Sun. 9/8 - NFL? What's that? Brewers Minor League Baseball, Baby!

[Jim Goulart]

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[Joseph Zarr]

Going to share this here too because it is pandemonium at my Brewers Minor League viewing Man Cave station!

 

Words can not describe how absolutely PUMPED I am about this move. Brewers see what I see: a must add roster addition. He can avoid Rule 5. He can become the master utility wizard that he already is at his next stop. This young man has so many skills with that bat in his hand. 

 

[Joseph Zarr]

They are already warming up in Zebulon. Sheeeesh. 😂 2024 6th Rd pick (Tulane) RHP Chandler Welch just assigned from the ACL Brewers is already on the hill as today's starter. Let's hope for good things as the Mudcats look to build upon last night's 18-run outburst. CF Braylon Payne is swapping into CF and batting lead-off. Love it. Yophery drops down to 3rd and is today's DH. Mudcats lead the series 3-2 and are looking to take it today.

 

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Stiven Cruz (3.48 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 6.8 K/9 in 62 IP) makes his 2nd start of the week in High-A Wisconsin’s regular season finale, needing a win to tie this week’s series at Cedar Rapids 3-3. 2B Jadher Areinamo has a 6-game hitting streak.

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Chad Patrick (3.24 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 8.9 K/9 in 119.1 IP) aims to shake off some recent sub-par outings and lead AAA Nashville to clinch a 4-2 home series win over Gwinnett. 2B Owen Miller has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games.

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Nick Merkel (3.30 ERA with 80 Ks in 73.2 IP) makes his 2nd start of the week and 3rd of the season for AA Biloxi, which is tied 3-3 in their series at Rocket City. Nick Kahle gets his first professional start in the outfield. The Shuckers sit 3 games ahead of Mississippi, 3.5 ahead of Pensacola with 7 games left in the regular season.

[Joseph Zarr]

Welcome to Low-A ball Mr. Prado. These promotions certainly aren't always smooth:

3 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, 4 ER

Muddies trail 5-0 late. Nice debut from Welch, however after he opened with 1 2/3 IP of 2 H, 0 BB, 3 K ball. 32 pitches and 21 strikes.

[Joseph Zarr]

How great is it to see this again?

When will Pratt hit his first oppo taco? The fanbase is jonesing for that development. T-Rats lead 3-1 early. 3B Eduardo Garcia also went yard - his 4th long ball of his season.

[Joseph Zarr]

LET'S GO!!!

YES SIR!

[Joseph Zarr]

I think it's quite fair to say RHP Chad Patrick discovered the minor tweaks he needed to bounce back from his uncharacteristic two game 'skid'. Heck of a first four frames!

[biedergb]

What an odd weekend - Carolina and Wisconsin spent the week getting guys into the lineup and getting health and rest.

Biloxi getting in it's own way of trying to make the playoffs from their second half record, and Pensacola and Mississippi have found their own funks too. You would think it would spur Biloxi on, but alas they keep doing what they have been doing all year - muddling along with a general non-existent offense (the month of July aside), and hoping the bullpen can keep it going.

Nashville fell behind a red hot Columbus club and while technically still there not much going on.

Looking for some late season magic in some of the prospects, and outside some nice noise from a few draft picks who debuted, and a couple of relievers in Nashville (Ashby, Yoho, Mis, and now S. Smith) really not a lot to write home about for the standard prospects.  Lots to follow in the non-top-20ish prospect players (like Collins MLB debut; EMJ red hot August among others).

Add to that the big club seems to be mailing it in until playoff time start I guess- ugh.

It's been a relatively slower end to an otherwise absolutely fantastic season for the organization.

Hoping next week (playoff games, and a "playoff" match up of MBraves- Shuckers) will shake these doldrums for me.

But none of this deters @Joseph Zarr - who brings his A-game day in and day out (with a few Mondays off when the DSL/ACL boys are not in season 😉)

[Joseph Zarr]

7 minutes ago, biedergb said:

But none of this deters @Joseph Zarr - who brings his A-game day in and day out (with a few Mondays off when the DSL/ACL boys are not in season 😉)

[Joseph Zarr]

How bad is the scene in Biloxi's positional group? Nick Kahle is in LF today. They have little to no depth at present.

With Scott and Boeve shelved, how bad has it gotten for Ben Metzinger as a professional? Is there something going on here outside of simply not earning or deserving PT? He is Active. And, yet, his claim to fame in 2024 is the 'Development List' and bullpen catcher.

Extremely thin pickings in the Shuckers clubhouse at present. This season has clearly taken its toll. 

[Joseph Zarr]

RHP Chad Patrick grabbed a Triple-A leading 18 whiffs today. 6.0 IP, 1 H, 8 K, 0 R. Just fantastic stuff. Got up to 94.3 mph on his four-seamer and 94.2 mph on his sinker. Electric outing today. He moves to a whopping 13-1 overall record. What. A. Season. I think it's quite fair to say: he's getting on the MLB roster before Rule 5. That type of season can't go untethered.

 RHP Jacob Misiorowski bounced back in a massive way with a 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K outing. 8 swings. 6 misses. Whewww. That'll play. 

LHP Bryan Hudson. How was the velo? He maxed out at 91.1 mph. His peripherals also show there wasn't much difference (by my eyes) from his recent stint with Milwaukee. With Milner giving up runs in consecutive relief outings since his return, this is a peripheral bullpen development we are keeping an eye on and, as of today, not much has changed unfortunately. He did manage a clean 1.0 IP, 1 K outing. BUT, the Brewers are likely looking for more here. 

RHP Kevin Herget worked around an opening walk in the ninth to shut the door. Sounds win 1-0. Big win as Columbus lost in a big way to Durham. Sounds remain 4.5 GB with 12 games to play. Mathematically possible but still highly unlikely.

[Joseph Zarr]

Trash Pandas open their 7th with a groundout but then greet Chirino with a ground-rule double. And, just like that, he K's the next batter but C Darrien Miller throws the ball away in a pick off attempt and the runner scores. 4-2 Pandas. The catching outfit in Biloxi continues to struggle.

[Joseph Zarr]

The slopfest continues! Wilken opens the 8th with a fielding error. Runner advances on a sac bunt. Scores on a single. 5-2 Pandas. Oh these Shuckers pulling out their tattered old bag of Fundamentals - falling apart at the seams. Incredibly weak defense these past two games after an absolute fantastic display in game 4. Tis the Shuckers in a proverbial nutshell.