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As 21-year-old Dylan Crews continues to emerge from LSU collegiate star to quickly-advancing prospect on his path to becoming a Major Leaguer, there are aspiring baseball players who want to be just like him.

Crews, selected as the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s Draft by the Nationals, has already jumped from Single-A to Double-A. Following his debut with the Harrisburg Senators on Tuesday -- in which he went 1-for-1 with an RBI, one run scored, two walks and a stolen base -- Crews had 152,000 followers on Instagram alone. He is ranked as Washington’s No. 1 prospect and No. 4 overall by MLB Pipeline.

On a trip to see the Fredericksburg Nationals last week, prior to Crews’ promotion, I was curious: For all the big league hopefuls who would like to be like Crews one day, who would Crews like to trade places with for a game if he had the chance? I posed that hypothetical question in different scenarios to the standout outfielder.

MLB.com: If you could trade places and be another current Major League player for a day, who would it be?
Crews: “Definitely Shohei Ohtani as a pitcher. I think that would be really cool. He’s probably the best player in the league right now. To be on the other side of things and kind of think as a pitcher would be pretty cool, so I’d say Shohei for sure.”

MLB.com: If you could play a game as another player from a different generation, who would you want to go back in time and be?
Crews: “Oh man. Probably Ken Griffey Jr. He’s an outfielder like me and probably one of the sweetest swings you’ll ever see in your life. Obviously, a Hall of Famer, too. Just to live in his shoes for a day or so, I think that’d be pretty awesome.”

MLB.com: What if you could be a professional athlete from a different sport?
Crews: “LeBron James. You could argue he’s the G.O.A.T. Just to live on that side, also be 6-[foot]-8 and to be able to dunk crazy like him and just to do things all around the court that he does would be pretty awesome.”

And what does Crews think about already being someone others aspire to be like?
Crews: “It’s kind of weird, honestly, because I view myself as those kids, almost. I feel like I’m still 16, 17, 18 years old. But to be able to say ‘those kids look up to me,’ it’s a pretty awesome feeling. I came a long way. It’s been a long, fun ride. [I] put a lot of hard work into it. It’s a weird feeling, but it’s awesome. I soak it in every day, and I just enjoy it and have fun with it.”