He has pinpoint control. The ball goes wherever the catcher sets up. When a pitcher's injured, he's rolling his throwing arm after a pitch or throwing pitch after pitch into the dirt or somewhere where the catcher isn't set up..... exhibiting control problems. He has absolutely no movement on his fastball which, being a power pitcher, is his bread-and-butter pitch. His wind-up and appraoch to the plate seem flawless. Given his last two outings, I almost wish there was something to explain his problems. However, I don't think it has anything to do with injury. JMHO though

Prediction: Another horrrrrible outing by Koch + Dan Wright's return = Koch to the DL.

He has pinpoint control. The ball goes wherever the catcher sets up. When a pitcher's injured, he's rolling his throwing arm after a pitch or throwing pitch after pitch into the dirt or somewhere where the catcher isn't set up..... exhibiting control problems. He has absolutely no movement on his fastball which, being a power pitcher, is his bread-and-butter pitch. His wind-up and appraoch to the plate seem flawless. Given his last two outings, I almost wish there was something to explain his problems. However, I don't think it has anything to do with injury. JMHO though

what was his prob at the end of last season, do you remember.

He has pinpoint control. The ball goes wherever the catcher sets up. When a pitcher's injured, he's rolling his throwing arm after a pitch or throwing pitch after pitch into the dirt or somewhere where the catcher isn't set up..... exhibiting control problems. He has absolutely no movement on his fastball which, being a power pitcher, is his bread-and-butter pitch. His wind-up and appraoch to the plate seem flawless. Given his last two outings, I almost wish there was something to explain his problems. However, I don't think it has anything to do with injury. JMHO though

what was his prob at the end of last season, do you remember.

Fatigue. Nowadays, closers generally work 75-80 innings...tops. Koch worked about 95....15-20 too many. Those last innings were hard as hell. It is the same reason rookie players will find it hard to play a full season. They are not used to being worked that hard.

Fatigue.  Nowadays, closers generally work 75-80 innings...tops.  Koch worked about 95....15-20 too many.

And it isn't gonna get any better for him on a team with a manager who's almost completely dependant on the BP.

Fatigue.  Nowadays, closers generally work 75-80 innings...tops.  Koch worked about 95....15-20 too many.

And it isn't gonna get any better for him on a team with a manager who's almost completely dependant on the BP.

Luckily....we have a lot of good arms in the pen....and Manuel likes to use them all.

 

Koch was pretty much a one-man show....he'd be used in a ton of situations....tie games, games that the A's were behind, as a situational righty, trying to get out of a jam that another pitcher got into....and he'd come in as closer. I think we'll have other guys for those types of scenarios.

 

At the most....Koch throws 80 innings this year...and that's even too much, IMO.

He has pinpoint control. The ball goes wherever the catcher sets up. When a pitcher's injured, he's rolling his throwing arm after a pitch or throwing pitch after pitch into the dirt or somewhere where the catcher isn't set up..... exhibiting control problems. He has absolutely no movement on his fastball which, being a power pitcher, is his bread-and-butter pitch. His wind-up and appraoch to the plate seem flawless. Given his last two outings, I almost wish there was something to explain his problems. However, I don't think it has anything to do with injury. JMHO though

was olivo and alomar setting up right in the middle of home plate...because the homers he gave up you could have put the ball up on a tee...i think he is hurting big time CK...io guess we will find out soon enough

He has pinpoint control. The ball goes wherever the catcher sets up. When a pitcher's injured, he's rolling his throwing arm after a pitch or throwing pitch after pitch into the dirt or somewhere where the catcher isn't set up..... exhibiting control problems. He has absolutely no movement on his fastball which, being a power pitcher, is his bread-and-butter pitch. His wind-up and appraoch to the plate seem flawless. Given his last two outings, I almost wish there was something to explain his problems. However, I don't think it has anything to do with injury. JMHO though

was olivo and alomar setting up right in the middle of home plate...because the homers he gave up you could have put the ball up on a tee...i think he is hurting big time CK...io guess we will find out soon enough

No..... but the ball was going right to where the catcher set his glove as the target cause, in the replays, the catcher never moved it..... just squeezed it anticipating to catch the ball.