C.J. Cron drafted 17th by the Angels

by JazzyUte on Jun 6, 2011 6:58 PM MDT in Baseball

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have drafted Utah first baseman C.J. Cron.

Cron led the Utes to a 29-21 record and second place finish in the Mountain West Conference - even though they were picked sixth out of seventh prior to the season beginning.

It was the most successful regular season for Utah baseball since the MWC formed in 1999 and Cron certainly became an electrifying and most talked about player in program history.

Cron is a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and was named to the Louisville Slugger All-American team last week.

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now im an angels fan

And utes so I get the best of both worlds so I hope we see him playing for us soon!

GO UTES!!

Now that is what I call a fish.

by Alavel on Jun 6, 2011 7:06 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

California Angels

Congratulations to C.J. Cron! What a great accomplishment. I am definitely going to attend more Angels’ games in the future!

by Utah-UCLA alum on Jun 6, 2011 7:43 PM MDT reply actions

Fuck the Angels.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jun 6, 2011 8:27 PM MDT reply actions

the scouting report is

That he has the most raw power in the draft, so he should be playing soon thanks to the college experience

Now that is what I call a fish.

by Alavel on Jun 6, 2011 8:48 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

probably 2 or 3 years

has to get used to wood bats first (though he does have some exp with them from his short stint in the cape cod league), and work on his defense at first since he is relatively new to the position.

by pack_fan on Jun 13, 2011 2:42 AM MDT up reply actions