By Tyler Krimpelbein, staff writer
It’s been a very rough start to the 2015 campaign for the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Brewers were 2-13 through the first 15 games. During those first 15 games, the pitching has been horrific, 2-11 and two no decisions. Through this 15-game start, the Brewers offense has been getting better, scoring 10 runs against the Cincinnati Reds on April 21, yet the pitching gave up 16 runs, ending the game with a 10-16 loss.
“Our players are not playing up to par with their capabilities,” said Brewers owner Mark Attanasio, when asked by Fox Sports why he thinks the team is struggling so much.
Last season the Brewers were the National League Central leaders from April through August. The total team meltdown in the month of September was a hard one to swallow.
The team seemed to have picked right back up where they left off last year. The Brewers pitching staff had the most quality starts of any National League team last year, but through the first 15 games they have only had two. The pitching and the run support just has not been there this year for the team.
This season could be a test for the call-ups made this month including Elian Herrera and Hector Gomez. The hopes for these players are not as high as the Ryan Braun, Rickie Weeks, and Prince Fielder class, but the need is there.
On May 3, the Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke and brought in Craig Counsell as the new manager, signing a three- year deal to start building something new in Milwaukee.
The firing came to a surprise only because the team had just started to play better and won 2-out-of-3 against the surprising Chicago Cubs team.
Counsell’s first game ended up a “great story for me to tell” said Counsell on a comeback win against Clayton Kershaw.