Coco Crisp – Oakland Athletics have been looking for some kind of spark and the return of Coco Crisp from the DL might just have been what they needed. Crisp started the season on the disabled listed with a broken finger and only played two games before returning to the DL with a pulled ribcage muscle. But now he’s back and the question now is can he stay healthy.
The Athletics lost 9-6 to the Baltimore Orioles in the last game of June. For a brief moment, the thousands of new Coco Crisp fantasy owners held their breath as Crisp laid on the warning track for several minutes after colliding with the wall on an outstanding catch in centerfield. Crisp continued to play and continued to make his return known, hitting another home run tonight.
In eight games this season, Crisp has an OPS of 1.216/ .759 SLG/ .457 OBP/ .414 AVG.
Before tonight, had one homerun with six runs batted in and nine runs scored. In addition, Crisp has already stolen three bases and has a solid career steal percentage.
The only concern for those looking to pick up Coco Crisp is his previous injury history, let’s hope he stays healthy for the 2nd half of the season. Crisp has only averaged 104 games played since 2006, and he has never played more than 145 games in a season. For those who own Rajai Davis, keep a watchful eye because Coco’s stellar return has put Davis in danger of losing playing time.
Rajai Davis currently ranks third this year in stolen bases and this could be an issue for those of you counting on Davis for your stolen bases.
If you need the same stolen base production as Rajai, veteran Chicago White Sox OF Juan Pierre is available in most yahoo fantasy leagues. Juan Pierre had struggled early in the year, but has been swinging the bat well as of late and is getting the green light from manager Ozzie Guillen.
*RELATED: Baltimore Orioles OF Adam Jones early season struggles seem to be old news, and with another home run last night has his 13th of the season. Jones is available in many fantasy leagues, his slow start was too much for many fantasy owners to bear.
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