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Cust is anything but average he hit 20 home runs in that cavern of stadium despite having a down year.100+ walks and .370 OBP. Dude will be willbounce back once he has some protection in the line up.Originally Posted by Th3RealF0lkBlu3s
If you mean to say ship out Cust for someone else, you might be the first person I've heard say that besides myself. I don't think Cust is worth holding onto anymore, he's an extremely average DH and horrible fielder.Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive
The current A's report as I see it is as follows (a semi-realistic best case scenario):
-Furcal signs to a 4 year deal (bye bye Bobby)
-Nick Johnson or Jason Giambi signs for cheap (bye bye Barton)
-We package Crosby (I hear SOMEONE wants him) and someone out of Cust (Likely)/Barton(Maybe)/Chavez (Reach) for a decent #2 guy
-We sign or deal for an ace/# 2. Our rotation is lacking right now and won't be dominant for a couple more years (Gio, B. Anderson, Cahill, De Los Santos, Inoa?). We could use a Derek Lowe (Definite Possibility) or even a Burnett (highly unlikely).
The lineup would look something like:
Suzuki C
Sweeney RF
Furcal SS
Holliday LF
Giambi DH
Nick Johnson/Chris Carter (Prospect,not likely) 1B
Ellis 2B (As much as I would like Cardenas or even J. Weeks there.)
Chavez/Hannahan (after chavee gets hurt) 3B ()
R. Davis CF (BREAKOUT!)
Have to love that Oak-Town optimism