Who needs Matt Holliday?

...when you could get a DH to play left field?

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holy crap his UZR/150 is grotesque

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 23, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Omar is a perfectionist

Just when you think his ideas can’t get worse, he comes up with something that is mystifying in it’s stupidity.

This is a perfect example. Jack Cust is an incredibly horrible outfielder and his hitting isn’t even that good anymore.

by Syler on Nov 23, 2009 1:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

He has grission

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 23, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

not true

Nobody who plays for the Oakland Computers has grission. That’s why they never won a World Series under Beane.

Somehow, a chain of events unfolded that put Steve Phillips in a professional broadcast booth Sunday night so he could rip Carlos Beltran. Try to explain that in any other terms.

by Greenpoint Ian on Nov 23, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

But...He's Jack Cust. Look at him.

The A’s don’t have grission, though, very true. Billy Beane tries to stick to those darned quantifiable stats and stuff…

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 23, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, that is awful, awful, awful defense

Cust seems to be, in all respects, a slightly older (by 10 months), much worse version of Adam Dunn. Look at this:

UZR/150 in LF: Cust -18.9, Dunn -12.4
Batting average: Cust .239, Dunn .249
OBP: Cust .374, Dunn .383
SLG: Cust .455, Dunn .520
OPS: Cust .829, Dunn .903
BB%: Cust 17.8%, Dunn 17.1%
K%: Cust 39.5%, Dunn 32.4%
HR/FB: Cust 24.7%, Dunn 22.4%
ISO: Cust .216, Dunn .270

They’re practically the same player, except that Dunn is significantly better, and that the Mets could have had him last winter without giving up any players. (Or even any draft picks? Is my recollection right that the Diamondbacks didn’t even offer him arbitration?)

Now, Cust’s inadequacy as compared to Dunn isn’t a reason not to trade for Cust; Dunn is obviously a dead issue. The fact that Cust isn’t a very good baseball player (5/3/1 WAR projection is 1.53) is a reason not to trade for Cust. But if we didn’t want a good “unathletic masher” type when one was eminently available, why do we want a bad one now?

by JoshNY on Nov 23, 2009 2:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

no just no

by Endys Game on Nov 23, 2009 4:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

wonder if he could handle 1b, even though he's never played there

Thats the only scenario I can think of where this would make any sense at all. It would be the power bat we need at first, and he’d likely be cheap and probably easy to sign to a short term deal leaving room for Ike. I’m not saying I want this to happen but its the only way i can even fathom them wanting to sign Cust.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 23, 2009 4:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

This

If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.

by meigs1414 on Nov 23, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like you want a Daniel Murphy 2.0

by fxcarden on Nov 23, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

except with terrible, terrible defense.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 23, 2009 5:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

again I don't advocate this choice

its just the closest to logic i can put on the Mets ever wanting this guy, thinking from their perspective.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 23, 2009 5:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He'd make an excellent bench piece/pinch hitter

If he’s non-tendered I’d definately be interested, but not at 3 million plus.

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Schmidtxc on Nov 23, 2009 6:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bill James projects him for a .375 wOBA, but

his is an absolutely horrible fielder. Maybe if he trained hard he could become a below average 1B defensively.

by EtSuKe on Nov 23, 2009 5:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather go with Murphy/Evans

Cust will put up an OPS of around 830 with presumably brutal defense. Adjusting their major league PAs for handedness and giving them a positive nudge for age a Murphy/Evans platoon is a very decent bet to put up an OPS around 800 with (Murphy’s) above average D. And I’ll bet too that their upside is significantly higher than Cust’s.

by SeanSchirmer on Nov 23, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and fwiw

Evans was an awesome first basemen according to total zone in the minors

by Gina on Nov 23, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Even better!

After hearing some smart projections on this site wrt to Evans v LHP, and knowing Murphy’s defense is good, I’ve become convinced that 1b is about last on the list of positions the Mets need to upgrade this offseason.

I don’t know if it would cause contractual problems but D does seem like the kind of thing a FO could tell a young player to focus on in the offseason, even to the point of offering to hire a personal coach.

by SeanSchirmer on Nov 23, 2009 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Who's Nick Evans?

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Schmidtxc on Nov 23, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That guy in the bullpen

by Gina on Nov 23, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This guy?

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Schmidtxc on Nov 23, 2009 8:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Man

A book hasn’t given me this much trouble since ’Where’s Waldo?’ visited the barber pole factory!

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Nov 23, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Live every week like it's Shark Week.

the number one issue facing the Mets is finding that one guy who’s going to say "get on my shoulders and ride me to the championship."

by Sokojoe on Nov 23, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Cust did have a .393 wOBA in 2007

That’s pretty high upside

"What was my greatest fear in the past is now upon us. Armed with their "advanced metrics" and clutching their spread sheets, the new-age baseball voters have officially taken over the sport"

by EtSuKe on Nov 23, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs