Available: RHP throws hard. Well traveled (MN, CIN, PHI) w/ gd health and sub-.500 record. Has not taken bat 2 mgr’s door 4 yrs or dissed tmmate. Gd fit 4 team w/ pitching woes. P in ‘07 postseason. (Did u, Johan?) Contact Kyle L. thru agent Scott B.

Last month’s Dream-On Player of the Month was ex-Twin Kyle Lohse, who said in an XM Radio interview that the stalled (at the time) trades involving Johan and Erik Bedard seemed to be having an impact on his ability to strike a deal: “We’re closing in, but nothing is real imminent right now. We’re getting close, but it’s a long process because of the way the market has been this year, I think it’s been drawn out a little more with all the Santana trade talk, and Bedard, and all these guys, it’s slowed down the process a little bit.”

In other word, there was still leftover Kool-Aid in agent Scott Boras’ punch bowl from last Septemeber, when Boras said: “I think Kyle is going to be very good, because he’s one of the few guys that are in that batch of 27- to 28-year-old arms. There’s not that many guys that fall into that class. The other thing about Kyle is he’s been durable and he’s pitched in the playoffs. He has a resume a lot of teams will look at because he’s been successful.”

Unfortunate for Kyle, the class of guys Lohse currently belongs to is those still seeking employment while their peers have gone to training camp. Lohse and Boras apparently alienated the Phillies by turning down a three-year, $21 million offer and now they’re watching guys like Livan Hernandez and Josh Fogg and Bartolo Colon strike lesser deals.

At mlb.com, Kyle ended his interview for the Section 220 personals by trying not to sound desperate: “At some point, I’ll be OK. It’s not like I’m at the end of my rope trying to hang on. I’m trying to find a match that is right for me.”

other people are here too.

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