Fri. 6/23 - Kicking Off the A-Ball Second Half Schedules!

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Friday, lineup updates, etc.

Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

[Jim Goulart]

One of the system's 16-year-old's turns 17 on Friday, as Venezuelan OF Pedro Tovar, off to a nice career start through nine game (.784 OPS), celebrates.

[Jim Goulart]

The Carolina rainout Thursday is not being made up as it completed the first-half schedule.

But the Biloxi rainout is? Maybe the Southern League is waiting until after Sunday due to the switchover away from the sticky baseballs? That makes sense, we'll see.

Anyway, eight-game slate Friday with two games in Biloxi.

[brewmann04]

Well lets hope the second half is better for some of our Minor league teams/

sorry what are Sticky Balls sorry 

[Jim Goulart]

9 minutes ago, brewmann04 said:

sorry what are Sticky Balls sorry 

New 'Enhanced Grip' Baseball Raising Concerns, Strikeouts in Double-A Southern League

[Jim Goulart]

2 hours ago, Mass Haas said:

The Carolina rainout Thursday is not being made up as it completed the first-half schedule.

But the Biloxi rainout is? Maybe the Southern League is waiting until after Sunday due to the switchover away from the sticky baseballs? That makes sense, we'll see.

Anyway, eight-game slate Friday with two games in Biloxi.

Voice of the Shuckers Javik Blake confirmed that the first half season for AA ends on Sunday. It's ending later than Wisconsin/Carolina because the AA season extends a few games longer than the High-A levels.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Ro Mueller]

(Blue font) Maybe pitching coach Jeremy Accardo will get the start for the Sounds on Sunday. 

 

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Boy, these DSL Dodgers currently have the DSL Cerveceros' number. DSL Uno trail 8-3 in the bottom of the 9th. DSL Dos are in extras versus the undefeated Dodgers Bautista 7-7 - the Dos just failed to knock a run across in the top of the 10th. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Boy, amongst his many baseball talents in his fantastic display at Nashville in 2023, it appears Eddy Alvarez also has a very accomplished French accent. That is not easy to pull off. Extremely impressive man in every facet. What can't he do?!

[Joseph Zarr]

I'm all for INF Tyler Black getting the notoriety here in the new MLB Pipeline Top 10 3B in the Minor Leagues. 

BUT, can we just stop with these absurd 5'10" 190 notions? It's now getting ridiculous. It's here. It's there. It's everywhere. @wiguy94@ARobsBrewCrew: We are the change.😅

[wibadgers23]

8 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

I'm all for INF Tyler Black getting the notoriety here in the new MLB Pipeline Top 10 3B in the Minor Leagues. 

BUT, can we just stop with these absurd 5'10" 190 notions? It's now getting ridiculous. It's here. It's there. It's everywhere. @wiguy94@ARobsBrewCrew: We are the change.😅

You’d think they’d take official measurements of all players at the beginning of every season to get these numbers updated. Maybe they don’t but that would seem odd to me.

[Jim Goulart]

Will be incorporated into Saturday AM's Link Report:

Final: DSL Dodgers Mega 8, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 3

Box Score / Game Log

Cerveceros Uno, now with a 9-5 record, scored single runs in three of the first four innings, but the "Mega-Dodgers" (cue the WWE music given that moniker) broke free from a 3-3 deadlock, including three in the top of the 9th to seal things away. The contest came in two minutes under four hours. There were a combined ten walks in the game, but that pace seems snail-like.

Among the arms, 19-year-old rookie Venezuelan RHP Yeferson Tales ably handled the bulk of the middle innings, stranding an inherited runner and working 3.2 innings of one-run ball (5 H, 1 BB, 3 K).

Switch-hitting rookie 17-year-old infielder Luiyin Alastre has seen action in four games apiece at 2B, SS, and 3B. He committed his 5th error here, spread across the diamond while at SS. Keep the head high, young Luiyin, you'll benefit from the variety of assignments. And congrats on the two base hits and one RBI here.

We don't know when we'll see or get an update on top SS prospect Kevin Ereu, who last played on June 12th.

It's the cynic in me, but when I see a player replaced on defense in the top of the 7th, after popping out in the 6th inning, my mind wanders to coaching and did the player run it out. 17-year-old rookie second baseman Joan Gutierrez probably did hustle, but if the coaches needed to make a statement, we've seen suspected incidences of that in the complex league before.

[wiguy94]

Sal Frelick appears to be okay! Deep breaths everyone!

[Jim Goulart]

Will be incorporated into Saturday AM's Link Report:

Final: DSL Dodgers Bautista 8, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 7, ten innings

Box Score / Game Log

The now 7-7 Cerveceros Dos came oh-so-close to being the first team to defeat the 14-0 Dodgers club, apparently named because its players rake like in-his-prime Jose Bautista, probably with the bat flips as well.

This game had drama for the SRO crowd. Team Dos tied it at 7-7 with a single run in the top of the 9th. 19-year-old third-year RHP Dikember Sanchez would then load the bases with no outs in the bottom of the inning, then a K (looking), line out to RF, and another backwards K sent the game to extras.

But the Crew couldn't build on that momentum and went meekly stranding the ghost runner in the top of the 10th - kicking things off with a strikeout isn't ideal. The walk-off loss was just that, following a bases-loaded walk with no outs.

Yet this high-scoring extra-inning game was played in an hour and 41 minutes. What type of alternate universes are on the island right now?

Here's another box score research tip that's rarely fruitful. Check the HBP's, and was the Brewer batter immediately pinch-run for? Does the game log indicate an injury delay? Nope, though plunked earlier in the game, DH Luis Lameda left after singling in the 9th. The pinch-runner, Demetrio Nadal, is now 8-for-8 in SB attempts in 2023 (17-for-20 last summer). We give these complex league box scores way too much thought!

All but the 9-hole spot in the lineup contributed a base knock, with 2nd-year first baseman Roman La Torre singling three times for the lone multi-hit game.

The mound work here was non-descript as we await larger samples to establish better patterns.

Here's to Saturday AM when the two Brewers island teams face off!
 

[Jim Goulart]

Absolutely a future big-leaguer - defense, versatility, and the emerging bat, as we saw last year:

 

[Ro Mueller]

AA Biloxi hosts Chattanooga for a doubleheader today as they try to double their 2-0 series lead. RHP Justin Jarvis (3.32 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 10.2 K/9 in 65 IP) starts the opening game. RF Carlos D. Rodriguez has a .924 OPS in 57 June PAs. 

[Ro Mueller]

The AAA Sounds need a win at home over Norfolk to knot the series 2-2. RHP Janson Junk (4.23 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 5.7 K/9 in 61 2/3 IP) starts tonight. 1B Keston Hiura leads the team in homers (13) despite missing 32 games. 

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Will Rudy (2.87 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 9.3 K/9 in 37.2 IP) takes the hill for the Low-A Mudcats, who need a home win over Lynchburg to avoid a 3-0 series deficit, 3B Luke Adams has a 6-game hitting streak. 

[wibadgers23]

Tyler Black is rolling right now. Doubled and scored a run in the 1st. Jarvis struck out the side in the top of the 1st.

[Jim Goulart]

Gee, do you think Sal and Christian will have a conversation topic the next time they are together?

 

[Ro Mueller]

High-A Wisconsin also needs a win at home over Lansing to even their series 2-2, handing the ball to RHP Tyler Woessner (2.52 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 8.8 K/9 in 60 2/3 IP) tonight. 2B Robert Moore has a 12-game on-base streak. 

[Joseph Zarr]

This is what we would call a 'hanger':

10th of the year for Chourio. Two-run shot in the first frame. However, the Shuckers do trail 3-2 here in the middle innings of this bullpen game.

RHP James Meeker started and once again was scoreless and dominant: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 K, 0 ER. Get this man a beer!

[Joseph Zarr]

We have a DH Quinton Low sighting - beware he has gotten hot lately in his limited opportunities at the dish. AND, we have a DH Quinton Low first long ball of his 2023 season! 

Continue to love everything about this young man's game. What a fun player to have in the organization.

[Joseph Zarr]

Kudos to RHP Nick Merkel for buckling down after INF's Eric Brown Jr. and Ernesto Martinez Jr. hung him out to dry with two fielding errors. He escapes the 8th inning allowing only one run but he definitely deserved better. T-Rats trail 4-2 in the bottom of the 8th.