By Mark GonzalesINDIANAPOLIS -- There will be some busy baseball general managers in the next 24 hours. With Saturday night's deadline approaching for tendering contracts to their remaining players, teams may try to make deals to move those players so they at least get some compensation if they know they can't sign the player before the deadline.
Among the players who could be non-tendered are San Diego pitcher Kevin Correia and Oakland slugger Jack Cust, who could attract interest from the White Sox.
The left-handed hittting Cust struck out 185 times but hit 25 home runs and drove in 70 runs in 149 games. He had a .356 on-base percentage and can play left field, first base and designated hitter.
Photo: Athletics slugger Jack Cust hit 25 homers and drove in 70 runs in 2009. (Dan Rosenstraunch/AP)
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Athletics also are interested in Hideki Matsui and would have to move Cust in order to make room for Matsui.
Most executives plan to leave the winter meetings shortly after the Rule 5 draft Thursday. With some teams not planning to draft a player for the $50,000 price, they can place their focus on a potentially expanding free agent market after Saturday.
Most executives plan to leave the winter meetings shortly after the Rule 5 draft Thursday. With some teams not planning to draft a player for the $50,000 price, they can place their focus on a potentially expanding free agent market after Saturday.
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Considering the potential deals attributed to Kenny Williams, he might just as well re-sign Jim Thome. His stats would be no worse than Cust or Matsui. Considering their ages and limitations, I wouldn't offer any of them a huge contract. Give Jim an Andruw Jones-type contract to DH, then go out and sign a solid young outfielder who can either bat leadoff or hit for power in the third hole. Or trade for Juan Pierre. However, lets cease and desist from trying to reconstitute the "Sun Sox" of the old Seniors League.
Considering the potential deals attributed to Kenny Williams, he might just as well re-sign Jim Thome. His stats would be no worse than Cust or Matsui. Considering their ages and limitations, I wouldn't offer any of them a huge contract. Give Jim an Andruw Jones-type contract to DH, then go out and sign a solid young outfielder who can either bat leadoff or hit for power in the third hole. Or trade for Juan Pierre. However, lets cease and desist from trying to reconstitute the "Sun Sox" of the old Seniors League.
HAH, I don't like the Idea of Matsui.. Thinking we will get leftovers from a team that gets Matsui does not speak favorably of Cust.
I really hope this is only a rumor and NOT going to happen.. I would much rather see the rumored Adrian Gonzalez trade than this.
Gotta love the reader comments here. Headline of the story is Sox COULD have interest. It's freeking speculation from the writer. Nowhere doesit say KEN Williams is interested and ready to make an offer.
And Cust is 30. Dumb people everywhere.
Barring major injury, it is completely asinine to suggest the White Sox will finish in third place. Yes, their line up is just without punch, but that starting staff pretty much makes it guaranteed that they'll be in the hunt all year. Kenny can't can't can't be done, but the starting pitching means that the White Sox should be overwhelming favorites to win a terrible division in 2010.
Are the White Sox ppreparing to play in an MLB seniors' league that we're all unaware of?