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- Updated: May 6, 2016
CINCINNATI — Derek Johnson’s book about pitching begins with a discussion of joy. It’s a topic the Brewers’ first-year pitching coach has pondered a lot during his first regular-season month on the job.
“It’s hard to have joy when things aren’t going well,” Johnson said. “But what’s easy to do is remember why you’re here, and what got you here in the first place, and remember why you’re playing. Confidence can come and go at any given point in the season, and I think our confidence will get to where we need to get it.
“Our results have not been what we wanted. At the same time, I see improvement in some of these guys that the average guy [does not see], or the box score is not going to show.”
The box scores have been unforgiving.
The Brewers entered Friday with a Major League-worst 5.69 ERA. Opposing hitters were batting .305 and owned a .913 OPS, which would be a Major League record. The Brewers’ seven quality starts were the fewest in the Majors. Only the Reds had surrendered more home runs than the Brewers’ 44. Of the starting pitchers …
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