My favourite kind of rookie to draft in redraft leagues is the man who barely retains his rookie eligibility. Dylan Crews with 119 ABs within the majors final yr went about as onerous after that rookie eligibility cap, whereas nonetheless sustaining it, as I can bear in mind. Love that! It reveals that the Nats wish to play Dylan Crews and it provides him sufficient of a cup of espresso to place somewhat caffeine in our giddy as much as get an thought what we’d get from him. Final yr, he went 3/12. That’s in roughly a month. [crashing through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man is Mr. Prorater] “Whoa! That’s a 18/72 tempo!” Thanks, Mr. P. That’s kinda gorge. As I stated the opposite day in my Jasson Dominguez fantasy, simply because the highest of the rookie class is likely to be somewhat muddled for who folks assume is the primary rookie going into 2025, it doesn’t imply that there received’t be some very attention-grabbing rookies for 2025 fantasy baseball. I additionally stated there’s 4 rookies with the perfect shot at being the primary rookie, and Crews is quantity 4. Even shaving down Dylan Crews’s insane prorated season to a 15/50 season and that might’ve been the perfect rookie this yr, assuming it doesn’t come along with his .218 common that he hit final yr. Give me energy/velocity all day and let me work out common on the flip facet. Ya really feel me? Please cease, it was rhetorical. So, what can we count on from Dylan Crews for 2025 fantasy baseball:
Dylan Crews was particular in his faculty profession, i.e.:
Dylan Crews reached base in each single sport this season, ending his faculty profession with a 75-game streak.
A historic faculty participant. The no-doubt #1 general decide in 2 weeks.
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— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) June 27, 2023
You thought the rookie class is likely to be weak this yr? Naur (it’s Australian for nah, although I ought to save that for Travis Bazzana):
Dylan Crews drills his first large league triple — and ninth XBH in 31 video games with the @Nationals.
It’s additionally his third hit of the day. @JessicaCamerato on how the budding of Washington’s younger core defines this yr for the org.: https://t.co/TojvYYwMCT pic.twitter.com/iie3S0ReXy
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 29, 2024
In case you thought it was only a hit instrument and velocity:
Dylan Crews was 5-for-5 with 2 HRs immediately. He’s hitting .381 as a professional. pic.twitter.com/BWKFRvbXY3
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) August 13, 2023
What I not noted from the opening ‘graph was what Dylan Crews did throughout the entire minors final yr, so: 16/37 with a 17.6 Ok% in Triple-A in 49 video games. Even higher, he solely had a 19.7 Ok% in these 31 video games he was within the majors. His BABIP within the majors was .253 and that might simply be his lowest at any stage with a .295 BABIP being extra life like and a .333 BABIP not being unreasonable, as a consequence of his velocity. If it’s the life like BABIP, then he’s hitting .260 within the majors, and if it’s the optimistic BABIP, then he’s hitting .290+. That’s simply to get you right-sided on whether or not we ought to be anxious about his .218 common within the majors final yr. We should always not.
James Wooden and Dylan Crews appear to be future superstars and I’m undecided which one will likely be higher. Nats additionally like to run — for extra studying on the subject material, see Lane Thomas’s steals earlier than and after his commerce this yr — so Crews might steal 50. As I’ve stated earlier than, steals with the pitch clock are extra about need vs. potential, and, once you throw in potential too? Woo boy. I feel Crews’s projections might wherever from 20/50 to 12/20. That’s an enormous hole, like Slick Rock’s Mona Lisa. So, trim, slim and in addition light-skinned, desperately what can we do with Crews? Suppose realistically I’m splitting the distinction on his potential for his projections, however I wish to go on the excessive facet of upside. For 2025 fantasy baseball, Dylan Crews projections are 72/16/67/.258/26 in 517 ABs with an opportunity for far more.
