Brewers Bullpen Gives One Away

The Milwaukee Brewers bullpen has been great for most of the season, but last night they let one get away from them. Brewers starter Shaun Marcum deserved a better fate then he got last night. Marcum pitched six innings and gave up no runs and two hits, but threw over 100 pitches. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke decided to go to the bullpen and they could not hold the lead. Marco Estrada came in and it fell apart for the Brewers and they eventually lost 2-1 to the New York Mets.

Prince Fielder went deep for his 15th home run of the season, but the Brewers really did nothing else against former Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano who pitched real well. His only mistake was to Prince Fielder. This is a game the Brewers let get away and it should not have happen, but it did.

he Brewers drafted 3B Trent Boras in the 30th round of the first-year player draft on Tuesday. He is the son of agent Scott Boras, who represents Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder. … One round earlier, the Brewers selected right-hander David Lucroy, the younger brother of Lucroy. Tonight the Brewers will send Randy Wolf to the mound and try to get back on track.

Brewers Need To Look Into Trading Some Guys

So far this season the pitching has actually been worse this year than last year. I think it is time the Milwaukee Brewers need to consider trading some players. Two players who have been talked about in trade talks is Prince Fielder and Corey Hart. Both players could bring in some pitching talent which is what the Milwaukee Brewers need right now.

The Brewers should see what it would take to get Cliff Lee from the Mariners. I would be willing to give up Fielder and Hart to land Lee if he was willing to sign a long term deal with the Brewers. If not than no way I would give both players away. The bottom line is until the Milwaukee Brewers get better pitching they will continue to struggle to win baseball games. The Giants series was a good indication as the Brewers pitchers were battered around all series giving up 15 runs in one game. Of course the Brewers helped in the process with errors as well. Unless the pitching gets better it will be a long second half of the season.

What's Going On With The Brewers?

Everyone is asking what is wrong with the Milwaukee Brewers? Simply put they stink on offense, defense, and pitching. When you stink in all three you get beat plain and simple. Take the weekend series in Sand Diego where the Brewers managed to score only two runs in four games against San Diego pitching. Meanwhile Brewer pitching gave up 21 runs in the losses. Everyone wants the answers and actually it's pretty simple. When you get no pitching it makes it tough to win games. Yes, the offense needs to score runs, but when you give up 21 runs you will not win a lot of ballgames.

The Brewers have a Team ERA of 5.09 and unless that comes down a lot the Brewers will not win a lot of games. Milwaukee is batting .268 as a team if you would take Ryan Braun's number out it would be much worse. The one guy who is really hurting the Brewers is Prince Fielder who is batting just .234 with 2 home runs and just a paltry 9 RBI's. Those numbers are horrible from a guy that usually carries the Brewers. Only Ryan Braun, Casey McGehee, and Jim Edmonds have done anything on the offense side of it. Unless the Brewers get going real soon they will be out of the playoff race by the end of May. Real sad real sad.

2010 Brewers Looking To Make A Statement

Last year Milwaukee Brewer fans had to endure many different things. The pitching staff for the Brewers was one of the worse in Major League Baseball. In the off-season the Brewers did go out and get some pitching which included for Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf. Toss in LaTroy Hawkins and some others and Brewers fans are looking for a much 2010.

The Brewers did trade away J.J. Hardy which I did not like at all. Losing Felipe Lopez was another player I wish the Brewers could have kept, but it did not work out for us. I am interested to see how we look as we head into spring training in a few weeks. I think we will be fine hitting the ball, but pitching still worries me a lot, but I will defer until I get to see more from them.