If Hart and Lucroy start on the DL they will probably be back on April 6th which is the first day they could come back. That's 4 games they will miss. Greinke will miss 2-3 starts. Marcum is going to pitch here Saturday and has been out with shoulder stiffness. Stiffness in the shoulder is common in ST. So I'm not confident this has anything to do with poor mechanics or if it's considered an injury. We will find out soon. I think the defense will actually be better, but that's not saying much. I'm not sure where you get 3 liabilities? Unless you think Lucroy can't hit, which he has shown he can do in the minors and only has a little over a half season experience in the Majors.. Here's how I look at it. There is no way the Brewers will be worse than last year unless you think Greinke, Marcum, Axford, Braddock, Saito, Lucroy are downgrades from the players they are replacing. The players they are replacing were pretty bad, and it's hard to get much worse then them. This Brewers team in my opinion wins 85+ games with a bad defense, not having all of their offensive players till April 6th, and not having Greinke for 2-3 starts. Now whether or not they make the playoffs is a different story. I think they can, but it will be close.