Huber & Nomo making their case

Justin Huber is not going to go away quietly. Huber is now 5-7 this spring after 2 more hits yesterday. He may break camp with the team if Guillen's 15 day suspension is upheld and will probably spend time at DH with Billy Butler playing 1st base. I think DM & Trey Hillman were probably hoping that Huber would have a poor spring just to make cutting him an easier decision. (Ok, that is pure speculation on my part based on the way Huber has been treated by this organization.) But Huber apparently had other ideas and has come out raking in ST. He will not clear waivers (nor should he) so KC risks losing him if he doesn't make the team. If only he could have gotten more playing time last September but alas that wouldn't have been fair to Emil, right Buddy?

Ryan Shealy hit a walk off home run today making it two games in a row he has went deep. Huber went 0-2 to lower his avg to .555 and it's possible that neither he or Shealy make the team. Because of the Guillen suspension one of them most likely will be on the opening day roster though, at least temporarily.

Hideo Nomo is making a convincing case for a rotation spot. The Tornado has a 0.00 era in 5 innings this spring. Popular opinion was that Nomo was only in camp to be a mentor to Yabuta but he has been impressive in his two appearances. If he keeps it up if he may be able push Tomko to the bullpen because Hillman is on record as saying that he wants a LHP in the rotation and Bale looks like the guy at the moment. So that would leave Nomo (and Brian Lawrence) and Tomko competing to be the #4 starter. Now I gotta believe Tomko is the front runner just based on his contract but Nomo is making it interesting.

And really wouldn't Nomo make a better story?

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