Another day, another 500 blog entries. Let's get to it.
Much to my chagrin, Ned put the lineup back in the news yesterday. Corey Hart led off, Hardy hit second, and Bill Hall played second. I like it. As I've noted, I don't care very much about lineup optimization, especially relative to how much it gets discussed, but what I do like is seeing Ned think outside the conventional wisdom box. I wouldn't have guessed that Hall would see time at second with Weeks out, but I'm glad.
David Riske is feeling better, and could be just days away from a rehab assignment.
In-Between Hops notes the Brewers road woes, but also points out the three NL teams who have a bigger home/road differential. One of those is the Cubs, and while you'd think there'd be some Milwaukee-style hand-wringing over it in the Chicago press, Hire Jim Essian looks at the flipside: The Cubs are dominating at Wrigley.
Between the Green Pillars looks at the Brewers' Pythagorean record and doesn't see much reason for hope.
Redlegs Rundown notes that the NL Central is looking pretty good this year. We were talking about this in a comments thread several days ago, but it's worth seeing again. So far this year, it's the NL West that deserves a demotion to the Pacific Coast League. (The Mariners, on the other hand, should be send to extended spring training.)
In former Brewers news: Joe Thatcher is back with the Padres, and Raul Casanova is once again the odd man out with the Mets.
TheJay generates a list of the pitchers who have appeared in the most games without registering a plate appearance. Our buddy Brian Shouse is on the list, and it is far from the first time I've wanted to see him take his hacks.
Here's an interesting draft project: MLB Trade Rumors polled its readers immediately after each of the first 30 picks in the draft to see how much the community liked the pick. Pedro Alvarez met with the approval of nearly 90% of readres, while Jason Castro was under 15%. Brett Lawrie is right in the middle of the pack at 62%.
Check back later today--I believe we've got another draftee interview on the way, and of course the Brewers look to solve their Houston problem again tonight at 7:05 CT.