He looks a bit Paul Bunyanesque, standing 6 feet 4 and 235 pounds, his face partially hidden by a fresh beard.
Though his frame isn’t chiseled, the Angels look at his powerful physique and envision C.J. Cron crushing baseballs with the same ease the lumberjack once felled tall trees in American folklore.
Cron has given evidence of such power. He has reached double figures in home runs every season since his 2014 arrival in the big leagues.
Yet he has proven uncommonly streaky, and the Angels showed their lessening patience with his unpredictability when he got off to a slow start this season and they twice sent him down to the minors.