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• BigBuck said May 15, 2007

  Cust's biggest problem was that the NL doesn't have a DH. Otherwise, he probably would have been in a lineup 5 years ago. David Ortiz and Travis Hafner may have had problems playing 162 games in the field as well.

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• Mopupduty said May 15, 2007

  That's true, his fielding isn't all that. The Orioles & A's passed up on him in the past as well as the NL clubs though.

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  • Kramer12 replied May 15, 2007

    That's true, but up until two weeks ago, Cust had a really unfair negative rap going against him. He was never given a shot. 73 AB's in 2003? That's not enough time to prove yourself.
    
    I don't know what the A's are going to do with him when Piazza comes back if he's still hitting well. Again, the Jack Cust dillemma. There's never a place to put this guy.
• rayj0101 said May 16, 2007

  I don't know about Cust being the next Howard, but I did pick him up to fill a utl. spot on my fantasy team. And from the looks of it Howard may just be a one season wonder, with the leg slowing him down this year. Big Howard better get in shape.

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