We are still a ways away from seeing Michael Lorenzen actually return to the mound in a Cincinnati Reds uniform. But when Lorenzen does return the plan is to have the right-handed pitcher come out of the bullpen. That was not originally the plan when he went down, and that wasn’t the plan when he headed into spring training, either.
Plans change, of course, and with Lorenzen’s injury it could be a multitude of things that led to it. The rotation doesn’t need nearly as much help right now as the bullpen does. Of course, that could change by the time that he’s ready to return, too.