Cust signs with Astros: FOXSports.com reported on Tuesday that the Astros and DH Jack Cust have agreed on a one-year contract with a team option for 2013. Cust batted .213 with three homers and 23 RBI in 67 games for the Mariners last season before being released in August. According to MLB.com, he will probably compete for the starting job in right field along with Brian Bogusevic, Jason Bourgeois, J.B. Shuck and Fernando Martinez. (Updated 01/17/2012)
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Fantasy Analysis
This move does not make a whole lot of sense as Cust doesn't really have a position and the Astros cannot utilize the DH until 2013. While right field could be an option, it looks as though the 32-year-old could wind up as a pinch-hitter in 2012. Cust has not had much value in Fantasy the last two seasons so plan on ignoring him in most formats -- even NL-only -- on Draft Day. (Updated 01/17/2012).
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Without the help of the designated hitter position playing for the Houston Astros, outfielder Jack Cust may have trouble getting at-bats in 2012. Cust is in the mix for the right field and left field jobs for the Astros, but J.D. Martinez, Jason Bourgeois and Brian Bogusevic also stand in his way. Cust was a member of the Seattle Mariners in 2011 and he hit .213 with three homers and 23 RBI over 225 at-bats. He has major pop in his bat, hitting at least 25 homers in three straight seasons from 2007-09 with Oakland, but doesn't figure to see enough plate appearances to make much of a difference in 2012. Fantasy owners can enter the season considering Cust a low-end NL-only option. (Updated 2/7/12)
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