10-Day IL
Injury Hamstring
Est. Return 10/1/2023
2023 Stats
AVG
.197
HR
7
RBI
38
R
31
SB
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Crawford is in the final year of his most recent deal with San Franciso, the only organization he has ever known since geing taken in the 4th round of the 2008 draft. The perennial defensive wizard was not able to repeat his surprise offensive season of 2021, but rather fell back to his below-average offensive years of 2017-2019 as the taxes of playing a high profile defensive position begin to pile up on him. Crawford did miss some time with knee inflammation in the summer and his offense somewhat recovered upon his return as he hit .256/.324/.363 after his return compared to .215/297/.332 before going to the IL. The plate discipline skills are as stable as ever but the outcomes which surprised all of us in 2021 clearly look like a one-last gasp outlier more than any kind of new norm for him. It briefly appeared Crawford would be moving to third base in 2023, but he'll remain at shortstop since Carlos Correa's megadeal with the Giants fell through. Read Past Outlooks

Lands on 10-day IL
Crawford was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a right hamstring strain, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
ANALYSIS
Crawford suffered the injury Wednesday in what could wind up being his final game in a Giants uniform. The 36-year-old impending free agent is eligible to be activated Oct. 1, but that is the last day of the regular season and it's unclear whether he'd be healthy anyway. Marco Luciano and Tyler Fitzgerald have both been brought up from Triple-A Sacramento to cover at shortstop down the stretch. Paul DeJong was given his release.
Crawford suffered the injury Wednesday in what could wind up being his final game in a Giants uniform. The 36-year-old impending free agent is eligible to be activated Oct. 1, but that is the last day of the regular season and it's unclear whether he'd be healthy anyway. Marco Luciano and Tyler Fitzgerald have both been brought up from Triple-A Sacramento to cover at shortstop down the stretch. Paul DeJong was given his release.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
+12%
OPS vs RHP
2023
+1%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .677 | 338 | 11 | 54 | .237 | ||||
Since 2021vs Right | .761 | 985 | 29 | 126 | .256 | ||||
2023vs Left | .599 | 70 | 2 | 11 | .215 | ||||
2023vs Right | .594 | 246 | 5 | 27 | .192 | ||||
2022vs Left | .666 | 118 | 3 | 16 | .241 | ||||
2022vs Right | .647 | 340 | 6 | 36 | .227 | ||||
2021vs Left | .722 | 150 | 6 | 27 | .244 | ||||
2021vs Right | .961 | 399 | 18 | 63 | .319 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
+2%
OPS on Road
2023
+9%
OPS on Road
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Since 2021Home | .732 | 645 | 18 | 82 | .248 | ||||
Since 2021Away | .746 | 678 | 22 | 98 | .253 | ||||
2023Home | .570 | 155 | 4 | 18 | .181 | ||||
2023Away | .620 | 161 | 3 | 20 | .213 | ||||
2022Home | .617 | 214 | 3 | 18 | .219 | ||||
2022Away | .679 | 244 | 6 | 34 | .241 | ||||
2021Home | .910 | 276 | 11 | 46 | .307 | ||||
2021Away | .880 | 273 | 13 | 44 | .289 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Brandon Crawford compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.35BB Rate
8.9%K Rate
25.0%BABIP
.244ISO
.122AVG
.197OBP
.276SLG
.319OPS
.595wOBA
.267Exit Velocity
89.9 mphHard Hit Rate
28.8%Barrels/PA
6.6%Expected BA
.219Expected SLG
.379Sprint Speed
21.2 ft/secGround Ball %
41.9%Line Drive %
18.2%Fly Ball %
39.9%Advanced Batting Stats
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Crawford has not yet received the memo that shortstops are supposed to age poorly into their mid-30s and move off the position. All he did in 2021 was have his best ever offensive season with career bests in every single counting category as well as batting average, OBP and SLG. He even led the league in best hair by an infielder. His improvement was not as much as him doing better versus lefties, as he was still below league average in that split, but he was out of his mind against righties with a 156 wRC+ and a .319/.401/.560 slash line. His previous best against righties was a 120 wRC+ back in 2015. He did all this while adding more walks into his game and returning his strikeout rate to where it was pre-pandemic. Eventually, Father Time is going to win this battle, but in the meantime, Crawford has fully embraced Oracle Park's new profile and is now a game changer at the plate as well as in the field.
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Exits with tight hamstring
Crawford was removed from Wednesday's game in Arizona due to right hamstring tightness, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Hits rare home run
Crawford went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Sunday's 11-10 win over the Rockies.
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Resting during nightcap
Crawford will be on the bench for the evening portion of Saturday's doubleheader against the Rockies, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Out against southpaw
Crawford is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Guardians, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Sitting against lefty
Crawford is absent from the lineup Friday versus the Rockies.
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