OF Coco Crisp was acquired by the Indians from the Athletics in a trade completed Wednesday.Crisp, who will turn 37 in November, has just over $2 million left on his current contract that paid him $11 million this year. He has spent the entire 2016 season on Oakland's active roster, batting .235 with 24 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 47 RBIs in 102 games. He owns a career average of .266 with 128 home runs and 631 RBIs across 15 seasons after debuting with the Indians in August 2002.

The Cleveland Indians acquired outfielder Coco Crisp and cash from the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday in exchange for minor league left-hander Colt Hynes.The Indians completed the trade for the switch-hitting Crisp after reports of the deal were reported Tuesday night. Crisp was not in the Athletics' starting lineup Tuesday and he left the Oakland clubhouse at Minute Maid Field in Houston about an hour before the start of the game.Crisp, who will turn 37 in November, has just over $2 million left on his current contract that paid him $11 million this year.Crisp has spent the entire 2016 season on Oakland's active roster, batting .235 with 24 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 47 RBIs in 102 games. He has scored 45 runs with seven stolen bases this year. Crisp is hitting .345 with runners on base and is leading the major leagues with a .424 batting average with runners in scoring position. He has appeared in 58 games in left field and 36 games in center field for the A's.Crisp owns... [More]

OF Coco Crisp has been acquired by the Indians in a trade with the Oakland Athletics. According to multiple reports, the two teams agreed on a trade that will be announced Wednesday. Crisp, who broke into the big leagues with the Indians in 2002, hit .234 with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs in 393 at bats for the A's this season.

OF Coco Crisp reportedly was acquired by the Indians from the A's in a trade on Tuesday.Crisp, who will turn 37 in November, was limited to 44 games because of injuries in 2015, when he hit .175 with no homers. However, he has stayed healthy this season, hitting .234 wither 11 homers in 102 games. Crisp leads major leagues with a .424 batting average with runners in scoring position.He is scheduled to earn $11.75 million this year according to his contract with the A's. He has an option for $13 million that vests if he plays 130 games or has 550 plate appearances this season. The Indians only have 31 games left after Tuesday, and Crisp needs to play in 28 more games to reach 130. Crisp has 434 plate appearances so far.

Oakland Athletics outfielder Coco Crisp was traded to the Cleveland Indians, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.The Bay Area News Group reported that Crisp waived his no-trade rights as a 10-and-5 player (10 years in the big leagues and the last five with the same team) to allow the trade to take place.The deal reportedly won't be announced until Wednesday, and it was not yet known what the A's would receive in return for Crisp.Crisp was not in the Athletics' starting lineup Tuesday, and he left the Oakland clubhouse at Minute Maid Field in Houston about an hour before the start of the game.Crisp, who will turn 37 in November, was limited to 44 games because of injuries in 2015, when he hit .175 with no homers. However, he has stayed healthy this season, hitting .234 wither 11 homers in 102 games. Crisp is a switch hitter but has played mostly against right-handed pitching.Crisp leads major leagues with a .424 batting average with runners in scoring position.He is scheduled to earn... [More]

OF Coco Crisp started Oakland's 6-2 loss to Texas on Wednesday with his 17th career leadoff home run and his 11th home run of the season. Crisp entered with a major-league best .450 average with runners in scoring position but went 0-for-1 on Wednesday in a critical situation in the seventh inning when the A's failed to score with runners on first and third with one out.

OF Coco Crisp had three hits in five at-bats and drove in a run Saturday in a 4-3 loss to Seattle. He had his fourth three-hit game and 25th multi-hit game of the season. He's batting 27-for-59 (.458) with runners in scoring position.

CF Coco Crisp is hitting .439 (25-for-57) with runners in scoring position this season, best in the majors. Crisp, though, is Oakland's leadoff hitter, meaning he typically will get fewer at-bats with runners on base. He went 2-for-5 on Wednesday.

OF Coco Crisp leads the majors with a .436 batting average with runners in scoring position. Unfortunately for the A's, he didn't have any at-bats with runners in scoring position on Sunday against the Cleveland Indians, but his teammates who did failed to do any damage. The A's were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

OF Coco Crisp (stiff neck) missed his second straight game Monday. The A's are taking a cautious approach with Crisp, who has a history of neck issues. "He's a little better," manager Bob Melvin said. "This is something we're careful with. Maybe not 100 percent yet."

CF Coco Crisp (sore neck) was a late scratch from the lineup on Sunday against Tampa Bay. "He came in with some neck soreness," A's manager Bob Melvin said before Oakland's 3-2 win. "As we'd seen last year, he had some neck soreness. That's something we don't want to fool around with, so we took him out of the lineup." Crisp was plagued by neck problems throughout most of last season when he hit a career low .175. He missed 65 games during a stint on the disabled list with a neck injury. This year Crisp appeared in 79 of Oakland's first 98 games. He's batting .233 with seven home runs and 39 RBIs. Crisp hit the center field wall while trying to catch a deep fly ball in the fourth inning Saturday but remained in the game. "That may have had something to do with it," Melvin said. "Not 100 percent sure. He was ok after that, but when he woke up this morning he was a little bit stiff."

CF Coco Crisp was a late scratch Sunday because of a sore neck.

PITTSBURGH -- Rookie right-hander Zach Eflin pitched a three-hitter Friday to lift the Philadelphia Phillies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 at PNC Park.Eflin struck out six and walked none in his first career shutout and second career complete game. He threw 100 pitches and faced just two Pirates batters over the minimum. He has a string of six starts in which he hasn't given up more than three earned runs while going at least six innings.The Phillies scored a run in the sixth and one in the seventh before Cameron Rupp hit a two-run homer in the ninth. Philadelphia picked up its third win in eight games since the All-Star break and also broke a six-game losing streak at PNC Park.Pittsburgh starter Gerrit Cole fell to 0-2 since he came off of the DL, although his numbers were good. He yielded one run and six hits in six innings, with seven strikeouts and one walk.Mariners 2, Blue Jays 1TORONTO -- James Paxton struck out nine over seven innings, Seth Smith doubled in the go-ahead run in... [More]

OF Coco Crisp hit a walk-off single with one out in the 13th inning, lifting the Oakland A's to a 1-0 victory against Tampa Bay at the Oakland Coliseum. The walk-off RBI was Crisp's eighth of career, six of them coming with Oakland. Rookie 3B Ryon Healy led off with a double to left against Rays RHP Dylan Floro, and Crisp drove him in with a sharp, opposite-field single to left. "I guess it gets a little bit sweeter as the innings go along and you finally close it out on a positive note for us," Crisp said.

CF Coco Crisp went 2-for-4 with a game-tying RBI double in the ninth inning of Oakland's 4-3, 10-inning victory against Houston. The A's might have won the game in the ninth inning if not for Crisp's baserunning gaffe. Crisp missed a walk-off, two-run home run by a foot, as his double hit off the wall in right field. Crisp thought the ball had gone out, and he jogged around second and was caught off base and tagged out after a brief rundown. "I thought it was a home run, so I'm running around the bases like it's a home run," Crisp said. "Just bad baserunning, I guess, when it's all said and done."

CF Coco Crisp was suspended one game for tossing his bat at plate umpire D.J. Reyburn following his ejection on Thursday night. Crisp was protesting balls and strikes with his actions, with his bat striking Reyburn in the lower extremities. Crisp served his suspension on Friday.

CF Coco Crisp was suspended one game for tossing his bat at plate umpire D.J. Reyburn following his ejection on Thursday night. Crisp was protesting balls and strikes with his actions, with his bat striking Reyburn in the lower extremities. Crisp served his suspension on Friday.

CF Coco Crisp was ejected in the top of the fifth inning by home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing balls and strike. Crisp protested by tossing his bat after striking out, with the bat landing near Reyburn. Crisp, who finished 0-for-3, admitted afterward that he tossed the bat too close to Reyburn and showed remorse for acting out of anger.

CF Coco Crisp extended his hitting streak to 10 games Sunday with an RBI single in the fifth inning of a 6-3 loss to Pittsburgh. Crisp went 2-for-5. He is hitting .381 (16-for-42) during his streak.

OF Coco Crisp had his 300th career double in the third inning on Saturday night in a 4-2, 10-inning loss to Pittsburgh. He became the 33rd active player in the major leagues with at least 300 doubles. Crisp has hit safely in nine straight games. Of his past 15 hits, 11 went for extra bases -- seven doubles, two triples and two home runs.