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Is Pete Crow-Armstrong Baseball’s Next Superstar or Just a Flash in the Pan?

Is Pete Crow-Armstrong Baseball’s Next Superstar or Just a Flash in the Pan?

The surge has arrived without much apparent change to the aggressive approach of last season, when he posted a mere 59 raw value+ (100 is league average). Raw value+ (RV+) measures discipline, contact and damage done upon contact all in one metric. A 116 RV+ this season counts as major news when it’s attached to such a thrillingly talented glove.

Over the past 20 years, seven center fielders have paired defensive seasons at least as valuable as Crow-Armstrong’s 2024 with offensive performances at least 20% above league average (per FanGraphs’ wRC+). Andruw Jones (who did it twice), Curtis Granderson, Carlos Beltran, Grady Sizemore, Jacoby Ellsbury and Lorenzo Cain all received MVP votes in those seasons. Only poor Andres Torres in 2010 went without recognition.

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