Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... similar to the one Boston signed him to last offseason (1/$5.5M), but am not holding my breath. Jack Cust The rumor : “The cost of acquiring Cust, who has played 215 games in the outfield and 234 games at DH in his career, should be low — perhaps a Single-A prospect. Seattle may be the most likely destination, which would reunite Cust with Don Wakamatsu, the Mariners’...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... of his whopping 37.3% K rate. That puts him in the who's who of hackers along side names like: Jack Cust , Mark Reynolds , Russell Branyan , and our own Carlos Pena . The strange part is his O-Swing (27.6%), while high, isn't that terrible. Sure, Reynolds and Branyan were in that territory last season, but so was fellow backstop, Brian McCann . Swinging at pitches outside the zone...
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... a better offensive club. Best guess is that in April it will look like: Rajai Davis Ryan Sweeney Jack Cust Eric Chavez Kurt Suzuki but by July it could well look more like: Rajai Davis Ryan Sweeney Brett Wallace Chris Carter Kurt Suzuki 4. Do you expect anything from Eric Chavez ever again or are you just resigned to the fact that Billy Beane gave an extension to the wrong guy? Both....
MLB (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Is former Oakland star Mark Mulder the answer to the A's rotation needs? Should Jack Cust leave his glove at home next spring? Mychal Urban answers your Inbox questions.
Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... this, but don't squander too much time thinking about it.] ● Probable non-tender candidate Jack Cust is expected to be traded by Athletics before the December 12th signing deadline, and Texas "may have interest" in acquiring him (Adam Rubin, New York Daily News ) [That last thing you just read? Strike it from your memory banks. Rubin -- or his editors -- evidently...
