Dylan Crews

Dylan Crews

22-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Washington Nationals
2024 Fantasy Outlook
It's revisionist history to say Crews was the undisputed top hitter in this class pre-draft. Some analysts preferred Wyatt Langford's bat. Now, after Crews went No. 2 overall and struggled in a small sample above Single-A while Langford went No. 4 overall and was arguably the most dangerous hitter in the minors during his climb to Triple-A, the vast majority of analysts and prospectors prefer Langford. The two college outfielders will be linked in the coming years, but for now, Langford could win a big-league job in spring training and Crews appears ticketed back to Double-A, where he slashed .208/.318/.278 with zero home runs and 19 strikeouts in 20 games. He struck out at a surprisingly high 26.8 percent clip in 14 games at Single-A, and Langford wasn't the only college hitter from last year's class to outproduce Crews in the upper levels -- Matt Shaw and Kyle Teel excelled at Double-A. Crews has a superb track record of production in high school and at LSU, with his OBP skill being his top trait. He has the raw power and future home park to hit 25-plus homers annually, although it will be worth tracking his groundball rate (47.2% at Double-A). Crews has the speed to steal 20 bases early in his career, but he should slow down in his late-20s. He has the talent and pedigree to attack the upper levels with vengeance early this season and get in the mix for a big-league call-up, and unlike Langford's situation in Texas, Crews will have no competition for playing time whenever he is deemed ready. Read Past Outlooks
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#153
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in August of 2024.
Swipes 11th bag in win
OFWashington Nationals
September 28, 2024
Crews went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Phillies.
ANALYSIS
Crews was a pest all night and came around to score on a homer by Joey Gallo in the eighth inning. The 22-year-old has gone just 4-for-38 in his past 10 games, and Saturday was his first multi-hit effort since Sept. 17. On the season, he is hitting a lowly .198 but does have three home runs and 11 steals across 128 plate appearances with the Nationals.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
9
3
1
1
6
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
8
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+39%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+39%
OPS vs LHP
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .793 42 6 2 4 4 .243 .333 .459
Since 2022vs Right .572 90 6 1 4 8 .207 .267 .305
2024vs Left .793 42 6 2 4 4 .243 .333 .459
2024vs Right .572 90 6 1 4 8 .207 .267 .305
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+37%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+37%
OPS at Home
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .721 75 9 2 5 7 .257 .307 .414
Since 2022Away .528 57 3 1 3 5 .163 .263 .265
2024Home .721 75 9 2 5 7 .257 .307 .414
2024Away .528 57 3 1 3 5 .163 .263 .265
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Dylan Crews compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.42
 
BB Rate
8.3%
 
K Rate
19.7%
 
BABIP
.253
 
ISO
.134
 
AVG
.218
 
OBP
.288
 
SLG
.353
 
OPS
.641
 
wOBA
.286
 
Exit Velocity
89.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
30.9%
 
Barrels/PA
4.5%
 
Expected BA
.253
 
Expected SLG
.418
 
Sprint Speed
26.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
57.4%
 
Line Drive %
10.6%
 
Fly Ball %
31.9%
 
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Records steal in loss
OFWashington Nationals
September 18, 2024
Crews went 0-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 10-0 loss to the Mets.
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Drives in run, swipes bag
OFWashington Nationals
September 12, 2024
Crews went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Marlins.
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Plates three runs in doubleheader
OFWashington Nationals
September 7, 2024
Crews went a combined 2-for-6 with a home run, a double, two walks, two runs, three RBI and two stolen bases across both games of Saturday's doubleheader sweep versus Pittsburgh.
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Belts first big-league homer
OFWashington Nationals
August 28, 2024
Crews went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an RBI double in a 5-2 win against the Yankees on Wednesday.
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Collects first two hits and steal
OFWashington Nationals
August 27, 2024
Crews went 2-for-4 with a steal, a double and one run scored in Tuesday's 4-2 win versus the Yankees.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
May debut in 2024
OFWashington Nationals
October 20, 2023
Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com expects Crews to make his MLB debut in 2024.
ANALYSIS
The 21-year-old was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 Draft and is the Nationals' top prospect. He made his way to the Double-A level in his first year of professional ball, though he struggled with a .570 OPS in 20 contests. However, Crews found little resistance in the lower levels of the minors and had a .355/.423/.645 slash line in 71 plate appearances at Single-A Fredericksburg. He isn't likely to be on Washington's Opening Day roster given his lack of experience, but a strong showing in spring training could set him up to make his debut over the summer.
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