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Pirates Draft Prospect Watch: Wyatt Langford Makes Noise with a Powerful Weekend

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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. This is our second weekly recap of the weekend action for the top college draft prospects.

Dylan Crews was our first draft prospect profile on Saturday. He went 1-for-4 with a homer, walk and three RBIs on Friday against Butler. That was followed by a 1-for-3 day on Saturday, with a double, two runs and a walk in the first of two games against Central Connecticut State. He went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and two RBIs on Sunday. Crews has a .472 average in 11 games, with five doubles, two homers and 11 walks.

Here’s the Friday homer:

Here’s the two-run double on Sunday:

LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes is a top ten draft prospect, who is off to a great start. He tossed six shutout innings on one hit, no walks and 13 strikeouts against Butler. He has an 0.50 ERA, a .100 BAA and 36 strikeouts in 18 innings through three starts.

Here are some impressive fastballs:

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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