Hochevar to the pen?

KC is toying with the idea of Luke Hochevar starting the season in the bullpen and I really don't know how I feel about it.
“I’d like to break him in out of the pen,” pitching coach Bob McClure said, “just to get him acclimated to the major leagues. If you have enough quality (in the rotation), you can break in a couple of guys this way every year.”
Ok that makes sense except do we have quality in the rotation? Tomko and a bunch of question marks make up the back end of the rotation. At some point Hoch will be starting games this year but he didn't exactly dominate at AAA last year so maybe he should be in the Omaha rotation just a phone call away when they realize that Tomko is a waste of a good roster spot.
On the other hand letting him pitch in the pen for a couple months will keep his innings down this season. Thats not a bad thing either. Hoch pitched effectively last September so letting him pitch a couple of innings every three or four games learning to get big league hitters out may speed up his development. Of course the fear is KC may fall in love with him in the pen and decide to keep him there like they did with Sisco and are with Soria although I think that is extremely unlikely since he is a #1 pick and they were rule V picks.
But still you have to wonder.

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"We got him for a reason. We didn't get him to sit there and let him rot on the bench. He'll get some catching time. We're going to take a look at him in some other places."
Hillman on Miguel Olivo

Note to Hillman, guys with career .275 OBP's are backups, don't be sticking him at 1st base, left field, or DH.