What happened to JP Crawford? Did Crawford have a stroke?

JP Crawford fouled a ball off his foot during batting practice before Friday’s Cactus League game against the Athletics and was scratched from the lineup due to foot soreness.

Seattle Mariners’ JP Crawford has never suffered a stroke. The Phillies selected JP Crawford in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft, 16th overall. He later signed his first professional baseball contract on June 18, worth $2.30 million.

JP Crawford made his first appearance as a professional ballplayer with the Gulf Coast Phillies of the Gulf Coast League (GCL) in Clearwater, Florida.

In 39 games with the GCL Phillies, JP Crawford led the league in both batting average (.345) and on-base percentage (.443), earning him a promotion to the Single-A Lakewood BlueClaws.

JP Crawford made his Mariners debut on May 10, 2019, against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. On June 19, 2021, JP Crawford hit his first career grand slam off of Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Josh Fleming.