Re: MLB The Show 18 Franchise Discussion Thread
Another horrible outing by Huey Kiser and the Marlins ended up losing a bad one 9-5.
The game was more one-sided than the score suggests. The Marlins hit into three double plays - been a while since they did that, and had just two extra base hits.
Stan Brito was passed three times, perhaps that was part of the issue. The Braves were giving him nothing to hit. He went 0-for-1 with three walks. Bo Winter was forced to hit from the right side as well as the Braves put a lefty on the mound. Winter's power weakens significantly against southpaws.
But the real problem was Kiser. The Marlins have to wonder what is going on with him. Has the league adjusted to the second-year pitcher and he just needs to mix things up, or could it be a mechanics issue?
Marlins pitching coach Thurman Sisler seems to think it's a mechanics issue. He made an adjustment to Kiser's delivery and the young pitcher was optioned to AAA to refine it and become more familiar with how his stuff will now behave.
Taking Kiser's place will be another youngster, Shane Koehne. He features a slow curve, a change up that might be his best pitch, and changes speeds on his fastballs. His secondary pitches are his bread and butter, so he'll have to master the command on them.
Koehne's overall profile is pretty much a harder throwing Loren Rasmussen: pitch to contact, change speeds, try to get chases on pitches just out of the zone after establishing strikes with all pitches. Of course, Rasmussen is having his own share of struggles to start the year, so it will be interesting to see if he and Koehne fall into the same pitfalls.
Another horrible outing by Huey Kiser and the Marlins ended up losing a bad one 9-5.
The game was more one-sided than the score suggests. The Marlins hit into three double plays - been a while since they did that, and had just two extra base hits.
Stan Brito was passed three times, perhaps that was part of the issue. The Braves were giving him nothing to hit. He went 0-for-1 with three walks. Bo Winter was forced to hit from the right side as well as the Braves put a lefty on the mound. Winter's power weakens significantly against southpaws.
But the real problem was Kiser. The Marlins have to wonder what is going on with him. Has the league adjusted to the second-year pitcher and he just needs to mix things up, or could it be a mechanics issue?
Marlins pitching coach Thurman Sisler seems to think it's a mechanics issue. He made an adjustment to Kiser's delivery and the young pitcher was optioned to AAA to refine it and become more familiar with how his stuff will now behave.
Taking Kiser's place will be another youngster, Shane Koehne. He features a slow curve, a change up that might be his best pitch, and changes speeds on his fastballs. His secondary pitches are his bread and butter, so he'll have to master the command on them.
Koehne's overall profile is pretty much a harder throwing Loren Rasmussen: pitch to contact, change speeds, try to get chases on pitches just out of the zone after establishing strikes with all pitches. Of course, Rasmussen is having his own share of struggles to start the year, so it will be interesting to see if he and Koehne fall into the same pitfalls.
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