Our biggest weakness...

[brewmann04]

This team lacks hitters  we have almost three automatic outs in this lineup. The left side is pathetic. Starting pitching has not been getting the job done and the bullpen been blah overuse 

[Brian]

Brandon Sproat and Trevor Megill have both been terrible.  But its not just one issue. 

[Jopal78]

They’re a pitching and defense team that hasn’t pitched or played defense very well the last week. That’s not a weakness it’s a performance issue. 

[Soupy]

Doom and gloom person….

its not our year

 

Optomistic person…..

its one week and we have injuries 

 

Time will tell 

[Playing Catch]

18 hours ago, Turning2 said:

Biggest weakness is a shortage of healthy All Star caliber talent.

The way the Brewers have countered this has been with an abundance of positive-WAR contributors (i.e. quality depth). But so far, those backups have largely struggled. 2 of 3 outfielders and 2 of 4 infielders have been dreadful so far. and ALL 4 of the newly acquired Sproat, Drohan, Zerpa, and Woodford have been bad or at least underperformed.

Taken another way, if a team needs established guys to step up during times of injury, Frelick, Perkins, and Ortiz, have NOT stepped up. And if a team needs new guys to perform like the old guys, Matos and Rengifo haven't performed either.

Add it all up, and you have an 8-7 team. Which, now that I've typed all that, doesn't seem too bad considering the circumstances.

But the injuries have both demonstrated the need for depth, as well as how fragile depth can be. None of us like to accept the impact of injuries, but really, if even just one of Chourio, Vaughn, or Priester had started the season healthy, they could have switched a couple losses into wins.

[Outlander]

Megill not being able to create any swing and miss is obviously a big weakness. Not a ton of confidence in Uribe either, 2025 Koenig isn't here and it's Royals Zerpa instead of WBC Zerpa.