Let’s face it, there is very little new that can be said or written about shortstop J.P. Crawford, the consensus top prospect in the Phillies system. He is unsurprisingly at the top of our TBOH 2016 Phillies Top 10 Prospects list.
Rather than any new insights, this piece will give you the basic background, some recent comments, and then finish up with how I see Crawford’s career developing over the next few seasons.
John Paul Crawford was born on January 11th, 1995 in Lakewood, California. He is somewhat a rarity in that it was a pair of females who had the most influence over first his introduction to the game, and then in his early development.