Cubs have one of the game's best hitters right now - and it's not Pete Crow-Armstrong

This weekend felt like the Pete Crow-Armstrong show at Wrigley Field as the Chicago Cubs captured their first three-game sweep since early April, dominating the rival White Sox.

If you look at the game's best hitters since April 29 and know there was a Cubs player on that list, you'd probably assume Crow-Armstrong was that player - and if not, maybe you'd default to Kyle Tucker, whose 'down' month is better than the bulk of big-leaguers' production.

In both cases, you'd be wrong.

Veteran Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson rounds out the top 5, trailing the likes of some pretty big names: Aaron Judge, Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Rafael Devers. He boasts a 219 wRC+ during that stretch, a span of 18 games, and while his BABIP suggests some regression is coming,, impressive strikeout and walk rates suggest there might not be too dramatic of a dropoff for the two-time All-Star.

After undergoing offseason surgery to address a sports hernia issue that plagued him all of 2024 - and perhaps longer - there were high expectations attached to Swanson this spring. Heading into year three of the second-largest free agent contract in Cubs franchise history, we were all hoping he'd be able to pair his Gold Glove-winning defense with improved production at the dish.

That's exactly what he's done.

Dansby Swanson has flipped a switch, igniting the Cubs' offense

Despite a slow start that saw him bat just .203/.256/.382 in April, the veteran has roared to life in May, with an OPS north of 1.100. After hitting 16 home runs in 149 games last season, Swanson already has 10 to his name in 100+ fewer contests here in 2025, putting him on pace for one of the best offensive years of his career.

The 10-year MLB veteran producing at the plate adds another layer to an impressive Cubs offense that has turned heads around the league through almost one-third of the 2025 campaign. With Crow-Armstrong and Tucker providing a powerful 1-2 punch and Swanson, Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki all clicking - it's a lineup that can beat you in a lot of different ways.

If Matt Shaw can join Swanson on the left side of the infield and figure things out in his second stint with the big-league club, this looks like a team capable of making a deep October run - giving Swanson a chance to do what he has yet to do on the North Side: carry the Cubs to the World Series by finding success on both sides of the ball.