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Birth Date	9-15-1983
Height	6' 5"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	34 years, 9 months, 2 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2014
: 0.82015
: 0.82016
: 2017
: 0.02018
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	oppTAv	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	TAv	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2007	KCA	MLB	4	1	12.7	0	1	0	11	4	5	1	.253	105	7.8	2.8	0.7	3.6	64%	.244	.253	1.18	5.19	2.13	116	5.65	117.0	-0.0
2008	KCA	MLB	22	22	129.0	6	12	0	143	47	72	12	.266	103	10.0	3.3	0.8	5.0	52%	.305	.264	1.47	4.46	5.51	109	5.94	126.8	-0.6
2009	KCA	MLB	25	25	143.0	7	13	0	167	46	106	23	.260	105	10.5	2.9	1.4	6.7	48%	.321	.285	1.49	4.87	6.55	106	5.46	117.1	0.2
2010	KCA	MLB	18	17	103.0	6	6	0	110	37	76	9	.258	112	9.6	3.2	0.8	6.6	46%	.312	.258	1.43	3.90	4.81	97	4.82	108.9	0.5
2011	KCA	MLB	31	31	198.0	11	11	0	192	62	128	23	.261	109	8.7	2.8	1.0	5.8	51%	.275	.253	1.28	4.32	4.68	110	4.57	106.1	1.1
2012	KCA	MLB	32	32	185.3	8	16	0	202	61	144	27	.263	103	9.8	3.0	1.3	7.0	44%	.315	.283	1.42	4.58	5.73	106	5.68	130.2	-1.1
2013	KCA	MLB	58	0	70.3	5	2	2	41	17	82	8	.265	100	5.2	2.2	1.0	10.5	36%	.214	.198	0.82	2.98	1.92	77	2.48	59.4	1.8
2015	KCA	MLB	49	0	50.7	1	1	1	49	16	49	7	.258	100	8.7	2.8	1.2	8.7	38%	.298	.262	1.28	3.97	3.73	94	3.41	79.7	0.8
2016	KCA	MLB	40	0	37.3	2	3	0	31	9	40	6	.259	103	7.5	2.2	1.4	9.6	38%	.269	.250	1.07	4.01	3.86	89	3.20	70.7	0.8
Career		MLB	279	128	929.3	46	65	3	946	299	702	116	.262	105	9.2	2.9	1.1	6.8	47%	.296	.263	1.34	4.31	4.98	103	4.86	109.1	3.7

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	oppTAv	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	TAv	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2006	BUR	A	4	4	15.0	0	1	0	8	2	16	2	.240	86	4.8	1.2	1.2	9.6	39%	.167	.195	0.67	3.50	1.20	0	0.00	0.0
2007	KCA	MLB	4	1	12.7	0	1	0	11	4	5	1	.253	105	7.8	2.8	0.7	3.6	64%	.244	.253	1.18	5.19	2.13	116	5.65	117.0
2007	WIC	AA	17	16	94.0	3	6	0	110	26	94	13	.263	105	10.5	2.5	1.2	9.0	40%	.348	.271	1.45	4.00	4.69	80	2.66	90.1
2007	OMA	AAA	10	10	58.0	1	3	0	53	21	44	11	.259	106	8.2	3.3	1.7	6.8	41%	.253	.255	1.28	5.72	5.12	103	4.23	99.0
2008	KCA	MLB	22	22	129.0	6	12	0	143	47	72	12	.266	103	10.0	3.3	0.8	5.0	52%	.305	.264	1.47	4.46	5.51	109	5.94	126.8
2008	OMA	AAA	3	3	17.3	1	1	0	11	6	12	2	.249	101	5.7	3.1	1.0	6.2	70%	.188	.198	0.98	4.63	2.60	86	2.80	52.0
2009	KCA	MLB	25	25	143.0	7	13	0	167	46	106	23	.260	105	10.5	2.9	1.4	6.7	48%	.321	.285	1.49	4.87	6.55	106	5.46	117.1
2009	OMA	AAA	8	8	48.0	5	1	0	41	12	36	2	.278	86	7.7	2.2	0.4	6.8	63%	.285	.228	1.10	3.24	1.50	77	1.82	36.6
2010	KCA	MLB	18	17	103.0	6	6	0	110	37	76	9	.258	112	9.6	3.2	0.8	6.6	46%	.312	.258	1.43	3.90	4.81	97	4.82	108.9
2010	OMA	AAA	2	2	5.0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	.270	92	5.4	1.8	0.0	7.2	43%	.214	.157	0.80	3.18	1.80	96	4.51	84.2
2011	KCA	MLB	31	31	198.0	11	11	0	192	62	128	23	.261	109	8.7	2.8	1.0	5.8	51%	.275	.253	1.28	4.32	4.68	110	4.57	106.1
2012	KCA	MLB	32	32	185.3	8	16	0	202	61	144	27	.263	103	9.8	3.0	1.3	7.0	44%	.315	.283	1.42	4.58	5.73	106	5.68	130.2
2013	KCA	MLB	58	0	70.3	5	2	2	41	17	82	8	.265	100	5.2	2.2	1.0	10.5	36%	.214	.198	0.82	2.98	1.92	77	2.48	59.4
2015	KCA	MLB	49	0	50.7	1	1	1	49	16	49	7	.258	100	8.7	2.8	1.2	8.7	38%	.298	.262	1.28	3.97	3.73	94	3.41	79.7
2015	OMA	AAA	9	4	10.3	0	1	0	16	8	10	2	.268	104	13.9	7.0	1.7	8.7	47%	.438	.330	2.32	6.50	7.84	104	5.03	103.5
2016	KCA	MLB	40	0	37.3	2	3	0	31	9	40	6	.259	103	7.5	2.2	1.4	9.6	38%	.269	.250	1.07	4.01	3.86	89	3.20	70.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	PITCHES	ZONE_RT	SWING_RT	CONTACT_RT	Z_SWING_RT	O_SWING_RT	Z_CONTACT_RT	O_CONTACT_RT	SW_STRK_RT
2008	2043	0.4846	0.4430	0.8331	0.6374	0.2602	0.9097	0.6569	0.1669
2009	2317	0.4812	0.4614	0.7905	0.6161	0.3178	0.8763	0.6361	0.2095
2010	1628	0.5117	0.4527	0.7707	0.6182	0.2792	0.8505	0.5856	0.2293
2011	3068	0.5042	0.4443	0.7953	0.5979	0.2880	0.8692	0.6393	0.2047
2012	2989	0.5062	0.4416	0.7856	0.6239	0.2547	0.8591	0.6011	0.2144
2013	1041	0.5062	0.4870	0.7081	0.6395	0.3307	0.8012	0.5235	0.2919
2015	870	0.5161	0.4851	0.7654	0.6659	0.2922	0.8395	0.5854	0.2346
2016	583	0.4957	0.4854	0.6996	0.6505	0.3231	0.8191	0.4632	0.3004
Career	14539	0.4995	0.4544	0.7832	0.6231	0.2857	0.8632	0.6088	0.2168

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-03-21	-	60-DL	-	-	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2014-03-18	-
2014-03-05	2014-03-21	Camp	16	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2014-03-18	-
2012-07-06	2012-07-14	DTD	8	4	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-	-
2012-04-14	2012-04-20	DTD	6	5	Left	Ankle	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2011-07-03	2011-07-03	DTD	0	0		Low Back	Soreness		-
2010-06-12	2010-09-03	60-DL	83	71	Right	Elbow	Strain		-
2010-04-02	2010-04-02	Camp	0	0	Left	Ankle	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2008-08-20	2008-09-28	60-DL	39	36	Right	Trunk	Contusion	Rib Cage	-
2006-10-26	2006-10-26	WIN	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2016	KCA	$5,500,000
2015	KCA	$4,000,000
2014	KCA	$5,210,000
2013	KCA	$4,560,000
2012	KCA	$3,510,000
2011	KCA	$1,760,000
2010	KCA	$1,760,000
2009	KCA	$1,725,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$28,025,000
8 yr	Total	$28,025,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 151 d	Boras Corp.	2017

Details

2 years/$10M (2015-16). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/3/14. 15:$4M, 16:$5.5M, 17:$7M mutual option, $0.5M buyout. 2016 salary may increase by $1M to $6.5M with 23 games started or 150 innings pitched. Performance bonuses: $0.5M as reliever (non-closer). $0.5M as closer. $2M as starting pitcher. Kansas City declined 2017 option 11/16.
1 year/$5.21M (2014). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration). May earn additional $0.4M in performance bonuses.
1 year/$4.56M (2013). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses.
1 year/$3.51M (2012). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.76M (2011). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/12/11 (avoided arbitration). Award bonus: $50,000 for All-Star selection.
1 year/$1.76M (2010). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/2/10 (maximum 20% cut from 2009 earnings of $2.2M, or $1.325M plus $0.875M pro-rated signing bonus).
4 years/$5.3M (2006-09). Signed Major League contract with Kansas City 8/06. $3.5M signing bonus. Total value may increase to $7M based on making 25-man roster. 06:$0.4M (est.), 07:$0.575M (est), 08:$1.2M, 09:$1.325M. Optioned to Double-A 3/07, recalled 9/3/07. Optioned to Triple-A 3/23/08, recalled 4/20/08. Optioned to Triple-A 3/31/09, recalled 5/10/09, optioned to Triple-A 5/24/09, recalled 6/6/09.
Drafted by Kansas City 2006 (1-1) (Fort Worth independent league).
Drafted by LA Dodgers 2005 (1s-40) (University of Tennessee). Did not sign.

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SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.228	.304	.375	.244
11	vs R (Multi)	.247	.296	.455	.263
18	Split (Multi)	-.019	.009	-.080	-.020
19	LgAvg (Multi)	.006	.020	.015	.013
30	vs L (2016)	.164	.270	.255	.194
31	vs R (2016)	.268	.299	.524	.292
38	Split (2016)	-.105	-.029	-.270	-.097
39	LgAvg (2016)	.003	.018	.013	.012

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Date	Question	Answer
2013-07-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	HOF-types Maddux, Glavine, Pedro, RJohnson and a few others all struggled in their first few major league seasons. How aberrant is to see the immediate success of recent young pitchers (such as Harvey, SMiller, and Fernandez this year and perhaps Kershaw, Lincecum, Felix, C.Sale and Straus in previous years)? Is it that "stuff" predominates, or the guys pick up sequencing earlier (whether on own or with team's "coaching")? (tullythomas from (Balt Memial Stadium Bleachers))	Very good point about stuff dominating this era of high strikeout rates. That said, we're looking at a snapshot. Dwight Gooden was really good when he came up, you just don't mention him because we have the hindsight now not to include him in the HOF crop. There's a chance that at Luke Hochevar's induction, we'll say that he struggled early in his career too. (Snark aside, I think it's probably what you said about pitchers coming up now with such good stuff.) (Zachary Levine)
2013-03-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Luke Hochevar is in the bullpen. One step closer to the stands or is he the Judd Apatow of pitching? (Only good in small doses.) Does his stuff get better or worse? (Tyler Drenon from TheDoubleday.com)	Another Royals question for Tyler :) Pitchers usually do better in relief (see Tom Tango's Rule of 17) with the assumption they learn how to get ready for a game quickly, instead of having all sorts of time to get ready before a start. His stuff is his stuff, but he may add a couple MPH if he adapts physically to the role change (and you should expect him to). (Harry Pavlidis)
2012-11-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What's wrong with Mike Montgomery? Do you think he will ever be able to make it in the majors as a SP? (Nils from Stamford)	Well, we're talking about the team of Kyle Davies and Luke Hochevar here. You don't necessarily have to to be a good pitcher to be a Royals pitcher for a long time. So I'll say that he makes it in the sense that he is a major-league starter for a while, but not necessarily a good one. For that, you'll have to wait for the Royals prospect list, which will be out soon. Since that wasn't a very satisfying answer, I'm just going to pretend you asked about Mark Montgomery instead. In which case: Nothing! Nothing is wrong with Mark Montgomery. (I really like Mark Montgomery, mostly because he reminds me of David Robertson.) (Ben Lindbergh)
2012-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Chances that both AL wild cards come out of the East? How long before KC has a legit shot in the Central? (cooldude from Mpls)	I think it's certainly possible, the Red Sox slow start notwithstanding. Even so, I wouldn't count the second place team in the AL West, either the Angels or the Rangers, out of the running at all. Both teams have a good deal of talent and depth. As for the Royals, I'd guess that 2014 is realistic. Right now, I simply don't see the starting pitching they need to compete; at best maybe Bruce Chen and Luke Hochevar (who took a step forward in the second half last year) are league average - where is the rest of that help going to come from? They'll need to sign outside free agents or make trades in order to fortify their starting five. (Jay Jaffe)
2012-03-15 12:00:00 (link to chat)	What's your take on the 2012 Royals? (Ryan Glass from The District)	It comes down to their pitching. I can see their young position players taking steps forward, but that rotation needs to carry its weight, too. If Luke Hochevar and Danny Duffy can improve and Felipe Paulino continues to pitch like he did with KC last season then that team looks a lot better than it does now. (R.J. Anderson)
2009-04-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Sheehan's silly little Opening Day screed notwithstanding, Hillman has managed KC's bullpen fairly well the past five games. How far can a strong pen (assuming Farnsworth isn't over-extended and HoRam is moved out of the rotation) and the trio of Meche-Greinke-Davies carry that team, given that scoring 500 runs this year seems like a pipe dream some days? (BL from Bozeman)	Forget the bullpen for a moment. Given that Ramirez and Ponson are both in the rotation to start the year while a healthy Luke Hochevar rots in Triple-A, I question Hillman's qualifications to manage a major league club. That's malpractice right there. Needless to say, i'm a take-the-under guy when it comes to the Royals. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-03-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Whats the deal with Luke Hochevar? As a Royals fan, should I start worrying? (Will from iowa)	I said before that the mental aspect of the game is immense for pitchers, and mutliple scouts pointed at Hochevar's condifence (or lack thereof) as one of the key components to his dissapointing 2007 season. The stuff for him to be a successfull big league starter is there, the rest might be up to him. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-01-29 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Rany, is Luke Hochevar going to be a bust in relative terms to the #1 overall pick? (ajblobaum from Lawrence, KS)	"Bust" is too strong a term. He's going to be less valuable than your typical #1 pick, simply because your average #1 pick includes the Griffeys and A-Rods of the world. I think he's going to be a #3 starter, maybe #2 in a good year. Would he go #1 if the Royals drafted today? No. But the only clearly better player the Royals passed on at the time was Andrew Miller, and even today it's not clear that Miller's the better player. Joba Chamberlain or Tim Lincecum, sure, but few people were arguing that at the time. (Although our own Kevin Goldstein thought the Royals should have taken Lincecum.) (Rany Jazayerli)

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