Cubs fans are already calling for a major lineup change from Craig Counsell

Sunday's walk-off win over the Pittsburgh Pirates was a breath of fresh air for a Chicago Cubs team that has looked lost in the first two-plus weeks of the season. Now, things really get difficult, with matchups against the Phillies, Mets, Dodgers and Padres on deck to close out the month of April.

The problem isn't hard to diagnose. The Cubs' offense has left much to be desired. Hopefully, Michael Busch coming off the bench with a pinch-hit knock Sunday gets him going and the whole team can take carry some momentum with them into this week's series in Philadelphia.

But the one man the team desperately needs to get going is center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. The All-Star center fielder enters Monday slashing just .203/.242/.271 and the frustrations are quickly mounting for both PCA and some of the fanbase.

A panic-button platoon for Pete Crow-Armstrong is not the answer

These are the type of knee-jerk overreactions that come this early in the season. Crow-Armstrong is freshly extended and coming off a historic 30/30 season that established his as one of the game's top dynamic threats. The Cubs aren't about to platoon him and give semi-regular at-bats to him and one of their top prospects, who opened the year at Triple-A strictly because they wanted him to play every day.

That's not to say PCA has struggled more than the likes of Busch, Dansby Swanson, Alex Bregman, or the rest of his Cubs teammates. It's more about the fact that when he's on base, he can impact the game in so many ways - and right now, he's just not getting on base. He ranks in the bottom one percent of the league in chase rate and is striking out nearly 30 percent of the time (walking just 5.1 percent of the time isn't helping matters, either).

This organization has unyielding faith in the player Crow-Armstrong can and will be long-term. Hitting the panic button two weeks in and throwing his routine off, not to mention messing with Kevin Alcantara, who has gotten off to a scorching start at Iowa, isn't the move - especially when you're already rostering Michael Conforto. That doesn't even take into account Matt Shaw's ability to play the outfield, either.

We're 15 games in. Anyone who watched PCA last year should understand there will be ups and downs. And a team-wide cold spell to start the year isn't going to do anyone - Crow-Armstrong included - any favors. Hopefully, Sunday's walk-off can be the spark he and the Cubs need as they head into a brutal stretch of schedule over the next few weeks.