Dale Sveum will start CC Sabathia on short rest again.

The starting rotation is in shambles because of Ben Sheets' ailing elbow and the meltdowns of Manny Parra and Jeff Suppan, leaving Sveum with few viable options. He said he'll start Sabathia on Wednesday and figure out Thursday later.

"We'll see what happens," said Sveum. "(Sabathia) is stil our best option to win tomorrow's game. He's one of the best pitchers in all of baseball."

Sveum realizes some people will say the Brewers are abusing Sabathia, who is a free agent and likely will bolt for another team after the season. But Sveum said he checked with Sabathia first and "he's all for it."

Milwaukee is making someone signing CC next year a risky move. I'm not looking forward to seeing what happens to CC and Tim Lincecum next season. Sabathia may be big and strong enough to take the abuse. LIncecum's mechanics may be good enough to take the abuse. I wouldn't count on it, however.