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Dylan Crews. In a prolonged slump…or a bust
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:06 pm
Optioned to AAA after bad spring.
Personally hope it’s a slump and someday soon he will be the Crews we all remember
Personally hope it’s a slump and someday soon he will be the Crews we all remember
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:07 pm to KCSunshine
I did not have Dylan Crews being a bust on my bingo card.
He has not been good in his MLB career thus far.
He has not been good in his MLB career thus far.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:08 pm to KCSunshine
Id think slump
Too much talent to bust
Too much talent to bust
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:08 pm to KCSunshine
Needs to get out of the Nats system
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:18 pm to KCSunshine
Flamed out. Go sell some insurance.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:19 pm to Kool Kaliper
He’s going to have to completely redo his swing
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:20 pm to KCSunshine
Seems like a situation where he's trying to force an issue at the plate and we all know you always do worse.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:20 pm to KCSunshine
Unfortunately approaching JaMarcus territory.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:22 pm to rutiger
He’s lazy?
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:33 pm to Cosmo
The minors are filled with players that would crush in college but never make it to the bigs
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:37 pm to KCSunshine
From r/baseball...
quote:
When the Nationals sent Dylan Crews to Triple-A last week, the headlines focused on his .103 spring average. That number is real, but it's probably the least useful thing in his spring line.
Maybe more tellingly than his AVG, Crews' infield fly ball rate jumped from 6.8% in 2025 to 55.6% this spring.
Unlike batting average, IFFB% is a mechanical signal. It reflects how a hitter is swinging, not who he's swinging against. Pop-ups happen because the bat gets under the ball instead of through it, and that doesn't change based on the quality of the pitcher.
The Nationals' manager pointed to Crews falling behind in counts as the culprit. When a hitter has to protect the plate, the swing path gets compressed. For Crews, it was producing a lot of balls going nearly straight up. His line drive rate fell from 15% to 5.3% at the same time, which tells the same story.
The good news: the Nationals are treating it as correctable, not a talent issue. His underlying contact quality in 2025 was better than his box score suggested, and he's only 24. When he comes back to the Show (and he certainly will), the first sign of recover will be a drop in his IFFB% and rise in the line drive rate.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:40 pm to lurking
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Needs to get out of the Nats system
What kind of excuse is that?
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:44 pm to Penrod
Metal bats and raw ability can overcome mechanical issues against college pitching.
Major league pitching and AAA pitching the mechanical issues must be corrected. That's where the busts happen.
Major league pitching and AAA pitching the mechanical issues must be corrected. That's where the busts happen.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:48 pm to Trauma14
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From r/baseball...
Now check out the sample size - if I recall correctly, this analysis was based on a handful of at-bats.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:50 pm to KCSunshine
I wouldn’t go so far as bust yet. But Nobody would listen last year that he was in over his head
Posted on 3/26/26 at 12:54 pm to lurking
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Needs to get out of the Nats system
I guess that’s why Skenes is struggling so bad since he’s in an even worse organization, the Pirates.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 1:03 pm to Trauma14
What that tells me obviously is Jay Johnson and Co. > MLB hitting coaches. 
Posted on 3/26/26 at 1:05 pm to KCSunshine
MLB is hard. Who knew??
Posted on 3/26/26 at 1:06 pm to lurking
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Needs to get out of the Nats system
The Tigerdroppings way!
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