Pitching, Pitching, IT'S PITCHING DAMMIT!

The starting rotation may have seen two more spots locked down yesterday. Dave Bush overcame a rocky first inning against the Cubbies to retire the last 11 in a row. Then Manny Para came in and shut the norththsiders out for 4 innings. This was Bush's first good outing of the spring, but Para has been lighting it up. It would be a shame not to give him a chance, especially if Capuano keeps struggling.

The other pitching note I haven't commented on is Sheet's pending departure after this season. The logic seems to be: If he pitches well, he'll be too expensive to resign and if he pitches poorly, the Brewers are better off without him." I think many in Crew-ville are WAY too concnerned about locking Prince Fielder down to a long term deal. I want to see Fielder as a lifelong Brewer as much as anyone, but the fact is, he's not elgible for Free Agency until 2011 and with Scott Boras as his agent, the odds are slim that he'll stay a Brewer no matter how much Attanasio ponies up. If the focus is to win NOW, let's keep a pitcher who is still, even amidst the bizarre injuries he has endured, the ace of this staff. No one is going to win a championship with a staff anchored by Jef Suppan and Yovani Gaillardo, who, as we learned from Chris Capuano, shouldn't be judged on 1 season.