Dylan Crews, the No. 2 general choose of this yr’s Draft who drilled 58 residence 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 sport, second with Single-A Fredericksburg.
Crews comes into the professional sport with a 70-grade hit device 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 exhibiting within the Florida Complicated League on Thursday.
“It’s all occurring so quick for positive. It’s onerous to sort of soak every thing in. It’s simply day-to-day for me, day by day is a model new day. [I’m] simply making an attempt to compete my butt off each single day and that’s it actually,” he instructed 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 Purple Sox on Saturday, then did an about-face with the jack that put the FredNats on the board within the opening inning Sunday.