Pete Crow-Armstrong was on the back patio at the Cubs’ complex earlier this spring, shooting hoops with Dansby Swanson and ...

Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer made sure center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong knew he thought he needed a ‘‘fast guy’’ jersey number. No. 52 certainly didn’t qualify.

For the fans who might not have recognized the blur that was Crow-Armstrong on the basepaths, that's because he switched numbers, moving on from No. 52 ... a "fast-guy" jersey with a number ...

Pete Crow-Armstrong is sporting a new jersey number as the Chicago ... Armstrong's offensive-lineman No. 52 any longer. Now, his center fielder is sporting a "fast-guy number" in No. 4, last ...

The eighth of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 6, which has has had a total of 14 players wear the number in the history of the team. The fifth of those players wearing No. 6 did so in the ...

The 12th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 10 which has has had a total of 31 players wear the number in the history of the team. The 19th of those players wearing No. 10 played in the ...

Because of that, he just had to have a single-digit number befitting his station ... s number’ and how he needed a “fast guy” jersey number. The veteran exec grabbed the ball and proposed ...