Repair Work Needed !!!
by South Side Rob
OK. There's a few glaring problems with the 2008 version of the Milwaukee Brewers. First off, this roster that consists mainly of right-handed hitters is NOT WORKING! Here's a solution. Send Joe Dillon back down to triple A and bring up Russell Branyon who, at current is hitting .368 in Nashville with 11 home runs and 33 runs batted in. Now, when we face a right-handed pitcher, you sit Bill Hall in place of Branyon, you sit Cameron in place of Tony Gwynn Jr, and you sit Rickey Weeks in favor of Craig Counsell. When you face a lefty, you platoon back. Right now, I'm confident that Branyon, Gwynn, and Counsell can do no worse that what we are currently receiving from Hall, Cameron, and Weeks.
Also, we scrap this pitcher hitting 8th. You put Kendall 2nd since, he's the only player who can handle the bat well enough to hit the ball to the right side of 2nd base. You lead off Gwynn against righties and Hart against lefties. YOU START playing some small ball. The beauty of playing small ball is that it can always be available. Plus, the long ball will probably occur more often since the team can now just focus of playing fundamental baseball and stop swinging out of their shoes.
The pitching is really a mess. I agree with the Stetter demotion. I would also agree with skipping a start to any of the rotation players who struggles even Sheets or Suppan. If Bush can seem to win a game or keep us close, then, you try someone else. Last year, Capuano should have been pulled from the rotation after 4 straight losses, not 22 or whatever that nightmare of a number was.
As bad as things are right now, Yost and his buddies in the dugout have nothing to worry about because nobody seems to be held accountable for not doing their jobs. Stop tipping their cap to the opposition and spend quality time trying to figure out how to beat the competition.
Right now, the Brewers sit in 5th place which means they have to now figure out a way to leap-frog over 4 teams in order to regain the lead back in the NL Central. Easily said but very hard to do. Even if this team wins say 17 out of their next 20, that does not guarantee that the 4 teams ahead of them can play well enough to remain ahead of the Brewers. Right now, the Brewers need 17 of of their next 20 instead of only 4 over their last 15 games.
If ownership cannot see that management and the general manager's plan for 2008 is clealy not working, he can forget about seeing 3 million of us go through the gates in order to support what clearly isn't what we've been promised. I have only 3 games that I've committed to that is coming up. Right now, I'm in no hurry to schedule the 4th.
OK. There's a few glaring problems with the 2008 version of the Milwaukee Brewers. First off, this roster that consists mainly of right-handed hitters is NOT WORKING! Here's a solution. Send Joe Dillon back down to triple A and bring up Russell Branyon who, at current is hitting .368 in Nashville with 11 home runs and 33 runs batted in. Now, when we face a right-handed pitcher, you sit Bill Hall in place of Branyon, you sit Cameron in place of Tony Gwynn Jr, and you sit Rickey Weeks in favor of Craig Counsell. When you face a lefty, you platoon back. Right now, I'm confident that Branyon, Gwynn, and Counsell can do no worse that what we are currently receiving from Hall, Cameron, and Weeks.
Also, we scrap this pitcher hitting 8th. You put Kendall 2nd since, he's the only player who can handle the bat well enough to hit the ball to the right side of 2nd base. You lead off Gwynn against righties and Hart against lefties. YOU START playing some small ball. The beauty of playing small ball is that it can always be available. Plus, the long ball will probably occur more often since the team can now just focus of playing fundamental baseball and stop swinging out of their shoes.
The pitching is really a mess. I agree with the Stetter demotion. I would also agree with skipping a start to any of the rotation players who struggles even Sheets or Suppan. If Bush can seem to win a game or keep us close, then, you try someone else. Last year, Capuano should have been pulled from the rotation after 4 straight losses, not 22 or whatever that nightmare of a number was.
As bad as things are right now, Yost and his buddies in the dugout have nothing to worry about because nobody seems to be held accountable for not doing their jobs. Stop tipping their cap to the opposition and spend quality time trying to figure out how to beat the competition.
Right now, the Brewers sit in 5th place which means they have to now figure out a way to leap-frog over 4 teams in order to regain the lead back in the NL Central. Easily said but very hard to do. Even if this team wins say 17 out of their next 20, that does not guarantee that the 4 teams ahead of them can play well enough to remain ahead of the Brewers. Right now, the Brewers need 17 of of their next 20 instead of only 4 over their last 15 games.
If ownership cannot see that management and the general manager's plan for 2008 is clealy not working, he can forget about seeing 3 million of us go through the gates in order to support what clearly isn't what we've been promised. I have only 3 games that I've committed to that is coming up. Right now, I'm in no hurry to schedule the 4th.
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