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Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess
If he sticks to his fastball he could be useful in the pen.
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He needs to go to the Derek Lowe school of one-pitch pitching.
I think Hoch has the arm slot, delivery and size to really do a nice job staying on top of the ball and driving it down into the zone. If he's focused on just one pitch, I'll bet he could get really nice movement on it. He's just one of those guys that gets so locked on on being a 'complete' pitcher that he moves away from what he
should be and gets himself in trouble worrying about what he could be.
He's essentially a less douchy version of Jason Marquis. Every time Marquis would start thinking he was ready to be a 4-pitch strikeout artist, he'd get his head kicked in. Then he'd calm down a bit, start leaning on his 2-seamer and have a month or longer of solid pitching.
If Hochevar would commit to being a legitimate sinkerballer, he'd prolong his career and maybe develop himself into a decent back of the rotation starter.