Twins v. Brewers, 6-25
Lost in all this talk about the destruction of Milwaukee’s starting rotation has been the recent slide offensively. Outside of the Cleveland series, the Brewers have scored 4 runs or less 14 times this month. For reference, they did this 12 times in April and 16 times in May (note that this month still has 6 more games to go including today’s and the Brewers played more games in May than in June). Their hot hitters are starting to cool off and guys like J.J. Hardy are starting to fall off a cliff.
There’s still nothing to worry about quite yet. Even if the Brewers slump until the All-Star Break, their schedule works out really nicely. From the end of the AS Break to the beginning of September, the Brew Crew plays a total of one team that is currently over .500 — the Cincinatti Reds. Other than the six games played against the Reds, they play a whole mess of games against the Padres, Nationals, and Pirates. If they’re 4 or 5 games out at the All-Star break, which would be absolute worst-case scenario, I won’t be too concerned.
The Cubs still scare me though. They’re going to get ultra hot sometime this year and I really hope it’s not next weekend’s series.