Kwang Hyun Kim, the Cardinals’ rookie with 12 years of experience as a starter in the KBO, had six months and weeks of playing catch with Adam Wainwright to get used to “seams that are thicker” and what feels like the bigger size of Major League Baseball’s baseball.
He’s had less than a week to get a grip on the role he’ll use it in.
The day after becoming a tried-and-true closer with his first career save, Kim dealt with waterlogged earbuds — the results of his teammate’s dousing him in celebration — and the next unknown of his new position: How he recovers, day to day.