I'm working on upgrading an application written by a former developer at my work and I've been converting all the SQL queries in the code into Stored Procedures. I'm doing this with the idea that it can be easily called whenever it is needed instead of having the SQL query string repeated several times in the code. Also, I can easily use parameters with the stored procedure and avoid SQL injection vulnerabilities in my code.

I was talking with another developer on my team who asked why I did it that way and told me that "**calling stored procedures a lot can impact the SQL Server's performance and that it is better performance-wise to just use the SQL string in the application's code.**" (Please note that this is a small VB.NET WinForms development team that doesn't use MVVM or other similar design patterns)

Is that an accurate statement? I've not found anything in my googling prior to posting this question that would indicate running stored procedures has a bigger impact to performance than a regular SQL query.