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Pirates Draft Prospect Watch: Big Weekend for LSU’s Dylan Crews

2023 Draft

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have the first overall pick in the July 2023 MLB draft. Our draft preview looked at the top prospects for the pick.

At this stage, the draft is very much up in the air. Every Monday, we’ll recap notable performances from around the prep and college ranks, with video to give you an early look at who could be available to the Pirates.

The top of this draft class right now is LSU outfielder Dylan Crews, who had a big weekend. He went 2-for-4 with two singles, two runs and an RBI on Friday night against Kansas State. LSU played Iowa on Saturday. Crews went 2-for-3 with two singles, two RBIs and two walks. Against Sam Houston on Sunday, he went 5-for-6, with three doubles, four runs and four RBIs. He is 13-for-23 with six walks so far this year.

Here’s video of his first home run this season:

LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes is a top ten draft prospect. The #1 pick might be a stretch, but not if he keeps having games like Friday. He went six innings on two hits, one earned run, two walks and 11 strikeouts.

Here’s a quick video with some added info:

Chase Dollander is considered to be the top pitcher in the class right now. The University of Tennessee pitcher went 5.2 innings on Sunday, allowing two runs on five hits, one walk and 12 strikeouts versus Dayton.

Here’s video from his debut last weekend:

Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford has a chance to go #1. His team played Cincinnati over the weekend. He went 1-for-2 on Friday, with a double, two runs, two RBIs and two walks. He was 3-for-4 on Saturday, with a double, homer, walk, three runs and two RBIs. He went 0-for-1 with two walks and a HBP on Sunday.

Here’s the homer:

Jacob Wilson from Grand Canyon University has a long shot at being the #1, but he’s still a top ten prospect now AND he’s the son of Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson. So, he’s going to be followed here for two reasons. His team had a tough schedule, playing Ohio State and Gonzaga two times each this weekend.

Wilson went 1-for-3 with a double on Thursday. He went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, a walk and a sacrifice fly on Friday. He was 4-for-6, with a double and five RBIs on Saturday in game one of a doubleheader. He went 1-for-2 in the second game.

Here are two of his big hits:

The homer:

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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