Coco Crisp's neck injury is similar to the neck injury that added up to cost him 25 games over the course of last season, according to manager Bob Melvin, the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reports.

Crisp's neck injury is similar to the neck injury that cost him 25 games last season, the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reports.

Analysis:

Manager Bob Melvin said Crisp is day-to-day, but he missed chunks of time in every month after April with a neck issue last year, so this is not exactly encouraging. In shallower leagues, there are likely players who can match Crisp's production without the headache of unpredictably being in and out of the lineup.