The Yankees have signed Jack Cust to a minor league contract, tweets Sweeny Murti of WFAN. Troy Renck of The Denver Post tweeted yesterday, that the TWC Sports client was likely to sign with a National League team, but the Yankees apparently swooped in.
Cust, 33, was released by the Houston Astros yesterday. He posted a .213/.344/.329 line with three home runs in 270 plate appearances for the Seattle Mariners in 2011, when he earned $2.5 million. Cust gives some left-handed hitting DH insurance in Triple-A in case Raul Ibanez doesn’t work out.
