Brewers Just Keep Losing

The Brewers lost their 6th game in a row today, a 2-1 loss to the Braves. It seems whenever the pitching is good there's no hitting and when they're hitting they have no pitching. The Crew is going through a tough stretch right now and things need to turn around quickly.

Ben Sheets gets the start tomorrow and needs to play the role of stopper. Capuano turned in a fine effort today but got zero support. This team needs to start scoring runs and not relying on home runs so much.

I think Yost needs to change the lineup a little bit. There's no way Estrada should be batting 5th. When Estrada isn't hitting he's worthless. He doesn't walk at all. He currently has a .296 OBP. That's pathetic. He needs to be moved down to 8th. This is the lineup I would like to see.

1. Weeks
2. Hardy
3. Jenkins
4. Fielder
5. Hall
6. Braun
7. Gross/Hart platoon
8. Estrada

This lineup would be versus right handed batters. I like J.J. batting 2nd because he's one of the few guys on the team that draws walks. Jenkins has proven himself this season and could definitely handle batting the third the way he's been going. With a .291 average and 10 Home Runs he shouldn't be batting 6th in the lineup. Fielder is an obvious choice to bat cleanup. Hall isn't doing too hot right now but he's proven. He shouldn't bat 7th in the lineup, that doesn't help his confidence. Braun looks promising but he's just a rookie. 6th is a good spot for him. Hart needs more PT and I really like Gabe Gross. Gross may only be batting .226 but he's got an OBP of .373. Gross can hit for power and get on base, he just needs more playing time. Estrada gets the 8th spot because he just isn't doing much right now. I'm sure Damian Miller would post better than a .296 OBP, Johnny needs to up his game.

The Crew is only 5 games over .500 now and they had been 14 over. There is no way this team should be playing this bad. Things need to start getting better.

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