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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-15-1983
Height6' 5"
Weight225 lbs
Age41 years, 9 months, 24 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.92015
0.82016
2017
2018
0.22019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEARTeamGGSIPWLSVHBBSOHRPPFH/9BB/9HR/9K/9GB%BABIPWHIPFIPERAcFIPDRADRA-WARP
2007 KCA 4 1 12.7 0 1 0 11 4 5 1 105 7.8 2.8 0.7 3.6 0% .244 1.18 5.19 2.13 108 5.83 120.7 0.0
2008 KCA 22 22 129.0 6 12 0 143 47 72 12 103 10.0 3.3 0.8 5.0 0% .305 1.47 4.46 5.51 111 5.59 119.3 -0.1
2009 KCA 25 25 143.0 7 13 0 167 46 106 23 105 10.5 2.9 1.4 6.7 0% .321 1.49 4.87 6.55 108 5.45 116.8 0.2
2010 KCA 18 17 103.0 6 6 0 110 37 76 9 112 9.6 3.2 0.8 6.6 0% .312 1.43 3.90 4.81 98 4.88 110.2 0.4
2011 KCA 31 31 198.0 11 11 0 192 62 128 23 109 8.7 2.8 1.0 5.8 0% .275 1.28 4.32 4.68 112 4.79 111.3 0.6
2012 KCA 32 32 185.3 8 16 0 202 61 144 27 101 9.8 3.0 1.3 7.0 0% .315 1.42 4.58 5.73 108 5.58 127.8 -0.9
2013 KCA 58 0 70.3 5 2 2 41 17 82 8 100 5.2 2.2 1.0 10.5 0% .214 0.82 2.98 1.92 78 2.54 60.8 1.7
2015 KCA 49 0 50.7 1 1 1 49 16 49 7 103 8.7 2.8 1.2 8.7 0% .298 1.28 3.97 3.73 95 3.30 77.0 0.9
2016 KCA 40 0 37.3 2 3 0 31 9 40 6 104 7.5 2.2 1.4 9.6 38% .269 1.07 4.01 3.86 88 3.03 67.1 0.8
Career279128929.3466539462997021161059.22.91.16.847%.2961.344.314.981054.86109.13.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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Plate Discipline

YEARPitsZone%Swing%Contact%Z-Swing%O-Swing%Z-Contact%O-Contact%SwStr%
2008 2043 0.4846 0.4430 0.8331 0.6374 0.2602 0.9097 0.6569 0.1669
2009 2317 0.4808 0.4614 0.7905 0.6158 0.3184 0.8761 0.6371 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
Career145390.49950.45440.78320.62310.28580.86320.60900.2168

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

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

Compensation

YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$28,025,000
8 yrTotal$28,025,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 151 dBoras Corp.2017

Details
  • 2 years/$10M (2015-16), plus 2017 mutual option. Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/3/14. 15:$4M, 16:$5.5M, 17:$7M mutual option, $500,000 buyout. 2016 salary may increase by $1M to $6.5M with 23 games started or 150 innings pitched. Performance bonuses: $500,000 as reliever (non-closer). $500,000 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.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCTWLSVGGSIPHBBSOHRBABIPWHIPERADRAVORPWARP
90o 8.8 0 2.5 51 0 53.7 41 15 53 6 .256 1.05 3.01 3.24 -1.4 -0.2
80o 7.5 0 2.1 45 0 46.9 39 14 46 5 .273 1.15 3.40 3.68 -3.4 -0.4
70o 6.6 0 1.8 40 0 42.2 38 14 42 5 .285 1.22 3.70 4 -4.5 -0.5
60o 5.9 0 1.6 37 0 38.3 36 13 38 5 .296 1.28 3.96 4.28 -5.2 -0.6
50o 5.3 0 1.4 33 0 34.7 34 12 34 5 .306 1.34 4.20 4.55 -5.7 -0.6
40o 4.7 0 1.2 30 0 31.2 32 12 31 4 .315 1.41 4.45 4.82 -6.0 -0.7
30o 4.1 0 1.1 26 0 27.6 30 11 27 4 .326 1.48 4.72 5.12 -6.2 -0.7
20o 3.4 0 0.9 22 0 23.5 27 10 23 4 .338 1.56 5.04 5.47 -6.1 -0.7
10o 2.5 0 0.6 17 0 18.0 22 8 18 3 .355 1.69 5.51 5.97 -5.6 -0.6
Weighted Mean5.201.432033.83312335.3031.334.164.5-5.4-0.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Luke Hochevar threw 15,684 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Cutter (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Curve (79mph).