Coco Crisp...

Again, I'm not a fan of how he started this year (to
put it mildly).

His current numbers: .121 AVG, .171 OBP, .182 SLG.

Yuck.

Now, check out these awful numbers:

..211 AVG, .262 OBP, .316 SLG
..253 AVG, .302 OBP, .354 SLG

They're better than Crisp's current numbers, sure, but
still horrific, right? The player who put up those
numbers (in April of 2004 and 2005 respectively), went on
to have final numbers like these:

2004: .297 AVG, .344 OBP, .446 SLG
2005: .300 AVG, .345 OBP, .465 SLG

You've likely guessed by now that the above player is
none other than Coco Crisp.

I'm NOT saying that Crisp's poor start is a good omen
or that a player who starts poorly and ends well in
previous years is necessarily going to end well after
a poor start this year. I am saying that he's struggled
in April before in years that turned out well. He's not
had enough at bats this year to conclude anything about
how he's going to play this year.

Here are his monthly splits for his career:

Apr .609 OPS
May .825 OPS
Jun .748 OPS
Jul .738 OPS
Aug .743 OPS
Sep .775 OPS

Historically, he's struggled in April. He's REALLY struggling
now. Perhaps he won't ever show the form he exhibited in 2004
and 2005. (And personally, I've got no problem with the Sox's
trying to get some more at bats for Pena and Hinske). But I
still don't think it makes sense to totally give up on Crisp,
especially given his track record of starting really slowly.

Catch you later.
--Robert Machemer



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"Bob-Nob" <bobnob15 DeleteThis @SPaMol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99127949AE049bobnob15aolcom@207.217.125.201...
> Again, I'm not a fan of how he started this year (to
> put it mildly).
>
> His current numbers: .121 AVG, .171 OBP, .182 SLG.
>
> Yuck.
>
> Now, check out these awful numbers:
>
> .211 AVG, .262 OBP, .316 SLG
> .253 AVG, .302 OBP, .354 SLG
>
> They're better than Crisp's current numbers, sure, but
> still horrific, right? The player who put up those
> numbers (in April of 2004 and 2005 respectively), went on
> to have final numbers like these:
>
> 2004: .297 AVG, .344 OBP, .446 SLG
> 2005: .300 AVG, .345 OBP, .465 SLG
>
> You've likely guessed by now that the above player is
> none other than Coco Crisp.
>
> I'm NOT saying that Crisp's poor start is a good omen
> or that a player who starts poorly and ends well in
> previous years is necessarily going to end well after
> a poor start this year. I am saying that he's struggled
> in April before in years that turned out well. He's not
> had enough at bats this year to conclude anything about
> how he's going to play this year.
>
> Here are his monthly splits for his career:
>
> Apr .609 OPS
> May .825 OPS
> Jun .748 OPS
> Jul .738 OPS
> Aug .743 OPS
> Sep .775 OPS
>
> Historically, he's struggled in April. He's REALLY struggling
> now. Perhaps he won't ever show the form he exhibited in 2004
> and 2005. (And personally, I've got no problem with the Sox's
> trying to get some more at bats for Pena and Hinske). But I
> still don't think it makes sense to totally give up on Crisp,
> especially given his track record of starting really slowly.
>
> Catch you later.
> --Robert Machemer
>

Are you one of those who tried for 3 years to convince us that John Valentin
was off to a slow start ?