What do you expect from Nomo's pitching?
I am intrigued by Hideo Nomo's pitching today. Does he have anything left in the tank? What would KC do with him if he has a descent ST? When he was first signed, I knew it was more for Yabuta than anything else. However, if he is able to get batters out, what do they do with him?
I am also curious about how staff decisions will be made.
Who are the pitchers that are safe regardless of how they perform on the field?
Who will have to earn a spot?
Who will get cut (send down, DFAed, or waived) regardless of what they do?
Who is potential trade bait?
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I expect no mo'
What do you expect from Nomo's pitching?
Who are the pitchers that are safe regardless of how they perform on the field?
Meche
Greinke
Bannister
Tomko
Bale
Soria
Mahay
Gobble
Peralta and Yabuta are pretty safe but you never know
Who will have to earn a spot?
Nunez, Hochevar, Braun, de la Rosa, Davies, Musser, Duckworth, Colon, Maroth, Tsao
Who will get cut (send down, DFAed, or waived) regardless of what they do?
Lumsden, Pimentel, Rosa, Nomo, Lawrence, Giron, Hendrickson, Peterson, Wright, Foster
Who is potential trade bait?
Gobble, Nunez, de la Rosa
I pretty much agree with these lists
My take
Meche
Bannister
Greinke
Tomko
Soria
Yabuta
Mahay
Gobble
Bale
Peralta
That's 10 pitchers. As Peralta has an option remaining, he could fail to make the 25-man roster, but only if he has a really crappy spring.
Then there is a second tier of pitchers with a good shot to make the team, but they'll have to look good in spring training. This tier includes:
Nunez
De La Rosa
Hochevar
Musser
Braun
Davies
The third tier is comprised of pitchers who are longshots to make the team and could only do so if they are spectacular in spring training and/or there are multiple injuries from other pitchers ahead of them.
Hudson
Duckworth
Nomo
Lawrence
Tsao
Maroth
So that is 12 pitchers competing for 2 roster spots. My guesses would be Nunez and De La Rosa.
Agree completely
SP Meche
SP Bannister
SP Greinke
SP Tomko
SP de la Rosa
RP Nunez
RP Bale
RP Yabuta
RP Gobble
RP Mahay
RP Peralta
RP Soria
The only real competition I think is whether de la Rosa or Bale make that 5th spot and which goes to the bullpen.
Bale or DLR in the rotation
by Scott McKinney on Feb 29, 2008 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
We only flip coins
Nomo
Of the guys with little hope, I happen to be partial to Maroth for some reason. I'd love to see him put it back together as a #5 starter but it'll be a loong shot I'm sure.
by kcmonarch on Feb 29, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions
i dont expect anything...
i realize that there is about .001% change of that happening, just wondering what we "should" do were such a decision were to present itself.
The problem is who do we then lose?
by Scott McKinney on Mar 1, 2008 9:26 AM EST up reply actions

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