The A’s also are due to send cash while they may get a mid-level prospect in return for Coco Crisp, according to the San Jose Mercury News. But what do the A’s get back?
Well, they can rest easy that they won’t be giving Coco Crisp $13 million to play again next year. As many fans know, he needed to play in 130 games to vest a 2017 option to play. He did speak out against the management, claiming the A’s were keeping his games played to a minimum.
Bob Melvin was strategically playing him more sparsely and not pinch-hitting him into games where he did not start against left-handed pitching.