March 5, 201610 yr Interesting stuff esp since he's always had good velocity but a shitty fastball: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article64072087.html Cosart said Jim Benedict, the Marlins’ new roving pitching coordinator, and pitching coachJuan Nieves have been working with him on a new delivery intended to create more of a downward plane on his fastball. “I haven’t missed a lot of bats in the past with my fastball,” Cosart said. “Usually, because I’ve been up in the zone. I was a contact guy. Now with the added angle, I saw a lot more swings and misses [on Friday], bad swings, at fastballs in the zone, simply because they were down.” Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article64072087.html#storylink=cpy Now he’s starting over again — with a new delivery designed for him by Benedict, who had worked previously with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was credited with much of their recent pitching success. “I’ve worked on it every day since I got here,” Cosart said. “[benedict] said that it was a big project with [Pirates ace] Gerrit Cole when he got drafted, to get the downward explosion of the fastball. It’s been kind of exciting. But I didn’t want to jump too quick until I faced hitters on another team.” Cosart did that Friday for the first time when the Marlins faced the Nationals, striking out the first two hitters he faced before giving up the triple and walking the next batter. But he recovered to strike out the fifth batter he faced to end the inning. “It’s reinforcing that it’s working,” he said. “I think [the three strikeouts] shows that something’s different.” Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article64072087.html#storylink=cpy
March 6, 201610 yr Early on cossart had a mid 2.something era. Then the shit hit the fan last season.
March 6, 201610 yr Why ? The concept of us hiring a "pitching guru" from an outside organization to specifically mentor our pitchers just seems so un-Marlins that I love the breath of fresh air it is. Reading articles about this guy's work is just a positive feeling right now.
March 6, 201610 yr Because during his windup, the plate was at six different places. Also during Cosarts windup, Pablo Sandoval was having six different plates.
March 6, 201610 yr Also during Cosarts windup, Pablo Sandoval was having six different plates. It's a fat joke, I like it.
March 6, 201610 yr Tempted to go back to the mobile version just to down vote you. I just did it to you with my secret abilities
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