Not as it applies to Cust, but definitely, aging sluggers tend to be streaky and strike out a lot when they're not off to a good start with pitch recognition or when their bodies aren't moving as quickly as they will in the summer etc. Nothing wrong with pointing that out.
But Cust isn't even an aging slugger. Can't be an aging slugger if you literally cannot slug. Even the aging Sexson slugged in his bad months. :)
Point cheerfully conceded though that early stats often do look really really ugly and mean nothing. Something like that could be argued to be happening to Chone Figgins...who actually IS hitting into bad luck. I doubt he'll be as good as he was in Anaheim...but I also doubt he's THIS bad. And the same could be said for Miguel Olivo before this past series in Detroit with 7 hits including 2 taters and 2 doubles. I think people are always going to be white-knuckle with Olvio because he was so bad the last time he was here...but this is a different environment with a different manager and a different Olivo (mentally and physically)..and although Safeco will hurt him some, I was not at all ready to conclude that he was about to implode just because he was hitting .180 with no power yet.
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