Re: Lupica: Crisp and Damon are equal



On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:18:08 +0000, jc wrote:

> Shant M wrote:
>
>>
>> Thank you, those are three excellent points.
>>
>
> Don't get me wrong, he's a good player. He's just not a leadoff hitter,
> and probably not a CF either. Not to mention, his arm is as bad, if not
> worse, than Damon's, he doesn't take the amount of pitches that Damon
> does, and Damon is a much better baserunner. So when you factor in that
> the Yankees didn't have to give up any prospects to get him, I think
> that the Yanks got a much better deal than the Sox did with Crisp, even
> though they had to overpay by a few mil.

Compare Damon's away splits to Crisp's. It isn't even close. Crisp had
more BB than Damon and a higher OBP on the road.

Damon benefitted hugely from Fenway while Crisp was hurt by Jacob's.


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