Infielder has been stellar on defense and has managed to contribute offensively despite numbers being down
It’s almost impossible to have done so littleThe Padres’ offense is not good, and a part of that has been Cronenworth not doing so well.“He does things that show up maybe not on the stat sheet a lot of times,” Bob Melvin said. “But they show up on the scoreboard at the end of the game.”Cronenworth is batting .211/.302/.331 with three homers this season for the team whose 28-16 record is tied as the National League’s second best.
Fernando Tatis Jr. is the only one ranked higher in all three categories. Johnny Grubb, Tony Gwynn, Gene Richards and Bip Roberts all had a higher average and on-base percentage than Cronenworth but not a higher slugging percentage. Tatis , Grubb and Gwynn were the only players with a higher OPS than Cronenworth after 206 games.
Cronenworth laid out in a dive on the grass, grabbed the ball and in one fluid movement that took less than a second, he swung his body into a position in which his right knee was on the ground while his left leg was stretched out and his chest was pointed toward first base as he simultaneously transferred the ball from glove to throwing hand. At that point, his throw to first base from the ground was a foregone conclusion. Wong was out by two steps.
Cronenworth has since he arrived in spring training in 2020 amazed teammates and coaches with his knowledge about baseball — statistics, analytics, salary history, where players went to college or high school and, most crucially, the instincts and intricacies of playing on the field.
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