A new trade pitch would send former No. 2 overall pick Dylan Crews to the Blue Jays for Sean Keys and Ricky Tiedemann. It's a buy-low swing on a young outfielder.

Federal Baseball's Sam Sallick floated the deal Wednesday. There's no confirmed report linking Toronto to the outfielder, but the interest around him is real.

The Athletic's Spencer Nusbaum reported that multiple teams asked about Crews at the GM meetings. Unlike several young Nationals, he hasn't been declared off-limits.

The 24-year-old hasn't lived up to the hype yet. He hit .223 with a .663 OPS in 2026.

Across his first 225 big-league games, he's posted 1.5 bWAR. That's well short of what Washington expected when it drafted him second overall in 2023, one pick after LSU teammate Paul Skenes.

Why would Washington move him? Outfield depth and a need for pitching.

Sean Keys and Ricky Tiedemann headline the Dylan Crews package

James Wood, Daylen Lile and Jacob Young give Blake Butera's club plenty of outfield options. The Nationals have also been hunting controllable starting pitching.

Keys would be the centerpiece. The 23-year-old crushed 28 homers with a 1.019 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A in 2026.

His big-league debut was rougher, with a .570 OPS over 25 games. In Washington, he could compete with Abimelec Ortiz at first base.

Tiedemann is the wild card. Once one of baseball's top pitching prospects, the lefty debuted in 2026 after years of injury setbacks.

Toronto should take this deal. Keys is blocked at first by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. through 2039, and Tiedemann is surplus depth, so landing a former No. 2 pick for them is a smart gamble.

Crews is like a stock that crashed after a hyped IPO. The fundamentals that made it attractive haven't vanished, and the price has never been lower.

He'd also bring athleticism and defence to an outfield that values both, joining Brett Bateman and Nathan Lukes in the mix.

He might never become the star Washington imagined. But if Ross Atkins can buy that upside with spare parts, it's a bet worth making.