I exaggerated a little bit. The Kansas City Royals don’t have a Cy Young candidate – darkhorse, front-runner or otherwise. However, would you have read about the Kansas City Royals’ budding ace if I said something like “Kansas City Royals Have a Solid Starting Pitcher for 2012″? Of course not. Anyway, after being drafted No. 1 overall in 2006 and struggling to a 5.29 ERA through 2011, Luke Hochevar might be ready to turn the corner and become a solid and reliable – if not semi-dominant – starting pitcher. The Kansas City Royals looked to Luke Hochevar to take a step forward in 2011 after trading away former ace Zack Greinke to the Milwaukee Brewers. It might be easy to look at the numbers and conclude that Luke Hochevar failed, but there are some good signs to investigate.
On the surface, Hochevar does not look like a guy ready to turn a corner. A 4.68 ERA, 5.82 K/9 and 16 HR allowed in 118.2 IP – Hochevar’s 2011 totals &#...
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