The Waiting is the hardest part

Joe Sheehan, at Baseball Prospectus, posted his NL second half preview online yesterday. Fortunately, (I believe) right now you can read this article and others at BP for free. There was some prophecy in it as well as a prediction about how Mozeliak will handle the next 10 days. Sheehan's "player to watch" – Rickie Weeks. Rickie Weeks! Weeks, as we all know by now, had 2 hits and a walk last night. One of his hits was the key to the Brewers' victory – a 3 run bomb into Big Mac Land off Joel Pineiro. Weeks has had a Kennedy-esque first half w/ a VORP of 2.2, an OPS of 691, and 73 K's in 310 AB's. He's been positively awful but had an outstanding game yesterday, capped off by the homer. If he does play well the last couple of months, the Brewers will be tough. more...