Brewers fans were greeted to a 10-6 drubbing by the Colorado Rockies to open the second half of the season. Worse yet, the Cubs won, 6-0 over the Houston Astros, shrinking the Crew's quickly melting lead in the division to 3.5 games. The starting pitching of this team is flat out no longer an assest. The team is 0-9 in Capuano's last 9 starts and his ERA after last night has ballooned to over 5.00.
Coupled with Ned Yost's penchant for managing a team that plays terribly in July, I honestly would not be surprised to see the Brewers looking up at the Cubs by the time the trading deadline rolls around. I have little to zero faith in Ned Yost's ability to manage a game and now without a reliable pitching staff, I'm even more worried. Yost is awful in handling pitchers, leaving them in way too long and rarely, what I would call, "feeling the game." Look no further than the final game before the All-Star break against Washington, leaving Cappy in after being on the bases in the 97-degree heat and then walking the first batter he saw (.049 batting average). Instead of hooking him because the combination of the heat, humidity and pitch count had obviously got to him, he waited until the Brewers 2-1 lead turned into a 7-2 deficit.
I'll say this right now. Yovani Gallardo needs to get back into the starting rotation NOW! I realize they are limitiing his innings so he doesn't have a huge total come the end of the season. Well you know what? They need to get to the playoffs first and the way the starters are pitching of late, they need a major dose of something to turn it around. Get him back into the rotation before this season goes down the tubes.
Sheets takes the ball tonight so it's the best chance the Crew has to get back to 10 W's over .500. Here's hoping for a nice game from Sheeter.
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