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It has not been a banner week for Pete Crow-Armstrong.

After his caught-on-video vulgar comments made to a female fan taunting him during a game against the White Sox on Sunday, the Gold Glove Cubs center fielder made a pair of ugly errors that even he admitted were terrible, including one Wednesday in which he let a David Hamilton single bounce right by him, leading to a three-run Little League home run for the Brewers.

That came after Crow-Armstrong, the former Mets prospect traded in the Javier Baez deal in 2021, dropped a fly ball Tuesday.

“Yesterday and today are genuinely laughable,” Crow-Armstrong told reporters Wednesday after the Cubs’ 5-0 loss, their fifth straight defeat.

“One thing I can fall back on is, it’s never a lack of focus but [instead] trying too hard and trying to make up for the lack of production that I have given this team and this city.”

The 24-year-old, an All-Star last season, leads all center fielders this year with three errors, and he’s tied for second among all outfielders; the Astros’ Cam Smith has four errors.


  Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong looks back after dropping a fly ball during a game against the Brewers on May 19, 2026. MLB Photos via Getty Images Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong looks back after dropping a fly ball during a game against the Brewers on May 19, 2026. MLB Photos via Getty Images

His three errors already tie a career high and surpass the two he had in 156 games in 2025.

During the fifth inning Sunday, after a female fan sitting in the outfield told him “you suck,” Crow-Armstrong shockingly responded, “You suck my f–king d–k bitch.”

He was fined an undisclosed amount over the incident.


  A women fan in white said she was heckling Pete Crow-Armstrong on Sunday.
 A women fan in white said she was heckling Pete Crow-Armstrong on Sunday.

After initially saying he felt the need to talk back, Crow-Armstrong said he regretted his choice of words.

According to Baseball Reference, Crow-Armstrong still leads MLB in defensive wins above replacement (WAR) this season at 1.5.

He’s hitting .225 with a .659 OPS, five home runs, five doubles, two triples, 20 RBIs and 12 steals in 50 games.

Crow-Armstrong signed a six-year, $115 million contract extension with the Cubs before the season began.

The Cubs (29-21) have hit the skids and lost their NL Central lead to the Brewers (29-18) in what has been the most competitive division in baseball so far, with all five teams entering Thursday over .500.

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