Byline: Sheldon Ocker
Aug. 12--CLEVELAND -- It seemed like a good idea at the time. To consummate the winter deal for Coco Crisp, the Boston Red Sox offered to pay all but $700,000 of Guillermo Mota's $3 million salary in addition to giving the Indians Andy Marte and Kelly Shoppach. Yet there was a strange scenario surrounding the Mota transaction. Tribe operatives were wary of the condition of Mota's right elbow after a physical. General Manager Mark Shapiro was ready to call the deal off before Boston sweetened the pot with cash. Two days after the trade was all but dead, not only was the deal on, but Mota also was pronounced Cleveland's setup man. …
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