Kim's first appearance for the Sox

[benjapage]

boy-o-boy. not an impressive debut--even if he is to be a middle-reliever!

here's to hoping he meets with more success as a starter...

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[Leiter Fan]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Bringing in a setup man and a closer when your team is down by 4 runs!!! He's just trying to get them work.

I would sooner believe that Pedro is going to close before I'll believe that Kim is going to be a setup man.

[benjapage]

i think we were kidding, leiter. just hoping it gets better for our submariner.

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[jdh]

They said yesterday that Kim had to get some throwing in today so he'd either do it in the bullpen or throw an inning in the game. All starting pitchers have to throw a bullpen session between their starts, and he's still starting on Tuesday. There is no way they they will use Kim as a setup man, he'll obviously be a starter or a closer.

[Guest]

Should one still start him on Tuesday?

[jdh]

He's facing the Pirates, so go ahead and start him. The Blue Jays were just tatooing every pitcher they sent out there today so I wouldn't worry about it that much.

[Leiter Fan]

I plan to.

[Guest]

How about Lowe the day after?

[jdh]

I would bench him unless he's playing at home, and this game is Pittsburgh. His home/road splits are ridiculous.