"Luke Hochevar is a pitcher with the talent to pitch at the front of a rotation for a playoff team. He's a great teammate, and nobody works harder. We think this is the year he puts it all together."

I wonder where I've heard that before. :hmmm:

K.D. initials?

Dont care if hoch is around another year. Kind of knew it was gonna happen. Can't wait for baseball season

Catchers and pitchers report in about 3 weeks?

Went out to FanFest this morning. Judging by the crowd, it took 20 minutes to get in (and this morning was only for season ticket holders) This town is ready for baseball season.

Oh, and Hochaver has a Tom Hanks in Castaway style beard growing.

At this point, the best we can hope for is that they give him only 2 months before exiling him to the bullpen. You could also hope that he's amazingly horrid in spring and they cut him, but thats a longshot. (We don't have to pay the full contract if we cut him in spring)

If only...

Dutton yesterday was on a full out mission to defend Hochaver on Twitter. It was odd

I guess if you want to dream, we could also hope that Hoch inexplicably explodes as the #2 type of pitcher we all long ago gave up on ever seeing, proving the Royals right, but that's crazy-talk.

The writing with Hochevar was on the wall when we didn't DFA him at the deadline. I don't know why everyone's so upset.

As Al said, our best hope is that it clicks this spring. If not, we can still cut our losses or try him in the pen.

I just absolutely do not understand this franchise's love for Hochevar.

Dude should have been cut 2 years ago.

For those wanting him cut in spring, I don't remember all the details, but I believe he really does have to be completely, utterly awful for us to get out of paying the full contract. If he's merely mediocre or kinda bad in spring training and we cut him, Hoch would be able to file a grievance with the union to get his full contract paid and probably win.

I rarely defend Dutyon, but he is right when he says Hochevar has flashed no. 2 stuff. That's true. he even has flashed it over a full half season (2011).

I am as done with Hochevar as anyone, but there is plenty to pick at. No need to denigrate the raw stuff. It is there. I understand why scouts like him.