Pete Crow-Armstrong made another strong case for himself being named NL MVP this year with a monster performance at the plate on Saturday.
PCA hit three home runs out of the park at Wrigley Field to help the Chicago Cubs to a 17–5 win over the Cincinnati Reds. While Crow-Armstrong remains in what is essentially a two-man race for NL MVP between him and Shohei Ohtani, Cubs announcer Boog Sciambi threw a bit of support behind the hometown hero to win the award.
“That is drilled. Left-center field. That’s back and it is gone! His third of the day!” Sciambi said. “Pete Crow-Armstrong. He is something else. That is an MVP type season he’s putting up.”
Pete Crow-Armstrong crushes his third homer of the game!
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After the game, Crow-Armstrong credited former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa for calling his shot on his three-homer day.
“Sammy did say I was gonna hit three today,” he said. “Sammy Sosa told me I was gonna hit three, and I hit three. Put that on the record.”
Pete Crow-Armstrong: “Sammy did say I was gonna hit three (home runs) today. Sammy Sosa told me I was gonna hit three, and I hit three. Put that on the record.”pic.twitter.com/tVE19rVVDv https://t.co/n0Wo1pKWFE
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Ohtani has taken home MVP honors in four of the past five seasons, and with good reason. It is simply tough to compete with a guy who is the best hitter in baseball and also an elite pitcher. Still, PCA is giving Shohei a run for his money this year, with a stellar season of his own at the plate, and serving as one of the best defensive center fielders in all of baseball.
Last season, perennial MVP contender Aaron Judge just barely edged out Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh for AL MVP. It was a slight disappointment for some baseball fans, as it felt extremely likely that it was the best year that Raleigh would ever had, and it felt like that should be rewarded.
Crow-Armstrong is looking to leave no doubt on his MVP case, and performances like the one he put in on Saturday are doing plenty of work in his favor.
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