Brewers First-Half Review
As the Milwaukee Brewers finish out a game against the Atlanta Braves, the last before the All Star break, it's time to look back at the first half of their season. The Brewers are on pace to win this game today and be four games under .500, disappointing for me, but not all too bad. They could easily end the season above .500, the word for them to accomplish that is consistency.
As everyone involved with the organization will tell you, we have the talent, we have the coaching, and we have the desire to win. There is one last piece that is holding the team back from getting above .500 and staying there, that's consistency. For whatever reason the team can't score enough runs game to game. They'll get real hot and put up 9 like they did last night, but they'll have a couple games in a row where they'll only put up a run or two a game. Defensively they have had a few errors that have cost them games. The pitching staff has had a decent year, they've struggled to get run support at times, but overall they haven't blown too many games. The starters have been near excellent, but the relievers still have some room for improvement.
There is at least two rookies playing everyday baseball now for the Brewers so some of the struggles can be blamed on them, but we need some veterans to step-up to the level they're capable of. Geoff Jenkins and Lyle Overbay need to produce more. Carlos Lee can't carry the team forever.
I'll revisit this post at the end of the year and lets hope we're an over .500 team.
Tags: Milwaukee Brewers
As everyone involved with the organization will tell you, we have the talent, we have the coaching, and we have the desire to win. There is one last piece that is holding the team back from getting above .500 and staying there, that's consistency. For whatever reason the team can't score enough runs game to game. They'll get real hot and put up 9 like they did last night, but they'll have a couple games in a row where they'll only put up a run or two a game. Defensively they have had a few errors that have cost them games. The pitching staff has had a decent year, they've struggled to get run support at times, but overall they haven't blown too many games. The starters have been near excellent, but the relievers still have some room for improvement.
There is at least two rookies playing everyday baseball now for the Brewers so some of the struggles can be blamed on them, but we need some veterans to step-up to the level they're capable of. Geoff Jenkins and Lyle Overbay need to produce more. Carlos Lee can't carry the team forever.
I'll revisit this post at the end of the year and lets hope we're an over .500 team.
Tags: Milwaukee Brewers
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