Coco Crisp has been about as controversial a player as the Oakland Athletics could have in 2011.

While he has been fairly steady offensively, he has been hurt for significant amounts of time during his stay in Oakland, having only played in 211 games in his two seasons there.

For now, his stay in Oakland is up.  The only question left is whether or not the A’s will try to re-sign him.

Here’s why they should.

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