If you aren't good enough to be Colorado's fifth starter, than do we really want to fork over $2.5 million for the guy?  I know Kennedy is getting rocked right now, but wouldn't one of the minor league starters be a better option than a washed up guy that can't make the Rockies?  Rumor has it the Rockies may release Josh Fogg.  Heck, he'd be better, younger and cheaper than Kim.  Not that I'd want him, but perhaps the A's coaches could work a miracle on him.

Kim has always intrigued me.  He is in many ways the kind of guy that is the classic Moneyball pickup.  He has never been a favorite of scouts mostly because they simply don't know how to evaluate him; he is a very strange pitcher and a very strange person.  Kim always has veiwed himself as a starter, but was never really given that chance before Colorado.  He has always distrubed his pitching coaches because he has wierd throwing habits in that he throws a tremendous amount of pitches on off days and is a workout warrior-- he's basically the baseball equivalent of Vijay Singh.  Kim has also always pitched in hitters' parks.

These factors make him the kind of guy who Billy would target.  He has very good peripherals, has never been valued by teams that have him, and would perhaps fare better if he was in an environment where he was left alone to do his thing rather than please the preconceived notions of how "baseball men" think a pitcher should act.  

I don't have any strong feelings on Kim, but I think there is some upside there if everything clicked for him.  He does the one thing a pitcher should do: he misses bats.  If everything else worked out, he could be one of those classic Billy moves.  

i read somewhere, probably foxsports, that they (the jays) are set with towers as the 5th starter; so either they'll cut him before his "roster bonus hits" or trade him.  we could probably get them to pay some of the roster bonus.

Was the pitcher for the Rockies that had a great game against us. I was at that game.  He gave up a lead-off single to start the game to Kendall which was almost snagged by the right fielder and didn't surrender a hit for the rest of the game.

Living in Colorado and seeing a lot of Rockies games I think Kim would be a great fit as a 5th starter or maybe down the road as a spot starter/bullpen relief if the A's make a deal involving Calero or Duchscherer.

I wouldn't give up too much value for him, though. His career has been up and down, to say the least.

You have to love his numbers, though. He posted a 4.24 FIP last season, which is in the same range as Blanton, Loiaza, and Zito. Odds are that he'll be a more than sufficient 5th starter.