Coco Crisp staying put..... for now

After Brandon Moss' emergency appendectomy over the weekend that puts the breaks on any possibility of a Coco Crisp trade, at least for the time being, especially with Bobby Kielty's hand injury. The injury comes at a bad time for Moss, as he had been playing well in limited time, hitting .286 with 2 homers in 21 at bats.

During the offseason I was very in favor of a trade of Coco Crisp, and that remains so now. Its painful to watch him at the plate, and its even more painfully obvious that Jacoby Ellsbury is the far superior player. You have to figure sooner or later Ellbsury will be handed the reigns on a more full-time basis, and Coco only occasionally filling in for minor injuries, against certain lefties, as a defensive replacement, etc. Coco's only real value is clearly in the field, at least right now. However, for the time being, it should be good to have him around. They have the personnel around to cover minor injuries (Especially with the walking injury report, J.D. Drew, around), between Ellsbury, Drew, Coco, and Manny, and despite all his shortcomings with the bat he is a Gold Glove caliber defender, at an up-the-middle position. But the sooner Moss comes back the better.

In the mean time, they will need to get some sort of 4th/5th outfielder replacement to fill in off the bench. Brad Wilkerson was recently waived by the Mariners and the Red Sox reportedly had interest in him this offseason. Other options by my estimation could be current Milwaukee, and former Red Sox, outfielder Gabe Kapler, free agent Kenny Lofton, and maybe St. Louis outfielder Juan Gonzalez. Chris Carter could be an internal option, but he is a first basemen by trade. The only outfielder currently on the 40 man roster that is not on the active roster is Jonathan Van Every, and he would not seem to be a viable option.