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Have The Sox Found Their Leadoff Man In Coco Crisp?

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What do you do when you can’t afford Chone Figgins and Johnny Damon? You go to the bargain bin. And inside it you find Coco Crisp. It doesn’t look like they’re super close to a deal, but some details from the Trib: The White Sox have expressed interest in free agent...
>> www.mouthpiecesports.com/blog/20...
 

Crisp in Chicago?

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The White Sox are talking to Coco Crisp. With the signing of Omar Vizquel, it looks like the White Sox are trying to improve their defense. The were middle of the pack in terms of DER in 2009.
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4458...
 

Crisp Rumor Hardly Fresh

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More photos » by Charlie Riedel - AP Browse more photos » It's not even Thanksgiving yet, and it's already beginning to seem like the daily White Sox rumors are simply those that have trotted out in the...
>> www.southsidesox.com/2009/11...
 

Who should start in center field for the 2010 Cubs?

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Kosuke Fukudome 100% (1 vote) Sam Fuld 0% (0 votes) Marlon Byrd 0% (0 votes) Mike Cameron 0% (0 votes) Coco Crisp 0% (0 votes) Other 0% (0 votes) Chicago's American League baseball...
>> www.goatriders.org/node/40...
 

White Sox Interested In Coco Crisp

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The White Sox are showing interest in center fielder Coco Crisp, tweets Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star.  The Sox have been linked to Crisp in many rumors over the years. It's been suggested Alex Rios will play center field for the 2010 Sox, though he could certainly...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Top 10 Free Agent Outfielders

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Outfielders, as in many years, offer the most diverse market. The reason outfielders tend to end up as free agents more often, is that typically it is hard to find a combination of average to above-average offense and good defense, and...
>> baseballreflections.com/2009/11...
 

Royals Prefer Trades

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Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star dishes on the Royals... Dayton Moore...step away from the free agent market.  The Royals are moving toward trades, with an eye on the long-term.  Owner David Glass says the plan is to "turn over some of the club."  Moore...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Similarity Scores through 2009

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Because it's amusing to figure out who is similar to who.   Batters is most similar to or In 2008, he was most similar to Alberto Callaspo Smoky Burgess Don Slaught   Alex Gordon Howard Johnson Darnell Coles Joe Foy Billy Butler...
>> www.royalsreview.com/2009/11...
 

Eleven Option Decisions Made Today

Today was a busy day for options, as eleven decisions were reached.  Here's a summary: The White Sox declined Jermaine Dye's $12MM option, paying a $950K buyout. The Phillies exercised their $9MM option on Cliff Lee. The Diamondbacks exercised their...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Eleven Option Decisions Made Today

Today was a busy day for options, as eleven decisions were reached.  Here's a summary: The White Sox declined Jermaine Dye's $12MM option, paying a $950K buyout. The Phillies exercised their $9MM option on Cliff Lee. The Diamondbacks exercised their...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Royals notebook: Options declined on Crisp, Olivo and Yabuta

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It wasn’t just Mark Teahen who became an ex-Royal on Friday. The club also bought its way out of 2010 contract options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta. The moves were expected — but came at a combined cost of $1.1 million.
>> www.kansascity.com/sports/...
 

Royals decline 2010 options on Crisp, Olivo, Yabuta

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The Kansas City Royals have declined the 2010 options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and pitcher Yasuhiko Yabuta.
>> www.miamiherald.com/sports/...
 

Royals decline options on Crisp, Olivo and Yabuta

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The Royals trimmed their roster today by declining 2010 contract options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta.
>> www.kansascity.com/sports/...
 

Royals Decline Options On Crisp, Olivo, Yabuta

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The Royals declined their 2010 options on Coco Crisp, Miguel Olivo, and Yasuhiko Yabuta, according to a team press release. On Crisp, the Royals chose his $500K buyout over his $8MM option.  It's possible the Royals will offer Crisp an incentive-laden deal (he had rotator...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Royals Facing Option Decisions

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Now that the World Series has ended, the clock has started for clubs to make decisions about any player options for 2010. The Royals have three such decision to make, involving Coco Crisp, Miguel Olivo, and Yasuhiko Yabuta. Bob Dutton of The KC Star breaks down what we might...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Royals notes: Club faces option decisions

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The end of the World Series puts the Royals on the clock in terms of picking up the 2010 options on catcher Miguel Olivo, outfielder Coco Crisp and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta. The Royals show little inclination to do so with Crisp ($8 million) and Yabuta ($4 million), although...
>> www.kansascity.com/sports/...
 

Odds & Ends: Mariners, Crisp, Johnson, 'Stros

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A few leftovers as the Phillies and Yankees do battle in Game 6... According to ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure, recently-defected Cuban first baseman Jose Julio Ruiz has impressed scouts in workouts the past two weeks.  The Red Sox and Tigers are known to have some level of interest...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11...
 

Royals face option decisions on Olivo, Crisp, Yabuta

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The end of the World Series puts the Royals on the clock in terms of picking up the 2010 options on catcher Miguel Olivo, outfielder Coco Crisp and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta.
>> www.kansascity.com/sports/...
 

Royals Face Options On Crisp, Olivo

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MLB.com's Dick Kaegel takes a look at the Royals' two contract option decisions, which are due ten days after the World Series. Kaegel believes the Royals will consider Coco Crisp's $500K buyout an easy choice over his $8MM option.  However, Kaegel wonders if the...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/10...
 

2010 Hitters/Fielders - Snapshot of the roster and salaries

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Similar to the 2010 Relievers post from several days ago, this is meant to present a snapshot of who remains on the roster, can we jettison some dead weight, and are there any holes to be filled?  The particulars about how many batters the team keeps on the 25-man and how...
>> www.royalsreview.com/2009/10...
 

An Offseason Process I Could Trust

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So this is what I am left with: doomed to follow a baseball team that uses pre-modern techniques for assessing players I am forced to come up with my own alternate reality that I hope will happen.  I will list some groups of players that I would look to acquire at each position...
>> www.royalsreview.com/2009/10...
 

The Royals Offense is the #1 problem

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Plain and simple. The defense has deep flaws, The relief pitching became far worse when DM thought "Inexpensive relievers were good, therefore expensive ones will be better", and the starting pitching fell apart due to the stretching out of most of the rotation. But...
>> www.royalsreview.com/2009/10...
 

Royals Rumors: Jacobs, Buck, Olivo, Teahen

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Royals GM Dayton Moore tells Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star that he plans on improving his team's defense this offseason. Moore expects to have about $70MM to work with this winter, but, as Mellinger points out, that doesn't leave the Royals with much flexibility. Here...
>> www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/10...
 

Facebook Reactions Part I: Wedge Fired

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Facebook is a wonderful thing in some instances.It's also the root of all evil, along with myspace, twitter, and anything else of the sort.Yet I'm on two of the three.Of course I'm a fan of the Cleveland Indians on facebook, so I get the status updates or whatever the hell...
>> www.thetribedaily.com/2009/10...
 

2 Postgames at Once, and An Ellsbury Examination

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More photos » by Bill Kostroun - AP Ells sucks. Browse more photos » Bullet point format engage. Game 1: We lost 9-5, but it wasn't as close as that may seem. Lester didn't look very...
>> www.overthemonster.com/2009/9/...
 
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