Player of the Week 1

     It has been a very interesting week for baseball. A quick recap of what I've got: Craig Kimbrel was slated to start the Orioles' game on Tuesday, but it ended up being Cole Irvin instead. The Angels have announced that they will be calling up 20-year old prospect Caden Dana, who had a 2.52 ERA with AA Rocket City. Garrett Crochet made a four-pitch start with absolutely zero injuries. Travis Jankowski made a ridiculous home run robbery on Wednesday to save a Rangers W. A few guys have been on tears this week, including Matt Olson and Pete Crow-Armstrong, just to name a couple. 

    But no, this week's Player of the Week has to be this guy: 

    After James Wood was called up earlier in the season by the Nationals, Dylan Crews finally got his chance this week. The 22-year old second overall pick in the 2023 draft (and teammate of Paul Skenes at LSU) hit a combined .270/.342/.451 in 100 games in both AA and AAA this year before finally getting the call on Tuesday. In his debut the same day, the rookie went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He kinda took off after that (although we have to take that with a grain of salt; he's only played in four games). In those four games, Crews is batting 5-for-16 (.313) with two doubles, two home runs, three runs, three RBI and a steal. 

    I absolutely love Dylan Crews. I've liked him even since before he was drafted and was quietly begging the Nats to bring him up. Now that he has, I hope he can become an everyday superstar, and maybe get traded to the Rangers in time (🤣). 

    That's about all I got for this week's Player of the Week. I'm not gonna lie, I honestly didn't really think Crews was going to be called up any time soon, and was starting to get pessimistic about the call even this year. But the Nationals could use a few young talents in the outfield. Might I add that their outfield has wheels? With the addition of the rookie trio of James Wood, Jacob Young and now Dylan Crews, we may need to be careful of accidents, because boy, are those guys gonna be flying. I honestly think that this Nationals outfield has a lot of young talent that could be very good in the near future.

    I hope y'all enjoyed this first Player of the Week post and that y'all have a great weekend. Thanks for reading, and happy collecting!