A lot of fanfare surrounded the amazing flying tagout by Daniel Norris during Monday night’s Tigers game against the Chicago White Sox, but what was missed right before was what precisely happened to C.J. Cron.
One minute he was standing at first, the next he was on the ground in agony, having taken Danny Mendick’s groundball off his shin.
The injury was obviously substantial enough for the Tigers to move Cron to the 10-day injured list, citing a left knee sprain. In a corresponding move, they have called up infielder Willi Castro from the team’s alternate training site.