Kuo gets another start

Torre told Hong-Chih Kuo today that he will get the ball on Tuesday night at Cincinnati. He also told Loaiza that he will stay in the bullpen but that he probably will come in behind Kuo that night. Kuo will be allotted 90-95 pitches, and Torre is hoping he can make that go longer than he did on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh, whne he only got through four innings on 75 pitches after struggling in the first then dominating over the next three. Joe said he is doing this for two reasons. First, he likes having a lefty in the rotation. Second, because of Kuo's history of injuries, they have to be really, really careful about warming him up if he is in the pen, and in fact almost can't warm him up unless they KNOW they're bringing him in. By having him in the rotation, that isn't an issue.