Fri. 7/28 - Misiorowski's Second AA Start. Extra Innings in ACL Ball Tonight

[Ro Mueller]

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[Ro Mueller]

@BrewersPD is showing some love to AA INF Zavier Warren and High-A RHP Sam Gardner:

 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 hour ago, damuelle said:

@BrewersPD is showing some love to AA INF Zavier Warren and High-A RHP Sam Gardner:

 

Seeing Gardner settle in after a rough first couple of outings is really a great story. He had obvious nerves in his debut (I sure as hyeck would too!). But, now that he's comfortable on the mound, he's giving very good innings in high-leverage spots. He's provided a stabilizing force at the back end with the loss of RHP Brennan Jordan. The combination of Gardner, Smith, and Shears has done wonders to keep the T-Rats bid for 2nd half noise alive and well.

Also, this is now two years running where Warren slumps egregiously to start the season and then gets ridiculously hot mid summer. One of those baseball things, I guess.

[Joseph Zarr]

With a 3-7 mark over their last 10 games, it is certainly awesome to see two of this 'W's agains the first place LA Dodgers Bautista. Heck of an accomplishment by the young men! Let's spread this good news into other tilts, por favor.

Today included a walk-off single to RF off the unlikely bat of Smarlin Espinal. You love to see it. The 'Day at the Dish' award has to go to 17-year-old OF/1B (1B today) Danny Puerta - 3-for-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 2B. Heck of a performance. OF Demetrio Nadal stayed impactful as all get out in the lead-off: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB. What a season he is having so far this summer. Dominican 19-year-old RHP Aneuris Rodriguez (in his second Brewers DSL season) closed things over the final 3 IP - 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 R. He picked up the 'W' and moved to 1-1 on his season. Intriguing arm to date. 

The DSL Cerveceros Dos improved to 14-23 overall - 7 1/2 GB their brethren on the DLS Brewers Uno and a whopping 16 GB of the first place LA Dodgers Bautista. Their next contest will be on the last day of July when they face their counterparts on the DSL Brewers Uno.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, the DSL Brewers Uno apparently lost a frustrating one vs the DSL Athletics conceding two runs (one earned) in the bottom of the 9th for the walk-off loss. A sequence of a single - sac bunt (throwing error) - single - single led to the loss at the hands (and arm) of 17-year-old Venezuelan RHP Argenis Aparicio. He picks up his first BS in his first SVO and takes the loss - 0-1 on his season. It's important to note here: he was done in by a 3B Jhon Bencosme throwing error during the sac bunt. Instead of one man aboard at 2B, he had two men aboard - at 2B and 3B. That's a challenging spot for any young hurler. The real blow, however, came in the bottom of the 8th when 17-year-old RHP Oliver Camilo unraveled after an opening pop out. Walk, single (runners advance on a CF Pedro Tovar error), walk, grand slam. The 6-1 game was suddenly 6-5. Just a rough way to lose this one.

Elsewhere in the pitching side of things RHP Jose Meneses threw a fantastic scoreless 3 IP - 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K. Meneses teases us with outings like these throughout his DSL seasons (this being his second with the Crew). But, it's hard to get a read on him other than he is getting better results in 2023 but still likely seeing too many batters on base regularly - 21 H, 17 BB, 3 HB in 27 1/3 IP. This has led to a slightly elevated 1.36 WHIP. But, he's preventing any big blowouts holding his ERA to a very respectable and impressive 1.63 - perhaps, aided by his 27 K. There is certainly enough here to be intrigued moving forward: I also look at the fairly unlucky 0.296 BABIP and consider he could be having an even better season if he could tone back the walks. I definitely want to see what he is capable of stateside.

Offensively, the day's highlights appear to have belonged to 1B/C Brayan Oropeza - 4-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B. INF Kevin Ereu continues to make impact at the dish as well - 0-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF (though he was picked off 1B as well). Despite the 8th inning fielding error, CF Pedro Tovar managed a 2-for-4 day at the dish - 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB.

No doubt, the Crew Uno will look back not so fondly at this one - the late errors, the 6 runs allowed over the final two frames, and the 3-for-17 mark with RISP will sting for a bit. With their second loss in a row and 5-5 mark over their last 10, the DSL Cerveceros Uno have fallen back to 3rd place behind both Dodgers affiliates in the DSL North Division. They remain 8.5 GB of the first place DSL Dodgers Bautista and now sport a respectable 22-16 record overall.

[Jim Goulart]

Will be incorporated into Saturday AM's Link Report:

Final: DSL Athletics 7, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 6

Box Score / Game Log

This summary courtesy of @Joseph Zarr in our daily "as-it-happens" and overnight thread.

The DSL Brewers Uno lost a frustrating one vs the DSL Athletics conceding two runs (one earned) in the bottom of the 9th for the walk-off loss. A sequence of a single - sac bunt (throwing error) - single - single led to the loss at the hands (and arm) of 17-year-old Venezuelan RHP Argenis Aparicio. He picks up his first BS in his first SVO and takes the loss - 0-1 on his season. It's important to note here: he was done in by a 3B Jhon Bencosme throwing error during the sac bunt. Instead of one man aboard at 2B, he had two men aboard - at 2B and 3B. That's a challenging spot for any young hurler. The real blow, however, came in the bottom of the 8th when 17-year-old RHP Oliver Camilo unraveled after an opening pop out. Walk, single (runners advance on a CF Pedro Tovar error), walk, grand slam. The 6-1 game was suddenly 6-5. Just a rough way to lose this one.

Elsewhere in the pitching side of things RHP Jose Meneses threw a fantastic scoreless 3 IP - 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K. Meneses teases us with outings like these throughout his DSL seasons (this being his second with the Crew). But, it's hard to get a read on him other than he is getting better results in 2023 but still likely seeing too many batters on base regularly - 21 H, 17 BB, 3 HB in 27 1/3 IP. This has led to a slightly elevated 1.36 WHIP. But, he's preventing any big blowouts holding his ERA to a very respectable and impressive 1.63 - perhaps, aided by his 27 K. There is certainly enough here to be intrigued moving forward: I also look at the fairly unlucky 0.296 BABIP and consider he could be having an even better season if he could tone back the walks. I definitely want to see what he is capable of stateside.

Offensively, the day's highlights appear to have belonged to 1B/C Brayan Oropeza - 4-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B. INF Kevin Ereu continues to make impact at the dish as well - 0-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF (though he was picked off 1B as well). Despite the 8th inning fielding error, CF Pedro Tovar managed a 2-for-4 day at the dish - 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB.

No doubt, the Crew Uno will look back not so fondly at this one - the late errors, the six runs allowed over the final two frames, and the 3-for-17 mark with RISP will sting for a bit. With their second loss in a row and 5-5 mark over their last 10, the DSL Cerveceros Uno have fallen back to 3rd place behind both Dodgers affiliates in the DSL North Division. They remain 8.5 GB of the first place DSL Dodgers Bautista and now sport a respectable 22-16 record overall.

 

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Final: DSL Brewers #2 Squad 4, DSL Dodgers Bautista 3

Box Score / Game Log

More via Joseph...

If I'm not mistaken, that is the 2nd straight victory by the DSL Crew Dos versus the LAD Bautista? Heck of an accomplishment by the young men!

A walk-off single to RF off the unlikely bat of Smarlin Espinal. You love to see it. The 'Day at the Dish' award has to go to 17-year-old OF/1B (1B today) Danny Puerta - 3-for-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 2B. Heck of a performance. OF Demetrio Nadal stayed impactful as all get out in the lead-off: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB. What a season he is having so far this summer.

Dominican 19-year-old RHP Aneuris Rodriguez (in his second Brewers DSL season) closed things over the final 3 IP - 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 R. He picked up the 'W' and moved to 1-1 on his season. Intriguing arm to date. 

[Ro Mueller]

A win tonight would give High-A Wisconsin a 3-1 series lead over Cedar Rapids at home. RHP Tyler Woessner (3.80 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 7.6 K/9 in 87.2 IP) gets the start, while yesterday’s walk-off hero SS Robert Moore is atop the order again. 

[Ro Mueller]

AAA Nashville also seeks a 3-1 series lead in Norfolk, with red-hot 3B Luis Urias (.989 OPS in last 13 games) leading the offense. RHP Janson Junk (4.57 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 5.7 K/9 in 86.2 IP) makes the start. 

[Ro Mueller]

Biloxi is up 3-0 in their series at home against Birmingham and RHP Jacob Misiorowski makes his 2nd-ever AA start (4 IP, 4 ER, 5 Ks in first outing). C Brent Diaz sees his first action since May 11 and INF Tyler Black makes his 2nd-consecutive start at first base. 

[Ro Mueller]

Low-A Carolina also leads their series 3-0 in Columbia and has RHP Will Rudy (3.59 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 8.0 K/9 in 62.2 IP) making the start tonight. 3B Jadher Areinamo has 18 hits and 13 RBIs in his last 10 games. 

[wiguy94]

Misiorowski right now looks like a guy that everyone was shocked he was promoted to AA so aggressively. I still don’t understand why he was promoted so aggressively. I know the stuff is absolutely good enough but did not feel like his control showed good enough to A+ to warrant being pushed to AA. 

[Robocaller]

Anyone know if the Aparicio and Tovar in DSL are related to the MLB greats with those surnames?

[CheeseheadInQC]

5 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Misiorowski right now looks like a guy that everyone was shocked he was promoted to AA so aggressively. I still don’t understand why he was promoted so aggressively. I know the stuff is absolutely good enough but did not feel like his control showed good enough to A+ to warrant being pushed to AA. 

Unfortunately, this is pretty spot on.

On a happier note, Carolina has the second youngest offense in the Carolina League and the way they are hitting they might soon pass the two teams just barely ahead of them for the league’s best OPS.

[Ro Mueller]

Luis Urias has walked twice and Keston Hiura hit a high 2-2 pitch for a grand slam. Tyler Naquin gunned down a baserunner at the plate when Norfolk nearly went up 2-0 early.

4-1 Sounds through 5 innings. Janson Junk has thrown 75 pitches, so will likely keep going.

 

[Ro Mueller]

Cruise control for Carolina in Columbia - up 11-2 through 3 innings, with Kay-Lan Nicasia (HR, double) driving in 4 runs, Luis Lara 2 RBIs, Gregory Barrios 2 RBIs, Jace Avina with 2 hits already...

 

[Ro Mueller]

Definitely not cruise control for Jacob Misiorowski in his 2nd AA start. Of 18 batters faced:

• Hit-by-pitch: 4
• Hits: 4 (HR, 3 singles)
• Walks: 3
• Strikeouts: 2
• Other outs: 5

He only makes it through 2.1 innings and exits with the Shuckers down 4-0.

[Ro Mueller]

Man. Tyler Woessner retired the first 9 Cedar Rapids hitters in order, then walked 3 batters in the 4th inning. But he induced a ground ball to himself to escape...but didn't. Error. 2 runs come in. They scored it a single and fielding error.

Rattlers trail 2-1 in the 4th inning. Let's see if Eduardo Garcia (doubled and scored earlier) can continue his solid hitting since returning from injury.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 minutes ago, damuelle said:

Definitely not cruise control for Jacob Misiorowski in his 2nd AA start. Of 18 batters faced:

• Hit-by-pitch: 4
• Hits: 4 (HR, 3 singles)
• Walks: 3
• Strikeouts: 2
• Other outs: 5

He only makes it through 2.1 innings and exits with the Shuckers down 4-0.

I've said it many times before and I'll say it many times in the future: the transition to the Southern League and pitching in the Southern League is very very hard. I've seen this type of rough transition for so many arms when they make the move from High-A - it's also why it is universally agreed within MLB the jump to Double-A is so challenging for the young players.

It's also what makes the continued work of RHP Carlos F. Rodriguez so dang underrated and exciting. Hopefully, Misiorowski can get comfortable before the season's end. It's just a massive jump for him at this stage in his career but clearly he has met a worthy challenge.

[Ro Mueller]

Janson Junk got to 92 pitches with 2 outs in the 7th inning, walking the last batter and coming out leading 4-1. Terrific job.

Jake Cousins entered: wild pitch, single, double, single. Tie game 4-4.

JB Bukauskas entered: first pitch 2-run homer. Sounds trail 6-4.

Does any relief pitcher want to get promoted to the majors??? Arrrgh!

[wiguy94]

Just now, damuelle said:

Janson Junk got to 92 pitches with 2 outs in the 7th inning, walking the last batter and coming out leading 4-1. Terrific job.

Jake Cousins entered: wild pitch, single, double, single. Tie game 4-4.

JB Bukauskas entered: first pitch 2-run homer. Sounds trail 6-4.

Does any pitcher want to get promoted to the majors??? Arrrgh!

Cousins velo is down a disturbing amount. His FB since he came off the IL is sitting at 92-93 and him being bad feels very much because of that poor velo. I feel like he's a potential DFA candidate this season.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, damuelle said:

Janson Junk got to 92 pitches with 2 outs in the 7th inning, walking the last batter and coming out leading 4-1. Terrific job.

Jake Cousins entered: wild pitch, single, double, single. Tie game 4-4.

JB Bukauskas entered: first pitch 2-run homer. Sounds trail 6-4.

Does any relief pitcher want to get promoted to the majors??? Arrrgh!

Ugh. Unfortunately, that is absolutely the version of RHP Jake Cousins I also saw his last time on the hill. I didn't see the outing but I am speculating his velo was down again? What a truly rough rough season for the former staple of the Brewers bullpen. Those arm injuries have just really impacted his current career trajectory.

[wiguy94]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

Ugh. Unfortunately, that is absolutely the version of RHP Jake Cousins I also saw his last time on the hill. I didn't see the outing but I am speculating his velo was down again? What a truly rough rough season for the former staple of the Brewers bullpen. Those arm injuries have just really impacted his current career trajectory.

Yeah velo was 92-93 on his FB. He's just a shell of the guy that debuted in 2021 at this point.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Yeah velo was 92-93 on his FB. He's just a shell of the guy that debuted in 2021 at this point.

This makes me sad. I feel for him. I really do.

[Joseph Zarr]

Who other than OF Terence Doston to tie the game 2-2 with the bases juiced. He takes a 1-2 heater and pokes it via line drive to LF. The young man now has 5 RBI in 2023 with the bases juiced. I tell you, he just makes plays. He sneaks up on you despite his limitations as a player. I love watching him.

[Joseph Zarr]

The T-Rats strand em full on a Bob Moore K (really poor swing choices on 3 balls low and outside the zone). And a pop fly to straightaway CF off the bat of Matt Wood. It will remain 2-2 headed to the 5th frame.