The Kansas City Royals have made their second consecutive reliever-for-hitter deal, this time sending 27-year old Ramon Ramirez to the Boston Red Sox in return for center fielder Coco Crisp. They have now added both a powerful hitting first-baseman in Mike Jacobs as well as an above average center fielder and lead-off hitter. The 29-year old Crisp was behind rookie sensation Jacoby Ellsbury in Boston's center field depth chart, but still found himself playing 118 games and hitting .283 in the process. He added 20 steals, and has shown consistency at the top of their order for multiple seasons.As for Ramirez, the 27-year old had a tremendous 2008 going 3-2 with a 2.64 ERA while holding opponents to a mere .222 batting average. He gives the Red Sox the option to shift pitcher Justin Masterson from the set-up role into the rotation if they feel it would better the club.
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