Sat. 6/24 - Gasser, Jimenez and Low Scheduled to Start

[Jim Goulart]

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

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

[Jim Goulart]

Happy 26th Birthday, Payton Henry!

[Ro Mueller]

The Brewers had a second 2-way player (alongside Quinton Low) in principle, but that was converted to reality today as 17-year old OF/RHP Argenis Aparicio made his pitching debut, giving up a single, 2 groundouts and striking out one (Di Turi) in today's DSL-Brewers 1 vs. 2 clash.

[Jim Goulart]

From Friday - 

 

[Joseph Zarr]

@sveumrules Alert ^^ Looks the part in a Cheezehead.

[wiguy94]

Brewer on Brewer crime with that cheesehead action.

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Carolina seeks a home victory over Lynchburg to tie their series 2-2. RHP Alexander Vallecillo (2.91 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 11.2 K/9 in 21.2 IP) makes his 6th start (8th appearance). SS Gregory Barrios comes in with a 9-game hitting streak. 

[Ro Mueller]

High-A Wisconsin needs to get back to winning to avoid a 4-1 home series deficit against Lansing. RHP Edwin Jimenez (2.93 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 10.2 K/9 in 55.1 IP) seeks his 5th win. RF Joe Gray Jr. is having a solid month (.782 OPS in 84 June PAs). 

[Ro Mueller]

The ACL Brewers are tied 7-7 with the Guardians in the 8th inning, as they try to avoid a 4th straight defeat which would drop them to 9-6.

Struggling OF Luis Medina popped out with the bases juiced and one out last inning. Recovering RHP Brailin Rodriguez conceded 6 runs in 2:2 IP.

But OF Reece Walling (2-for-4, double, walk, RBI) is finally hitting the ball and RHP Chrisofher Carrasco had an excellent scoreless shift (3.1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks). Let’s go Brewers!

[Ro Mueller]

AA Biloxi fell to a sub-.500 season record yesterday and 2-2 in their home series against Chattanooga. RHP Tobias Myers (5.43 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 11.0 K/9 in 59.2 IP) aims to turn things around, while 3B Tyler Black (.913 OPS is 118 points higher than next teammate) provides consistent offense, 

[Ro Mueller]

AAA Nashville continues to battle league-leading Norfolk (series tied 2-2), with LHP Robert Gasser (4.24 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 10.3 K/9 in 68 IP) looking for his 6th win of the season. 2B Brice Turang has a 10-game hitting streak as he tries to earn his way back to the Show. 

[Jim Goulart]

Will be incorporated into Sunday AM's Link Report:

Final: DSL Brewers #1 Squad 5, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 1, seven innings as scheduled

Box Score / Game Log

The Uno's now sport a record of 10-5, Team Dos now 7-8

The game was scoreless through four innings, as 18-year-old rookie Dominican RHP Esmir Suarez has now made consecutive strong five-inning starts for Brewers #1 (10 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K). For Brewers #2, the start went to 17-year-old Nicaraguan RHP Ranwell Smith, a second-year pro despite the youth. Smith limited the damage to two runs in the 5th despite allowing seven hits and two walks. Smith was assisted by fellow 17-year-old RHP Johan Zapata from the D.R., who stranded two one-out inherited runners.

However, Zapata did himself no favors, and was charged with two of the three runs Brewers #1 scored in the final frame. Zapata walked three and plunked 1B Ludwin Tejada during his outing, the only HBP of the game, always something to keep an eye on during this "friendly" rivalry. Last thing anyone would want to see is some sort of intra-organization injury via an HBP.

For Team #1, we saw the professional mound debut of switch-hitting corner OF/DH, 17-year-old Venezuelan native Argenis Aparicio. Aparicio had played in eight games already, .507 OPS through 26 AB's. Aparicio allowed a single while fanning one in a scoreless inning. It'll be interesting to see which path (or both) he follows.

It's been a lovely pro debut season for top $$ signee, 17-year-old Yophery Rodriguez. Showing wonderful patience, Rodriguez (single and two walks here), is now 13-for-47 with 20 (!) walks and ten K's, for a .277/.500/.404 line, three doubles and a HR among the 13 hits.

This was cleverly cited as "Brewer on Brewer" crime in our nightly forum thread. It's not known if Team Uno is also honoring the cheesehead tradition. This was the after-effect of Team Dos' lone run.

 

[Ro Mueller]

It’s been a struggle through 4 innings for the Mudcats (Vallecillo and Wehrle each conceding 2 runs), but at least Hedbert Perez is heating up. We trail 4-1. 

 

[Jim Goulart]

Will be incorporated into Sunday AM's Link Report:

Final: ACL Guardians 8, ACL Brewers 7

Box Score / Game Log

This was a walk-off defeat for the 9-6 A-Crew. With one out in the bottom of the 9th in Goodyear, it was a line-drive single followed by a hit batter and then another line drive single, all against 21-year-old 3rd-year RHP Anthony Perez.

Fantastic middle-relief work from 20-year-old RHP Cristofher Carrasco, who not only tossed 3.1 scoreless, but stranded two runners for starting RHP Brailin Rodriguez. It's been a very, very rough three-outing start to 2023 for Rodriguez, who missed all of 2022, That's too bad, as toward the end of the 2021 season Rodriguez became the first pitcher to play for a Brewers A-ball team during his age-18 season in at least 15 years (hat-tip on that note to @CheeseheadInQC). 

The Maryvale Gang walked eight times, reached twice on HBPs, and had seven hits, including three doubles, but the damage came early, as the good guys were up 7-6 after just three innings. So, by now in the daily Link Report going, you know you need to minimally review the game log for those first three innings. One Guardians' pitcher contributed three balks and three wild pitches to the Crew's early cause.

Two Brewers had multi-hit games - 19-year-old RF Reece Walling, the LH high school bat who signed as an undrafted free agent (that's a rarity). Walling had one of the doubles.

18-year-old 2nd-year Venezuelan third baseman Johan Barrios singled twice. Barrios was a January 2022 $1,385,000 signing who has underwhelmed, but it's early. Despite being listed at 6'1", 180, Barrios has only seven XBH's (no HR's), in 157 pro AB's (16 BB, 45 K). This is Barrios' first stateside season, having debuted in the DSL.
 

[Ro Mueller]

Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the 7th inning, the Mudcats get two players aboard (Herbert Perez walk, Luke Adams single), but Jadher Areinamo hits into his Carolina League-leading 10th GIDP. Tough. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Nothing like the ACL Crew jumping to a 4-0 first inning lead only to give up 5 in the bottom half. I feel pain.

[Joseph Zarr]

Observation:

A couple games after INF Freddy Zamora's rough work at SS, the Shuckers staff has tried him at 2B the past two games. INF Ethan Murray has slotted in at SS and he now has two errors in his past two games. 

I am at a loss. After watching RHP Matt Bush once again give up a meaningful run in a late-inning relief outing (hey, no long balls tho!), I feel only pain today.🤣

[Brewcrew82]

Gasser has been really impressive lately. I think it might be time to insert him into the rotation for Rea and give him his well-deserved opportunity.

[Joseph Zarr]

Have a night Joe Gray Jr.! He continues to be fantastic since returning to Wisconsin. 2 HR tonight including a crucial go ahead 2 out 3-run blast in the 7th:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, after jumping ahead 11-4, the Shuckers gave up a 3 spot in the 8th. Now struggling RHP Cam Robinson is on to try and close this out in the 9th. He has runners on the corners after a lead-off double and a walk to a force out at 2B. One down. He has also hit a batter. Bases are now juiced with still only 1 down. 

[Joseph Zarr]

Robinson Has now walked in a run. You can't make his season up. That's now a double, two free passes, and a hit batter. 11-8 Shuckers. Bases still juiced.

[Joseph Zarr]

Robinson can't even protect a four-run lead these days. He is pulled for Vennaro. Bases still juiced. One down.

[sveumrules]

1 hour ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Gasser has been really impressive lately. I think it might be time to insert him into the rotation for Rea and give him his well-deserved opportunity.

First seven starts…38 IP | 47 K | 25 BB | 4.74 ERA

Last six starts…36.1 IP | 40 K | 5 BB | 3.22 ERA

Knew he had been pitching better but looks like he has really gotten his command figured out over the last month.