TEMPE, Ariz. — C.J. Cron, who seemed to have an everyday job in the bag, knows just what to say about his now muddled situation.
“It doesn’t matter what I think,” Cron said Monday, before the Angels had their first on-field full-squad workout of the spring. “I’m not trying to impress myself. I’m just trying to play hard and give it everything I got. I don’t make the decisions so there’s nothing I can do about it. Just play hard and help the team.”
Cron begins spring training in a fight for playing time with Luis Valbuena, with general manager Billy Eppler having already indicated that Valbuena “is going to play.