As reported publicly by the Phillies, top shortstop prospect and excellent dog-haver J.P. Crawford has been promoted to AAA Lehigh Valley. Crawford has played nearly a full year at Reading now, minus a little time off for injury, and put up combined stats that PhilliesMinorThoughts.com’s Matt Winkelman tweeted earlier:
J.P. Crawford’s final line in AA:
566 PAs
29 2B
7 3B
7 HR
77 BB (13.6%)
66 K (11.7%)
.264/.365/.397— Matt Winkelman (@Matt_Winkelman) May 20, 2016
That maybe doesn’t look like a wildly successful hitting campaign for someone touted as having an advanced bat, but the foundation of a very strong offensive game shows – he’s got enough power, plus the discipline and contact ability to keep pitchers working all day long.