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Chicago Cubs Prospect Top Prospect Among Best In Baseball
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Chicago Cubs outfield prospect Peter Crow-Thompson ranked among the Top 25 prospects in baseball according to a CBS Sports re-rank of the Top 25 future Major Leaguers after two months of the season.
The refreshed list came after CBS’s staff consulted with scouts, analysts, and other talent evaluators in and around the industry along with its own research.
The re-rank also came about a month before the MLB Draft, which will be held July 9-11 in Seattle as part of All-Star Weekend.
Crow-Armstrong was the only Cubs’ prospect to make the list and he came in at No. 22.
Per CBS:
The Cubs nabbed Crow-Armstrong from the Mets at the 2021 trade deadline in exchange for a half-season of Javier Báez. That's fitting because, in a very broad sense, the two have similar games. Both are high-quality defenders at premium positions who can slug and run and who have a tendency to post lean walk-to-strikeout ratios. Crow-Armstrong has made adjustments to his swing and approach since joining the Cubs that have him lifting and pulling the ball with abandon. He's been able to maximize his power output as a result, though it's seemingly capped the other components of his triple slash. To his credit, he's made it work so far in Double-A. Will it work as well in the majors? We'll see. His ability to impact the game in center and on the basepaths will grant him a wide berth.
Crow-Armstrong is playing for the Double-A Tennessee Smokies. Entering this week’s action against Rocket City, he is slashing .277/.347/.493/.840 with seven home runs and 27 RBI. He also scored 26 runs and stolen 12 bases.
