The Minnesota Twins made a surprising move earlier this week as they opted not to offer a tender to first baseman C.J. Cron, making him a free agent. Cron was solid for the Twins in his first season in Minnesota, but several concerns including offseason thumb surgery, made the soon-to-be 30-year old’s projected $7.7 million salary hard to stomach.
While the concerns were enough to understand why the Twins let Cron walk, it might not be easy to comprehend considering the team does not have many options to replace him at first base. This means that the Twins could be busy in the coming days as they either look for someone to play first base in the free agent or trade market or even move a current player around in the infield to help fill the void.