Thomas L. Hottovy (twitter: @TommyHottovy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 9, 1981 in Kansas City, MO
High School: Park Hill South HS (Riverside, MO)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2011 (Age 29)   vs. OAK 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Royals/RedSox 2011-2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.062, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 4/27 Jays Journal: April 26 Minor League Report: Buffalo Bisons (15-5) Although they were down early, the Buffalo offensive machine went to work and emerged with an 8-4 victory...
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• 3/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training: More Cuts, Good Karma, and Outfield Notes: The Royals are getting closer to narrowing down their roster as spring training comes to a close. On Wednesday, they moved four...
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• 3/4 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays seem poised to contend for the playoffs following a series of bold offseason moves by GM Alex Anthopoulos. Major...

• 2/25 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Spring Training Game 3: Toronto Blue Jays fans got a double treat on Sunday, with the team pulling split squad duty. Game 1 saw Toronto take a 2-0 victory...
• 2/4 Jays Journal: Scoping the Non-Roster: LH Pitchers: With the flow of time from January to February, the countdown to Spring Training is now officially underway. And with the Blue...

• 1/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Tommy Hottovy outrightedToronto Blue Jays RP Tommy Hottovy cleared waivers and was outrighted to the minors Wednesday, Jan. 16....[+] Toronto Blue Jays RP Tommy Hottovy cleared waivers and was outrighted to the minors Wednesday, Jan. 16.
• 1/11 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Sign Blanco; Designate Hottovy: Well, the Tommy Hottovy experiment last less than 24 hours for the Blue Jays as the left-handed reliever was designated for assignment...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Designate Tommy Hottovy For Assignment: The Blue Jays have designated Tommy Hottovy for assignment, the team announced. The move clears room on the 40-man roster for...
• 1/10 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Designate Chad Beck For Assignment: The Blue Jays designated right-hander Chad Beck for assignment, the team announced. The move creates roster space for left-hander...
• 1/10 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Claim Tommy Hottovy: The Blue Jays claimed left-hander Tommy Hottovy off of waivers from the Rangers, the teams announced. The Rangers had designated...
• 1/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Tommy Hottovy cutTexas Rangers RP Tommy Hottovy was designated for assignment....[+] Texas Rangers RP Tommy Hottovy was designated for assignment.
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Designate Tommy Hottovy For Assignment: The Rangers have designated left-hander Tommy Hottovy for assignment to make room for Lance Berkman, the team announced via...

• 12/30 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Hibernating After Early Offseason Moves: It seems as though the Royals are done with any offseason moves. By this point, most of the big free agents have signed. The key...

• 11/19 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: Trades and Tirades: In the wake of the Miguel Cabrera vs. Mike Trout debate, Jeff and Mike responded to the apparent eyes vs. numbers argument put...
• 11/15 i70baseball.com: Jeremy Jeffress, Tommy Hottovy and Jason Bourgeois, we hardly knew ye Jeffress, Hottovy and Bourgeois become footnotes in Royals history....
• 11/11 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 11/4/12 - 11/10/12: With mere hours until the winners of MLB's top awards are announced, let's put the mounting excitement aside and take a look at...
• 11/8 Kings of Kauffman: Jeremy Jeffress, Tommy Hottovy Traded: Last Friday, the Royals shuffled their roster and designated pitchers Jeremy Jeffress and Tommy Hottovy for assignment (along...
• 11/8 Nolan Writin': Justin Upton Rumors, and More: Today we reached the 10-day mark since the 2012 season officially ended, meaning teams have already sent out their qualifying...
• 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Tommy Hottovy acquired: The Texas Rangers acquired RP Tommy Hottovy from the Kansas City Royals Thursday, Nov. 8, in exchange for a player to be named...[+] and cash considerations.
• 11/8 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Acquire Tommy Hottovy: The Rangers have acquired Tommy Hottovy from the Royals for a player to be named later or cash considerations, the team announced...
• 11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Make Moves to Land at 40 Man Roster: The Royals were busy this afternoon shifting players around to land at an even 40 man roster. Danny Duffy and Felipe Paulino had...
• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 10/28/12 - 11/3/12: With teams already wheeling and dealing, let's take a break from the action to catch up on the week that was here at MLBTR... David...
• 11/2 i70baseball.com: Royals Announce Series Of Roster Moves: The Kansas City Royals today announced several 40-man Major League roster moves. Following the moves, the Royals now have 40...
• 11/2 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Designate Jeffress, Bourgeois For Assignment: The Royals announced that they designated right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, left-hander Tommy Hottovy and outfielder Jason Bourgeois...

• 10/15 Seedlings to Stars: Never Say Die Albuquerque Isotopes Make Historic Playoff Rally, Fall Short In the End: The never say die Albuquerque Isotopes Don’t know how to give up. That’s what manager Lorenzo Bundy preached all season long...
• 10/2 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Season Winding Down: It’s only natural to lose interest this time of year. For a brief time, the Royals weren’t mathematically eliminated...

• 9/23 Kings of Kauffman: Cleveland Indians Rout Kansas City Royals After Jake Odorizzi Exits Debut: Through the first five innings of his major league debut, Jake Odorizzi looked solid. Working efficiently, he shut down the Indians...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: The Bullpen is Not as Good as You Thought: The Royals bullpen has some padded stats this year. Royals relievers often came into the game with inherited runners and promptly...
• 9/20 i70baseball.com: Royals call up Odorizzi, four other Storm Chasers after PCL Championship SeriesFive Storm Chasers enjoy their Royals cup of coffee....
• 9/16 Kings of Kauffman: Jake Odorizzi, Others Called Up From Omaha: After a disappointing loss in the Pacific Coast League Championship last night, the Royals wasted no time, calling up pitchers...
• 9/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Four players recalled: The Kansas City Royals have recalled RPs Nathan Adcock and Tommy Hottovy, C Adam Moore and INF Irving Falu from Triple-A Omaha....[+]
• 9/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royals September Callups: Waiting on Omaha: On Sunday afternoon, the Omaha Storm Chasers won their playoff matchup with Albuquerque and advanced to the Pacific Coast League...

• 8/28 Diamond Ring: The Bullpen is Not as Good as You Thought: The Royals bullpen has some padded stats this year. Royals relievers often came into the game with inherited runners and promptly...
• 8/24 Kings of Kauffman: What Are the Royals Doing With Wil Myers?: Earlier tonight Royals prospect Wil Myers hit his 35th homer in 2012, with 22 of those coming for Triple A Omaha. Over the last...
• 8/1 Kings of Kauffman: July in a Nutshell: After back-to-back winning months in May and June, the wheels came off the bus in July. The Royals never won consecutive games...

• 7/31 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 30th Minors Recap: Down 6-0 after four innings, Omaha came back to defeat OKC, 7-6. A fielding error by the OKC pitcher cost them the winning run...
• 7/26 Kings of Kauffman: What To Do The Rest Of The Way: Well, have you stopped watching? Have you stopped paying attention? Or, like me, do you continue to torture yourself with optimism...
• 7/23 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 22nd Minors Recap: Omaha lost to Round Rock, 8-7 in 11 innings. With a five run lead heading into the bottom of the 9th inning, the Express scored...
• 7/19 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 18th Minors Recap: Omaha has now lost four in a row, all to OKC, with a 10-5 loss. The Storm Chasers led 5-4 until a five-run top of the 8th inning...
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• 7/12 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 11th Minor Recap: The Triple-A All-Star Game was held on Wednesday night and Wil Myers took home the MVP award to cap a fine week of All-Star accolades....
• 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 9th Minors Recap: I know most of you spent the night watching the HR Derby at Kauffman Stadium, but there were some minor league games still going...
• 7/7 Kings of Kauffman: Royals July 6th Minors Recap: Omaha lost to Iowa, 5-4 in 11 innings. With two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, Alfredo Amezaga delivered an RBI single...
• 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Tommy Hottovy optionedThe Kansas City Royals optioned RP Tommy Hottovy Saturday, June 30....[+] The Kansas City Royals optioned RP Tommy Hottovy Saturday, June 30.

• 6/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Tommy Hottovy coming upThe Kansas City Royals will recall P Tommy Hottovy for their doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins Saturday, June 30....[+] The Kansas City Royals will recall P Tommy Hottovy for their doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins Saturday, June 30.
• 6/29 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 28th Minors Recap: Omaha was pounded by New Orleans, 12-1. Mike Montgomery took the loss, as he allowed 11 runs (four earned) on 11 hits over just...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Make several roster moves: The Kansas City Royals have placed 2B Chris Getz (leg) on the 15-day disabled list with a lateral strain in his left lower leg...[+] and optioned RP Nathan Adcock to Triple-A Omaha. In corresponding moves, the team recalled RPs Louis Coleman and Tommy Hottovy from Triple-A Omaha.
• 6/13 FanSided: Royals June 13th Minors Recap: [caption id="attachment_13599" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="May 6, 2012; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher...
• 6/7 Kings of Kauffman: Royals June 7th Minors Recap: Everett Teaford   Omaha got the best of Round Rock and Major League veteran Roy Oswalt, 7-2. In his second start since signing...

• 5/25 FanSided: Royalman Report Bonus: Interviews with Jake Odorizzi, Tommy Hottovy. ...
• 5/7 i70baseball.com: More positives than just the Royals recent record: Last week I wrote that I felt the Cleveland Indians series could be the turning point in the Kansas City Royals 2012 season, and...
• 5/3 i70baseball.com: The Royals are playing better, but they still need to improveThe Royals are finally winning games, but they have some issues they need to overcome....

• 4/25 i70baseball.com: Royals Promote Tommy Hottovy: The Kansas City Royals selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Tommy Hottovy from Triple-A Omaha today and optioned right-handed...

• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Tommy Hottovy turning heads: Kansas City Royals RP Tommy Hottovy is turning heads early in camp after having thrown two scoreless innings in Cactus League...[+] play. 'Intriguing,' manager Ned Yost said. 'Very intriguing as a left-handed option setup guy. Watching him, he's like a left-handed Louis Coleman a little bit. He gives a lot of deception from the left side.' Hottovy has committed to a sidearm delivery after having Tommy John surgery prior to 2009.

• 1/25 i70baseball.com: Royals Invite 16 To Major League Camp: The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has invited 16 players to Major League Spring Training in Surprise, Ariz....

• 12/21 Fragile Freddy's: Holiday Gratitude: With the Christmas holiday just a few days away I think this is a good time to consider our good fortune as baseball fans. ...
• 12/1 i70baseball.com: Royals Ink Seven Minor DealsSeven players sign minor league deals with one of the best farm systems in baseball....
• 12/1 MLBTradeRumors: Minor Moves: Moss, Mock, Royals: The latest minor moves from around MLB... The Brewers signed outfielder Miguel Velazquez to a minor league deal, according...
• 12/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Sign seven minor-leaguers: The Kansas City Royals signed P Tommy Hottovy, P Zach Miner, IF Tony Abreu, P Marlon Arias, IF Eric Duncan, IF Jamie Romak and...[+] IF Sharlon Schoop to minor league deals Thursday, Dec. 1.

• 11/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Tommy Hottovy signs: The Kansas City Royals signed free-agent RP Tommy Hottovy (Red Sox) to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training Tuesday,...[+] Nov. 22.

• 10/5 Fragile Freddy's: 2011 in Review - Relief Pitchers: We can finish up the players by looking back at the relievers;Jonathan Papelbon – 4-1, 2.94Grade – AInteresting Stat –...

• 7/26 Boston Globe: Trade Talk: What if the Sox do nothing?: By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff About 10 days ago, during two phone calls 10 minutes apart, a major league executive and an agent...
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Outrighted: Hottovy, Blevins: The latest players to clear waivers and be outrighted... Southpaw reliever Tommy Hottovy, designated for assignment by the...
• 7/16 Boston Globe: Jenks back on DL; Williams called up: By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Bobby Jenks is back on the disabled list with a bad back. LHP Randy Williams...
• 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Designate Tommy Hottovy For Assignment: The Red Sox have designated Tommy Hottovy for assignment, reports WEEI.com's Rob Bradford (on Twitter). The move frees up a 40-man...
• 7/6 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Recap of Major League Pitching Debuts From March 31 to June 29: Yesterday, I recapped the season stats for every position player who has made his major league debut this season (unless I missed...

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• 6/15 Baseball Happenings: Game 66 Recap: BOS – 000 000 000 – 0 – 5 – 0 TBR – 000 011 02x – 4 – 7 – 0 After storming through New York and Toronto the Sox...
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• 6/13 Baseball Happenings: This & That: Some stuff happenin’ around the game, let’s talk about a few of those happenings;Item: Realignment, the other white meat?Thoughts:...
• 6/6 Baseball Happenings: Weekend Recap: The Boston Red Sox played a somewhat frustrating, but ultimately very successful weekend series against the Oakland Athletics. ...