Tomko in relief?

What is your gut feeling about Brett Tomko's willingness to become a (long) reliever upon his return from the DL? His major argument for is the fact that he would not have to go through the lineup three or more times and he feels that he might be more effective facing batters only once.

Hmmm... The thing is that since the beginning of his Dodger career Tomko's *first* turn through a lineup (namely first couple of innings in any game) have been pretty rough. Ok, it's an understatement: he's been bombed in early innings.

I would understand the move if he had been having trouble past the fifth inning. The problem is - he hardly ever got there...