Nationals' Dylan Crews: On bench for second straight game
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Crews is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
Crews finds himself on the bench for the second game in a row against a right-handed pitcher. With the Nationals providing no indication that Crews is dealing with an injury, the consecutive absences from the lineup appear to be a result of poor production to begin the season; he enters Sunday's contest with a .116/.156/.116 slash line and a 37.8 percent strikeout rate in 45 plate appearances. Jacob Young will patrol center field Sunday while Crews takes a seat.
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Nationals' Dylan Crews: Sitting Saturday
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Crews is not in the Nationals' starting lineup against the Marlins on Saturday, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.
Crews has gone 0-for-7 with one walk and four strikeouts over his last two games. He'll cede his spot in center field to Jacob Young, who will bat in the ninth spot against Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara.
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Nationals' Dylan Crews: Two hits, stolen base in win
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Crews went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks.
Crews posted his best stat line of the season, recording his first multi-hit effort and swiping his second bag of the year. The 23-year-old's average now sits at just .103 with an ugly 1:13 BB:K across 30 plate appearances, but there's still plenty of time for him to turn things around.
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Nationals' Dylan Crews: Day off amidst struggles
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Crews is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game in Toronto, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
It's a much-needed day off for Crews, who is 0-for-15 with 10 strikeouts in his first four games this season. Alex Call will start in right field and bat eighth Tuesday while Crews regroups.
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Nationals' Dylan Crews: Swipes bag in Opening Day loss
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Crews went 0-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base in Thursday's extra-inning loss to the Phillies.
The Nationals led the majors with 223 stolen bases in 2024, and they picked up where they left off to begin 2025, going 3-for-4 on the basepaths as a team. Crews got in on the action in the eighth inning, taking third on the front end of a double steal with Jacob Young. Crews slashed a disappointing .218/.288/.353 over 132 plate appearances in his big-league debut last year, but he swiped 12 bags in 15 attempts and should make an impact in that category over a full campaign.
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Nationals' Dylan Crews: Down in No. 8 spot for opener
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Crews will start in right field and bat eighth in Thursday's season opener against the Phillies.
Crews spent most of his time in the leadoff spot last season and hit either first or second throughout spring training, so it's a surprise that he's down so low in the batting order for Opening Day. Nationals manager Dave Martinez has all left-handed or switch hitters in the first five spots of his lineup Thursday against righty Zack Wheeler.
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