Justin Crawford

Justin Crawford

22-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Philadelphia Phillies
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Crawford, son of 14-year MLB veteran Carl Crawford, is perhaps the most popular cheap speed flyer for 2026 fantasy drafts. He typically employs a slash-and-dash approach and logged a 59.4 percent groundball rate while hitting 43.3 percent of his balls to the opposite field in 2025 at Triple-A. Unless he's in a favorable count against a righty, Crawford will be looking to get on first base and steal second base -- he pilfered 46 bases on 57 attempts in 112 games last year. So far this approach has worked for the lefty-hitting outfielder, who turned 22 this winter and is not on the 40-man roster. He has steadily been at least 20 percent better than the average hitter in his leagues and is a career .322 hitter with a .385 OBP. Despite plus-plus speed, Crawford isn't a plus defender in center field, so he will need to produce against right-handed pitching to be a valuable real-life player. His .118 ISO at Triple-A was his worst such mark over a full season, but Crawford was the youngest qualified hitter at Triple-A, so his 135 wRC+ is impressive, even if it came with a .407 BABIP and very little power. He will be given a chance to win the starting center field job in spring training. Read Past Outlooks
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#281
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Signed a one-year contract with the Phillies in March of 2026.
Pops first MLB homer
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
May 9, 2026
Crawford went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 9-7 extra-innings loss to the Rockies.
Analysis
The rookie center fielder came up big in the eighth inning, getting hold of a Jimmy Herget sweeper and dropping it over the right-field wall to tie the game at 7-7 and cap a five-run frame, but the Phillies couldn't complete the comeback in extras. It was Crawford's first career homer in the majors, and since getting a day off April 26 he's caught fire, slashing .371/.405/.571 over the last 11 games with four extra-base hits, one steal, three runs and seven RBI.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
8
15
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
6
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+317%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
+317%
OPS vs RHP
2025
No Stats
2024
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .206 20 2 0 2 1 .056 .150 .056
Since 2024vs Right .858 104 8 1 8 2 .326 .385 .474
2026vs Left .206 20 2 0 2 1 .056 .150 .056
2026vs Right .858 104 8 1 8 2 .326 .385 .474
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+95%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+95%
OPS at Home
2025
No Stats
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .954 71 8 1 6 0 .359 .423 .531
Since 2024Away .490 53 2 0 4 3 .184 .245 .245
2026Home .954 71 8 1 6 0 .359 .423 .531
2026Away .490 53 2 0 4 3 .184 .245 .245
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Justin Crawford 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
0.36
 
BB Rate
7.3%
 
K Rate
20.2%
 
BABIP
.356
 
ISO
.124
 
AVG
.283
 
OBP
.347
 
SLG
.407
 
OPS
.754
 
wOBA
.334
 
Exit Velocity
88.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
34.1%
 
Barrels/PA
0.8%
 
Expected BA
.244
 
Expected SLG
.313
 
Sprint Speed
26.1 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
61.6%
 
Line Drive %
14.0%
 
Fly Ball %
24.4%
 
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Sitting versus lefty
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
May 6, 2026
Crawford is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics.
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Good to go Sunday
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
May 3, 2026
Crawford (head) is starting in center field and batting ninth Sunday against the Marlins, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Scratched from Saturday's lineup
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
Head
May 2, 2026
Crawford was scratched from the Phillies' lineup against the Marlins on Saturday due to a migraine, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Hitting bench Sunday
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
April 26, 2026
Crawford is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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Sitting against southpaw again
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
April 21, 2026
Crawford is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs.
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Will see time in center
OFPhiladelphia Phillies
December 16, 2025
Crawford will be given a chance to earn the starting role in center field, according to Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Analysis
"If you're going to give Crawford an opportunity, you've got to give it to him, and that's where we are," said president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. "We're going to give him an opportunity and have him play a lot." Crawford, who will be 22 at the start of the 2026 regular season, was the Phillies' first-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. He spent the 2025 campaign at Triple-A, but it seems the Phillies are more than ready to see if he can play regularly in the majors.
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