Bullpen Taking Too Much of the Load

Prompted by a poster's comment at brewerfan.net, I took a look at what percentage of the total innings has been pitched by Brewer starters this year, compared to the rest of the NL. Here you go:

TEAM           G    St IP  Tot IP Start%
Arizona        37   226.0   325.2  69.5%
Florida        35   207.2   306.2  67.7%
San Francisco  38   227.1   336.1  67.6%
Cincinnati     38   226.2   340.0  66.5%
LA Dodgers     38   226.2   341.1  66.3%
Washington     38   224.2   338.1  66.3%
NY Mets        37   222.1   339.1  65.5%
Atlanta        37   212.2   325.0  65.3%
Colorado       38   219.1   339.0  64.6%
Chicago Cubs   37   209.2   324.0  64.6%
Pittsburgh     38   207.2   330.1  62.8%
San Diego      38   215.1   350.2  61.4%
St. Louis      38   206.0   336.1  61.3%
Philadelphia   37   194.0   329.0  59.0%
Houston        38   199.2   339.1  58.7%
Milwaukee      38   173.1   334.2  51.8%
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                                   63.7%

With about one quarter of the season over, the Brewer starting pitchers are averaging less than 5 inning a start. Unsurprisingly, that's good for dead last by a WIDE margin. Not a good sign, especially when your bullpen has a below average 4.53 ERA so far.