Projecting the Pitchers

645 · 01-04-2007, 01:43 AM

The Brewers' starting rotation suffered greatly from injuries last year and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the 2007 rotation should fare much better simply by staying healthy. The top five starters in 2006 (Ben Sheets, Chris Capuano, Doug Davis, Dave Bush, and Tomo Ohka) compiled a respectable 4.37 ERA over 835 IP, but injuries to Sheets and Ohka led to 127.2 woeful innings by replacement starters (7.12 ERA). The final result was a not-so-stellar 11th place finish in the NL with a 4.73 ERA in 962.2 IP. The short starts by the replacements wore down the bullpen, which finished dead last in the NL with a 5.03 ERA in 463 IP. Owner Mark Attanasio publicly declared that a recurrence of the pitching shortage would be unacceptable, and to his credit he played a significant role in luring durable free agent Jeff Suppan.

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01-04-2007, 01:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
645 Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,133	Projecting the Pitchers The Brewers' starting rotation suffered greatly from injuries last year and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the 2007 rotation should fare much better simply by staying healthy. The top five starters in 2006 (Ben Sheets, Chris Capuano, Doug Davis, Dave Bush, and Tomo Ohka) compiled a respectable 4.37 ERA over 835 IP, but injuries to Sheets and Ohka led to 127.2 woeful innings by replacement starters (7.12 ERA). The final result was a not-so-stellar 11th place finish in the NL with a 4.73 ERA in 962.2 IP. The short starts by the replacements wore down the bullpen, which finished dead last in the NL with a 5.03 ERA in 463 IP. Owner Mark Attanasio publicly declared that a recurrence of the pitching shortage would be unacceptable, and to his credit he played a significant role in luring durable free agent Jeff Suppan. Brewerfan