Throughout final yr’s MLB Draft, everyone assumed Dylan Crews could be the primary choose till the Pittsburgh Pirates, prioritizing their pitching wants, went forward and took Paul Skenes with the No. 1 choice.
The Washington Nationals took Crews after that.
The fourth choose, Wyatt Langford, is having the very best spring of the group, although.
Langford was taken by the Texas Rangers, the reigning World Sequence champs, and might be up prior to all of us anticipated.
If his spring efficiency is any indication, there’s a likelihood he breaks camp with the workforce.
With a grand slam on Thursday, the offensive machine reached 5 residence runs in exhibition play, as famous by Talkin’ Baseball on Twitter.
Rangers star prospect Wyatt Langford now has 5 homers this spring! This one a grand slam pic.twitter.com/EEAZPGhVwF
Leaving him down at this level could be negligence by the Rangers, however everyone knows how this enterprise works.
Each workforce within the league is at all times attempting to realize an additional yr of management with these proficient prospects, in order that they depart them within the minors for a couple of weeks at the beginning of the yr.
We nonetheless don’t know what the Rangers will do with Langford, however he’s performing admirably.
He’s slashing .361/.442/.806 with 5 homers and 14 RBI in simply 13 spring coaching video games.
Final season, the Rangers positioned him within the Advanced League, Excessive-A, Double-A, and Triple-A, and none of these leagues might cease him.
Whereas he’s not a great defender, there isn’t a denying that his bat is MLB-ready.
If the Rangers are sensible, they are going to take him with them from the go to keep away from shedding floor to the Houston Astros and the Seattle Mariners.