Unfortunately in the first half of the season Cron looked lost batting a paltry .192 with only one home run and six RBI’s before being sent down to the minors on June 10th, a stint that lasted three weeks and saw Cron regain his confidence. Cron hit .323 in 23 games with the Salt Lake City Bees smacking six home runs and driving in 23 runs.
When Cron came back to Anaheim on June 29th he seemed to be a different hitter as he hit a home run his first game back and went on to hit 13 more in the last three months and drive in 45 runs during his second stint for the Angels.