Face it. Wisconsin fans no longer accept mediocrity from any team. And now we are seeing that with the Brewers. Here are what I see as some of the problems:

- Pitching. If your starter pitches the most pitches in all of baseball and doesn’t make it out of the 6th, you’ve got a problem. The bullpen can’t hold anything. The all-time best closer can’t close anymore. The pitch counts are extreme.
- Coaching. Ken Macha does the same things that Ned Yost did. Peterson has not done a good job with the pitchers. Macha leaves pitchers in to keep them in line for the win. Well, if the pitcher gives up the runs in the 5th because they’ve thrown a lot of pitches, they aren’t going to get the win anyway. Intentionally walking a player to get to the pitcher when the pitcher as already helped his own cause? Not a good idea. Macha treats the Brewers like they are an American League team. This isn’t 1997. The talent on the roster can play small ball – the team doesn’t need to rely on home runs as the primary source of offense, but it is a nice backup.
- Signing short-term players/players who didn’t perform well before. The Brewers recently have signed some older players who can’t really contribute past one or two seasons (Jim Edmonds, Gabe Kapler), and have resigned someone who wasn’t too good the last time he was with the team (Doug Davis).

This team is in trouble. Hank Aaron Bobble Head Night was not a sellout. The fans are not happy. Something needs to be done. There needs to be a shakeup. I don’t know how high up it needs to be, but it needs to be done.

Face it. Even if the Brewers were to turn it around quickly, I do not see any chance that the Brewers would be able to offer up enough money to keep Prince Fielder. It would be nice to be able to get something for him, so I think that he is going to be trade bait. Trading Prince would be like the Indians trading CC to the Brewers – trying to get something for a player who you know will not be resigning.

The only team worse than the Brewers in the National League right now are the Astros.