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darkhorse · 05-18-2007, 02:28 PM

dola,

From KG's May 16th chat at BB Pro.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ch...php?chatId=297

"Alex (SF, CA): So should Cust have gotten a chance as a DH somewhere (Orioles I am looking at you) before this point? Or is this just a flash in the pan and have the scouts been right all along?

Kevin Goldstein: Yeah, before you start printing your "Jack Cust -- We Told You So" T-shirts, look beyond the small sample size averages and notice the 14 whiffs in 32 at-bats. Nobody can perform well with that little contact. So his BABIP is at .500 -- totally unsustainable. He's not this good, and he might not be as bad as he was in the past. He goes into today with a career MLB average of .233/.352/.477, which is pretty much what he is in my mind."

Seeing as Cust has a career .293 EQA with that .233 average, that ain't bad at all, if that's how his career production turns out.

05-18-2007, 02:28 PM	#448
darkhorse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: fort worth, tx Posts: 10,850	dola, From KG's May 16th chat at BB Pro. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ch...php?chatId=297 "Alex (SF, CA): So should Cust have gotten a chance as a DH somewhere (Orioles I am looking at you) before this point? Or is this just a flash in the pan and have the scouts been right all along? Kevin Goldstein: Yeah, before you start printing your "Jack Cust -- We Told You So" T-shirts, look beyond the small sample size averages and notice the 14 whiffs in 32 at-bats. Nobody can perform well with that little contact. So his BABIP is at .500 -- totally unsustainable. He's not this good, and he might not be as bad as he was in the past. He goes into today with a career MLB average of .233/.352/.477, which is pretty much what he is in my mind." Seeing as Cust has a career .293 EQA with that .233 average, that ain't bad at all, if that's how his career production turns out. __________________ "The Human Torch was denied a bank loan." Last edited by darkhorse; 05-18-2007 at 02:30 PM.