Dylan Crews, the No. 2 total decide of this 12 months’s Draft who drilled 58 dwelling runs over three seasons at Louisiana State, belted his first dinger as a member of the Washington Nationals group on Sunday. The lengthy ball — estimated at 416 ft with a 105 mph exit velocity — got here in his ninth skilled plate look and third professional recreation, second with Single-A Fredericksburg.
Crews comes into the professional recreation with a 70-grade hit instrument and 60-grade energy. The 21-year-old outfielder agreed to phrases with the Nationals (for $9 million, the second-highest bonus for a drafted participant all-time) on July 23, then debuted with a 3-for-3 displaying within the Florida Complex League on Thursday.
“It’s all happening so fast for sure. It’s hard to kind of soak everything in. It’s just day-to-day for me, every day is a brand new day. [I’m] just trying to compete my butt off every single day and that’s it really,” he advised MLB.com after that first style of professional ball.
Promoted to the Single-A Carolina League, Crews went 0-for-5 with a strikeout in opposition to the Salem Red Sox on Saturday, then did an about-face with the jack that put the FredNats on the board within the opening inning Sunday.
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