The Giants selected Kyle Crick in the first round (49th overall) of the 2011 draft.
Over 23 starts at Double-A Richmond last year, Crick went 4-11 with a 5.94 ERA
"He has push in his delivery, and push and shove in delivery is inconsistency of release point," Mike Krukow explained on KNBR 680. "And that's gonna cause you to struggle in the strike zone. When he misses, he usually misses up because of the shove. And he's got to fix that. He's gotta get a better set of mechanics that allows him to crack the whip when you get to that release point and not push when you get to that release point.