The A's are planning on moving Crisp to left field for the 2015 season, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chroniclet.

The A's are planning on moving Crisp to left field for the 2015 season, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Analysis:

The A's are making the move in order to keep Crisp healthier during the season after he missed a total of 36 games in 2014. Crisp also has a very poor arm in the outfield and moving to left would mitigate that weakness. In addition, multiple defensive metrics (his UZR rating per 150 defensive games was an abysmal -24.1) graded him very poorly in center field in 2014. Crisp hit only .246 with nine homers and 19 stolen bases in 2014 as he dealt with a lingering neck issue for most of the season after crashing into the wall in early May.