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The Philadelphia Phillies selected Justin Crawford with the No. 17 overall pick within the 2022 MLB draft on Sunday.
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With the 17th overall pick, the @Phillies pick Bishop Gorman (NV) outfielder Justin Crawford, No. 13 on the High 250 Draft Possibilities checklist.
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Crawford is a 6’3″, 175-pound outfielder who attends Bishop Gorman High College in Las Vegas. He bats left-handed and throws factual-handed.
The LSU commit is the son of vulnerable outfielder Carl Crawford, a four-time All-Star who executed 15 mountainous league seasons and led the American League in steals on four instances.
Crawford is additionally one amongst a number of sons of vulnerable mountainous leaguers who will earn drafted. Others consist of Druw Jones (son of Andruw Jones) and Jackson Holliday (son of Matt Holliday).
MLB.com ranks the younger Crawford 13th on this year’s checklist of readily available within the market draft potentialities.
A fragment of MLB.com’s scouting document is below.
“Anyone who remembers looking at his dad play ought to now not be shocked that Crawford is one amongst the better athletes in this class. He regularly records without snort plus bustle times and that shut to-elite glide will enable him to be a threat on the bases and quilt a ton of ground within the outfield. On the plate, the left-handed hitter has very correct bat-to-ball abilities, exhibiting the skill to affect adjustments. He is extra of a slap hitter now, recount to let his legs live the work, nonetheless there’s some whip in his swing and he can relax and force the ball the a number of near, with added power to lend a hand him within the energy department within the long bustle.”
MLB.com additionally notably gave Crawford an astounding 70 grade out of 80 for working.
Per MaxPreps, Crawford hit .503 (.562 OBP) with 77 hits, 52 RBI and 60 runs for his senior season at Bishop Gorman.
He has titanic doubtless on the following level, and it wouldn’t be a shock to search him lighting fixtures up the mountainous leagues after some work within the minors.
