Pete Crow-Armstrong: 31-35 or Second-Half Mirage? The First-Half Superhero Who Vanished
MLB Daily Delta by Aaron Jolly
Episode notes
Yo Delta Dynasty! Welcome back to MLB Daily Delta. I'm Aaron Jolly, and today we're talking about one of the most fascinating "what did we just see, and can we trust it?" questions of the entire 2026 draft season: Pete Crow-Armstrong. He went 31-35 in 2025, made every Cubs fan believe in something special, and is now sitting in that dangerous zone where some rooms are drafting him as a first-round cornerstone and others are fading him as a second-half mirage.
In 2025, P.C.A. slashed .247/.287/.481 with 31 homers, 95 RBI, 91 runs, and 35 steals in 157 games.
We break down:
- The shocking first-half vs second-half split (.265/.302/.544 before vs .216/.262/.372 after)
- His elite 13% barrel rate and aggressive plate approach
- Why projection systems see 20-26 homers, not 31
- The 4.5% walk rate problem and OBP concerns
- How to value him based on ADP ...
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