Badger State Sports

I wonder if when Mark Attanasio went to sign up Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum he mentioned how the Brewers were on the rise. How this team could contend for the post-season. How a large part of the players were signed for the next 4 years. How committed the Brewers were to being successful franchise for years to come.

I wondered if he also mentioned how the bullpen will lose or give them a no decision in roughly half their starts. I wonder if he mentioned that in two-thirds of the games the offense would score 5 or more runs, but that would still not be enough for the bullpen to hold.

So much enthusiasm, so much promise, so much hope was placed in the signing of these two guys. Add them to a rotation that includes Gallardo and Wolf and The Brewers have as good a rotation as anyone in the major leagues. As an added bonus, Narveson is a 5th man with a winning record. With these pitchers, not only is the post-season possible, but we should be thinking division title.

Now it seems we can’t count on our bullpen to hold a game. I can’t even imagine how much intestinal fortitude it must take for our starters to hold back from thanking the bullpen for another blown game. How much courage and inner strength it must take for our offense to let go of the fact that their good game was washed away by a poor relief effort. I do know however, the feeling of stress, the turning upside of the stomach and the nails bit off of having to watch a pathetic bullpen TRY to hold a game for the win.

With the All-Star breaking coming up and the trade deadline not to far ahead, it’s time to see how Mark Attanasio addresses this glaring need in our pitching staff. In the mean time, there’s no forgetting our bullpen now, they’re where the smell of manure from left-center field is.