When we did J.P. Crawford Appreciation Week in May, we considered that a quarter of the way through the season, J.P. Crawford had become the best version of himself. We had entries on other aspects of his game, but the most important component was his offensive improvements. To that point, he was up to a 116 wRC+, which, had he continued it over the rest of the season, would have been a career best over his next best mark of 103 (2021 and 2022). Turns out, that he didn’t keep up that pace. Since that article was published, his wRC+ has been 140.
Hard-Hit Ball of the Week: J.P. Crawford was having a breakout year. Then he got better.
