Why not? If Ponson makes the team, it will be his 7th team to play for. Ponson will fight Horacio Ramirez and Luke Hochevar for the last spot in the rotation.The Royals want to see if veteran right-hander Sidney Ponson has anything left after signing him Tuesday to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to big-league camp. Ponson, 32, arrives after two solid outings for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic. "We saw him as the best available guy based on our scouts' assessment," general manager Dayton Moore said. "Our scouts saw him in the WBC and were very aggressive in their recommendation that we need to bring him in here so we could evaluate him ourselves."
In other news, Jimmy Gobble was released today.