{"id":11207,"date":"2025-06-18T00:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/crow-armstrong-scratched-from-home-run-derby-prioritizes-season-with-cubs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T00:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:04:06","slug":"crow-armstrong-scratched-from-home-run-derby-prioritizes-season-with-cubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/crow-armstrong-scratched-from-home-run-derby-prioritizes-season-with-cubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Crow-Armstrong Scratched from Home Run Derby: Prioritizes Season with Cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pete Crow-Armstrong Declines This Year&#8217;s Home Run Derby<\/h2>\n\nChicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has expressed his lack of interest in participating in this year&#8217;s Home Run Derby. Although he doesn&#8217;t completely rule out the idea for the future, his main focus is on the 2025 season.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cNo, that&#8217;s not for me,\u201d said Crow-Armstrong, before connecting an impressive 452-foot home run against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. \u201cThat&#8217;s a different kind of power. I don&#8217;t know if I can handle the time the timer lasts there. That would be a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<cite>Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nCrow-Armstrong, 23, hit his 19th home run of the season in the eighth inning of the Cubs&#8217; 5-3 victory over the Brewers. This home run came moments after a spectacular catch in center field, which preserved a one-run lead before he extended it himself.\n\nHis home run, connected on the first pitch from Brewers reliever Rob Zastryzny, hit the scoreboard in right field, with an exit velocity of 111.5 mph. MVP chants echoed through the stadium.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;Those are moments I really have to savor,&#8221; Crow-Armstrong said after the game. &#8220;It&#8217;s important to appreciate them. I tried to soak it all in.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nAccording to data, Crow-Armstrong&#8217;s 19 home runs are the most for a Cubs outfielder in the first 75 games of a season since Sammy Sosa (26) in 2002. Despite this power surge, Crow-Armstrong reiterated that he will not be competing in the Home Run Derby.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;Maybe when I&#8217;m older,&#8221; Crow-Armstrong said with a smile.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/cite>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Crow-Armstrong Declines This Year&#8217;s Home Run Derby Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has expressed his lack of interest in participating in this year&#8217;s Home Run Derby. Although he doesn&#8217;t completely rule out the idea for the future, his main focus is on the 2025 season. \u201cNo, that&#8217;s not for me,\u201d said Crow-Armstrong, before connecting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[85,87,344,2974],"class_list":{"0":"post-11207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-chicago-cubs","9":"tag-home-run","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}