Orange County Register: Angels' C.J. Cron sent to minors in hopes he can regain his rhythm at plate

[AngelsWin.com]

ANAHEIM – C.J. Cron hadn’t notched an extra-base hit in a month and hadn’t walked in five weeks. To find the swing he long ago lost, the Angels sent him down to Triple-A Salt Lake, temporarily replacing him with utilityman Grant Green.Green...

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[Mark68]

I thought white guys have no rhythm.

[Hollyw00d]

he doesn't need to find his swing, he needs to find a new approach

 

dude is vlad guerrero without the talent

Edited May 27, 2015 by Hollyw00d

[disarcina]

I thought Grant Green should have gotten the roster spot out of ST.........

 

Cron? sure liked his swing when he first came up and started hitting line drives -- but then he met the MLB off-speed pitches and it sent him back to the minors.

 

Cron is a one dimensional player -- can't field much at 1B and you really can't put him in the OF -- he's a high reward (lots of power) and high risk (lots of strikeouts) guy.

 

He may be back up in September or if someone gets hurt -- but, really, Cron is a guy who could be sent out never to be seen in a Halos uni again.

[Ohtaniland]

Don Baylor couldn't fix his rhythm?

[EDinTUSTIN]

ANAHEIM – C.J. Cron hadn’t notched an extra-base hit in a month and hadn’t walked in five weeks. To find the swing he long ago lost, the Angels sent him down to Triple-A Salt Lake, temporarily replacing him with utilityman Grant Green.Green...

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To find the swing he never had, actually. At least on the major league level. It is apparent that he is just not talented enough for MLB. He is one of those kids that will have a nice career in the minors, make a good living playing baseball for part of the year. No shame in that, every organization needs depth on the farm to allow it to develop talent. He fills out a AAA roster nicely, can contribute to the health of the farm system, and have fun playing ball making a better than average living for a 5 month work season. He is just not major league material. Again, no shame in that, not many are in the scope of things.

Edited May 28, 2015 by EDinTUSTIN

[EDinTUSTIN]

I thought white guys have no rhythm.

Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich would agree if they were still with us.  

[Second Base]

Oh how easily we give up. I'm glad the players themselves show more belief than the AW posters.

Not to say he will succeed of course, but it seems evident the time to give up on Cron is in a distant place quite unlike the present.

[Jeff Fletcher]

CJ Cron had 80 PAs over Angels first 28 games, a pace for 462 PAs in the season. And this was after having a full spring of everyday ABs to get his timing.

He was hitting .208 with a .232 OBP. (And 4 of his 16 hits at that point had come in one game, so his consistency was even worse.)

That's when he stopped playing regularly.

why is it that if someone like Matt Joyce, who actually has a career track record of being better than his numbers, should sit if he stinks over a small sample, but someone like CJ Cron, who has no track record, just needs to keep playing because "how is he supposed to get his timing if he doesn't play"?

Edited May 28, 2015 by Jeff Fletcher

[fan_since79]

He was 2-4 last night at Salt Lake with a triple and a home run.

[red321]

Sounds like he will be a marvelous AAAA player

[fan_since79]

Let him rediscover his swing of 2014 and go from there. His .739 OPS was better than that of Freese, Aybar, and Cowgill and only five points less than Kendrick's.

 

I'm not ready to write off his major league career.

[red321]

fair enough...if he can figure out things down in AAA and come back and help the club...great. But right now he has no business being on the major league roster.

[fan_since79]

Agreed.

[Lou]

.589 ops after the all-star break

[Angel Oracle]

MLB pitchers clearly and totally figured Cron out after the 2014 ASB. 

That doesn't bode well for his MLB future.

[Stradling]

Unless he, you know, makes adjustments. He is Trumbo with less power and more contact.

[Angel Oracle]

Not very hard contact though since August 2014, and absolutely ZERO plate discipline

Edited May 28, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[Stradling]

So, you agree, he is Trumbo with less power and more contact.

[Angel Oracle]

Well, Trumbo is also known for struggles after the ASB (2011-2014, just over .800 OPS pre-ASB and just under .700 OPS post-ASB). 

[Mark68]

Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich would agree if they were still with us.

Neil Peart still is...tendinitis and all.

[Inside Pitch]

Sounds like he will be a marvelous AAAA player

 

People here seem to forget that he really hasn't even proven he's even a AAA player.  The guy entered this season with less than 200 at bats above AA.   To write him off as a AAAA player when he's barely seen AAA is a bit premature.

[Guest]

I can't make any sense of Cron. He was a completely different player in the spring.

[Reveille1984]

Lots of players are different in the spring.  Hitting against nobodies and guys tinkering with pitches tends to be a lot easier.

[fan_since79]

Whatever he was doing in the first half of 2014 he needs to start doing again. And if the pitchers have figured him out, he needs to get some good coaching and make some adjustments.