FIXED With Ben Sheets, Chris Capuano, Jeff Suppan, Dave Bush and Claudio Vargas, the Brewers have arguably the division's best rotation. Yes, they overpaid for Suppan (four years, $42M), but here's why: He has pitched at least 188 innings in each of the past eight seasons, and in five starts against Milwaukee last year, he had a 2.59 ERA and held Brewers hitters to a .224 average. As usual, though, the key to everything is Sheets' staying healthy. That's why Brewers pitchers weren't required to run the 60-yard dash in spring training.

NEEDS FIXING Milwaukee has a dubious streak that's lasted as long as its pennant drought: no Gold Glover since 1982 (SS Robin Yount). And this year's D still has a lot of question marks. SS J.J. Hardy must rebound from ankle surgery, ex-SS Bill Hall must adjust to center field and 1B Prince Fielder must improve his range. Then there's Rickie Weeks, who led ML second basemen in errors (22) last year even though he played only 95 games. He'll continue to field myriad grounders every day. How many is myriad? "Billions," says Ned Yost.

MIDSEASON FIX Yovani Gallardo, 21, led the minors with 188 K's in 2006. The past two bush league K kings, Brandon McCarthy and Francisco Liriano, were in the bigs by the next May.
-- Tim Kurkjian