Justin Huber

The Royals called-up 1B Justin Huber to replace the $12.5 million great-when-healthy Mike Sweeney.

Huber has taken to full-time work at 1B like a fish to water, a politician to graft, a Democrat to useful idiotness. (Oops, sorry about that. Partisan politics has plenty of blog outlets. It is not needed here.)

There are two important things I'd like to highlight. Thing One is Huber will likely be an asset this season just as Aaron Hill and Jonny Gomes will be. I expect him to hit 5-10 HR the rest of the way with a .260+ AVG.

Thing Two is Huber was a "throw-in" in the Benson trade last season. Recall he was used to acquire 2005 AA 3B Jose Bautisita who the Pirates let get away in the Rule V draft. This is noteworthy because not only did the Mets deal a C, at the time, and now a 1B - both of which are positions of need in the organization, but the Pirates would rather have had Bautista than Huber!

Tteams are bad because they lack evaluative skills and not money. Not because they yankees can spend $200 million.