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Originally Posted by JohnnyV13

http://thevirilview.com/royals/2012/...plaining-luke/

I used brand new metrics from Fangraphs to argue that Luke Hochevar is the biggest underachiever in the game.

Nice to have some statistical support to back up what we see on the field.

From a scouting point of view, I see two things:

1) Hochevar's slide step delivery is horrid. He has significantly diminished stuff and results when using this pitch.
2) Hochevar focuses way too much on getting ground balls when runners are on, instead of being more aggressive and chasing strikeouts.

Those are both things that would lead to higher BA with runners on and lower strand rates.