{"id":641933,"date":"2026-03-25T03:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/641933\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:31:27","slug":"pete-crow-armstrong-signs-six-year-115-million-cubs-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/641933\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Crow-Armstrong signs six-year, $115 million Cubs contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Crow-Armstrong is staying in the Windy City for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

And with a much heavier wallet.<\/p>\n

After it was revealed this week<\/a> that the Cubs center fielder agreed to an extension, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed<\/a> Tuesday evening that the deal is worth $115 million over six years.<\/p>\n

\"PetePete Crow-Armstrong celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the United States\u2019 win over Italy in the semifinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic at Daikin Park on March 10, 2026 in Houston. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The extension starts in 2027 and will run through 2032, allowing him to hit free agency before he turns 31 years old.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan first reported the terms of the contract, which does not include any club options.<\/p>\n

The Cubs acquired Crow-Armstrong at the 2021 trade deadline in a swap with the Mets for Javier Baez and Trevor Williams, and four years later, Chicago finally started really reaping the rewards of the move.<\/p>\n

Crow-Armstrong after a cup of coffee in 2023 an up-and-down full rookie season in 2024, came into his own in \u201925<\/a> with a .247\/.287\/.481 slash line, mashing 31 homers with 95 RBIs as the Cubs reached the National League Division Series. The speedster also stole a career-best 35 bases and ranked in the 100th percentile in Outs Above Average, according to Baseball Savant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The son of actors Ashley Crow (of \u201cLittle Big League\u201d fame) and Matthew John Armstrong became an All-Star for the first time and won a Gold Glove in center field, cementing his place as a key cornerstone in the Cubs\u2019 future.<\/p>\n

He did, however, have stark season splits \u2014 an .847 OPS in the first half versus a .698 mark in the second.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoCubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong against the New York Yankees during spring training at Sloan Park. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Crow-Armstrong represented Team USA in the World Baseball Classic this year, and hit two home runs with six RBIs across six games.<\/p>\n

Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer spoke highly of the 23-year-old outfielder after last season ended.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may be gradual. It may come all at once. But I have no question that he\u2019ll continue to get better,\u201d Hoyer said, according to The Athletic<\/a>. The one thing with Pete that I always focus on is, when he\u2019s not hitting or struggling offensively, he\u2019s a great player. And when he\u2019s hitting, he\u2019s a superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cubs and Crow-Armstrong open their season on Thursday afternoon against the Nationals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Crow-Armstrong is staying in the Windy City for the foreseeable future. And with a much heavier wallet.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,4,2046,61,35,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-641933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-free-agency","15":"tag-new-york-mets","16":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116287711112335042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}