My favourite sort 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 12 months went about as laborious after that rookie eligibility cap, whereas nonetheless sustaining it, as I can bear in mind. Love that! It exhibits that the Nats need to play Dylan Crews and it provides him sufficient of a cup of espresso to place a bit caffeine in our giddy as much as get an concept what we would get from him. Final 12 months, 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 mentioned the opposite day in my Jasson Dominguez fantasy, simply because the highest of the rookie class is likely to be a bit muddled for who folks assume is the primary rookie going into 2025, it doesn’t imply that there received’t be some very fascinating rookies for 2025 fantasy baseball. I additionally mentioned there’s 4 rookies with the very best 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 may’ve been the very best rookie this 12 months, assuming it doesn’t come along with his .218 common that he hit final 12 months. Give me energy/pace all day and let me determine common on the flip aspect. 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 school profession, i.e.:
Dylan Crews reached base in each single recreation this season, ending his school profession with a 75-game streak.
A historic school participant. The no-doubt #1 total decide in 2 weeks.
— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) June 27, 2023
You thought the rookie class is likely to be weak this 12 months? Naur (it’s Australian for nah, although I ought to save that for Travis Bazzana):
Dylan Crews drills his first massive 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 12 months 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 software and pace:
Dylan Crews was 5-for-5 with 2 HRs at present. He’s hitting .381 as a professional. pic.twitter.com/BWKFRvbXY3
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) August 13, 2023
What I omitted from the opening ‘graph was what Dylan Crews did throughout all the minors final 12 months, so: 16/37 with a 17.6 Okay% in Triple-A in 49 video games. Even higher, he solely had a 19.7 Okay% in these 31 video games he was within the majors. His BABIP within the majors was .253 and that may simply be his lowest at any degree with a .295 BABIP being extra reasonable and a .333 BABIP not being unreasonable, on account of his pace. If it’s the reasonable 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 must be apprehensive about his .218 common within the majors final 12 months. We must always not.
James Wooden and Dylan Crews appear to be future superstars and I’m unsure which one shall 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 12 months — so Crews might steal 50. As I’ve mentioned earlier than, steals with the pitch clock are extra about need vs. means, and, if you throw in means too? Woo boy. I believe 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 will we do with Crews? Suppose realistically I’m splitting the distinction on his potential for his projections, however I need to go on the excessive aspect of upside. For 2025 fantasy baseball, Dylan Crews projections are 72/16/67/.258/26 in 517 ABs with an opportunity for far more.
