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Dyhard -- Badgers/Brewers won said 05/14, 10:16 PM
I say hitting is the biggest reason for the Brewers recent struggles.

If you look at the Brewers hitting squad, there have been problems with Rickie Weeks and Bill Hall. They have very bad batting averages.

Rickie Weeks-.190
Bill Hall-.200

The Brewers have a .243 BA as a team, and rank 14th in the NL. The Brewers are 13th in on-base-percentage with an OBP of .318.

There have been a couple of things that have been going good for the Brewers' pitching, and that is that they rank 2nd in the NL in saves, with 15, and have 17 quality starts this year already.

The only thing in the batting category that they rank in the top 10 in the NL is SB, and that is in the tenth position. The Brewers are in the top 10 in the NL in two categories for the pitching, and are 2nd, and 7th in the two top 10 categories.

The Brewers have solved the problem of Derrick Turnbow by sending him to Nashville (AAA) and that has helped out the Brewers very well.

The fielding is the one thing that has been going well for the Brewers. I agree that the pitching is horrible, but the hitting has been worse this year.

Hitting is the reason behind the Brewers' recent struggles.

Dyhard -- Badgers/Brewers won said 05/15, 08:41 PM
The Brewers aren't in the top 10 in any batting category in the entire MLB, but they are in at least one, saves, for pitching. So you are saying that the Brewers are really struggling because of pitching? Yes, pitching is horrible, but the batting is worse.

Did you not see Bill Hall and Rickie Weeks batting average? Do you know that they are STILL in the lineup, and aren't being removed. A big problem is Ned Yost too. It is mostly the hitting, then pitching and Ned Yost.

The Brewers are 24th in team ERA in the MLB, and are 26th in the MLB in BA. They don't get hits very much, and with that you can't score many runs.

The Brewers are 19th in runs scored in the MLB, and 19th in runs allowed in the MLB. They aren't scoring more runs then they allow, and that is a big problem.

They have scored 177 runs this season, but have allowed 198, which is 21 MORE runs that they allow than they score. You can't win games if you can't score, and the Brewers are really showing it this year.

You can say all you want about the pitching staff allowing 198 runs total this season, but if you can't score, you can't win. Simple as that.

The biggest problem is hitting for the Brewers.

Dyhard -- Badgers/Brewers won said 05/16, 05:20 PM
Weeks and Hall don't get many hits, and their batting averages are horrible. Prince Fielder is lacking too. He has totals of: .255 BA, 5 HR, and 23 RBI. He is lacking in HR, and hits a HR every 8 games. He is on pace to hit just a little over 20 HR this year. That is not good. He is low in production.

Why do you continue to talk about Derrick Turnbow? He isn't effecting the team right now. I don't know how he can if he is playing in Nashville (Brewers AAA affiliate).

Bush isn't a good pitcher, but he isn't killing the entire pitching staff. As I posted in my last argument, the Brewers are 24th in the MLB in team ERA, while they are 26th in the MLB in team BA.

Turnbow, pitching in Nashville, doesn't have an effect on the MILWAUKEE Brewers...he has an effect on Nashville, but not Milwaukee.

Hall and Weeks help the infield, but they don't help hitting much. They have horrible BA, and that is one thing that is going to hurt your team. If you can't hit, you can't score runs, simple as that.

There have been plenty of games where the Brewers don't score ENOUGH runs, and get beat. They are allowing 21 runs more than what they score. That isn't good.

Hitting's da caus