Meet the likely No. 1 MLB draft pick with the potential to transform a franchise. 'He is becoming a LSU legend, a once-in-a-generation talent.' BrodyAMiller spent a weekend with Dylan Crews.
BATON ROUGE, La. — The gentleman in the wheelchair doesn’t notice the best college baseball player in the country with his hand outstretched. George Wood, a diehard
“My buddy George, he gives those to me before every at-bat,” Crews says. “It’s good luck. It’s been working, so …”, he’s thinking, like his dad constantly reminds him. This is the next step of his evolution. Crews has already shown he can hit a ball 450 feet and glide through the outfield for fly balls, but can he avoid chasing bad pitches? He takes a ball. Then another one just outside the zone. Then another, againout of the zone.
“You do it differently with him than your other players because his character is phenomenal,” Johnson says. “His self-discipline is phenomenal. His work ethic is phenomenal. I’ve spent zero time talking to Dylan Crews about individual motivation.” If there were a comparison for watching Crews in the sporting world, it might be Lionel Messi. Everything he does between the moments of action is slow and casual. He jogs in an effortless glide. He steps into the batter’s box, relaxed, the bat hanging behind his right shoulder. He practices his breathing techniques. And then it all snaps into action. The swing is violent but swift. It’s instantaneous.
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