Coco Sent Packing

Posted by Chris Collins November 19, 2008 at 4:46 pm

It has taken some time. About a year and a half later the Sox finally do the deal, shipping Coco out of town. Let’s face it, the odds of Coco surviving last off season were minimal. Then there he was reporting to camp in Fort Myers, but then again not many expected the Sox to break camp with Coco. But once again coco was defying the odds and was still standing or in this case sitting on the pine, but still in a Sox uniform.

Finally after again defying odds and after starting the season on the bench he ended it starting in centerfield. He now will take his skills to Kansas City. For a variety of reasons it just never worked as well as was expected in Boston. That injured finger certainly derailed him early. So with Jacoby Ellsbury still high on the Sox priority list, the Sox give Ellsbury a vote of confidence and at the same time get a little help for the bullpen.

Maybe the situation wasn’t an ideal trade, but it was something that had to be done.
When you’re dealing with a player who believes he is a full time starter but is not starting full time in a contract year, hmm the Sox did the right thing and made the move