Monday, May 4, 2009

Hochevar

Luke Hochevar was named the PCL pitcher of the week.

Royals prospect Luke Hochevar, the first overall pick in the 2006 Draft, surrendered one unearned run over 13 innings this week. On April 27, he beat Neftali Feliz, MLB.com's No. 9 prospect, by holding Oklahoma City to four hits and two walks while striking out seven in six innings' work. He tossed a seven-inning complete game, two-hit shutout on May 2 to notch his second win of the week. Hochevar leads the Pacific Coast League with a 5-0 record and an ERA of 1.13.

He's currently 5-0 with a 1.13 ERA and 1.03 WHIP so can we please end this Ponson madness? Please? The Royals are in first place and appear to be in the mix all season but they absolutely cannot afford to send Ponson out there every fifth day and expect to be contenders. They are 0-5 when he starts and I don't care that he pitched well in two of them because more noteworthy is that in two of his last three starts he has gone less than five innings and given up six and seven earned runs.

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