Re: Lefty off the bench


<bismo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:c66425a7-705a-4a15-a5f0-e0cc1b91b9cd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Nobody other than Gnork has been more critical of Crisp's hitting, but
I'd be perfectly content to have Coco as the 4th outfielder. With all
due respect to Gnork, there aren't exactly a ton of great 4th OF
candidates out there. Now, it's totally true that $4.8 million is a
lot to pay someone who may stand to only get 200-250 AB. And Crisp's
agent has made a lot of noise about the player not wanting to be a
backup. So I can totally understand why they might want to trade him,
and I'd have no problem with that either.

Because of his defense, relatively cheap salary, and the hope against
hope that he'll figure out how to hit again, I agree that Crisp could
be a starting CF for several teams (most of which you've listed). I
think Cincy will stick with the rookie Jay Bruce, who's said to be a
tremendous prospect, and Minnesota may very well go-go with Gomez.
But if Boston is determined to trade Crisp, I think there will be some
takers. (I do agree with Gnork that they're not going to get great
prospects for Coco, but I think they can get something useful.)

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I keep reading Gnork complain about Coco's OPS numbers, so I started looking at random at other CFer's career #'s ...

Baldelli - .767
Cabrera - .728
Granderson -.837
Damon - .786
Ichiro - .816
Hunter - .793
Coco - .738

Is that really SO out of line given his salary and defense and speed? Hell...Youks OPS is .817 as a firstbaseman. I don't hear all the grief about him.

He's no All-Star, but he's a very serviceable big leaguer. I'm not that unhappy with his 85 runs, 141 hits and 60 RBI on a team with the kind of offensive threats he is surrounded by. For under 5 million?

Now, I'd rather trade him for value, than use him as a (possibly unhappy) backup, but to give him away to dump salary is ridiculous IMHO.

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