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Kwang Hyun Kim Moves Into Cardinals Rotation

By Jeff Todd | August 5, 2020 at 3:07pm CDT

The Cardinals will utilize lefty Kwang Hyun Kim in the rotation, manager Mike Shildt tells reporters including Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).

Kim, 32, had been slotted into the relief unit after battling for a starting job in camp. He has made just one relief appearance, picking up a save but allowing an earned run on two hits.

The southpaw will step into the rotation spot left when Carlos Martinez recently hit the injured list. Whether Kim can hang onto a rotation job will depend upon many factors, with his performance and the duration of Martinez’s absence likely chief among them.

Kim, a long-time Korea Baseball Organization standout, joined the Redbirds over the offseason. He’s earning at a $4MM rate this year and is guaranteed the same in 2021, with an annual $1.5MM incentive package also available.

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  1. baseballpun

    2 years ago

    Good.

    Can he hit?

    Reply
    • HaloHonk4Life

      2 years ago

      That would be Dr Show me tbe Money Ohtani you’re thinking of.

      Reply
  2. gbs42

    2 years ago

    What a shocking development.

    Reply
    • baseballpun

      2 years ago

      The last Cards update was a Schrocking development.

      Reply
      • 14yearoldbaseballfanatic

        2 years ago

        (clapping)

        Reply
        • baseballpun

          2 years ago

          *tips cap*

  3. leefieux

    2 years ago

    Man, it hurts just looking at his arm twisted so unnaturally.

    Reply
  4. tbone0816

    2 years ago

    Who’s going to be the closer?

    Reply
    • Technically correct

      2 years ago

      Gallegos was who we all expected to start the season, so I’d lean that way. ESPN shows Kim as closer with Helsley as next in line, but considering they have Familia as the Mets closer, it’s pretty clear they are just guessing like us too.

      Reply
  5. HaloHonk4Life

    2 years ago

    That would be Show me tbe Money Ohtani you’re thinking of.

    Reply
  6. JamesDaltOn

    2 years ago

    Cards are starting a lefty. Nice. A rarity. Austin Gomber was the last Cardinals lefty to start a game. Before Gomber….can’t remember.

    Reply
    • Lanidrac

      2 years ago

      It just goes to show how overrated lefty starters are given how much success the Cardinals have had over the last couple decades while often using all or mostly right-handed starting rotations.

      Reply

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