Following Jesus

[BeerSlide]

To say I'm excited about Jesus Made would be an understatement. While nothing is a sure thing, he seems to have an ceiling as high as anybody I can remember in the Brewers organization. 

As such, I really want to get in on the ground floor with him and monitor his progress through the minors as closely as possible. I'm looking for any suggestions on the best ways to do this. Would it be worth getting the MLB/Milb TV package with the hope of seeing him there this year? Are the Timber Rattlers the lowest level to have regular TV coverage on that service and what levels of the organization might he reach this year? I'm seriously considering subscribing to the minor league package regardless, because we have so many exciting young players to watch. I think part of being a fan of this organization is to celebrate the parts of the organization where we thrive & developmental levels are obviously a huge part of what we are doing well.

In addition to televised games, I'd love to hear about general or organizational specific podcasts, blogs, sub stacks, YouTube channels, etc. to maximize my exposure to Made highlights, analysis, and speculation. Obviously, Jack, Matthew, Spencer, Joseph and others do an outstanding job keeping us informed here on Brewer Fanatic, via the blog and podcasts but I'm really wanting to dive in & consider new information networks. 

So with sincere apologies for the long post,  please help me find Jesus!

[biedergb]

Great post.

I will defer to our esteemed minor league reporters and frequent posters here, but as one who signed up for MiLB TV package last season, I thought it was definitely worth it. You can watch most (not quite all due to some teams without TV/video) of the games. You can watch several games at once if you wanted to as well or just bounce back and forth - and watch them archived if you couldn't watch live. So to watch the prospects I think it is the way to go.

There are a ton of players that are exciting at many levels. As far as Jesus Made, he should start at Carolina in low A, likely with Braylon Payne among others. So the Mudcats games will be worth watching. But as certain players start to make their name as well they will become must-watch (ie watching Yoho and Hunt come out of nowhere last season was a treat)

And as a tip, I always have that day's minor league thread open as many of the posters (Jim, Joseph Zarr, Ro Mueller, Wiguy94, Sveumrules, Brewman, MudcatsFan among several others that I know I am forgetting and will kick myself for overlooking) will keep you updated and entertained. I had a blast trying to join this illustrious crew last summer and hope to do the same this year.

[jay87shot]

Yeah, the minor league coverage here is second to none. If you are interested in following prospects and the minors you are in the right place. The daily minor league recap write ups here are spectacular and someone is always in the know when anything goes down.

[Spencer Michaelis]

3 hours ago, biedergb said:

Great post.

I will defer to our esteemed minor league reporters and frequent posters here, but as one who signed up for MiLB TV package last season, I thought it was definitely worth it. You can watch most (not quite all due to some teams without TV/video) of the games. You can watch several games at once if you wanted to as well or just bounce back and forth - and watch them archived if you couldn't watch live. So to watch the prospects I think it is the way to go.

There are a ton of players that are exciting at many levels. As far as Jesus Made, he should start at Carolina in low A, likely with Braylon Payne among others. So the Mudcats games will be worth watching. But as certain players start to make their name as well they will become must-watch (ie watching Yoho and Hunt come out of nowhere last season was a treat)

And as a tip, I always have that day's minor league thread open as many of the posters (Jim, Joseph Zarr, Ro Mueller, Wiguy94, Sveumrules, Brewman, MudcatsFan among several others that I know I am forgetting and will kick myself for overlooking) will keep you updated and entertained. I had a blast trying to join this illustrious crew last summer and hope to do the same this year.

I’d echo all of this. I try to tweet during some games, but I often forget to be active in the daily threads. Gonna make an effort to change that this year 

[BeerSlide]

6 hours ago, Spencer Michaelis said:

I’d echo all of this. I try to tweet during some games, but I often forget to be active in the daily threads. Gonna make an effort to change that this year 

Thank you, Spencer! I deleted the "everything app" when it got a little too much for me personally & am enjoying the growing network on BlueSky. I realize that some people enjoy the direction of that app or have a brand & an established following on Twitter so they are reticent to post in another place, so I totally get it. I'm just not one of those people with anything to lose.

If anyone from this community posts on BlueSky I'd love to know your IDs so I can follow you! I know some list it in their profiles here too. Thanks in advance. Regardless, I'll be into minor league coverage here as much as any place for sure!

[Joseph Zarr]

19 hours ago, BeerSlide said:

Thank you, Spencer! I deleted the "everything app" when it got a little too much for me personally & am enjoying the growing network on BlueSky. I realize that some people enjoy the direction of that app or have a brand & an established following on Twitter so they are reticent to post in another place, so I totally get it. I'm just not one of those people with anything to lose.

If anyone from this community posts on BlueSky I'd love to know your IDs so I can follow you! I know some list it in their profiles here too. Thanks in advance. Regardless, I'll be into minor league coverage here as much as any place for sure!

Remember there are also dinosaurs like me who do not post on any social media app.

I prefer the comfy confines of a small virtual community of folks focused on the same thing (hopefully a run of World Series victories and the first Brewers Dynasty😁). I enjoy the forums for the sole focus on the Brewers players and games. You are always welcome to join me and others in the daily game threads. I am most active on Tuesday and Wednesdays when I am writing my reports for the following morning. But, I do check in casually throughout the week when I'm watching games outside my reporting responsibilities. I know others have chimed in above but remember MLB.tv now has the Minor League packages on a team-by-team basis within their annual account package (I believe - at least they started doing that last year). I personally just grab the MiLB.tv package in entirety because I tend to watch games throughout the Minor Leagues to mainly follow what old Brewers are doing - which inevitably leads to me noticing several more players on other ball clubs. I digress. It is definitely shaping up to be an incredible season yet again in the lower levels and some of that premium talent is starting to bleed into the Double-A clubhouse as well. Hopefully that's a boost to what we all see in the Southern League which is a notoriously hard League to play in. Welcome to the board and I hope to see you often throughout the season.