BK keeping it on the DL

The trade for Byung-Hyun Kim was originally thought to be a good deal for both sides, and like every trade only time can tell which side got the better end of the deal. This time it appears the D-Backs have come out ahead. The Jeff Suppan deal didn't exactly work any magic either after he went 3-4 with a 5.57 ERA for the Sox last fall(two bad trades what up with that Theo?), and now it is apparent that trading away Shea Hillenbrand for Byung-Hyun Kim hasn't helped us out much at all and has possible hurt us. Today Hillenbrand is playing every day for the D-backs and is ranked 14th amount third basemen, higher than Bill Mueller and Kevin Youkilis. Nothing against Youkilis, but I would rather see Hillenbrand at third right now. So that leaves us with Kim a pitcher who is not pitching. A fastball side armed pitcher who has apparently lost his fast ball and his side arm. He went on the DL with a right shoulder strain in March, started 3 games going 1-1 with a 6.17 ERA. He was promptly optioned down to Pawtucket and has started 4 games for the paw sox winning none of them. Since then he has decided to go back to Korea.

"He is OK," Red Sox spokesmen Geffner said. "He is not hurt. He is going to see a doctor in Korea who is going to help him realign his muscular balance."

What the hell does that mean? Are you f-ing kidding me? The Sox don't miss his mediocre pitching, or his boy band attitude, but it would be nice to know when he will be back in the United States.

He was scheduled for treatment up until his return to Boston, but the media has appeared to interfere with his schedule. Last Friday, Lee’s second day back in Korea, the media-shy Kim had to turn his car around in front of the hospital, overwhelmed by a herd of journalists waiting for him.

The Sox do however miss his money they gave him, in the off season the sox poneyed up 10 million dollars over two years for this "phenom". A decision that doesn't look to be a brilliant one but who knows; maybe once he gets his muscle balance realigned and his ego rotated he will regain his lost fast ball and pitch really well long time.

Korean Times story