November 19, 2008
Coco a Go-Go?
There is an unconfirmed report that the Royals and Red Sox worked out a deal for Coco Crisp:
Sports radio station WHB 810 in Kansas City reported this morning that the Red Sox have traded center fielder Coco Crisp to the Royals for righthanded relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez.
But during an on-air interview a few moments ago, Royals senior adviser Mike Arbuckle would not confirm that the deal was complete.
"I would say Coco is a good player and we're always interested in getting good players," said Arbuckle, who recently joined the Royals after working in the front office of the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies.
Crisp's career OBA is .331, which is okay, and an improvement over the Royals .320 mark of 2008. So, unlike the Mike Jacobs trade, the Royals would be moving toward their goal of a better team OBA, and ramping up their defense in center as well.
In the two seasons Ramirez picked up a decent amount of innings, he pitched well. He's good at keeping the ball in the park, strikes out batters without giving up too many walks. This looks like a good move for the Red Sox, trading away a spare part and improving the bullpen. We'll see if the deal actually goes down.
Update: The Red Sox confirmed the trade.
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This is a steal for the Sox, and a stupid deal for the Royals. Ramirez looked good last year. They don't have AAA players at Coco's level of production? He's not bad, but c'mon.
MLB.com is reporting this as a done deal. They say it fixes the Sox logjam in center - hello, Jacoby - and strengthens the bullpen. They're right.
Will Sox fans still be happy with this deal if it allows the Royals to trade De Jesus to the yankees for pitching?
As a Sox fan, I'm all for any deal where the Yankees give up pitching, no matter what they get back.
Brian: Sure, we'll be happy. DeJesus is a good, not great, player. He'd certainly be an upgrade over Melky, but he wouldn't materially change the balance of power. Now if the Yankees traded for Grady Sizemore, that'd be another story.
On the other point... what pitching exactly do the Yankees have to deal?
RedSox didn't have a logjam in CF - they had 2 guys who couldn't hold the job - Crisp is overrated as a CF - can't throw and can't hit at the top of the order - Red Sox have not had great luck bringing in middle relievers over the years - If NYY is going with Swisher at 1B and picks up DeJesus to play CF I'm feeling better already
Super stupid deal for Kansas City. Ramirez had a very good year and has a promising future(good for Boston). Coco Crisp, has attitude problems, health issues and just an average stick. Red Sox definitely got the better end of this deal. Hope that GM Dayton Moore doesn't continue with bad deals like this one. KC needs pitching and power/rbi's this trade weakened our pitching and didn't provide any pop!!
