PEORIA, Ariz. — Mariners manager Scott Servais calls J.P. Crawford “a thinker. He doesn’t get credit for that.”
Third base coach Manny Acta commented on the bench last week during the Mariners’ Cactus League opener that Crawford is always in the right place on the field. Servais has referred to him this spring as “a coach on the field” and “quarterback of the defense.”
Those are attributes that all teams seek in their shortstop, and ones that Crawford is happy to embrace.
