Monday, December 21, 2009

Why Coco Crisp?

Fangraphs: "The A’s are reportedly on the verge of signing Coco Crisp to a one year, $5 million deal. Now, Crisp is a decent player – he’s racked up +15.7 WAR in 832 career games, averaging about 2.7 WAR per 600 plate appearances. He’s a very good defensive outfielder and has been about a league average hitter for most of his career. That’s a good combination."

Of course, no mention of his sucking last year.

My guess is the A’s will try to win without having to score runs. Their model must show that pitching and defense are 100% of the game.


We all know how wonderful models are now, don't we?

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