Brewers Minor League Link Report (4/26): Nashville and Wisconsin Lineups Stuff Their Box Scores

[Jim Goulart]

Box score reviewing is a time-honored activity. We've certainly taken part over the many years of Link Reporting, and it's certainly more enjoyable when the bats we root for do their part to avoid the zeroes throughout. The Sounds and Timber Rattlers obliged us on Friday night. With three affiliates on the road and the Carolina home game not lending itself to video highlights, it was a quiet night on the visual media front. Yet that won't stop us from providing you with all the affiliate write-ups and our random observations. Let's do it!

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Transaction:

• RHP Wilfredo Cordero released by DSL-Brewers1

Via brewersfarm Instagram - Details on Cordero's background and road to the Crew. Be sure to click that player page link above to see the 86 career walks and 20 HBP's in 41.2 innings, the bulk of those in the Rangers' system.

 

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Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Nashville 11, Louisville (Reds) 8
Box Score and Game Log

Via the Sounds’ website, game details, and we encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine:

Sounds Pile Up 19 Hits, Hold Off Bats For Win - Seven Nashville batters log multiple knocks in 11-8 triumph for first win of series at Louisville

This is a very strong candidate for offensive box score of the year thus far.

Hello again, Isaac Collins. On base five times, including a double. The 26-year-old switch-hitter lifted his OPS to .997. The December 2022 minor league Rule 5 pick out of the Rockies' system has played center field in 56 games, but this was his first there at the AAA level. Milwaukee controls Collins' rights through the 2025 season. If outfielder Chris Roller was able to net a 40-man roster spot after a strong end to the 2023 season, there's hope for Collins to impress similarly during this two-year stretch.

Tyler Black led off and played first base, they say all box score hits are line drives, but this video compilation shows otherwise. That being said, Black's presence on the big-league roster seems certain for 2024, the question will be if circumstances will warrant pre-All-Star Break.

The pitching lines were middling, but the 27 Sounds baserunners will mesmerize us for a bit this morning. Enjoy.

 

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Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Pensacola (Reds) 4, Biloxi 1
Box Score and Game Log

Shuckers Threaten Late in 4-1 Loss to Blue Wahoos - Biloxi brings up tying run in ninth for second straight night, Blue Wahoos clinch series win

How do you follow up an eight-game win streak? With five straight losses, unfortunately.

This box score review did not run with Nashville's intro, to be sure.

Interesting tidbit - Freddy Zamora was hit by three pitches and has already matched his career single-season high with six plunkings. Animal magnetism, baby.

Eric Brown, Jr. has not hit the IL with his apparent shoulder injury, but he last played back on the 17th. Add in sidelined starters Brock Wilken, Wes Clarke and Eduardo Garcia, and the offensive malaise can be explained to a great extent.

Catcher Darrien Miller walked twice and sports a .432 OBP in the early going. Not sure how often he's been slotted into the cleanup spot in his career, but that's his slot given the current Shuckers' output.

RHP TJ Shook was solid through his five innings and 79 pitches. LH reliever Justin King's 2023 with the Rattlers rarely saw balls in play, with 54 K's and 25 walks in 30.2 innings. King has only walked one in his five appearances thus far, but has been hittable in, let's face it, the still-tiny sample.

 

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Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link)
Final: Wisconsin 9, Peoria (Cardinals) 4
Box Score and Game Log

Rattlers Hit Three Homers to Beat Chiefs - Fernández, Barrios, and Wood hit blasts in 9-4, rain-soaked victory

They've flown under the radar because it's not a top-prospect laden collection of talent, especially minus Mike Boeve, but Manager Victor Estevez has this T-Rat team cruising, now 13-6. Clean defense more often than not, timely balls in play, and nice mound work.

That recipe cooked again on Friday, and while it's only April 27th this morning, the sample size on shortstop Gregory Barrios' breakout is getting more significant, now 71 plate appearances with a .910 OPS. Only four walks thus far, but just 12 strikeouts. 

Luis Lara stole three bases and is now 9-for-12 in 2024 attempts, after swiping 30 in 40 tries last year. 

The bottom of the order contributed in a big way, as your box score perusal showed. That's been part of the Wisconsin success story in 2024, there isn't a gaping black hole portion of the lineup on a nightly basis. Who remembers that OF Eduarqui Fernandez signed for $1.1 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2018? The 2020 pandemic season gap really blurs our historical line perspective. This is just Fernandez' age 22 season (23 in November), but he has much to do to truly excite us, it's been a middling slog thus far, but credit where due in 2024.

RHP Brett Wichrowski threw 48 strikes among his 68 pitches, fanned seven while walking only one. That effort doesn't dim his shine at all. Make sure you catch up with Kyle Lobner's latest T-Rat Talk entry featuring Wichrowski,

RH reliever stud Yerlin Rodriguez has settled into pitching every three days, and closed things out even with a five-run lead.

 

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Final: Salem (Red Sox) 3, Carolina 1
Box Score and Game Log

David Garcia Records Three Hits in Mudcats Defeat to Salem 

24-year-old catcher David Garcia, the longtime Rangers farmhand in his first season with the Brewers' organization, likely deserves to be elsewhere, but for now he'll bide his time with the Mudcats.

Speaking of newcomer "Garcia's" to the Crew, Yhoswar Garcia is pretty intriguing. Tough to ignore the .340 batting average (hey, they still list batting average in the boxes) and it's 11 steals in 14 attempts through 14 games for the former Philly.

RHP Josh Knoth only threw 33 strikes among his 60 pitches, thus the four walks, But only one hit allowed and six K's through 3.1 innings tantalizes.

Kudos to RHP's Aidan Maldonado and Jeison Pena for keeping things close late, all nine men combined retired with six K's.

 

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Enjoy your Saturday, everyone. Promising RH starter Yorman Galindez kicks things off for Carolina at 4:00 Central. It's evening action for the other affiliates.

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