CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 05: A general view of the scoreboard at Wrigley Field during the sixth inning of the game between the Chicago Cubs and the Miami Marlins on June 5, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Cubs won 3-1. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
The Chicago Cubs are not a good baseball team. They are going to finish in the bottom half of the National League and make this year all about developing for the future. That means that they will put a high value on players in their Minor League pipeline.
One of those players is Pete Crow-Armstrong. He was acquired in the trade that sent Javier Baez to the New York Mets in 2021. Even if he becomes a halfway decent player in MLB, that will forever be looked at as a great trade for the Cubs.