into one of the sport's quickest-rising stars. MLB released its first All-Star Voting update on Monday, with PCA as one of just five National League players (and the only outfielder) who have already topped the 1 million vote mark (along with Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith and Francisco Lindor).
PCA homered and made another highlight-reel defensive play on Tuesday against the Milwaukee Brewers, helping the Cubs to a 5-3 win. Rain prevented the teams from playing on Wednesday, but the series resumed on Thursday.
Crow-Armstrong wasted no time getting the scoring going. With Kyle Tucker on base and two outs in the first inning, PCA hit a 377-foot homer to right field off Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta. The shot was his 20th of the season (video below).
In doing so, he became the first player this year in the majors to reach the 20/20 mark (20 home runs, 20 stolen bases). He also became the youngest player in Cubs history to reach the accomplishment. Three Cubs did so in their age-24 season: outfielder Leon Durham (1982), outfielder Sammy Sosa (1995) and center fielder Corey Patterson (2004).
Crow-Armstrong is batting .270/.309/.558 through 73 games. He needs just 11 hits and four steals to top the marks he totaled last season over 123 games.
Barring something unexpected like an injury, there's little reason to think that Crow-Armstrong won't be able to continue this pace over the remainder of the season, which could put 40/40 in his sights.
The feat has been achieved just six times in MLB history: Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996), Alex Rodriguez (1998), Alfonso Soriano (2006), Ronald Acuna Jr. (2023) and Ohtani (2024). Ohtani is the only player ever to reach the 50/50 mark.
