Jack Cust

Pennington will do much to improve the A's offense from the shortstop position.

Left Field

2008 Jack Cust 598 PAs .231 .375 .476

2008 Emil Brown 438 PAs .244 .297 .386

Finally, some good news.  While Holliday's numbers are going to be down after moving away from Coors Field, there's plenty of reason to think that Holliday will still be a superstar level hitter away from Denver, and the argument is best made here.  The defensive benefit is obvious,

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ayers who the A's will have to worry about paying a reasonable amount of money any time soon to are Jack Cust and Justin Duchscherer who will be 30 and 31 next season.  Cust will be eligible for arbitration for the first time this season.  I think a reasonable guess at his salary will be for the next three years, will be around $3 million for '09, $4 million for '10 and $5 million for 2011.  (This is based mostly on the salaries of Joe Crede and Casey Blake when they had the same amount of service time.)  Duchscherer will be a free agent after this season and assuming he has a decent season will likely be able to earn at least $11 - $14 million a year (AKA Meche Money).  For a team that traded away Hudson, Mulder, Zito, Harden, and Blanton before they got expensive, it's very unlikely that the A's will keep Duchscherer around at that rate.

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art to take advantage.

Q: Who will win the NBA Finals?

A: Lakers in 6

Q: Why does Jack Cust strikeout so much?

A: Simple. He is swinging for the fences. He has a contact rate of 70.74%. This is very surprising, because he plays for the Athletics. I am surprised Billy Beane hasn't shipped him off by now.

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Cabera

MVP

Grady Sizemore or Travis Hafner

CY YOUNG WINNER

Josh Beckett

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COMEBACK SPECIAL

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