Cron goes 17th to Angels By Dirk Facer, Monday, June 6, 2011 at 5:46 pm MST Leave a comment Share [x] Tweet Utah first baseman C.J. Cron was the 17th player taken in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. The two-time All-American and back-to-back Mountain West Conference Player of the Year was selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.