Daily News | First-round pick Justin Crawford signs with Phillies, ready to give up his No. 3
have had a knack for drawing Las Vegas guys into their organization. After Harper came his close friend Bryson Stott, who the Phillies picked in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft out of UNLV. Three years later, they used their first-round pick on centerfielder Justin Crawford, son of four-time All-Star leftfielder Carl Crawford, selecting him at No. 17 out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.
Smart kid. All jokes aside, it was a big day for the 18-year-old prospect, who will report to Clearwater, Fla., on Tuesday to start his career as a Phillies minor-leaguer . He has been around big-league clubhouses for as long as he can remember, shadowing his father through his stops in Tampa Bay, Boston, and Los Angeles. And on Monday, Justin put pen to paper, officially embarking on a career in professional baseball of his own.The similarities between father and son are obvious.
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