At close of first half, Cubs amazed, if not surprised, by Pete Crow-Armstrong: ‘He’s the total package’

CINCINNATI – Michael Conforto doesn’t remember too much about his first experience spending time around Pete Crow-Armstrong, during Mets spring training in 2021. But he remembers one thing about the then recently drafted center fielder. “I don’t remember a whole lot about him as a player back then,” Conforto said Friday, “but I do remember his want to be great. There was definitely that fire there.” Half a decade later, Crow-Armstrong headed to the All-Star Game as, arguably, baseball’s best…