What happened to the Cron Zone?

Remember the Cron Zone? It was this amazing feeling that Rockies fans got to experience every time C.J. Cron stepped up to the plate. With his rigid, upright stance, the 6-foot-4 slugger thrilled fans as much as he intimated opposing pitchers.

Through his first 88 at-bats of the season over 23 games, Cron smashed nine homers. That averaged out to one homer per 9.78 at-bats. For context, Aaron Judge is averaging one homer per every 9.37 at-bats this season.

Back on May 18, I was watching the Rockies battle the Giants and preparing to write the game recap for Purple Row. They were trailing 3-2 it wasn’t looking good. In the eighth inning, the Rockies had tied it up 3-3 and C.J. Cron walked up…