Brewers Minor League Link Report (3/30): LOB & RISP Ugly Thus Far

Everything is magnified in the very first games of a new season, especially when a team is seeking its initial win. The Nashville Sounds are now 2-for-23 with runners in scoring position after two games, stranding 20 runners overall after consecutive 4-2 defeats. Easy to see where if not nipped in the bud on Sunday, the frustration level on the evening flight home to Nashville will be high, higher than if the tough results landed on a random series of games in mid-June.

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TRANSACTIONS:

RHP Cameron Wagoner placed on High-A Wisconsin's full-season injured list
RHP Tanner Shears placed on High-A Wisconsin's full-season injured list
LHP Robert Gasser placed on AAA Nashville's 7-day injured list
INF Christian Arroyo placed on AAA Nashville's 7-day injured list

We discussed Shears in yesterday's report. Disappointing to learn of Wagoner's status, but this is pro baseball in 2024. Get used to news on pitcher pain, and it's obviously not just an issue for the Brewers' organization.

Final: Toledo (Tigers) 4, Nashville 2

Via the Sounds' site, we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of your season-long Link Report routine:

Late Push Not Enough as Sounds Drop Another to Toledo - Tyler Black, Patrick Dorrian add multi-hit performances in 4-2 loss to Mud Hens

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Box Score / Game Log

At what point do we wonder if Tyler Black is nursing something, or whether Manager Rick Sweet is unsure of a defensive development plan for Black. He DH'd again here.

Four of the nine Sounds hits went for extra bases, though none left the yard.

We're thirsting for Brewers farmhand video, but all we have from Saturday's road game are Evan McKendry pitches that weren't in ideal locations in the early innings - line-drive double, then a home run yank.

Outside of backup catcher Nick Kahle, the two bench bats who were idle for this one are both switch-hitters, OF/INF Isaac Collins and newcomer OF Chavez Young.

This series is a three-game set, and then the routine of "Monday's off, followed by six-game series" commences when the Sounds host St. Paul (Twins) beginning Tuesday.

Look for my co-worker Daniel's maiden voyage into 2024 Link Reporting Monday AM.

For everyone who celebrates Easter, hope you have a wonderful day.

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Jim Goulart, though born, raised, and still living in Massachusetts, became a Brewer fan by random chance when he opened a pack of baseball stickers at age 10 in 1973 and has maintained a lifelong passion (OK, obsession) with the team ever since. Beginning in 2001, his Minor League Link Reports have detailed the daily action on the Crew's farm.

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