In what has been years in the making, the Colorado Rockies finally sold at the trade deadline instead of sitting on their hands. There have been numerous obvious candidates over the years for Colorado to ship out for spare parts, with one recurring name being 2022 All-Star C.J. Cron. Not only would moving Cron infuse the farm system with players that could play a part in the next window of contention, but his removal would also open space for an everlasting clog of corner-only prospects behind him to finally get some much-needed major league playing time.
Well, two weeks ago those wishes came true as Cron and Randall Grichuk were shipped to the Los Angeles Angels for minor league arms Mason Albright and Jake Madden.