Monday's pitcher for the Royals is Luke Hochevar. In the five starts of his rookie season, Hochevar is three and two. He's also only once gone fewer than six innings. He throws a four-seam fastball in the mid-nineties and a sinker in the low-nineties. He has a low eighties changeup, a curveball, and a slider. He's mostly a sinkerball pitcher. His best breaking pitch is his curveball but he uses his slider as his out-pitch. If he's on, he gets quite a few strike outs but he also induces a lot of ground outs. (He's only given up two homeruns this year.) He does occasionally have problems with his control.
Scheduled to go Tuesday against Masterson is Gil Meche. Meche is also a sinkerball pitcher. His sinker sits in the low-nineties. He also throws a mid-nineties fastball, a hard slider, a curveball, and a change-up. He has the ability to ring up hitters but has, historically, struggled with his command.
Wednesday's pitcher facing Colon is Brett Tomko. Tomko throws both a four-seam fastball and a two-seam fastball in the nineties. He has vastly improved his curveball and he's got a good changeup. In the past, if things have started to go wrong for him, he's had trouble putting it behind him and just getting on with the pitching. He's also had issues with completely losing the strike zone at times but he's cut down on the walks this year.
The last pitcher that the Royals plan on fielding is Brian Bannister. He has a fastball in the low-nineties, a very good cutter in the high eighties, and a looping curveball. He has worked on his command (and improved it) but because he's not over powering if he's not on, he can get in real trouble.
Their best hitter is probably the catcher Miguel Olivo. Mark Grudzielanek is their second biggest power threat. Alex Gordon, Mark Teahan, Billy Butler, and David Dejesus are also good hitters.
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