By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Sure, Royals fans are tired of the losing. We want GM Dayton Moore to shake up the lineup. But bringing in journeyman outfielder Coco Crisp -- with his outrageous $5.75 million salary -- insults Royals fans.
Yet Moore this week traded for Crisp. So he will be in a Royals uniform in 2009, bringing to Kauffman Stadium:
-- A pedestrian .331 career on-base percentage.
-- A so-so .280 lifetime batting average (a figure he's exceeded only once in his last three years with the Boston Red Sox).
-- Paltry power numbers (21 home runs -- total -- in the last three years).
-- A frail physique (he's been to the plate more than 500 times just once in the last three years; in 2008 he had the lowest number of at-bats in his career as a full-time player).
About the only thing Crisp does better than average is run; he stole more than 20 bases in each of the last three seasons.
We're going to pay $5.75 million for that?
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Excuse me, Mr. Abouhalkah,
Excuse me, Mr. Abouhalkah, but the Royals didn't pay $5.75 million for Coco Crisp. The Red Sox did. Boston signed him to that contract. The Royals paid the price of a bullpen arm -- Ramon Ramirez -- for Crisp's services.
Yes, I understand that the Royals will be the ones paying Crisp's salary the next two (possibly three) seasons. But show me an everyday CF that Kansas City could have signed as a free agent for less than $5.75 million, and I'll show you a player who doesn't measure up to Crisp.
And I, for one, think it's unfair to criticize this move by Dayton Moore until Crisp's time in Kansas City has ended. People were also critical of Moore's decisions to sign Gil Meche and Jose Guillen, and they've certainly been productive players to date.
Grinch - in the context of the post -"WE" is used to mean fans.
If you are not one then this posting did not apply to you.
It even tells you that prior to reading the post -
Royals fans paid how much for Coco Crisp? What a joke
Sure, Royals fans are tired of the losing. We
Why would you complain when you are told 3 times that you aren't part of the intended audience ?
Who's 'we', Yael? I live in
Who's 'we', Yael? I live in JOCO, don't attend games and never will due to their lousy ownership track record for so many years. Hey, he has a great name for a cereal brand - that's gotta be worth something?
Seriously - who really cares what the Royals do these days? If they want to put Michael Moore behind home plate so his massive blubber can prevent a wild pitch, I'm not against it.