Can Dylan Crews win Rookie of the Year in 2025?: theFUTURE

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Recently, Bill closely examined the right-handed pitcher Brad Lord in our Rochester Report. Brad Lord's progress in his quest to the big leagues. "On Sunday, June 23rd, Lord arrived in Syracuse to pitch for AAA-Rochester. The Red Wings were having a tough week, losing four of the five games in the weekly series. Manager Matt LeCroy for the Red Wings said during the pregame show that if they could get three innings from Lord, he would be really happy because their pitching has been really taxed in this tough series..."

 🏅 MVP! MVP! MVP! 

It's never too early to start to talk about who will win Rookie of the Year for 2025 right? According to many (especially MLB.com), Washington Nationals OF Dylan Crews is among the many rookies in serious consideration for the 2025 NL Rookie of the Year award. From MLB.com, "He’s [Crews] shown steady improvement in approach and output at LSU and every Minor League stop he’s made, giving much confidence he’ll build on the modest success he showed in 31 games with the Nats in '24. His speed and defense are already Major League assets, and he’ll have many avenues to provide big league value in his age-23 season. The open question is whether he starts in center or right on Opening Day. Either way, expect him to be in the ROY mix."

Many believe that Japanese baseball pitcher Rōki Sasaki is the current front-runner for this year's Rookie of the Year Award, so having Crews ranked number two (if a National League team signs Sasaki) is a big deal. If Sasaki signs with an American League Team, many consider Crews the front-runner for this year's award. What does this mean for the Nationals? Well, it's been a while since a Washington Nationals player won Rookie of the Year, so it would be nice to see one of our players again win the award.

(TRIVIA: Who was the last Washington Nationals player to win ROY, and what year was it? We will have the answer in our next theFUTURE.)

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