The Chicago Cubs are playing great baseball early this season and are tied for the lead in the National League Central with the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Cubs are out west for another tough stretch of games, where they dropped the first game in a three-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers, losing 3-0, and Matthew Boyd picking up his first loss of the season.
During the Cub’s hot start to the season, one player has been notably silent offensively and will need to start getting his bat going to live up to the recent report about him and a possible extension.
Chicago Cubs approached PCA about an extension
Pete Crow-Armstrong has not had a great start to the 2025 season, as he is hitting right at the Mendoza line (.200) and isn’t getting on base (.273) at a decent enough clip to where he can cause havoc on the base paths.
Crow-Armstrong is one of the Cubs’ bright young stars and has been entrusted to be the Cubs, everyday centerfielder, and so far, PCA hasn’t lived up to the high expectations the Cubs had for him.
PCA’s lack of offensive upside is hurting his chances of receiving a lucrative extension, which MLB Network Insider Mark Feinsand reported that the Cubs approached PCA about a $75 million extension, and according to him, the two sides didn’t come to an agreement.
“The Cubs recently approached Pete Crow-Armstrong about an extension worth roughly $75 million, per sources, but the two sides did not work out a deal.”
The Cubs recently approached Pete Crow-Armstrong about an extension worth roughly $75 million, per sources, but the two sides did not work out a deal.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) April 12, 2025
The news that extension talks have been going on between the two sides since the off-season and Feinsand’s reporting confirms those rumors.
Feinsand then clarified that the deal would max out at $75 millions if all years and options were exercised.
“Clarification: Per sources, the deal the Cubs offered Crow-Armstrong could have maxed out ~$75 million if all option years had been exercised, but was not a guaranteed contract in that range.”
Clarification: Per sources, the deal the Cubs offered Crow-Armstrong could have maxed out ~$75 million if all option years had been exercised, but was not a guaranteed contract in that range. https://t.co/60ccATSAeG
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) April 12, 2025
A PCA extension
Being offered a $75 million extension at 23 years old and turning it down is a bold move by PCA and shows he thinks he’s worth more.
The San Diego Padres recently gave their centerfielder Jackson Merrill a nine-year $135 deal, which could reach up to over $200 million. PCA could feel he is worth somewhere around there, or at the very minimum, the $100 million mark.
Another young player to look at who also received an extension is Boston Red Sox infielder Kristian Campbell, who is the same age as PCA and has less service time.
The Red Sox signed Campbell to an eight-year $60 million deal during the extension onslaught, which could be another reason why PCA didn’t agree to anything, as again he felt he could earn more.
In any case, for PCA to earn an extension and get closer to the number Merrill got, he’ll need to start hitting more and getting on base.
His problem and a possible reason why he’s struggling could be he’s pressing and trying to drive the ball out of the ballpark when he should be focusing on the gaps and going down the line.
If he can shift his approach to that and work more walks, he could see both his average and on-base percentage soar.
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