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= Phillip Crespo = Phillip Crespo (born 1993) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Colorado Rockies.

High School
Crespo was a blue-chip prospect coming out of the Alabama high school ranks. One MLB scout said that Crespo was the best high school prospect he had seen since Bryce Harper. He would have been in the running for the first overall draft pick if not for his off-field issues. After a misdemeanor drug charge, many MLB scouts stopped attending his games.

College
After not being selected in the 2011 MLB draft from high school, Crespo attended Miami University in Miami, Florida where he played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. At Miami, he was the winner of the 2014 Golden Spikes Award, was named the 2014 Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, the 2014 Sporting News Player of the Year, and was a consensus All-American (2014). He also was named the 2014 SEC Player of the Year. He was a 2012 member of Team USA. Crespo a Freshman All-American in 2012 and was named to the College World Series All Tournament Team in 2012. He is one of the only players in college baseball history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. He set a Miami record by batting .455 in 2014 while becoming one of only four players in college baseball history to have 100 hits, 100 runs and 100 RBIs. During his college career, Crespo broke 17 school and conference records.

Professional Career
Crespo was selected in the first round of the 2014 draft, eighth overall by the Colorado Rockies. He made his MLB debut with the Rockies as a September callup in 2017. After spending most of 2018 in the minors as well, Crespo finally became a full-time major leaguer and fan favorite in 2019.

Crespo was a platoon player his entire career, with a career high at-bats of 411 in 2019. Throughout the first year of his minor league career, Crespo and his minor league coaches would often disagree, as Crespo did not like being told what to do. When the coaches finally gave up on him and let him play "Crespoball", however, Phillip shot up to the major leagues. Likely due to his attitude, legal troubles, or drug problems he did not quite live up to the hype that he recieved in high school and college, but nevertheless he led the Rockies in jersey sales for seven straight years. He was also one of the best teammates in the league, as he was voted "most fun teammate to play with" by the players each of his ten Major League seasons.

Crespo was a 2-time World Series champion with the Rockies and Colorado won a division title each of Crespo's 10 Major League seasons. Although he was never an All-Star, he would play like it when playoff time came around. Crespo was known as one of the best playoff performers in history. He had a number of clutch hits and walk-off home runs in the playoffs, including a walk-off home run in the World Series. Longtime Rockies manager Aiden Wilkerson said about Crespo, "I probably wouldn't have won any World Series in Colorado without Crespo." Additionally Rockies General Manager Luke Kail has said that Crespo has had the biggest impact of any player in the Rockies dynasty, not only for his playoff contributions, but for his impact on his teammates and younger players.

Personal Life
Crespo grew up in a family of extremely talented baseball players and rampant drug use. He said that he had his first beer at age eight and he was addicted to drugs before high school. Crespo has once said that the last 20 years has been "One prolonged cocaine high", and he does not remember most of his baseball career

Crespo has had multiple wives and girlfriends and has fathered many children with many women. The exact number of his children and wives is not known, but he made an agreement with the Rockies to have $1 million per year in child support payments until 2064. Although he has so many children, he is a loving and caring father and he regularly sees all of his children.

Legal Troubles
On July 3, 2012, after his freshman season at Miami, Crespo was arrested in Miami, Florida for soliciting sex from a policewoman posing as a prostitute and for having a small amount of cocaine. On July 24, he was suspended for the entire 2013 season by the Miami baseball team and indefinitely removed from the team. On July 29, he pleaded no contest to the charges and was sentenced to 21 months probation and community service.

In 2014, Crespo was charged in Alabama with failing to make child support payments. When he missed a June 5, 2014, deadline to pay the child support, a Birmingham judge set a trial date of July 17, at which time Crespo agreed to use his signing bonus to pay the debt.

In August 2016, Crespo was sued by attorney Robert Shapiro for failing to pay $100,000 in legal fees, dating back to 2014, when Shapiro represented him in a contract with the Rockies.

On January 1, 2017, police announced that they were searching for Crespo in relation to two incidents of armed robbery that took place at 1:46 a.m. outside the Opium Lounge danceclu in Miami. Allegedly armed with a .45 caliber handgun, Crespo robbed two people and then escaped in a white SUV with two unidentified persons. Crespo reportedly made off with only a cell phone valued at $150 belonging to one of the victims. Crespo turned himself in to police shortly after 9 p.m., EST, on January 2. He faced two counts of aggravated robbery. He was later released on $50,000 bond.

On October 11, 2019, in Miami, Crespo tried to drive to see his probation officer after taking painkillers. While driving, he blacked out, rear-ended another car, and then tried to drive away. An off-duty police officer witnessed the episode and arrested him at gunpoint. The next day, Crespo admitted to the charges and his probation was changed to two years of house arrest. On November 21, he was sentenced to a year of probation and community service.

On October 25, 2020, Crespo left a Miami drug treatment center to use drugs with a female friend violating his house arrest and parole. On November 9, he was sentenced to 40 days in jail with credit for time served.

On April 2, 2021, Crespo was arrested for again disappearing from his house arrest drug treatment center in Miami. On May 1, he was sentenced to more time at a drug treatment center.

It seemed as if Crespo had finally figured it out in 2023. He posted a picture on Instagram in the offseason claiming he was finally sober and drug-free. He began the 2023 season by becoming the NL player of the month, and finally had won an everyday starting position for the Rockies. However, Crespo was suspended on May 27 by Major League Baseball for performance enhancing drugs.

In September 2025, Crespo was charged with filing a false police report after he claimed his SUV was stolen. He admitted that he had lied on the report but was not arrested because it was a misdemeanor.

In the early morning hours of August 9, 2026, Crespo was arrested in Los Angeles after he made an illegal U-turn and led the police on a chase in a sports utility vehicle reportedly belonging to his uncle. After Crespo drove over a police spike strip, the chase ended in a nearby restaurant parking lot. Police said they were forced to secure a cloth around Crespo's mouth after he allegedly spit at the officers and called them "n******" during the arrest. According to Los Angeles Police Sgt. Mike Woods, the officers discovered a katana, a zanbatō, a loaded AK-47 variant and two other loaded handguns in his vehicle along with an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka. The police requested that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives perform a trace on the firearms to determine if Crespo violated Federal gun laws. The officers used mace to subdue Crespo after attempts to subdue him with a Taser proved ineffective because he was wearing Kevlar body armor. During the arraignment in the offseason, Judge Andrea C. Peeples set his bond on the charges of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and failure to maintain current lane at $5 million.

On September 18, Crespo filed a guilty plea to the charges in a plea bargain that involved these events. He was sentenced by Judge David Fales to three years in prison. As part of the plea agreement, the prosecution agreed to allow Crespo to serve his sentence in the offseasons.

In 2029, Crespo was allegedly involved in a drunken assault at a Denver high school, which was caught on camera. According to witnesses, a drunken Crespo beat up a high school lacrosse player with a golf club while screaming, "I'm Phillip f****** Crespo!", which was recorded on videotape.

Crespo remains a suspect of two hit-and-run accidents in the Denver area.