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I needed him hit to 2 hrs today. What a loser......Your Mother said:No one started it yet.Pitching is #1 in the AL in ERA. Cust is better than Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz combined.Discuss.
Yes.In terms of job security, here's how I see it playing out:Swisher - Spot in the OF no matter what. Safe.D. Johnson - 1B. Safe.M. Bradley - Probably the best combo the A's have of defense and hitting in the OF. 98% safe.Piazza - SHOULD get the DH back when he returns. But what does that do to Cust if he keeps hitting? He's not going to catch, since he's atrocious behind the plate. Fairly safe. The A's wouldn't DH platoon him with Cust...I don't think.Cust - The X factor. Hard to say with only a week under his belt. He's not suited for the OF. Will he still mash when scouting reports get out? Crushing for a week is relatively easy compared to doing it for 3-4 months. Needless to say, it's pretty evident already that the Pads got snookered by Beane/Forst here.Kotsay - Incredible defender obviously, but his bat isn't great. How will he return from his back injury? Can he pick up hitting? How long would the A's suffer a struggling bat with Cust on the bench? Hard to say, but he's not really a fantasy consideration anyway.Stewart - Ticketed for a reserve OF role.Kielty - Might get some PH duty.Buck - AAA-boundSnelling - AAA-boundI'd like to see the A's try to upgrade at C, but I don't know what else is out there, and I don't think many teams would be willing to take Kendall's $. Needless to say, DJ and Cust having their careers reborn seemingly at the same time presents the A's with a good problem to have. As I see it, it comes down to Cust v. Piazza v. Kotsay for two spots once everyone's healthy. Swisher and DJ owners should roll with them, though.
My guess is 2-3 weeks. He's throwing now 2 days out of three, but still another week until he throws off a mound.
Piazza's still got some time before he's back, and Cust could conceivably keep going until Kotsay's back. Cust will easily start over Stewart, IMO.
Because he has ungodly power and can take a walk. He should never touch a glove, but neither should Jim Thome or David Ortiz.His progress stalled out when he developed carpal tunnel syndrome. He had surgery before the 2006 season. If you look at his Portland/Oakland stats, it shows a player that, apparently, has been reborn.
PM on the way.Who is "Your Mother" anyway?
Thanks. IMO Cust needs to cut down the Ks to really keep it up. 14 in 41 PAs isn't going to cut it.
Ryan Howard won MVP last year with 181 K's.my man otis said:
There are a lot of models for a high K/high BB/high HR-type player: Dunn, Thome, Howard, Ortiz. If he keeps hitting bombs and keeps his K-BB ratio fairly respectable, he will cut it.
No ***'s. SLBD>Greco said:
What did you expect from a 126 million dollar picther... a shut out?
He progressed nicely until 2003, where he skipped AAA and went right to TB after crushing at AA-Orlando. He was passable with TB in 2003, then got killed in 2004 in Tampa (4.90 ERA, 1.77 WHIP). It looks like TB just gave up on him when they traded him, even though he was only 21 at the time.Pretty short-sighted, if you ask me. Toronto made the same mistake by giving him up to Oakland for Dustin Majewski, who is apparently out of baseball.
Guy's ####### ridiculous. Honestly, I think he has legit. grade-A slugger potential.
Cust is up! Cust is up!
Any update A's fans?
If he beats Street back, I would say yes. But it isn't clear when either of them will be back.
Our lord and savior needed a day of rest yesterday. Hoping for a good weekend series.Cust is up! Cust is up!
It's a Tannerism.Eephus said:I don't know what the A's are doing but I have to think Beane has a plan. I thought their moves were set up with an toward having a good team when they moved to Fremont but that's not going to happen now. It's the wrong economy to be looking for a new ballpark anywhere.Holliday is a calculated risk. It's like Beane is speculating in pork belly futures or something. We'll know by Aug 1st how it worked out. The Mannyball saga suggests it's not a seller's market but a lot of that is timing and some of it is Manny. Someone will make a play for Holliday but there are a lot of variables to factor into how good of a package Oakland gets in return. Like a lot of teams, I think they'll go as far as their young pitching will carry them. I doubt they'll be able to hang with Anaheim but they could stay around the .500 mark and then who knows?Baseball's tightening economics mean a lot more teams are having to play Moneyball. If Beane is as good as he thinks he is, the leveling playing field could be an advantage for the A's. On the other hand, it could expose him as a self promoting sham who got lucky with some pitchers.And Jew punch, really?
Former A's skipper Chuck Tanner?
They're apparently talking to Nomar, too. :whoosh
redictably, Crosby HR'ed in his first spring AB, and swears, SWEARS that he'll be better this year. He promises.
Maybe they can take parts of Nomar, Crosby and Chavez and assemble a 3B who'll be able to stay on the fieldThey're apparently talking to Nomar, too.Predictably, Crosby HR'ed in his first spring AB, and swears, SWEARS that he'll be better this year. He promises.
I think he got sent down the other day. Still one of their best prospects.
