SAN DIEGO — Here’s one for the history nuts.
When’s the last time a rookie pitcher secured a save in his MLB debut, then went on to become that team’s Game 1 starter in the team’s first postseason series, all in the same season?
Kwang Hyun Kim will do just that here Wednesday when he takes the mound against the Padres at Petco Park.
Like the Cardinals found their way to the postseason through a historically challenging regular season, one that threw one COVID-19 curveball after another, Kim finally found his proper place with the Cardinals.