The Brewers won more games in 2007 than in any season since 1992, a year of remarkable growth. And yet, as Milwaukee talent evaluators have reviewed their season and looked ahead to 2008, they could identify many possible ways in which the team could improve.
Chris Capuano went into the season as Milwaukee's No. 2 starter, and he didn't win a game after May 7.
Ben Sheets, the Brewers' ace, made just 24 starts, and
Jeff Suppan, the club's big free-agent pickup last winter, won just four games after the All-Star break.
Rickie Weeks got hurt early in the year and never fully recovered, and yet managed to do very good things in August and September.
J.J. Hardy's home run total dropped from 18 before the first half to eight in the second half.
Bill Hall, one of the team's best offensive players in 2006, slumped in 2007, and
Ryan Braun, who was not promoted until late May last season, will be with the team for all of 2008.
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Buster Olney
