{"slug": "sf-giants-intriguing-prospect-crawford-turns-focus-to-hitting-after-shoulder", "title": "SF Giants’ intriguing prospect Crawford turns focus to hitting after shoulder injuries", "summary": "San Francisco Giants prospect Reggie Crawford is transitioning back to hitting after shoulder surgeries in 2024 and 2025 sidelined his pitching career. The former first-round pick has not pitched in a game in over two years and will now focus on his development as a hitter.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...Crawford hasn't pitched in a game in over two years after undergoing shoulder surgeries in 2024 and 2025\n\nAlready have an account\n\n[Log In](https://www.mercurynews.com/login?&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2F2026%2F06%2F13%2Fformer-sf-giants-first-rounder-reggie-crawford-converts-back-to-hitting-following-injury-setbacks%2F)\nThis article is only available to subscribers\n\nOffer valid for non-subscribers only", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sf-giants-intriguing-prospect-crawford-turns-focus-to-hitting-after-shoulder", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/13/former-sf-giants-first-rounder-reggie-crawford-converts-back-to-hitting-following-injury-setbacks/", "published_at": "2026-06-13 19:14:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-14 00:34:25.441902+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["Reggie Crawford", "San Francisco Giants"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sf-giants-intriguing-prospect-crawford-turns-focus-to-hitting-after-shoulder", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sf-giants-intriguing-prospect-crawford-turns-focus-to-hitting-after-shoulder.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sf-giants-intriguing-prospect-crawford-turns-focus-to-hitting-after-shoulder.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sf-giants-intriguing-prospect-crawford-turns-focus-to-hitting-after-shoulder.jsonld"}}