Slow Starts

With Spring Training well underway and Opening Day right around the corner, a few Brewers are struggling at the plate. Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks are the most notable of the struggling sluggers. Through the first 17 games of Spring Training, Fielder is batting .256 with one home run in 39 at bats. While Prince will probably shake these troubles, one can't be too sure about Weeks. So far this spring, Weeks is batting a gawdy .125 with a whopping 20 strikeouts in only 40 at bats. Many see this as the year the Weeks breaks into possible MLB stardom. With the stats he is putting up this spring, the Brewers will be lucky if he ever reaches mediocrity. Weeks has shown flashes of what he can do, do not get my wrong, but this is the season he is supposed to show it on a consistent basis. Only time will show if Rickie will shake these early struggles and help the Brewers to the top of the NL Central.