In case you were wondering why Ned Yost won't move Rickie from the leadoff spot, consider the numbers going back to the Colorado series. Not including yesterday's game where he got on three times, had three RBIs and two runs...
9 G .286/.405/.400 4 RBIs 5 BB 13 K 2 HBP 3 SB 11 R in 42 PA
Ahem. Everybody get off the guy's back. He has talent and is the one guy on this team that will undoubtedly put the Brewers over the top if he performs reasonably well. Ray Durham is not the solution, he's a band aid to motivate Weeks and give the Brewers some reasonable options off the bench. Dillon performed very well, but Yost stacks his lineups with all the lefties or all the righties, leaving the matchup game pretty easy to figure out. Durham saves that. Rickie Weeks has not been traded and will not be replaced because he has talent. What he needs to figure out is how to use it more consistently, as he has in the last ten games.
Side note: Brewers are 8-2 in their last ten. A victory tonight could mean big things, but with Jeff Suppan on the mound, I am a bit nervous.
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