After much drama surrounding Coco Crisp’s final days with the A’s, both sides can officially move on after Oakland announced the trade that sent the veteran outfielder to the Cleveland Indians.
Just as he did following the trade of outfielder Josh Reddick, A’s general manager David Forst praised the contributions of Crisp, the longest tenured Athletic who recently spoke publicly and frankly about his displeasure regarding his cut in playing time.
“Coco was an important part to a lot of good teams here,” Forst said on a media conference call Wednesday morning. “And frankly, he was here before we were good in 2012.