Dylan Crews to Injured List with Oblique Strain
The Nationals have placed rookie Dylan Crews on the 10-day injured list due to a left oblique strain.
Crews, the second overall pick in the 2023 MLB amateur draft, reported tightness during a plate appearance in the fifth inning and left the game before the sixth inning of Tuesday’s victory over Atlanta. He underwent an MRI on Wednesday.
His first stint on the MLB injured list comes after hitting home runs in consecutive games on Sunday and Tuesday for the first time in his career. Crews is batting .196 with seven home runs, the most among rookies, and 15 RBIs.
It’s never a positive thing, you always want to go out and play every day. But I guess it could have been worse. So we’ll get in the training room and get it right so we can get back on the field as soon as possible.
Dylan Crews
In a corresponding move, the Nationals recalled Robert Hassell III from Triple-A Rochester.
Hassell, the eighth overall pick by San Diego in the 2020 draft, will become the fourth minor league player to reach the majors with Washington who was acquired in the 2022 trade that sent Juan Soto to the Padres, joining James Wood, CJ Abrams and MacKenzie Gore.
It was a great trade and everyone has high expectations for us.
Robert Hassell III
