Bad Defense leads to average pitchers being below average. That is the Brewers. As Ender, or someone said above, Pitching and defense are related. bad defense leads to big innings. Even a lot more "earned runs" by fielders making mental mistakes or by being so bad that they cannot make plays on balls. As someone else said, moving Hall, an average infielder to make room for two below average infielders, and turning Hall into a (slightly) below average CF has killed us. Mench, Hart and Fielder havent helped much, and its a track meet on the bases when Estrada catches.