Another day, another final-out respite from falling below .500. As you all know by now, JJ Hardy is on the DL, leaving Bill Hall as the only real shortstop on the team. It also means Hall will be the most powerful #2 hitter in the game for a couple of weeks. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), Ned is going with Gabe Gross in center in today's lineup. The Phillies also made a switch, playing David Dellucci in left and moving Ryan Howard up into the cleanup spot, giving Pat Burrell a day off.
Lots of stuff I want to point you to, starting with in-house articles:
- I've just made my first appearance at Baseball Prospectus, writing the Brewers notebook for this week.
- Check out the WPA graph for last night's game--surprisingly, the game-ending error didn't register among the 5 biggest plays of the game.
- The Brewers minor leaguers continue to slide into oblivion, except for a nice win for West Virginia last night behind Will Inman.
- Bengie Molina and Jose Molina stole bases off each other last night. I wish I had been watching. High comedy, that.
- It looks like Ty Taubenheim will be called up and make his Major League debut this week for the Blue Jays. You may recall Taubenheim was part of the Overbay deal this past winter.
- If you've got a BP subscription, check out Joe Sheehan's scouting report on a few Nashville players, including Corey Hart and Dennis Sarfate, who he doesn't sound very high on.
- And if you want to feel superior, head over to The Good Phight, where they pheel a bit phlagged after last night's Ryan Franklin phlub.
Tags: Nashville Sounds, Pat Burrell, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Howard, West Virginia Power, Bengie Molina, Joe Sheehan, David Dellucci, Ryan Franklin, Ty Taubenheim, Philadelphia Phillies, Jose Molina, Will Inman