Daniel Bard threw a simulated inning Tuesday and is likely to appear for the Red Sox again this season. Bard has been a disaster since returning to the Sox late last month, allowing nine runs while walking five over 3 1/3 innings. "Daniel threw an inning. Had a little blister, it looked like, when he came off. He needed [the work]," said manager Bobby Valentine. "He hasn't thrown in a little while." Once viewed as the team's closer of the future, Bard failed in his attempt to be a starter, and his future role with the club is very much up in the air.