With the emergence of Jacoby Ellsbury and the re-signing of outfielder Bobby Kielty as a right handed bat off the bench, Coco Crisp has become expendable. Crisp has made it clear that he wants to start. With several teams still in need of a centerfielder, there is no lack of potential trade partners. Boston could always use reliable arms, especially in the bullpen, but they also need a young catcher to develop to eventually replace Jason Varitek, who is certainly not getting any younger. However, there does not appear to be any rush to trade Crisp and Theo Epstein seems content to wait for the right deal to come along, and it certainly will as one of these teams will eventually become desperate for a proven centerfielder. Will that happen before the Red Sox break camp or will they wait until during the season and they get a better sense of their pitching situation?
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