Can someone confirm this..

[Thunder Dan]

about 99.9% of websites related to anything I'm intrested in are blocked here at work (sports and women), I just heard Hideo Nomo signed with the Royals..can someone post the article if it's true. If it's not true I'm officially the most gullible person in the office today

[Marklar MM]

Well according to the Royals ESPN board...

Japanese news outlets report today that the Royals have signed Hideo Nomo to a minor league contract with an invintation to spring training

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8...25758222&hl=en

[Thunder Dan]

holy crap the Royals must be desperate for some pitching, first they give Scott Elarton a boat load, then Gil Meche is treated like a hall of famer, and now this...

[703 Spurz]

holy crap the Royals must be desperate for some pitching, first they give Scott Elarton a boat load, then Gil Meche is treated like a hall of famer, and now this...

It's a non-guaranteed Minor League deal. What's the risk?

[K-State Spur]

holy crap the Royals must be desperate for some pitching, first they give Scott Elarton a boat load, then Gil Meche is treated like a hall of famer, and now this...

Well, the Elarton deal was beyond bad. His arm was toast long before he got to KC.

But - after one year - nobody is complaining about Meche. 11/year is high, but it's not being "treated like a Hall of Famer" in today's market. Of the pitchers who signed big contracts last year, Meche performed as well as any of them (and better than most).