Futures Game

[jshep]

Cron batting right now for the US team.

 

Just kind of neat in general as well.

[jshep]

And as I post that, Cron's AB goes:

 

Swing and miss on a fastball up out of the zone.

Swing and miss on a fastball up in the zone.

Swing and miss on a fastball at about head level and out of the zone away.

[gotbeer]

Do the same rules in the All Star Game, apply to the Futures game?  That one member of each team must be represented?

[Chimi]

And as I post that, Cron's AB goes:

 

Swing and miss on a fastball up out of the zone.

Swing and miss on a fastball up in the zone.

Swing and miss on a fastball at about head level and out of the zone away.

 

Sounds like he's ready for the big club.

[jshep]

And a 2 strike single off of Michael Ynoa of the As

 

Much better AB.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

2 run HR for Matt  Davidson. 3-2 USA.

[jshep]

Matt Davidson of the Dbacks just took an elevated changeup out to dead center.

 

Impressive.

[Mark68]

And as I post that, Cron's AB goes:

 

Swing and miss on a fastball up out of the zone.

Swing and miss on a fastball up in the zone.

Swing and miss on a fastball at about head level and out of the zone away.

He'll fit right in.

[jshep]

Byron Buxton getting his 1st AB right now.

 

This should be good.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Cron ab with runners at 1st and 2nd. 

[SoWhat]

Not impressed by Cron

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

GO to SS. 

[Inside Pitch]

He looked completely overmatched in his first at bat...     Shades of Vlad with the way he nearly bent over to hit the ball two inches off the ground in his third.

[Docwaukee]

CJ Crondrick 

[YouthofToday]

Cron looked absolutely dreadful against Romero. His plate approach is worse than Hamilton's.

[bloodbrother]

Just cannot get excited about Cron. A DH who doesn't walk at all

[Angel Oracle]

Not a good game, this was the best college hitter in 2011?

[Second Base]

2-4 with a run.  Not a good game at all.  Every Angel should have games as bad as Cron just had. 

[jshep]

It was 1 for 3 with a single.

 

And his 1st and 3rd ABs looked like a guy that flat out didn't belong facing the level of competition he was facing. He wasn't catching up to the fastballs he was getting(including one he had no business swinging at) and was chasing breaking balls.

 

It's 3 ABs in an exhibition game, so it's not meaningful(although I'm guessing if he went 3 for 3 with 3 bombs, the reaction to that would be pretty different than when he goes 1 for 3 with a single), but it wasn't an impressive showing.

[YouthofToday]

It was 1 for 3 with a single.

And his 1st and 3rd ABs looked like a guy that flat out didn't belong facing the level of competition he was facing. He wasn't catching up to the fastballs he was getting(including one he had no business swinging at) and was chasing breaking balls.

It's 3 ABs in an exhibition game, so it's not meaningful(although I'm guessing if he went 3 for 3 with 3 bombs, the reaction to that would be pretty different than when he goes 1 for 3 with a single), but it wasn't an impressive showing.

This. I don't see how the Angels can pencil Cron into any future plans. He is an all bat guy, with immense power and no plate approach. Like a right handed Wily Mo Pena.

[tdawg87]

I see 2 for 4 in the box score.

[jshep]

Huh, I could have sworn that he was replaced after his 3rd AB.

[jshep]

This. I don't see how the Angels can pencil Cron into any future plans. He is an all bat guy, with immense power and no plate approach. Like a right handed Wily Mo Pena.

 

Well in all fairness, it would be astounding if Cron ever swung and missed nearly as much as Pena did.

 

But outs are outs of course, so putting more balls in play for outs vs. Ks isn't exactly a huge comfort.

[Second Base]

You guys must have turned the game off early.  Cron went 2-4 and scored a run.  He had two good AB's, one bad one and one average one.  

 

In fact, here's video of his TWO hits.  - http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28909981&query=Cron

 

Congrats on judging a prospect in one game in which he goes 2-4 guys.  You guys probably hit it right on the money. 

[jshep]

My bad then, I thought he was removed after 3 ABs. Although I disagree with your analysis of the quality of each of his ABs, because I wouldn't describe either his 1st or 3rd ABs as even average. His 1st one was ridiculously awful, and his 3rd one had him weakly grounding a breaking pitch a good deal out of the zone to shortstop. His 2nd one was fine, and I never saw his last one, so I'll take your word for it.

 

And who is judging Cron based on 1 game? Both myself and YoT(and I'm guessing you're addressing one or both of us) have had the same concerns about Cron's approach and how good a hitter he'll really be with it(and he needs to be a REALLY GOOD one) long before today.