HOW DID LUKE HOCHEVAR NOT WIN THE #4 SPOT IN THE STARTING ROTATION? HOW DID HE NOT LAND A SPOT IN THE ROTATION! Luke Hochevar despite outpitching every Royal's starter this spring except Kyle Davies will not be in the rotation at the beginning of the rotation. The last time Ramirez was a starter his ERA was above 7, but that was 2007 right? It's unfair to judge him off that time right? So lets look at his Spring Training stats.
Ramirez 19IP 9.00ERA 19ER 26R 6SO 4BB
Hochevar 16.1IP 3.83 ERA 7ER 7R 8SO 4BB
Now at the beginning of spring there was supposed to be a competition between Ramirez, Bannister and Hochevar for the last 2 spots. Now in what way does Ramirez beat Hochevar if this is a competition? Both are ground ball pitchers, so you can't say Ramirez plays better with the defense. Whats the reason? Hochevar beats HoRam in every category. He's 5 runs better in ERA and thats with HoRam getting lucky and having 7 unearned. Now you can say he had bad defense behind him, but don't good pitchers get out of jams on their own? And didn't Luke Hochevar have for the most part the same defense? It's fine if they want to put Ponson in the rotation even though he's proven nothing and hasn't been any good since possibly ever, but even he hasn't performed better than Hochevar. He wasn't going to be with a team in camp if he hadn't looked decent in the WBC. So how is Hochevar who had a brilliant spring and a solid last year not going to be starting over a crappy lefty, and some jerk who wasn't even in camp all spring? Lets hope Hochevar doesn't get a bad attitude though.... we'll need him to bail us out when HoRam or Ponson get yanked from the rotation.
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