With the trade deadline approaching and the Kansas City Royals visiting Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs seem intent on poaching either Seth Lugo or Kris Bubic.

The New York Mets reportedly contacted the Chicago Cubs to discuss a trade involving a superstar in exchange for Pete Crow-Armstrong.

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Rich Hill once took the mound at Wrigley Field for his MLB debut. That was a long time ago. He’ll ascend that same mound again a little more than 20 years later on Tuesday night, and it’s not to throw out a ceremonial first pitch.

Cleveland Cavaliers star and New York Mets fan Donovan Mitchell was not happy to learn that All-Star outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was drafted and then traded by his favorite baseball team.

The Chicago Cubs appear to be doing just that: According to ESPN's Buster Olney, Jed Hoyer and Co. "could have interest" in the Colorado Rockies third baseman, with an eye toward pairing him with the righty-hitting Matt Shaw to form a platoon that winds up being greater than the sum of its parts.

The Chicago Cubs fleeced the New York Mets when they acquired Pete Crow-Armstrong for 47 games of Javier Báez.

Outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is in his third season with the Chicago Cubs after making his MLB debut in 2023. Crow-Armstrong was originally selected by the New York Mets in the first round of the 2020 MLB Draft but was dealt at the 2021 trade deadline to the Cubs as part of a package for shortstop Javier Baez.

The Brewers have now won 10 straight games, including all six of their matchups against the Dodgers in that span, and are suddenly tied with the division-rival Cubs for the best record in the National League.

To acquire Javier Baez and swingman Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs in 2021, the Mets parted with Pete Crow-Armstrong, then a 19-year-old outfield prospect.

They’ve been torching all comers for the bulk of the last two months, playing 19 games over .500 (31-12) since May 24. Impressively, they managed to shift into an even higher gear heading into the All-Star break, winning their last seven games — three of them against the mighty Dodgers — by a combined score of 40-14.

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