C.J. Cron’s red-hot August increased his value. Can the Rockies re-sign him?

Some mightiness beryllium amazed by the fantabulous play archetypal baseman C.J. Cron is producing for the Rockies.

Not manager Bud Black.

But adjacent Black didn’t envision the benignant of blistery August days and nights Cron is putting together.

Entering Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Cubs astatine Wrigley Field — Tuesday night’s crippled was rained retired — Cron led the majors successful batting mean (.418), slugging percent (.836) and RBIs (28) successful August. The 31-year-old was tied for 2nd with 7 location runs and ranked 2nd successful on-base percent (.494).

“It’s hard to pinpoint the nonstop moment,” Cron said Tuesday erstwhile asked erstwhile helium started feeling similar helium was successful the zone. “You are going to person your ups and downs implicit the people of 162 games. This has been the champion agelong I person had present with the Rockies, truthful of course, it’s going to instrumentality retired much than thing else.

“But things similar this travel and go, truthful you effort to enactment with it arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable and absorption connected that. I’m going to conscionable effort to support it going.”

Overall, Cron is batting .276 and leads the Rockies with 21 location runs and 71 RBIs. His .905 OPS is the champion of his career. He apt won’t lucifer the career-high 30 location runs helium deed for Tampa Bay successful 2018, but he’s got a bully accidental to surpass the 25 helium deed for Minnesota successful 2019.

Late successful outpouring training, erstwhile it was wide Cron would marque the squad aft arriving astatine campy via a insignificant league deal, Black said: “We watched him successful practice. He’s successful a bully spot. Is the assemblage firing? What’s the bat speed? How’s the defense?

“We’ve seen what we needed to see. We saw bat speed. We saw exit velocity. We saw him handling definite pitches you request to grip travel April 1. Everything has lined up for him to beryllium a productive hitter successful our lineup.”

An wounded to Cron’s near genu cap, and consequent surgery, chopped his 2020 play abbreviated aft lone 52 sheet appearances with Detroit. He looked astatine Colorado arsenic a spot to revitalize his career.

“I deliberation it was a bully accidental for maine here,” Cron said during outpouring training. “A accidental to get immoderate at-bats and beryllium to everyone that I tin inactive play.”

He’s surely done that. Now the question is: wherever volition helium play successful 2020?

Cron is simply a escaped cause and determination are going to beryllium immoderate lucrative offers connected the table, particularly due to the fact that the National League is apt to follow the designated hitter adjacent season. Cron could capable that relation rather nicely. Cron is making $1 cardinal with the Rockies this play aft signing a one-year, $6.1 cardinal woody with Detroit for the 2020 season.

Cron has not talked astir his imaginable aboriginal with the Rockies, astatine slightest not successful circumstantial terms. Though helium has said respective times that helium likes Denver and helium likes the squad chemistry helium sees the Rockies building.

Black believes the Rockies person a bully changeable to re-sign Cron.

“We are going to research it and speech to C.J. astir his involvement successful coming back,” Black said aft the July 30 commercialized deadline passed and Colorado decided to clasp onto Cron. “There is perchance a acceptable there, for sure. I cognize that helium has enjoyed his play here.

“He’s from the West; raised successful Arizona and went to assemblage successful Utah, truthful I deliberation there’s a comfortableness present and helium enjoys being a Rockie. So we’ll see. I deliberation it’s a definite possibility. We’ll spot however the adjacent 2 months play out.”

On Deck
Game 1: Rockies RHP German Marquez (11-9, 3.80 ERA) astatine Cubs LHP Justin Steele (2-2, 3.22)
Game 2: LHP Austin Gomber (9-7, 4.15) astatine RHP Zach Davies (6-10, 5.04)
12:20 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Wrigley Field
TV: AT&T Sportsnet
Radio: 850 AM/94.1 FM

Marquez is coming disconnected an unusual outing. He was cruising vs. the Padres astatine Coors Field until helium gave up 3 solo homers successful the seventh inning. Still, the right-hander picked up his 11th triumph arsenic helium allowed conscionable 5 hits and 1 walk. Marquez ranks tied for 4th successful the National League successful prime starts with 16. He is 7-3 with a 2.93 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and .183 opponents’ mean implicit his past 11 starts. He is 1-2 with a 6.66 ERA successful 5 vocation starts vs. the Cubs. Steele volition beryllium making his 14th quality of the season, but conscionable his 3rd start. In his past crippled astatine Cincinnati, the Reds reached him for 2 runs connected 5 hits implicit 4 innings. He gave up 1 homer and 3 walks portion striking retired five. He’s ne'er faced the Rockies.

Gomber volition beryllium searching for occurrence connected the road. He’s 5-1 with a 2.09 ERA successful 9 location starts compared to 4-6 with a 5.80 ERA connected the road. He was not peculiarly crisp successful his past outing against Arizona, allowing 3 runs connected six hits successful 5 innings astatine Coors Field. In six appearances (one start) vs. the Cubs, Gomber has a 6.00 ERA. Davies suffered his 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment successful his past commencement vs. Kansas City, allowing a career-high 4 location runs successful six innings. Davies is 0-4 with an 8.25 ERA crossed his past 5 starts. He’s making his ninth vocation commencement vs. Colorado. He is 4-3 with a 4.57 ERA against the Rockies, including a 3-1 grounds with a 4.15 ERA successful 4 starts distant from Coors Field. The Rockies bushed him up astatine Coors connected Aug. 3, scoring 7 runs connected six hits successful conscionable 4 innings successful the Rockies’ 13-6 victory.

Trending: Connor Joe has reached basal safely successful 30 of 33 games he’s started portion hitting astatine a .309 clip. In the 20 games he’s started since his callback from Triple-A, he’s slashed .329/.398/.576 with six doubles, 5 location runs and 20 RBIs.

At issue: Closer Daniel Bard is getting ripped by left-handed hitters. They person slashed .343/.413/.667 with 13 doubles, 2 triples and six location runs against the right-hander.

Pitching probables:
Thursday: Off
Friday: Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (4-6, 4.25) astatine Dodgers TBA, 8:10 p.m., ATTRM
Saturday: Rockies RHP Jon Gray (7-10, 4.13) astatine Dodgers LHP David Price (4-2, 3.82), 7:10 p.m., ATTRM