As spring training enters it's final days, teams are busy making the final decisions on which 25 players they plan on taking with them when the break camp, and who they're going to send to the minors. Who's the long man in the bullpen going to be? Who's the fifth outfielder and left-handed bat off the bench going to be? All very important decisions, to be sure.Well new Royals manager Trey Hillman is going through the process for the very first time in the majors, and MLB is making it a little tough on him. You see, Hillman is trying to decide who is going to be in his outfield, and he wouldn't mind if MLB let him know whether he's going to have Jose Guillen or not.
"One thing I'd like to know is what the situation is with our right fielder," manager Trey Hillman admitted. "I'd like to know the definitive final-final on Jose (Guillen). I don't know anything. That affects things."Guillen is currently awaiting the outcome of his appeal of a 15-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. Jose received the suspension after being busted by the San Francisco Chronicle for spending $19,000 on steroids and HGH between 2002 and 2005. He was also one of 86 players mentioned in the Mitchell Report.
Unfortunately for Hillman and the Royals, they're going to have to keep waiting. Guillen's appeal isn't expected to be settled until this weekend at the earliest. If it's not settled by then, Guillen and his agent will seek to delay Jose's suspension until a final verdict is reached.
