It only took three games in the Arizona Complex League for the Texas Rangers to decide that former Florida outfielder [autotag]Wyatt Langford[/autotag] needed some tougher competition.
Langford hit safely five times during his 14 plate appearances for the ACL Rangers, doubling three times and homering once. He went 3-for-4 on Monday with three runs batted in, a home run, a walk and a stolen base.
He’ll skip the Single-A affiliate Down East Wood Ducks entirely and move on to play for the High-A Hickory Crawdads in the South Atlantic League, according to Nick de la Torre of Gators Online.
Fangraphs thinks Langford will debut in the bigs by 2025 and ranks him 15th among all prospects in the league. High-A should be a bit more of a challenge for Langford, though. Some have compared that level of the minors to the SEC. While the comparison doesn’t always hold true, Langford was among the best hitters in all of college baseball. He should still perform well with the Crawdads.
Hickory is currently 19-10 (.655) and leading the South Division of the SAL. The Crawdads play nightly at 7:05 p.m. EDT through Saturday and are scheduled for 2:05 p.m. EDT on Sunday. Games are available on MiLB.tv.
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