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- INF Luis Peña was activated from the 7-Day IL by the Carolina Mudcats
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RHP Brandon Woodruff was sent to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for a rehab assignment
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INF Josh Adamczewski was sent to Arizona for further testing and rehab options for his maligned lower back (unofficial but sourced)
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LHP Tyler Jay was placed on the Development List by the Nashville Sounds
Final: Nashville 9, Indianapolis (Pirates) 6
Via the Sounds website, please be sure to click and read each of the affiliate write-ups as part of your season-long Link Report routine (believe me, it's worth it):
Nashville Evens Series in Indianapolis with 9-6 Win - Seigler and Dalbec Each Finish Leg Shy of Cycle
The Sounds peppered the Indians from the get go. Through two innings they led 5-0 on the heels of seven hits. They finished their evening with 14 pokes overall. LHP Bruce Zimmerman pitched a 1-2-3 first frame but he led off the second with an inside sinker poked through the gap on the left side of the infield. He induced an 0-2 double play immediately after. Zimmerman’s change-up was particularly effective early and he maintained fantastic poise throughout. With his offense absolutely ripping hits left and right, Zimmerman buckled down and pitched deep into the game. He will be credited with four earned runs when it's all said and done. He was leading 9-2 into his sixth and final frame. And, so it goes. All told, the low velo lefty specialist worked 6.0 IP of 7 H, 0 BB, 5 K, 4 ER ball. He will lament the two-out two-run poke to left field he allowed in his sixth and final inning. However, he salvaged the bullpen by avoiding any free passes. A manager will always appreciate a quality start that leads to a victory.
Three Quick Strikes:
1) C Anthony Seigler was indeed flexing his versatility and prowess behind the dish. More importantly, he continues to absolutely mash. He ended his night a home run shy of the cycle. He led the game off with an opening triple high off the deep center field wall just shy of the deepest part of the park. Seigler has a 22 game on base streak. He has a 16 game hitting streak. In 162 PA he is sporting a 0.970 OPS. In his first season as a Brewer, at just 25 years of age, this immensely talented and incredibly versatile young man is having a banner year. There is a distinct reason why several of our most esteemed writers at Brewer Fanatic have wanted to see his switch hitting (and, switch throwing!) prowess get opportunities at the hot corner. This young man's arrow continues to point straight up.
2) Enter RF-1B Bobby Dalbec (more on that position switch below). Following up Seigler's 4-for-6 home run shy of the cycle, Dalbec responded with his 3-for-5 triple shy of the cycle himself. The Brewers remain unbelievably skilled at targeting and attracting premium Triple-A (let's be honest, AAAA) talent. Seigler came in the off-season. A series after Dalbec absolutely throttled the Sounds as a Charlotte Knight he had been DFA'd by the White Sox. He signed with the Brewers within the same week. I mentioned previously, he's one of my favorite high Minor League veterans in all of Minor League baseball. After a slow start in his transition, he is beginning to round into form and show us all what he is truly capable of. Dalbec isn't a premium movement athlete by any stretch but he has an underrated glove (as demonstrated by several casual scoops at first base in his action there tonight) and is a powerful athlete with true gap power to all fields. He is just heating up in Nashville. He is a wild card for the Sounds and, potentially, the Brewers.
3) We may have lost 1B Ernesto Martinez Jr. to a re-aggravated thumb. I can't confirm this. But, I'm sharing he left the game. EMJ was pulled in the fourth frame for PH Jimmy Herron. Herron moved to right field. Dalbec moved to first base to fill in for the departed Martinez. In his final AB, EMJ appeared to suffer some type of stinger when he fouled a ball off the very end of his bat. I noticed it at the time but didn't think anything of it as he finished his AB. When his replacement was announced, I immediately went back to that play. We'll simply need to track this in the days ahead. Hopefully, it was precautionary.
* Special Shout Outs: I only do this when players really pop. RHP's Blake Holub and Elvis Peguero both really popped tonight. Holub had two K in a relatively clean one hit frame - he continues to look like a more confident, fit and stronger player in 2025. The ninth frame by RHP Elvis Peguero may have been the best frame I've seen from him all season at any level. No comfortable swings. 12 pitches. Three strikeouts. He earned his second Save. It was a masterful inning.
With the victory, the Sounds moved back to 12 games over 0.500 at 32-20. They trail Lehigh Valley by 4.5 games but the Iron Pigs lead in the middle innings tonight.
Final: Rocket City (Angels) 3, Biloxi 2
Shuckers Fall to Trash Pandas in Series Opener - Wilken Launches 12th Blast; Manfredi Impresses Again
RHP Alexander Cornielle was absolutely cruising through his first four frames. His Shuckers mates had managed to squeak a run across in the top half of the fifth and the Shuckers suddenly led 1-0. That lead vanished one pitch into the bottom of the fifth frame when a low heater was sent over the right field wall. The Trash Pandas would tack on two more. Cornielle's final line reads 5 2/3 IP of 5 H, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 HB, 3 ER work. He threw 90 total pitches and 59 strikes. All in all, this was still a much better showing overall than his past two starts by the eye test. Three runs aside, he was sharper. He was flirting with all the edges - ie he was in control of his arsenal. He fell to 2-1 on his season but I came away with confidence. Funny how fickle baseball can be. We roll with the punches.
Three Quick Strikes:
1) DH Mike Boeve finished with a 1-for-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 3B night. He led off the eighth frame with the three-bagger. Pratt first pitch popped out to right field. Boeve stayed on the bag. Wilken and Lara K'd from there. Though the end result is obviously not what the Shuckers were looking for we take solace in Boeve's poise and opportunistic AB. Baby steps back to full health. We know what this young man is capable of. The arrow continues trending up.
2) 3B Brock Wilken did indeed strike out with Boeve on third base. He also pulled the Shuckers within one run with his sixth inning oppo blast - his twelfth long ball of his season. This was not a wall scraper:
On the farm out this way we call that 'man power'. It even comes with the ol' point and fist pump to the bullpen. You have to love the long ball.
3) Lead-off 1B Luke Adams was indeed plunked twice in this one. It just never ceases to amaze. However, what truly needs highlighting is the continued coming on of one LHP Mark Manfredi. I can not begin to describe the joy I am experiencing watching his resurgence - it has been almost a year of searching for his best stuff folks! Another dominant relief stint: 1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 4 K. It's all working. Most importantly, he is in and near the zone. His mechanics are dialed in. At this rate of play, he absolutely continues to be a bullpen arm to watch. Don't sleep on this version of Manfredi.
Final: Wisconsin 5, Peoria (Cardinals) 1
Woodruff Goes Seven in Wisconsin Win - Rattlers Beat Peoria 5-1 in Rain-Shortened Game
A week since he last threw in a competitive game, RHP Brandon Woodruff rehabbed what ended up being a rain-shortened seven-inning complete game. 74 pitches for seven complete frames. The goal was 85 pitches but the hitters were swinging early and often. Masterful. Despite the continued drop in velocity (Woodruff sat 90-91 mph today and touched 92 mph), today's outing was truly sublime. It was a veteran pitcher who is learning the new version of his craft. He's added a cutter and it shined today with quite a bit of weak contact. He gave up a hit in the sixth frame and, yet, he finished that same inning in four pitches. All told, the final line reads: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 6 K, 1 R (unearned). Tune in to the linked podcast just below this pre-amble to hear Woodruff's thoughts from the man himself. Here's a hint: his re-assessment will come after his next rehab start in Nashville the upcoming Tuesday.
Full-Game Highlights:
Post-Game Pod:
Three Quick Strikes:
1) The morning after I lauded 1B Blake Burke's underrated defense and underrated country strong athleticism, he goes ahead and swipes his fifth stolen base. He also beat a pitcher backing up home plate in the race to the plate after a throw escaped the catcher's grasp. We can focus on his ongoing relative lack of long ball power or we can acknowledge the myriad other ways he impacts winning baseball games. And, this isn't to say he isn't hitting balls with power. He is. It just maybe isn't happening as often or at the rate we would all like. He finished his day with 1-for-3, 1 R, and 1 SB.
2) C Marco Dinges continues to improve incrementally behind the dish with each successive start as the backstop. Most notable of late is his vastly improved pitch framing. If you have been watching Dinges since his first catching action at Carolina earlier this season, it's truly a more polished and more confident player. He is snagging the edges with more ease. His innate athleticism is taking over and his fundamentals are improving seemingly by the inning. If this is where he is at only two months into his catching career, the floor continues to rise. Do not sleep on Dinges as a legitimate catching prospect with immense offensive potential.
3) 1B Tayden Hall ripped a 107 mph double that one-hopped to the wall in right field. It's always nice to see Hall when he is attacking the zone. We all know he can take a free pass but this is a player who could benefit greatly from targeting and attacking pitches in and near the zone. With the 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 2 B, 1 K day at the dish Hall added 16 points to the season BA and his OPS is back above 0.600. It doesn't take much in the early going to get things trending back in the right direction.
Final:
Game 1: Salem (Red Sox) 4, Carolina 0
Box Score/Game Log
Game 2: Carolina 1, Salem (Red Sox) 0
Box Score/Game Log
Mudcats Secure Doubleheader Split with Salem
Hats off to RHP Travis Smith and LHP Bjorn Johnson for their combined seven-inning game two shutout. Smith worked around three pokes (no XBH's), 2 WP, and a HB with four punch outs. Johnson worked around two free passes with six punch outs of his own. Most impressive was Johnson's final frame three-up and three-down three strikeout work. This just after the Mudcats had claimed the lead on a Bitonti single to the right center field gap that was somehow run down and thrown in before he could advance to second base.
In game one, RHP Melvin Hernandez was poked around for nine hits in four innings of piggy back work allowing four runs (three earned) and a long ball in the process in addition to a double and triple. Jack Hostetler had pitched a scoreless three frames to get things started (1 H, 1 BB, 2 K). After a red hot start, Hernandez has scuffled a bit of late so he'll be looking to reclaim his stature and productivity in outings ahead. Regardless, it's hard to win any ball games when your offense musters two singles over seven innings. The Muddies will take the split and look to gain momentum throughout the rest of the series.
Three Quick Strikes:
1) It was truly a sight for sore eyes to see INF Luis Peña back in the line-up and swinging the bat. He plated the winning run in game two. He ripped a deep triple to get the brief party started. It's been alluded to on the periphery of late, but it's worth mentioning again: with all the Made hype coming into this season it is actually Peña who has been the more consistent and more impactful offensive presence. I don't want to compare these two players moving forward - I really don't; this is not an apples-to-apples scenario. BUT, it is certainly worth pointing out Peña is absurdly talented in his own right. Here's hoping he can continue experiencing full health.
2) Manager Nick Stanley is likely lamenting the production he is receiving from the center field battery of Jose Anderson and Braylon Payne right now. Payne, in particular, is mired in a prolonged struggle at the dish. The early season confidence appears to have faded into unsure AB's. Beyond the results, I don't particularly like his batting approach at present. He appears to be taking his lead foot and body away from the path of the ball as it approaches the plate. It all looks a bit discombobulated. I can only hope he rights himself. He was given a full game off in game two. Anderson went a combined 1-for-6 with 2 K in the two contests. He is still finding his way facing the stiffest pitching he has seen to date. Miles to go with both talented young players.
3) In a 1-0 shutout there are typically defensive standouts. I'm going to point to the combined work between 2B Luis Lameda and C Edgardo Ordonez. Welcome to Low-A, Edgardo! How about three 'CS' on your young tally. Incredible work. Ordonez clearly has an arm to work with as his balls were coming into second base hot. It allowed for the refusal of a double steal attempt with one runner heading home with LHP Bjorn Johnson protecting a 1-0 lead. On this specific play, it was also Lameda who made a beautiful charging grab and one-legged off-balance throw on the money to home plate to nab the would be base stealer.
Kudos to both young men. Lameda has impressed since arriving even though he has gone mostly unnoticed by casual fans. And, it's hard to put into words how impressive it is for a young catcher to debut at a level and work a combined shutout with his pitchers while shutting down all would be base stealers.
With the doubleheader split, the Mudcats stay 14 games above 0.500 at 30-16 overall. The Lynchburg Hillcats (28-19) swept their doubleheader vs Fredericksburg. The Mudcats remain in first by 2.5 G.
Remember, Biloxi will make up their game one rain out tomorrow in their doubleheader at Rocket City. They will kick things off in the early evening - as we know, both games will be abbreviated seven inning tilts. It looks like RHP Brett Wichrowski is scheduled for game one while LHP Nate Peterson will do his best to fill in as the starter in game two. RHP Bryce Meccage will look to build off the game two shutout - hopefully, the Mudcats bats show up. Nasvhille will have Carlos Rodriguez on the bump in his return from his first big-league win. RHP Tyson Hardin is indeed scheduled to start tomorrow (and this was confirmed in the above podcast). And, don't forget, the first place (14-5) ACL Brewers are back on the diamond in the late event and desert air. They will face the (5-14) ACL Padres.
As always, thanks for reading and thanks for supporting Brewers Minor League baseball.
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