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Loeffle · 12-10-2007, 02:33 PM

May 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

5th May 2008

Ben Sheets - Future or fiasko?

Discussion about Ben Sheets who might be a high profile free agent at season's end is running high recently. While Sheets gave up a whopping 53 HR's last season Washington Post editor Dauis is sure Sheets "can bounce back" finding his World Series shape and "lead the Brewers run into the playoff". Jeff Hassan of Hooya Sports advises the Brewers to get rid of Sheets and get more pitching talent for him. Names like Liriano, Hochevar, Felix Hernandez, Santana, Oswalt or Cain might be potential aces for the Brewers according to Hassan.It has to be seen if GM Fritsche makes the decision to trade local hero Sheets, if he lets him becoming a free agent or if he will reward him with a new monster deal? He leads the NL in innings and is third in strikeouts so far this season.

Today we kick off a crucial series at Wrigley Field. If we win it we are back in contention, if not it will be a long way back to the top of the NL Central.

Game #28 – Milwaukee [13-14] (C. Capuano 3-0, 2.25 ERA) at Chicago [15-12] (S. Gallagher 1-2, 6.04 ERA)

SS C. Izturis - 2B R. Weeks - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - 3B B. Hall - RF G. Gross - CF S. Victorino - C J. Estrada

Poor Cubbies: They used eight pitchers to allow a total of 27 baserunners. Enough for us to win this match-up. Capuano was awful as well (7 earned runs), but lasted 6.2 innings. The Cubs hope their next starter will last a bit longer than Gallagher (2.0 IP, 5 ER) to save their bullpen.

Milwaukee at Chicago: 16-9

W: C. Capuano (4-0), L: S. Gallagher (1-3)
HR - R. Braun 2 (6), R. Weeks (3) / S. Moore 2 (9)
MoM: R. Braun - 2/2, 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB

The victory brings us back to .500. NL Central seems to become a very tight affair. Only three games seperate the top team Houston (16-12) from last placed St. Louis (13-15).

12-10-2007, 02:33 PM	#67 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 607	May 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 5th May 2008 Ben Sheets - Future or fiasko? Discussion about Ben Sheets who might be a high profile free agent at season's end is running high recently. While Sheets gave up a whopping 53 HR's last season Washington Post editor Dauis is sure Sheets "can bounce back" finding his World Series shape and "lead the Brewers run into the playoff". Jeff Hassan of Hooya Sports advises the Brewers to get rid of Sheets and get more pitching talent for him. Names like Liriano, Hochevar, Felix Hernandez, Santana, Oswalt or Cain might be potential aces for the Brewers according to Hassan.It has to be seen if GM Fritsche makes the decision to trade local hero Sheets, if he lets him becoming a free agent or if he will reward him with a new monster deal? He leads the NL in innings and is third in strikeouts so far this season. Today we kick off a crucial series at Wrigley Field. If we win it we are back in contention, if not it will be a long way back to the top of the NL Central. Game #28 – Milwaukee [13-14] (C. Capuano 3-0, 2.25 ERA) at Chicago [15-12] (S. Gallagher 1-2, 6.04 ERA) SS C. Izturis - 2B R. Weeks - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - 3B B. Hall - RF G. Gross - CF S. Victorino - C J. Estrada Poor Cubbies: They used eight pitchers to allow a total of 27 baserunners. Enough for us to win this match-up. Capuano was awful as well (7 earned runs), but lasted 6.2 innings. The Cubs hope their next starter will last a bit longer than Gallagher (2.0 IP, 5 ER) to save their bullpen. Milwaukee at Chicago: 16-9 W: C. Capuano (4-0), L: S. Gallagher (1-3) HR - R. Braun 2 (6), R. Weeks (3) / S. Moore 2 (9) MoM: R. Braun - 2/2, 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB The victory brings us back to .500. NL Central seems to become a very tight affair. Only three games seperate the top team Houston (16-12) from last placed St. Louis (13-15).