Nationals choose Dylan Crews second total in MLB Draft

In the top, the Washington Nationals didn’t have to decide on. 

The Nationals drafted LSU outfielder Dylan Crews with the second total choose in Sunday’s MLB draft, deciding on the nation’s prime school hitter who hit .426 this season. The 21-year-old was the apparent selection for the Nationals after the Pittsburgh Pirates chosen LSU pitcher Paul Skenes forward of Washington. 

For months, the Nationals have been poised to land both Crews or Skenes — considered the 2 finest gamers on this 12 months’s class  — as they might profit from whoever Pittsburgh handed on. But late within the course of, the Pirates have been rumored to be contemplating passing on each prospects so as to get monetary savings. That, nevertheless, didn’t occur: The Pirates picked Skenes, main Crews to Washington.

Crews joins a Nationals farm system that’s stacked with high-end outfield prospects. Last 12 months, Washington acquired James Wood (ranked as MLB’s fifth-best prospect) and Robert Hassell III (No. 95) from the San Diego Padres for Juan Soto. And Washington additionally has Elijah Green, the fifth total choose in final 12 months’s draft.