Good to see Gabe Kapler off to such a good start for the Milwaukee Brewers, as he is the kind of calming, veteran presence that will be a major resource to embarassment of yount talent on the Brew Crew this season.

Kapler isn't just an old voice from the bench either, as he's hitting .423 with four home runs and 11 RBIs through the first 11 games of the season. To put it in perspective, he's slugging an unbelievable .962 and he needs only one 1 RBI to surpass his season home run and RBI totals from his last 130 at bat stint with the Sox in 2006.

Check out the link above to listen to a two-minute interview with ESPN First Take where the verbose outfielder somehow turns his comeback into a dessert metaphor. Fascinating. Funny story about Kapler. Apparently his incredibly detailed reports on his minor league players while he was managing Single-A Greenville Drive last season are the stuff of legends. Word is he gave Leo Tolstoy a run for his money with the sheer number of pages and involved.



Also, I'm really not looking to dislocate my shoulder patting myself on the back for this...but some very damning numbers from Jon Lester regarding the first time he goes through the batting order and then each additional time. I went on Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight on Comcast last night and mentioned that Lester might be better-served in a future bullpen role if he continues to have trouble going through a hitting lineup a second and third time. He needs to either switch up the way he's pitching to hitters, add something like a change up to the mix when he goes through a lineup a second time, or he may eventually find himself a 5th starter/bullpen guy in the future.

According to the NESN pre-game show, Lester is holding hitters to a .156 batting average with one one earned run allowed in his first trip through a lineup, and then allowing hitters a .286 batting average with nine earned runs and a pair of home runs allowed in his second time through the same lineups. Not good. The development of a good change up may be the key for the 24-year-old lefty.

 

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