Vance Law Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Why the f*** not? He beats the pants off Kotsay as a hitter. .385 OBP so far. The A's are going nowhere and didn't even have him on the team to start the year (didn't come up until May 15). He's put up a 1.036 OPS in July. It seems he may even be a better outfielder than Quentin at this point. Think of the damage he could do at Sox Park compared to in Oakland. What do you think he'd cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 03:02 AM) Why the f*** not? He beats the pants off Kotsay as a hitter. .385 OBP so far. The A's are going nowhere and didn't even have him on the team to start the year (didn't come up until May 15). He's put up a 1.036 OPS in July. It seems he may even be a better outfielder than Quentin at this point. Think of the damage he could do at Sox Park compared to in Oakland. What do you think he'd cost? the A's are 47-47 and only 8 games out with plenty of baseball to play, I wouldn't peg them as sellers just yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I'd rather have Luke Scott or Laroche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 03:02 AM) Why the f*** not? He beats the pants off Kotsay as a hitter. .385 OBP so far. The A's are going nowhere and didn't even have him on the team to start the year (didn't come up until May 15). He's put up a 1.036 OPS in July. It seems he may even be a better outfielder than Quentin at this point. Think of the damage he could do at Sox Park compared to in Oakland. What do you think he'd cost? Can Cust play back up 1B? You have to make room for him, so who would go? If you DFA Jones, then there goes that stellar late game outfield defense we were talking about in another thread. If you DFA Kotsay (yeah right), then who is going to be the back up 1B? I guess Viciedo could be, but he sure didn't look all that comfortable when I saw him play there a few games ago. I know he made me uncomfortable. Edited July 21, 2010 by Chet Kincaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisox2334 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 wasn't cust desginated for assignment from mets? If we didn't want him then why would we now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 QUOTE (chisox2334 @ Jul 21, 2010 -> 08:25 AM) wasn't cust desginated for assignment from mets? If we didn't want him then why would we now? I believe he was DFAed earlier in the year, then brought back to the A's after spending time in the minors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vance Law Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 He was dfa'd coming out of spring training- partly forced by the fact that Eric Chavez is making $12.5 million and so was given th DH job. When he and the rest of the A's offense predictably struggled (and Chavez no surprise landed on the DL again), Cust came up on May 15. I didn't realize the A's were at .500. But Beane obviously is a dealer and without some crazy run in the next week, I would expect he'd do that rather than think he can catch the Rangers. Cust seems to me comparable to a Laroche acquisition. Wouldn't cost too much in $$ or any of our top prospects, and would improve the offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxbrian Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 From his stats today, Cust's power numbers are way down. Only 6 homers? Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 11:49 PM) From his stats today, Cust's power numbers are way down. Only 6 homers? Yikes. Hes only played in like 49 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 his OBP is like 400, sick, good average too he's always been a high OBP player hasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I hate trading for a guy we literally could have picked up for nothing in the offseason. It makes the Kotsay-thing all the more frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilCan Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Bumpidy. His trade value just ticked up. 2 HRs yesterday. Love that OBP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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