MESA, Ariz. – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer made sure Pete Crow-Armstrong knew he thought the speedy center fielder needed a “fast guy” jersey number. No. 52 certainly didn’t qualify.
“He was just talking s—,” Crow-Armstrong said. “In a great way. He’s really good at that. He’s good at being around us, and he’s good at the mingling portion of our days – when he could be upstairs, but he’s down here and interacting with us. And I always appreciated that about him.”
Earlier in camp, Crow-Armstrong said, he, Dansby Swanson and Nicky Lopez were shooting around on the basketball hoop on the back patio of the Cubs’ spring training complex.