Crow-Armstrong named Player of the Year and NL Outstanding Player by his peers

Pete Crow-Armstrong has added two more awards to his postseason haul, winning both the Player of the Year and National League Outstanding Player honors as voted on by his fellow players. The peer vote carries its own weight — it reflects how the rest of the league assessed him over 162 games, not just a panel or a statistical formula.

The recognition caps a season in which Crow-Armstrong was the Cubs' most consistent individual presence. He was the team's lone 2026 NL All-Star, and the awards now stack: Sporting News Player of the Year and The Fielding Bible's Defensive Player of the Year came earlier this month, and the players' vote adds to that collection. The Cubs finished 89-73 and clinched a playoff spot as the NL's fifth seed, but the late fade — 13-17 over the final 30 games — meant the team's ceiling was always going to be defined by individual performances rather than collective dominance.

Crow-Armstrong is the clearest example of what this Cubs team could produce at its best.