Jeff Suppan, the 40 million dollar pitcher who was supposed to help make Milwaukee a contender, laid another egg tonight against Philadelphia. When the Brewers signed Suppan after the 2006 season, I was not afraid to voice my displeasure. Suppan had helped the Cardinals win the World Series that year, and the Brewers clearly thought that he could do the same in Milwaukee. Unfortunately, Milwaukee's brain trust failed to look at Suppan's career as a whole.
Here's what Suppan did tonight:
3 2/3 IP, 8 Hits, 4 Walks, 1 HR, 6 ER
Assuming the Brewers go on to lose tonight (really going out on a limb), Suppan will fall to 10-9 on the season, and his ERA increases to 4.85. Clutch!
Suppan did go 5-0 in August, but keep in mind that those 5 wins came against, in order, Atlanta, Cincinnati, San Diego, Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh. Those teams' records are, in order, 67-83, 68-81, 57-93, and 63-86.
Meanwhile, if the Brewers would have put some more thought into their decision to play the make-up game tonight instead of Monday, they could have had CC Sabathia pitch Monday against the Phillies. Instead, Milwaukee decided it was more important to have CC open up the series against the cubs on Tuesday. Well, newsflash Brewers: you are not going to win the Division, and now it's looking more likely that you will lose the Wild Card. I think the final game against the Phillies is a tad more important at this point in the season. So if you have an opportunity to start CC in a must-win situation, it might be wise to do so. By the way, CC's road record this year is 6-4, with a 2.31 ERA. But I'm sure we'll look back on this series at the end of September and come to the same conclusion Ned Yost and the rest of the geniuses arrived at.
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Pitch Sheets and Sabathia every other day. Lets get our money out of them before they leave.
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I suggest pitching Suppan everyday until his arm falls off, then make Gagne a starter and pitch him everyday until his arm falls off.
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