Reggie Crawford
1B/P 6-4 230 UConn
2021 Univ. Connecticut stat line -
51-G, 210-AB, .295/.349/.543, 13-HR
6-games, 1-start, 1-1, 2.35, 7.2-IP, 17-K, 3-BB
3-22-22 - Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB
Great to see UConn LHP Reggie Crawford working back. Underwent Tommy John surgery in November.
Up to 101 with a good, firm slider. Legit bat too; two-way guy. Really good chance he'll be full-go by Spring Training 2023 if drafted.
No. 75 at Prospects Live
3-10-22 - https://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/?article_id=3047&s=03 -
Reggie Crawford – LHP / UCONN / Bourne Braves
Unfortunately, due to Tommy John surgery, Reggie Crawford will not be suiting up for the UConn Huskies this season. The two-way first basemen and left-handed pitcher was a projected first rounder before getting injured. With a fastball up to 101 and monster power, Crawford was a force to be reckoned with. While the surgery is obviously hurtful, there is still a good chance that a team will take a chance on Crawford this July.
Crawford only pitched a total of 8 innings for the Huskies the past two years, but in those 8 innings he struck out 17 and only let up 2 earned runs. At the dish, Crawford appeared in 51 games and had a .295 average in 2021 with 13 home runs and 62 RBIs to go along with 62 hits. Crawford was an integral part of the Huskies team and while we may not be getting any Reggie Crawford this spring, it is definitely not the last we have seen of Crawford in a uniform.
37. Reggie Crawford, LHP, UConn
Divining when to draft Crawford this summer will be a challenge. He suffered an elbow injury last year that will continue to limit his availability, meaning he could finish his collegiate career having faced just 36 batters. (He's appeared more frequently as a hitter, but scouts prefer him on the bump.) When Crawford has pitched, he's shown impressive stuff, including a mid-to-upper 90s fastball with spin and a breaking ball with good depth. The lack of tape means scouts are operating with a lot of assumptions as it pertains to his changeup and his ability to withstand a starter's workload. Crawford's profile -- an athletic left-hander with two potential plus or better offerings -- is intriguing enough to land him a spot on here, anyway. Keep his name in mind, even if he's bumped off the list by the time draft day arrives.
1-15-22 - https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2022-mlb-draft-top-100-prospects/ -
35
Reggie Crawford Connecticut 1B/LHP
Ht: 6-4 | Wt: 235 | B-T: L-L
Commit/Drafted: Royals '19 (37)
Age At Draft: 21.6
Crawford will likely be one of the biggest enigmas in the 2022 class given the talent he flashed with USA Baseball’s collegiate national team this summer and his health status. He suffered an elbow injury and is unlikely to pitch during the 2022 season, leaving him with just eight innings on his Connecticut resume, plus a brief look last summer with Team USA. The stuff he showed when on the mound was electric: Crawford ran his fastball up to 99 mph with incredible ease and sat in the mid 90s over the summer, pairing it with a mid-80s slider that flashed plus. Scouts haven’t seen much from his changeup, and they won’t get any clarity on that this spring, and he’s also shown that his command can come and go. Crawford is a two-way player at Connecticut who also plays first base and is a career .309/.362/.546 hitter with 14 home runs, but his ticket to pro ball is certainly on the mound. Were he healthy, he’d be a clear first round candidate on his arm talent alone, but without any history of starting it’s a mystery when teams will feel confident taking him off the board. Louisiana State righthander Jaden Hill (Rockies second-round pick) is a reasonable comparison point from the 2021 draft, but even Hill entered his draft year with more innings and started seven games as a junior before going down with Tommy John surgery.
1-8-22 - https://marlinmaniac.com/2022/01/07/miami-marlins-2022-mlb-draft-preview-reggie-crawford/ -
Miami Marlins 2022 MLB Draft Preview: LHP Reggie Crawford
A former 37th round pick by the Kansas City Royals back in the 2019 MLB Draft out of North Schuylkill High School (PA), Crawford went-on to attend Connecticut where he quickly burst onto the scene as a freshman with a .971 OPS across 13 games during the shortened 2020 season. Collecting a team-high seven doubles with 16 RBI’s during that span, Crawford also added an 11-game hitting streak, as well as making his collegiate debut on the mound.
After impressing both offensively and defensively as a freshman, Crawford entered the 2021 campaign as one of the top overall players in the Big East, and would go-on to post an impressive sophomore season. Slashing .295/.349/.543 across 51 games, Crawford would lead the Huskies and Big East with 13 HR’s and 62 RBI’s (fourth-most in Huskies single-season history), while also posting a 2.35 ERA with 17 K’s across 7.2 IP.
A Second-Team All-Big East selection at season’s end, Crawford would however suffer an elbow injury during the fall, one that required Tommy John surgery that will cause the 21-year-old to miss all of the upcoming 2022 season.
One of the top collegiate prospects in the 2022 MLB Draft, it’s evident as to why Crawford will have interest from numerous teams as not only a first baseman, but primarily as a pitcher, the position that most scouts believe he settles in at the next level.
Led by an upper-90’s fastball from the left-side (Grades as 70 on MLB’s scale), Crawford’s velocity is not seen often among southpaw’s, and is something that makes the Huskies two-way star an intriguing prospect compared to other arms in this draft.
However, even despite a limited sample-size on a collegiate mound, as well as coming off Tommy John surgery, the left-hander’s fastball and emerging slider could be too-intriguing to pass up, especially when Crawford has shown strong command for both.
12-30-21 - https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2021/12/29/2022-mlb-draft-top-300-prospects -
66 Reggie Crawford 1B/LHP UConn
Frackville, PA
The unfortunate narrative surrounding Crawford is his recent Tommy John surgery. Before his UCL injury, there may not have been a more exciting player in college baseball. It's a legit lefty bat with easy plus raw power, maybe more. He's getting into it in games too. The hit tool just about matches the juice too. There's some swing and miss here, and Crawford is generally reluctant to take his walks, but the bat-to-ball skills on pitches in the zone is impressive. It doesn't stop there. Crawford has been clocked as high as 101mph from the mound with a banger slider that tunnels the heater really well. The pipedream of Crawford smoking an 8th inning bomb to take the lead, followed by him blowing would-be batters away in the 9th inning is something scouts are salivating over. He's one of the most dynamic players in college baseball when healthy.
12-13-21 - Prospect Live - Top College First Basemen -
REGGIE CRAWFORD, CONNECTICUT
His offensive game is unrefined. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound lefty ran a .295/.349/.543 line with 13 homers last season. That said, it came with a 33-percent chase rate and a strikeout rate approaching 26 percent. The accompanying contact rate also shows room for improvement. But those numbers came as a 20-year-old still learning what he’s capable of. Who knows the improvements his bat could have seen in 2022. Like most others on this list, Crawford also possesses top-of-the-scale max exit velocity numbers, even if his consistency to find the barrel isn’t quite as bountiful as others on this list.
11-12-21 - Through The Fence Mock 2.0 -
22. St. Louis Cardinals: Reggie Crawford, LHP, Connecticut
Crawford has the ability to become a two-way player at the next level, as he has displayed his ability to absolutely rake at the plate, but the general take on him is that he’s got a better career ahead of him on the mound. At 6’4″ he plays tall and throws strikes. If he can develop his off-speed stuff more, he’ll turn into a true top-20 pick in 2022.
10-22-21 - Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers
SCOOP: Crushing news for @UConnBSB, as star LHP/1B and our No. 4 college prospect for the 2022 MLB Draft, Reggie Crawford, recently suffered what is believed to be a season-ending arm injury. Tommy John is expected. Horrible news for Reggie and #UConn. Such a special talent.
Carlos Collazo @CarlosACollazo
Big injury news for a prominent 2022 MLB Draft prospect.
There was already plenty of uncertainty given Crawford's lack of innings. Sucks to hear. The No. 2 ranked prospect on the USA Baseball CNT this summer.
10-19-21 - Through The Fence - Mock 1.0 -
20. Atlanta Braves: Reggie Crawford, LHP, Connecticut
Crawford has the ability to become a two-way player at the next level, as he has displayed his ability to absolutely rake at the plate, but the general take on him is that he’s got a better career ahead of him on the mound. At 6’4″ he plays tall and throws strikes. If he can develop his off-speed stuff more, he’ll turn into a true top-20 pick in 2022.
10-6-21 - Jim Callis -
With the baseball world enamored by two-way star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, the Orioles could add an all-purpose player of their own in 2022 in UConn lefty reliever and first baseman Reggie Crawford. He hit .295/.349/.543 with 13 homers as a sophomore with the Huskies while striking out 17 of the 33 batters he faced out of the bullpen.
“He’s pitched a little in relief, he pitched a little with Team USA and in the Cape League,” Callis said. “All told at the three stops, he struck out 30 of the 56 hitters he faced, averaged 96 mph and touched 100, [has a] power slider up to 88, he’s a big, physical 6-foot-4 lefty, [and he] throws strikes.”
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