The Milwaukee Brewers have the second worst team ERA (6.06) in the majors, second only to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates. If the Brewers want to contend this year, that is going to have to change. They brought in veteran pitching coach Rick Peterson in order to improve on last year's disaster, but so far the results have not improved. Their biggest weakness right now appears to be their bullpen. Future Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman has a 12.60 ERA and Latroy Hawkins, who they brought in to be the set-up guy in the off-season, has an awful ERA of 11.81.
Doug Davis has also had major issues. His ERA is 11.25 and has 13 strikeouts to six walks. Even Yovani Gallardo has struggled to start the year, with an ERA of 5.50 and Randy Wolf, who they signed in the off-season, has an ERA of 4.91. If the Brewers want to go anywhere this year, they are going to have to improve on their pitching staff.
The Brewers now go on a three-game road trip to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates and if they can't pitch better against the Pirates, when is it going to improve? It starts tonight with Dave Bush taking on Charlie Morton. Bush hasn't pitched bad with a 3.86 ERA, but certainly needs a quality start to give the bullpen a rest and to give the starting staff something to build on. Let's see if the Brew Crew can get things going.
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