MLB Player Coco Crisp Files For Divorce After 17 Years Of Marriage

Former MLB outfielder Covelli "Coco" Crisp is filing for divorce from his wife, Maria, after nearly 17 years of marriage.

The two, who got married on October 23, 2004, are calling it quits, and the baseball star is asking for joint physical and legal custody of their three minor children.

Coco Crisp, who got his name in Major League Baseball after playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland Athletics, has just filed for divorce from his wife of almost 17 years.

In the filing, Coco cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the breakup. No other issues are mentioned as a cause of the split.

Crisp, who changed his name to Coco Crisp officially on March 5, 2013, married his wife, Maria Crisp and now they share four children together.

According to the legal documents, obtained by The Blast, Crisp is asking for joint physical and legal custody of their three minor children -- Caden, Collin, and Christian Crisp. Their fourth child, Amalieem is legally an adult.

In regard to their property and their fortune, Coco Crisp and Maria Crisp signed a prenuptial agreement, which identifies each party's separate property assets, and obligations and the parties' community property assets and obligations.

Coco is asking to keep anything he acquired prior to the marriage, or "after separation, by gift, bequest, devise, or descent, as well as those assets allocated to him."

It should be noted, Crip reportedly made over $60 Million while playing Major League Baseball and owns property near Palm Springs, California.

Coco Crisp got his name when he played outfield for Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland Athletics.

In 2016, the Oakland Athletics outfielder made headlines after he was suspended for one game after he threw his bat toward an umpire during a game against the Houston Astros.

According to Bleacher Report, the incident occurred in the fifth inning when Crisp took a curveball that he believed was low for strike two. He later struck out swinging on a similar pitch, which he was clearly frustrated about. As Crisp walked away from umpire D.J. Reyburn, the MLB player tossed his bat toward the umpire's feet and he was immediately ejected.

Crisp later spoke about the incident, "I didn’t hit him, but it was way too close, obviously. Today just happened... This has never happened to me before. I don’t know what happens in these situations. We’ll see."

"I did go back and look at it, first to look at the one before that one, and then to look at that one," he added. "When I walked off, I wanted to just flick it back. It was a kind of 'see if you can hit it' type of mentality. Then when I went and looked at it, I came out way too hot."

Crisp retired from baseball at the end of the 2016 season.

After he retired from the MLB, Coco Crisp received the opportunity to manage in the MLB Draft League, where former Southern University coach Kerrick Jackson is the commissioner. Crisp played at Southern after high school.

“I just love the game,” Crisp said at the time, per reports.. “I’ll never close the door on any type of opportunity. I’ve been fortunate that I haven’t had to look for anything.”