It's something we can improve upon. It didn't help when leftfielder Geoff Jenkins recently was lost for a month with a broken finger, or that Jeromy Burnitz went nearly four weeks without hitting a home run. To this point, the Brewers have gotten very little production from the positions of third base, first base and center field. Those spots have been manned for the most part by Jose Hernandez, Kevin Barker and Marquis Grissom, respectively. That trio has combined for only five home runs and 33 RBI to this point, prompting Lopes to sit down each player at various times.
All good teams have production on at least one side.
That's something that needs to be improved upon very quickly. You go with these guys for a period of time. But there comes a time when if you're not producing you have to try other things. Lopes was quick to point out, however, that it's way too early to say the Brewers made a mistake by giving Hernandez the third base job. It's so easy to jump on the bandwagon and say a trade or a signing is poor when things aren't going well.