Saturday, June 13, 2009

Hochevar dominates on 80 pitches

Luke Hochevar continues to be an enigma for the Kansas City Royals. The former overall pick routinely struggles when pitching at the Major League level while dominating in the high minors. Friday, Hochevar flipped the script in terms of his Major League results, completely baffling the Cincinnati Reds in an 80=pitch, 3-1 complete-game victory.

Fantasy Impact: At some point Hochevar seemingly has to get it together, and this might be the catalyst to do exactly that. One Kansas City Star reporter considered this perhaps the most dominating Royals pitching performance in recent memory, and yes, that's including Zack Greinke's fabulous April-May. Hochevar's got the goods, and he's good enough to be a part of any fantasy roster if you're willing to wait out the good through the bad.