Red Sox
Fast fact: Baseball Prospectus projects .310/.362/.452 in bounce-back year. Lowdown: With a new haircut that has Ortiz calling him ‘‘Afro Puff,’’ Crisp comes into this season with expectations much diminished from a year ago, when a finger injury eliminated any reason to play the Johnny Damon comparison game. Crisp has been supplanted by Julio Lugo as jump-starter of Sox order; from the No. 8 hole, he should get more chances to run, assuming he can maintain 80 percent success rate.
CF Coco Crisp
Fast fact: Baseball Prospectus projects .310/.362/.452 in bounce-back year. Lowdown: With a new haircut that has Ortiz calling him ‘‘Afro Puff,’’ Crisp comes into this season with expectations much diminished from a year ago, when a finger injury eliminated any reason to play the Johnny Damon comparison game. Crisp has been supplanted by Julio Lugo as jump-starter of Sox order; from the No. 8 hole, he should get more chances to run, assuming he can maintain 80 percent success rate.
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