Ridiculous stat should - but won't - shut up the game's Pete Crow-Armstrong haters

Any questions about whether or not Pete Crow-Armstrong is really a superstar have been laid to rest, as the Chicago Cubs outfielder continues a multi-week hot streak at the plate that's putting him in some pretty elite company.

So far in June, Crow-Armstrong has been worth 2.4 bWAR - a total that surpasses the season bWAR of guys like Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman and others. Not bad for a three-week run.

On the year, the Gold Glove center fielder is up to a .286/.363/.521 slash line and an MLB-best 4.6 bWAR. He's on pace for another 30/30 campaign and he's doing so in a very different manner than in his breakout first half last season. A revamped approach at the plate that's seen him nearly double his walk rate from his 2025 mark has ballooned his OBP and, as Cubs fans are well aware, PCA can turn a walk into a double (or more) pretty easily with his speed.

It's been a dramatic turnaround since his bottoming out last month when several defensive miscues and an unfortunate interaction with a White Sox fan offered a new low-water mark for the face of the Cubs' franchise. His June has been so good, however, that we need to place it in a larger historical context to really appreciate it.

Move over, Sammy Sosa - you've got company in Pete Crow-Armstrong

Any Cubs fan who was alive in 1998 undoubtedly remembers the historic June turned in by eventual National League MVP Sammy Sosa. The slugging outfielder set a new single-month MLB home run record, blasting 20 long balls and driving in 40 runs with a .298/.331/.842 slash line. In the entirety of that month, Baseball Reference pegged Sosa at - you guessed it - 2.4 bWAR.

Now, there's still a week left in the month and we'll have to see what PCA does on this road trip through New York and Milwaukee, but in 17 June games, he's put Sosa's numbers to shame, slashing .437/.481/.930 as he looks to singlehandedly pull the Cubs out of their offensive funk.

There's a big difference between how Sosa accumulated value (hitting home runs at an otherworldly pace) and PCA does (defense, offense and baserunning) - but all the haters out there need to at least acknowledge that what the reigning NL Player of the Week has done lately is nothing short of historic.

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