PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Phillies have a player among baseball’s 2016 top five prospects: J.P. Crawford.
ESPN’s Keith Law ranked his top 100 MLB prospects for the upcoming season and the 21-year-old shortstop came in at No. 4.
“A plus defender at short with high OBPs, speed and 35-40 doubles a year is an All-Star in our current offensive environment, and Crawford seems like he’ll be ready to reach the majors and start providing that glovework by the end of this year,” Law wrote of Crawford.
Law does not include players without rookie eligibility (yet to exceed 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in MLB and have not yet spent 45 days on an MLB active roster).