Brewers Get Shutdown By Astros And Oswalt 5-0

After the Milwaukee Brewers played well Tuesday against the Houston Astros I thought we may get another good performance, but it did not happen. Astros ace Roy Oswalt had command of his pitches and cruised to an easy 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers who lost another home game which is no shock. Oswalt went 8 innings and only gave up four hits in the win. The Brewers Chris Naverson went only 4 innings giving up 8 hits and four runs to take the loss. Two bright spots for the Brewers were Trevor Hoffman who pitched one scoreless inning and Jeff Suppan pitched two innings of shutout ball.

Ryan Braun collected two hits for the Brewers and was the only Brewer play to do so. The Brewers are now 5-15 at home. That is just plain horrible no two ways about it. I do not know why the Brewers play so bad at home, but they do. Today, the Brewers have Dave Bush pitching  with a 1:10 PM et start time. Hopefully, Dave Bush can give the Brewers some decent innings so the bullpen can get a rest. They have logged many innings already and it is still early in the season.

Brewers Need To Make A Change In The Dugout

Well the Milwaukee Brewers continued their free fall with another loss which has become an everyday occurrence it seems. The streak stands at 9 games and it is time for a change in the dugout. Ken Macha has been given more than enough time to get the Brewers untracked. Last year the Brewers were just a .500 ball club and this year they are worse.

The Brewers were suppose to be better this year as they added pitching, but the opposite has been true. The pitching has been horrible and it starts with the manager. Management cannot fire the whole team so making a change at manager is all that is left. Last year there was some rumblings about Ken Macha and with his lack of success maybe management should have listen. If the Brewers do get rid of Macha hiring Willie Randolph should be something they consider. He is a good manager and he cannot do any worse than what we have right now. Maybe the Brewers need a change. The direction they are going in right now is unacceptable.

Brewers Pound Dodgers 11-3

The Milwaukee Brewers scored early and late as they pounded the Los Angeles Dodgers for a second straight game. Milwaukee four runs in the first inning and got five more in the 8th inning and added two more in the 9th inning for a 11-3 rout of the Dodgers. Prince Fielder was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's and Rickie weeks was 3 for 5 with 3 RBI's. In total the Brewers got 13 hits and have been hitting the ball much better. Of course this could also have something to do with the Dodgers pitching staff who has struggled.

Doug Davis struggled in the game, but did pitch well enough to get the win. he gave up three earned runs and the bullpen closed the door the rest of the way. This series against the Dodgers has shown the Brewers can hit the ball and when given good pitching they can win ball games. The key is they must continue to do this series after series. Just playing well in one series will not get the job done. Hopefully the Brewers will continue on a roll. I doubt it, but we will see.

Trevor Hoffman Will Be Fine Quit Sweating It Brewer Fans

The season so far has not gone well for the Milwaukee Brewers. Right now what could go wrong with the Milwaukee Brewers has. Even the reliable Trevor Hoffman has struggled and whispers have been popping up he should hang it up. I can tell you that Hoffman will get things going. He has been through tough stretches in his career and he will be fine. Trevor Hoffman is approaching 600 saves so when things go wrong he knows how to fix things. Now other pitchers I am not so sure about, but Hoffman I am.

Brewers pitching worries me and if I was Ken Macha I would give the ball to Hoffman as many times as possible. Will he blow some saves? Of course he will. All the good ones do as no one is perfect. Trevor Hoffman is fine and he will be the Brewers save leader at the end of the season. As far as others on the team I am not so sure about how to turn them around. I guess all we can do is hope the other pitchers can figure it out as well.

Brewers Finally Find offense In 11-6 Rout Of Dodgers

Brewer fans have been waiting for some offense for awhile and the Brewers bats finally woke up. Prince Fielder and Gregg Zaun homered, while Ryan Braun doubled in a 9 run second inning as the Brewers cruised to a easy 11-6 win over the Dodgers. Brewers hitters pounded out 15 hits with Gregg Zaun leading the way with three hits. The Brewers offense needed a game like this as they have been struggling to hit the ball. It was good to see Prince Fielder hit the ball better as well. It seems he just puts too much pressure on himself to perform at a high level night in and night out.

Pitching has been a problem for the Brewers lately, but they did get a good start from Chris Naverson who was able to go six innings and only give up three earned runs. The bullpen was not bad except for Manny Parra who only went one inning and gave up three runs. That worries me a little, but we will have to see if he continues to pitch that bad. Milwaukee needed this win as they have been struggling and a big win like this can only help the Brewers, Now let's see if they can make it two in a row.

Maybe Trading Prince Fielder Now Is A Good Idea?

Milwaukee Brewer fans have seen there fair share of players leaving Milwaukee and getting little or nothing in return. With a horrible start to the season Milwaukee should consider moving Prince Fielder who can become a free agent soon. He is going to want some big money and the Brewers have not shown the ability to keep people in the fold. The bottom line being in a small market the Brewers just cannot compete with the bigger markets. Fielder will command top dollar and just like C.C Sabathia bolted so will Fielder. You really can't blame him either.

Why would Fielder want to stay on a team that has one of the worse pitching staffs in the National League. He can go to a team that has a chance to win and get paid good for it as well. If he stays in Milwaukee him and Braun will need to knock in 5 runs apiece just to keep the game close. Trading Fielder is not something Brewer fans want to see, but best to get something than nothing at all. I will be shocked if he does not leave as why stay with a ball club that looks to be no better than .500 once again.

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.