Coco Crisp

External Since: Dec 19, 2005 Posts: 6

Would you guys say he is better defensively than Damon? How strong is
his arm from the outfield? Damon's arm was a liablity IMHO ( I reckon I
could outthrow the guy with a couple of days of practice) and I reckon
the Red Sox will not be hurting in that department

Is Coco Crisp leadoff hitter material?

Is Coco Crisp a base stealing threat? For all his speed I don't think
Damon was not exactly someone who would put fear in the hearts of
catchers and pitchers with his base stealing ability

External Since: Jan 05, 2006 Posts: 386

Lee Harris wrote:
> <shariq_tariq.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1138468606.196561.280970@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> > Would you guys say he is better defensively than Damon? How strong is
> > his arm from the outfield? Damon's arm was a liablity IMHO ( I reckon I
> > could outthrow the guy with a couple of days of practice) and I reckon
> > the Red Sox will not be hurting in that department
> >
> > Is Coco Crisp leadoff hitter material?
> >
> > Is Coco Crisp a base stealing threat? For all his speed I don't think
> > Damon was not exactly someone who would put fear in the hearts of
> > catchers and pitchers with his base stealing ability
>
>
> Crisp figures to be better than Damon in 2006 already, and the gap will
> widen as each year comes along. Crisp's numbers were hurt by playing in
> Jacobs field, Damons helped by Fenway. Don't know about Crisp's arm but I
> have a sneaking feeling the Sox have him rated high on defense.

Crisp had by far his best stealing success in 2005 with 15 SB and 6 CS.
Damon was superb with 18 SB and a mere 1 CS. Career wise the gap is
very much in Damon's favor 281 SB, 75 CS (78.9%) to 54 SB and 29 CS
(65.1%). I don't think those ratios will change much in the next couple
of years.