LUKE HOCHEVAR RUMORS

Salvador Perez Is Coming Back

While throwing to rookie Salvador Perez in the second half of 2011, Kansas City Royals pitcher Luke Hochevar had his most consistent run of success in his career. Luke Hochevar has been an enigma for most of his career. Early on, he was mostly bad with a few starts here and there that showed the ability that the Royals saw when they drafted him 1st overall in the 2006 amateur draft...
Via i70baseball  |  9 days ago

Royals' Hochevar hurls gem

Luke Hochevar allowed three hits in seven shutout innings Saturday night and the Kansas City Royals scored three first-inning runs off Chris Sale to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0. Hochevar (3-3) cruised as the White Sox mustered only one real scoring threat against him all night. That came in the second on a walk and single by Alex Rios before Alexei Ramirez hit into a double play...
Via Fox Sports  |  18 days ago

Royals 5, White Sox 0

Luke Hochevar allowed three hits in seven shutout innings Saturday night and the Kansas City Royals scored three first-inning runs off Chris Sale to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0. Hochevar (3-3) cruised as the White Sox mustered only one real scoring threat against him all night. That came in the second on a walk and single by Alex Rios before Alexei Ramirez hit into a double play...
Via Fox Sports  |  18 days ago

Hochevar works 7 innings as Royals top ChiSox

CHICAGO (AP)-- Luke Hochevar allowed three hits in seven shutout innings Saturday night and the Kansas City Royals scored three first-inning runs off Chris Sale to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0. Hochevar (3-3) cruised as the White Sox mustered only one real scoring threat against him all night. That came in the second on a walk and single by Alex Rios before Alexei Ramirez hit...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City  |  18 days ago

Mayday: Royals' Hochevar has struggled this month

Right-hander Luke Hochevar was the winning pitcher April 25 when the Kansas City Royals won at Cleveland to snap a 12-game losing streak. In two May starts since then, Hochevar is 0-2, allowing 16 runs, all earned, on 19 hits and four walks in 6 1/3 innings. The Yankees knocked out Hochevar on Sunday with a six-run third inning, which was highlighted by a Robinson Cano grand slam...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  24 days ago

Irving Falu shines in MLB debut. Luke Hochevar stinks, like every other day

I know shining and stinking are not recognized using the same sense, so I'm sure I just broke some enormous writer's rule... Good thing for me - I am not a writer. I am a baseball fan who likes to write. See the difference?Aiming to stay positive, let's start with Falu28 year-old Irving Falu made his Major League debut this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, with his brother...
Via Crown Crazed  |  24 days ago

Hochevar experiences another first-inning blowup

Luke Hochevar gave Kansas City Royals fans another reason to lament the 2006 draft. The right-hander allowed five runs in the first inning Tuesday to put the Royals in an early hole en route to a 9-3 loss to the Tigers. Hochevar was the first overall pick in 2006. That was the same draft that produced Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who won the National League Cy Young Award...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  29 days ago

Royals Fans shouldn’t Expect too much from Hochevar

Remember way back in 2006 when the Kansas City Royals draft Luke Hochevar #1 overall? Remember the hype from the Kansas City sports community? Hochevar was first drafted in 39th round of the 2002 draft, 1,191st overall, by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Luke decided to go to college, attending University of Tennessee. Hochevar was later drafted in 2005, again by the Dodgers. This...
Via Crown Crazed  |  April 15, 2012

Royals' Hochevar leaves after taking liner off leg

Royals starter Luke Hochevar had to be helped off the field after taking a line drive off his left ankle to end the fourth inning against Cleveland on Friday. Hochevar was in the middle of his follow-through when Carlos Santana rapped a liner off the right-hander's ankle. The ball caromed to first base for the final out of the inning, but Hochevar remained down on the mound...
Via AP on Fox  |  April 13, 2012

Luke Hochevar ready to break out

Crown Crazed's own Tom Backus wrote 10 predictions for the 2012 Kansas City Royals, with No. 7 being that Luke Hochevar will finally become a consistent pitcher. I'm with Backus and think fans will finally see why the Royals selected Hochevar with the No. 1 draft pick in 2006. If you look at Hochevar's 2011 stats, nothing will blow you away. He finished 11-11, notched...
Via Crown Crazed  |  April 05, 2012
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