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Originally Posted by Qwerty75
Anyone know why Cust never got a chance with the O's? He had a .870-ish OPS in 73 ABs in 2003, but was sent back down to AAA for 2004. Some comments on BTF said that he wasn't showing as much power for the O's AAA affiliate as he had been before then. I'm sort of wondering who did the O's decide to play in the corner-OF positions, 1B, and DH ahead of Cust in 2004?
Btw, Jack proceeded to have his worst AAA season in 2004, ensuring a few more years in the minors before his recent breakthrough:
Cust's major- and minor-league numbers:
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/playe...ack-Cust.shtml |
Cust is horrific looking - he can't run at all and he can't play defense. Think of Matt Stairs with broken legs. When he played for the O's, there was a particularly memorable base running mistake that really cemented his reputation.
So, without hiting significantly better than average, he isn't particularly valuable. He isn't as good as he's shown thus far, but a .280/.380/.480 line is not out of the question, and that is worthwhile at DH.