Brewers Minor League Link Report (4/5): The Young Man Was "Made" For Games Like This

Jim Goulart · April 6

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The Timber Rattlers enjoyed Easter Sunday with a scheduled off day. The Sounds and Warbirds landed on the winning side of their ledgers, and although the Shuckers did not, a certain #1 Brewers prospect poked a blast to right that he seemingly didn't hit quite square as part of a very pretty box score line.

Transaction:

Milwaukee Brewers optioned RHP Logan Henderson to Nashville Sounds.

Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Nashville 7, Charlotte (White Sox) 5
Box Score and Game Log

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

Sounds Rally for Four in the Eighth to Prevail 7-5 Over Charlotte - Adams Homers in Second Consecutive Game in 7-5 Win

The Sounds media notes list TBD for starting pitchers for all of next week. MiLB's day off Monday will mark LHP Robert Gasser's 10th day off since his season debut start on March 27th as the team works to load balance potential big league rotation arms.

From the game summary:

"Right-hander Blake Holub came into relief for Kuehner and tossed two scoreless innings with three strikeouts along the way."

That doesn't give Holub, who impressed Pat Murphy in big-league camp, his full due. Starting LHP Tate Kuehner opened the 5th inning with single (old friend Oliver Dunn), double, single. The Sounds faced a 5-1 deficit upon Holub's entry but two strikeouts and a liner to short later, the threat was over.

Give a huge MVP Award to the bullpen overall - after Holub, Easton McGee, Brian Fitzpatrick, Kaleb Bowman and Will Childers combined for an additional three innings of scoreless one-hit, one-walk ball. In the 9th, first baseman Luke Adams committed his 2nd error of the game, this one a throwing error on an attempted 3-1 assist to Bowman, putting the lead man on. A Bowman wild pitch immediately placed that runner in scoring position. Bowman netted a groundout and strikeout, but a walk brought the go-ahead run to the plate. Childers was summoned, striking out veteran LaMonte Wade, Jr. to end matters.

For me, a go-to box score line that often tells the tale of the game -

Inherited runners - scored: Coffey 2-2; Holub 2-0; Childers 2-0.

Coffey doesn't pitch for the good guys.

Adams offset any fielding adventures with this -

Although we disagree with the "all this man does" part. Adams was plunked as part of the 4-run Sounds 8th, that's three this year in seven games, making for 90 HBP's in 290 professional games.

Adams also had an RBI single in the 6th (video), his one non-HR in 20 AB's thus far in 2026.

Right fielder Greg Jones did this in the 6th:

Regarding that play, MiLB Gameday and box scores aren't infallible. When this appeared in the box:

Outfield assists: Jones, G 2 (Harris, D at 1st base, Antonacci at 1st base).

I had to search for that 2nd assist to first base. Twice in one game? Alas, didn't happen. the Gameday logged the above video as "Dustin Harris lines into a double play, right fielder Greg Jones to first baseman Luke Adams to right fielder Greg Jones to first baseman Luke Adams. Sam Antonacci out at 1st."

So no, Jones and Adams didn't play catch on that one.

All nine spots in the lineup contributed by reaching base at least once in some form or manner, as your box score review will show.

Seven hits total (one a home run) to go with four walks for Black during this streak:

Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Rocket City (Angels) 9, Biloxi 8
Box Score and Game Log

Catch up with the latest Biloxi pre-game audio interview archives - Outfielder Damon Keith is the latest guest

Back-to-Back-to-Back Home Runs Highlight Wild Shuckers Series Finale - Made ties career-high with 4 hits, Burke finishes series with 3 HR, Shuckers set franchise record with 5 home runs

Is this still the Southern League? The two teams have combined for 43 (!) runs in three games, with the Shuckers dropping the most recent two.

This article saves me some typing this AM, enjoy, be sure to watch the highlight reel within:

In AA pitching debuts, LHP Sam Garcia retired only four of the nine batters he faced, while RHP Patricio Aquino, despite allowing one of two inherited Garcia runners to score, faced only one over the minimum in his 2.2 innings.

Projected frontline starters Bishop Letson and Tyson Hardin combined to allow ten runs (eight earned) in 4.1 innings this weekend.

Similar to the outfield assist box score situation for Nashville, it appears RF Damon Keith got a similar "extra" assist in this box. Tighten it up, MiLB!

The Biloxi "X" feed has a slew of video for us, including this trifecta rolled into one:

Scheduled day off for the Timber Rattlers

Wilson Pre-Game Media Notes
Final: Wilson 9, Fayetteville (Astros) 4
Box Score and Game Log

Warbirds Claim Series at Fayetteville - Wilson Scores Three in Seventh to Win

Really nice season-opening series win, and as you just read in the summary, the young Warbirds will keep their bags packed. MiLB long ago clearly built an extra week into the early road schedule to allow the city of Wilson to finalize new stadium preparations.

18-year-old (19 on May 2nd) catcher Luis Corobo, a Venezuelan native, made his full-season ball debut and reached three times with two singles and a walk. We'll overlook an error on a pickoff attempt, which didn't lead to any damage,

Nice to have your pro debut documented by the esteemed Mr. Michaelis:

A-Ball returnees RHP Garrett Hodges and LHP Anfernny Reyes (Year 3 for Reyes) led the way in relief by keeping that inherited runner category we focused on earlier perfect in this one.

A couple of non-drafted 22-year-old RHP's, Peyton Niksch and Tanner Perry, made their professional debuts (congrats!). Niksch has some crooked numbers in his line, but as our "as-it-happened" daily forum comment thread noted, the umpire may not have assisted on one play at the plate.

A reminder, as the Fayetteville announcer correctly pronounced, it's "Handle-free" on the guide, not Handlefry as in frying pan, as we might be tempted to say.

Note to Wilson social media - please include player names in the posts' text when you can. For instance, this is a Filippo Di Turi highlight (which we do appreciate, don't get us wrong):

Jadyn Fielder, as the DH, netted a headpiece of Latin American shiny significance, which is a fancy way of saying it was a rough day. Get them next time!

Wilson batters fanned 41 times over these three opening contests, but hey, that doesn't pace the Carolina League (Kannapolis - White Sox, 44).