willieroe wrote:Why do a sizeable minority prefer that Kim move back into the rotation? Kim is consistently excellent as a reliever (this month - 1.15 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 19 K in 15.2 IP out of the bullpen.)
I just don't know either. The Red Sox still need help in the rotation but Kim is not the answer so I don't know why some folks keep pretending like he is. He was a pretty mediocre starter this year (and I think he always will be because so much of his game rests on his unusual delivery which becomes more predictable when you face him multiple times a year), but is an above average closer.
Why do you want to make an above average pitcher into a below average one? Keep him where he helps you instead of creating a hole in the pen without filling one in the rotation.