Biloxi Shuckers Talk with Javik Blake

[Seth Stohs]

We wanted to know more about the Brewers prospects in Double-A Biloxi, so we went to the guy who follows then and talks about them every day. 

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Javik Blake is really young, but he’s already had some great experiences in his brief sports broadcasting career. This is his second season as the voice of the Biloxi Shuckers, the Brewers Double-A affiliate. 

A quick note before you get started. This interview was conducted on Friday early afternoon, before the final four games of the series. 

We would love it if you could watch the entire interview, but if you have to split it up, the below will help you find out more about specific players. 

1:44: What does his day-to-day look like, but also how does a rain-out and doubleheaders work? 

5:00:  What is your background? College, previous positions?

7:45: What would you tell 14-year-old you, or a teenager who reached out to you with interest in working in sports, or specifically?

10:40: The Shuckers have back-to-back six-game home series. We discuss what some of the promotions they have at the ballpark and a few players who will be coming to town. 

1:00: Wes Clarke came back and mashed briefly before moving up. 

14:10: Brock Wilken returns after being hit by a pitch in mid-April. 

16:00: Mike Boeve was promoted to Double-A and continued to absolutely rake. 

19:00: Eric Brown’s numbers don’t look great, but he’s been hitting the ball really hard and he’s playing great defense at shortstop. ‘

22:00: Which Double-A hitter should be talked about more? 

24:20: Bradley Blalock has been really good. 

26:00: We talk about Jacob Misiorowski. What does he do really well? Incredible numbers to back the fact that opponents just don’t get hits off of him. 

29:10: Left-hander Nate Peterson. 

31:00: TJ Shook was signed by the Brewers as a non-drafted free agent after the Covid-shortened 2020 draft. See how his changeup has become a serious weapon for him. 

32:30: Tyler Woessner was great in Biloxi and quickly moved up to Nashville and continued to pitch well. “80 grade mustache and a lot of strikeouts.” 

33:40: Brett Wichrowski has flown up the organization since being drafted last year on Day 3. A fastball at 98 certainly helps. However, his seventh pro start was on Friday, at Double-A. 

35:45: The Shane Smith story is great. He took a chance on himself, and he’s been fantastic. Now, he’s getting a chance in a new opportunity. Sam Carlson was drafted out of high school in Minnesota in 2017. He’s been hurt, but he’s been incredible this year, and he throws hard.

Please feel free to discuss the players mentioned in the interview. Hopefully you will be able to watch the full interview at some point, or at least most of it. There really are a lot of discussion topics. Along with talking about

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[Seth Stohs]

It was just announced that Bradley Blalock was being called up to the Brewers... Maybe a quick stay.