A friend of mine pointed out to me that the Brewers have seen quite a few good starting pitchers to this point in the season, which might go somewhat to explain some of the offensive problems so far. Here is a list of the starters the Brewers have faced and their ERA's as of the end of play Saturday:

Carlos Zambrano             2.21
Ted Lilly                         7.30
Jason Marquis                2.90 
Jonathan Sanchez          3.54
Kevin Correia                 4.50
Barry Zito                      5.61
Aaron Harang (twice)      2.76
Johnny Cueto (twice)      4.05
Bronson Arroyo             7.56
Josh Fogg                    10.80
Johan Santana              3.12
Oliver Perez                  3.62
Nelson Figueroa            4.05
Braden Looper               4.05
Adam Wainright (twice)  2.54
Kyle Lohse (twice)         2.79
Cole Hamels                 2.75
Jamie Moyer                 4.05
Scott Olson                  2.06
Mark Hendrickson         3.68
Ricky Nolasco              5.91

10 of 25 starts versus players with a sub 3 ERA
14 of 25 starts versus player with a sub 4 ERA
5 of 25 starts versus a player with an ERA over 5

Of course, there are some statistical issues here. It is early enough in the season that the Brewers performance against these guys, especially those players they have faced twice, can be heavily influenced the overall numbers. The Brewers have preformed fairly well against some of those "good" pitchers on this list and poorly against some of the "bad" ones.

Ultimately, the offense is going to have to pick up their performance. Still, it is somewhat comforting to know that they're mostly being shut down by guys who are having success versus other teams as well.