Rickie Weeks Goes on the DL

The Brewers have their share of problems. They've lost Yovani Gallardo for the year to a knee injury and the rest of Ben Sheets' supporting crew hasn't been very good, Eric Gagne's been bad, Bill Hall's been worse, Prince Fielder's power has dried up, Ned Yost is managing, and Rickie Weeks can't find his way to first base with a flashlight. The last one is no longer a problem, but only because the Brewers are putting Weeks on the disabled list with a sprained knee.

Injuries never really come at good times, but this is an especially poorly timed one for the Brewers because they've been playing a little better lately and because the Cubs are absolutely dominating the National League Central right now. It's still early, but the Brewers probably need to regroup and think abou the Wild Card unless something rather dramatic happens in the next couple weeks.

Maybe the spark will come in the form of Weeks' injury. As I mentioned, he's been terrible this year. Then again, Craig Counsell (his likely replacement in the starting lineup) has actually been worse. The guy they're calling up, Hernan Iribarren, actually has about the same line as Weeks this year, only in AAA. Maybe the Brewers should be looking elsewhere for their spark.