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The Blue Jays have signed Jack Cust to a minor league deal, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Twitter). The slugger will report to the club's Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas.

Cust, 33, was cut loose by the Yankees on Wednesday after signing a minor league deal with the club back in March. The designated hitter/corner outfielder posted a .249/.400/.475 slash line with 20 homers, 81 walks, and 127 plate appearances for Scranton Wilkes-Barre this year.

someone is going to go on the disabled list it seems.

smh

He's a better hitter than probably eight of the players in our starting lineup tonight. Free Cust.

He's got power and he gets on base

He could be good value at DH

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwrBpHeWiU[/youtube]

Sorry, I had to.

free agent splash

Swervin81 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwrBpHeWiU[/youtube]

Sorry, I had to.

When i hear Cust, i think of that play

Every time I see Jack Cust's name that replay pops into my head. Every time.

Hopefully he provides a bit more entertainment value to the rest of this season.

ugh. Why?

MGD24 wrote:ugh. Why?

Career OBA: .374
Career SLG: .439

Last season was a mess in Seattle, but he was good in Oakland the few years prior. And he's free. So why not?

Swervin81 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwrBpHeWiU[/youtube]

Sorry, I had to.

Moises Sierra doesn't understand what Cust did wrong on this play.

Indiana Jones wrote:At least he doesn't strike out too often.

Would you rather him hit a bunch of ground outs and weak fly balls? It's a good thing that the negative stigma around striking out is disappearing. As if he needs more instances where the outcome of a play depends on his base running prowess!

Skin Blues wrote:

Indiana Jones wrote:At least he doesn't strike out too often.

Would you rather him hit a bunch of ground outs and weak fly balls? It's a good thing that the negative stigma around striking out is disappearing. As if he needs more instances where the outcome of a play depends on his base running prowess!

Striking out too often as a hitter diminishes chances of ground balls sneaking through/poor defence/luckily placed fly balls. Over the course of one game, it doesn't seem very significant, but over the course of a season it can have a huge impact on a player's OBP. Unless you have an Adam Dunn type, who can take enough walks and hit for enough power that you can live with strikeouts, striking out a lot is a serious problem for a hitter.

Tyrone Slothrop wrote:Striking out too often as a hitter diminishes chances of ground balls sneaking through/poor defence/luckily placed fly balls. Over the course of one game, it doesn't seem very significant, but over the course of a season it can have a huge impact on a player's OBP. Unless you have an Adam Dunn type, who can take enough walks and hit for enough power that you can live with strikeouts, striking out a lot is a serious problem for a hitter.

So you're saying that the bottom line is on-base and power. Which is exactly why I quoted his OBA and SLG. The type of outs are largely unimportant. For every groundout that moves a runner from 2nd to 3rd, there's a groundout that turns into a GIDP. We need to look at OBA/SLG as "state functions"... the path to getting to the final numbers is largely irrelevant. If you want to include the 1% of groundouts that turn into errors, go ahead. It won't affect the overall numbers. Just don't discriminate against the K. It means hitters are swinging harder and when they do make contact with the ball, it has a better chance of becoming a hit and it goes further. I'll take that over an empty Polanco/Ichiro-esque .300 batting average any day. And this all doesn't really apply to Cust because most of his stats were accumulated 2+ years ago, but this is just general theory of going against the strikeout stigma and under-appreciation of getting on base and hitting for power.

Tyrone Slothrop wrote:. Unless you have an Adam Dunn type, who can take enough walks and hit for enough power that you can live with strikeouts, striking out a lot is a serious problem for a hitter.

You mean like how Cust once lead the AL in walks and has a 17% career walk rate?. Just saying


Its a good move because its free and he walks lots and hits with good power.