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Oakland Athletics Ink Coco Crisp

Found January 04, 2012 on hardballchat.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Coco Crisp,  Buster Olney
TEAMS: Oakland Athletics

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Yesterday, ESPN’s Buster Olney reported that the Athletics re-upped Coco Crisp with a 2-year deal worth at least $14 million. The deal will pay Crisp $6M in 2012, $7M in 2013, and includes a $7.5M team option for 2014. If the A’s decline to pick up the option, Crisp gets $1M. Deals like this make me love the offseason. Some people hate this deal, while others love it. Personally, I love this deal for Oakland. They hold onto an above-average defender in center-field who has some offensive skills. Let’s break him down further. Over the past two seasons, Crisp has accumulated 5.5 WAR (FanGraphs) and a .269/.324/.400 slash line. Personally, I think it’s a bit unfair to ignore stolen bases when calculating slugging percentage, so I add in the player’s net stolen bases (steals minus caught stealings) to come up with something called Runner Slugging % (RS%). I’m sure this is a popular technique and I’m sorry if there’s a better name out there...
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