Fort Myers, Fla. — Tigers first baseman C.J Cron played the final two-plus months of the 2019 season with a serious injury to his right thumb, serious enough to require off-season surgery to fix. Can you imagine trying to hit big-league pitching with a broken thumb on your top hand?
It would force you to significantly change your hitting mechanics, wouldn’t it?
“Not on purpose,” said Cron, who bashed a three-run home run way beyond the mini-Monster in left field in the first inning of the Tigers 13-9 Grapefruit League win against the Red Sox at Fenway Park South (jetBlue Park) on Wednesday.