Meanwhile, over in Colorado, old friend BH Kim came in the 8th today and had a horrible outing: he came on with a man on 1st, faced 3 batters, and recorded a HBP, a 1-run double, and a 1-run single. It didn’t help that Ryan Speier took over him and promptly allowed a double and single.
Kim’s been consistently inconsistent for the Rockies. Either he has a good outing, which keeps them hoping and makes them put him in, or he has a bad one: Kim game log. It’s weird, he has a very, very good opposing batter’s average of .188, but he walks way too many, so his WHIP is 1.82. Still, he’s pitching for a team that had a closer save 35 games with a 7+ ERA last year, so expectations are probably a lot lower there than in Boston.
Given the patterns, next game up, I expect him to have 1IP, 0H, 1BB, 0ER…