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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
but it was Luke Hochevar who thrived in a high leverage role in 2013.
Weird, Duncan called him low-leverage Luke.
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Hochevar was good in leverage situations last year.
He has not been good in leverage situations over the course of his career. In fact, he's been pretty effing awful. Which is more telling: 35 or so innings in 2013 (as he wasn't trusted in any tough spots until August/September) or 771 1/3 innings over the rest of his career?
For his career, Hochevar allows an .819 OPS with men on base, an .863 OPS in high leverage, and a .782 OPS in medium leverage.
The sample size simply isn't big enough for me to believe Hochevar is the excellent setup man he pitched like in August and September.