July 23, 200422 yr Koch is either hit or miss which is better than what he had been doing. We all I think knew he would be a work in progress. Give him another month to get his mechanics straightened out in the mean time we are going to have sit back and be nervous everytime he comes out to the mound 472137[/snapback] I agree. I am not saying to give up on Koch, or that I am doubtful he will improve. I am just pointing out that sometimes we misuse the word "inconsistent". Beckett is inconsistent. Penny is inconsistent. Heck, Pavano has been inconsistent in his last few starts. But Koch? He's been bad.
July 23, 200422 yr I think Ramp is essentially correct here. It's his mechanics. Anyone who watched the game yesterday afternoon couldn't help but notice that he'd be on one side of the rubber one pitch, somewhere else the next, he almost fell over on a couple of pitches he was so off-balanced. In short he never established his rhythm nor mimiced his delivery from one pitch to the next. Pitchers need to be machines, using a repetitive motion for ball control. Koch seems to be unable to do this from one appearance to the next. 471686[/snapback] Exactly. I would like to further that point by saying the same problem has plagued D-train. It is his rhythmn (which I have said before) and his mechanics. Both pitchers, Koch and Willis, tend to get overly excited and speed up their deliveries and their mechanics get lost. They get too excited. Both need to learn to control the pace of the game - as a pitcher is supposed to - and remain comfortable out there. When they do that, both pitch spectacularly. I have great confidence in both pitchers and in Rosie that all this will be sorted out. And Fox pitched out of his mind last year - but that had to do with our stadium and our coaching staff. He grew very confident and you can see that in several of our pitchers (Pavano, Penny, Beckett, Willis, etc.).
July 24, 200422 yr I think Ramp is essentially correct here. It's his mechanics. Anyone who watched the game yesterday afternoon couldn't help but notice that he'd be on one side of the rubber one pitch, somewhere else the next, he almost fell over on a couple of pitches he was so off-balanced. In short he never established his rhythm nor mimiced his delivery from one pitch to the next. Pitchers need to be machines, using a repetitive motion for ball control. Koch seems to be unable to do this from one appearance to the next. 471686[/snapback] I've heard Len & Tommy say the Marlins coaches think that's the case too. We've seen him at his best, & his stuff can be downright filthy. It's definitely mechanics but I have a feeling he's a bit of a stubborn "head case" too, which doesn't help either. It's still not a bad move by Florida to take a chance on this guy though. I wish they had an offseason to work with him, but for now we'll just have to hope Rosie can get him straightened out.
July 24, 200422 yr Inconsistent.... Where are you CHAD FOX ???????? 471542[/snapback] He's on the DL and probably won't ever pitch again because he was overused at the end of last season. 471678[/snapback] i have no regrets
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