Since 2021, C.J. Cron has quickly become one of my favorite Colorado Rockies. It’s not necessarily that he does something out of the ordinary, but it’s the fact that he is just a fun player to watch and that he’s been an under-the-radar type of player his whole career. Last season was a great bounceback from a knee injury that robbed him of a full 2020 season, and when the Rockies signed him to a two-year extension at the end of 2021, I was over the moon about the prospect of Cron’s bat in the lineup.
This season, we’ve seen Cron continue to provide solid production at the plate, becoming the first player in the National League this season to reach double-digit home runs, while also being the league leader in multi-hit games with 17.