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American baseball player

Baseball player

Pete Crow-Armstrong (born March 25, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago Cubs organization.

Amateur career[edit]

Crow-Armstrong attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California, where he played baseball.[1] In 2019, his junior year, he was named the Los Angeles Times Player of the Year after hitting .395 with three home runs, 23 RBIs, forty runs, and 47 hits over 34 games, striking out only seven times.[2] That summer, he played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game.[3] In 2020, his senior year, he was batting .514 before the baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] During his amateur career, Crow-Armstrong played for USA Baseball four times, playing on their 12U, 15U, and 18U teams.[5][6] He committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University in the fall of 2017.

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Professional career[edit]

New York Mets[edit]

Crow-Armstrong was considered one of the top prospects for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[7][8][9] He was selected in the first round with the 19th overall selection by the New York Mets.[10] He signed with the Mets on June 25 for a bonus of $3.4 million.[11] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic.[12] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the St. Lucie Mets of the Low-A Southeast League.[13] On May 18, it was announced that Crow-Armstrong would undergo surgery on his right shoulder for a glenoid labral articular disruption, ending his 2021 season.[14] Over 24 at-bats prior to the injury, he hit .417 with four RBIs and two stolen bases.[15]

Chicago Cubs[edit]

On July 30, 2021, Crow-Armstrong was traded to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Javier Báez and Trevor Williams.[16] He was assigned to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Low-A Carolina League to begin the 2022 season.[17] He was promoted to the South Bend Cubs of the High-A Midwest League in late May.[18] He was selected to represent the Cubs at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game.[19] He was named a 2022 MiLB Gold Glove as one of the three best defensive outfielders in the minor leagues.[20]

On February 6, 2023, Crow-Armstrong was invited as one of the 32 non-roster players to be included in the Cubs’ spring training camp.[21] He was optioned to the Tennessee Smokies of the Double-A Southern League to open the 2023 season.[22]

Personal life[edit]

Crow-Armstrong played Little League in the Sherman Oaks Little League.[23] His parents, Matthew John Armstrong and Ashley Crow, are both actors.[24][25]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Column: Harvard-Westlake’s Pete Crow-Armstrong has become a hitting machine”. Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2019.
  2. ^ “Harvard-Westlake’s Pete Crow-Armstrong highlights 2019 Daily News baseball all-area team”. Los Angeles Daily News. June 6, 2019.
  3. ^ “2019 Under Armour All-America Road to Wrigley – Pete Crow-Armstrong”. Baseball Factory. July 16, 2019.
  4. ^ “10 things to know about Mets’ top Draft choice”. MLB.com.
  5. ^ “3 Up, 3 Down with Pete Crow-Armstrong”. USA Baseball.
  6. ^ “Forty-One USA Baseball Alumni Selected in the 2020 MLB Draft”. USA Baseball. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  7. ^ “Pete Crow-Armstrong is a high-end prep talent”. Baseball Prospect Journal. January 13, 2020.
  8. ^ “Harvard-Westlake baseball’s Pete Crow-Armstrong is top outfielder to watch”. Los Angeles Daily News. February 12, 2020.
  9. ^ Gammons, Peter. “Gammons: One prestigious high school prepares for an unusual…” The Athletic.
  10. ^ Puma, Mike (June 11, 2020). “Mets take Pete Crow-Armstrong in first round of 2020 MLB Draft”.
  11. ^ “Top Draft pick Crow-Armstrong signs with Mets”. MLB.com.
  12. ^ “2020 Minor League Baseball Season Cancelled”.
  13. ^ Report, TCPalm Staff. “St. Lucie Mets announce 2021 Opening Day roster”. Treasure Coast.
  14. ^ “Mets Prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong Needs Shoulder Surgery”. MLB Trade Rumors.
  15. ^ Pantorno, Joe (18 May 2021). “Injuries at every level: Mets first-round pick Pete Crow-Armstrong to undergo shoulder surgery”. www.amny.com.
  16. ^ DiComo, Anthony (July 30, 2021). “Mets acquire Báez, Williams from Cubs”. MLB.com.
  17. ^ “Here’s where Cubs Top 30 prospects are starting ’22”. MLB.com.
  18. ^ “Cubs promote prized prospect Crow-Armstrong to South Bend”. 30 May 2022.
  19. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (July 7, 2022). “Here are the 2022 Futures Game rosters”. MLB.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  20. ^ “Here are 2022’s MiLB Gold Glove winners”. MLB.com.
  21. ^ Taylor, Brett (February 6, 2023). “Chicago Cubs Announce 32(!) Non-Roster Invites to Spring Training”. Bleacher Nation.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  22. ^ https://www.mlb.com/cubs/news/where-cubs-top-prospects-are-starting-2023-season?t=cubs-pipeline-coverage
  23. ^ “Column: They were childhood rivals before becoming friends at Harvard-Westlake”. Los Angeles Times. 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  24. ^ “Top Draft prospect has a ‘Little Big League’ mom”. MLB.com.
  25. ^ “PG welcomes Crow-Armstrong”. Perfect Game.

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