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And... just as Chris Edwards says Disla is a candidate to ground into a double play, next pitch, Pratt to first, DP. Mudcats win!! No hit or walk for Pratt. On base streak ends, but I think he'll take starting the game ending double play. Meanwhile Nashville trying to make this interesting. Bases juiced with 2 outs.

Yoho slams the door by making the hitter look silly. Just overmatched, and it's still 7-2. A runner on first with a broken bat single, and it's 1 out, runner on first with Dikember Sanchez trying to close it out. Now at 38 pitches. Time out, injury to catcher D. Garcia - hit on a foul ball right where it hurts. Ouch.

Crazy play in Mississippi. Line ball off Warren's (1b) glove into O'Rae (2b) and it's a line out. Your typical 3-4 line out right? Ashby gives up a run, 4-2 Memphis, ugh, but gets out of the inning. Dikember Sanchez on to close it out in Zebulon. M-Braves get a few singles now after that crazy play and it's 7-2 Shuckers in the bottom of 7. And that's a pitching change. TRats in cruise control

Briceno singles, and runners on 1st and 2nd in the bottom of the 8th, DiTuri up. Need two more to get on to get Pratt another at bat. Still 6-4 Muddies. But DiTuri grounds out. Root on trying to keep the TRats up. Merkel still on for the Shuckers. Not much happening in Nashville yet since the delay. But Ashby is on - oh boy

Wilken with a bases loaded walk. 5-1 Shuckers. Miller strikes out. EBJ walks, and it's 6-1. While Adams walks (I think) then a single by Wood, runners on the corners. And Sanchez still dealing in the 8th with Mudcats clinging to a 6-4 lead.

Sparks with a triple, and Shuckers extend the lead 4-1 Meanshile Fitz in trouble in Wisconsin trying to escape a base loaded jam... and pitch #80 fly ball to LF. On to the bottom of 5, still 8-0 TRats!

So in reading the comments I just realized you can have more than one game going on your computer. And I'm watching the different games, and I am clearly a rookie at this, nowhere near as good as @Joseph Zarr and others, so I making all kinds of errors in my reporting. Sorry 😌

Single by Sparks, O'Rae single, then CDRod legs out a grounder to avoid the DP, and Sparks to third, hard hit single by Wilken ties it up 1-1. Nice job. Miller gets a walk (surprise, right). Then EBJ of all people lines to RF, adn it's a 3-1 Shuckers lead. Merkel on for Henderson to try to hold the lead. And keeps it 3-1, on to the 7th

My bad again. I thought it hopped over the wall for a ground rule 2B, but I see that now. Either way, he ripped it.

The TRats are going again. Sac Fly by Fernandez, then stolen base and Lara gets a 2 run single. 8-0 Wisconsin.

Oh crap. My bad. Shuckers yeah Shuckers. Ugh.

Whew. Bases loaded jam and Nova strikes the man out keeps it 4-4 game in the 6th. Bottom 6 - Reece Walling double. David Garcia with a double, 5-4 Muddies. Castillo strikes out. But Y. Garcia with a single it's not 6-4 Muddies

Wow he lasered that out. After a great single by Areinamo. Adams just has so much fun playing doesn't he?

Not to mention the muffed plays by Hernandez and Zamora. He gets hit hard on some pitches, but weak contact on others. Hall can look great for a batter or two, but then gets hit. He is frustrating. Not sure what to do with him

Hall - can he be optioned to stay in AAA? The other option is put him in the bullpen to work on his pitching?

Biloxi and the ACL squad are the only ones with a losing record. And Biloxi could have a solid second half if the offense (Boeve, Wilken, CDRod, ORae, Miller) can stay consistent as the talent is there, and with strong performances by the pitching crew (Blalock, Henderson, Miz and Smith). ACL not as big of a concern as far as records. Nashville is around .500 and could go up or down. But the W-L for a team is not as important as player development, but the system having success and winning game WHILE developing players is exciting!

Sorry meant to be sarcasm font. I think given how awesome his start has been, when you look at his monthly splits it just sticks out - but yes one good game tomorrow or the next day and all is well. I know he will be well. Seriously you take away the first 3 games of the ACL season and his last three games, his numbers are incredibly silly good.

Bitonti struggling this month. Now 1-9 with 6K in July. 🙁 Yes small sample size, and I’m just impatient but want him to just take and force himself to the Mudcats. Also can we continue to talk about Melvin Hernandez, happy belated birthday young man, just 18 years and 1 day old, and 39 K in 37 IP in 9 games. That’s 4 IP per appearance, which is a lot for the complex. I am hopeful he can be next years M. Rodriguez or E. Cortez. He’s listed as 5’ 11” and 139 😳😳. Maybe a growth spurt gets him some more size and years of development ahead.

DSL boys scoring runs aplenty. DSL-2 with 2 TDs 9(14 runs, however only on 7 hits, but Royals giving 14 free passes and 2 errors wow). DSL-1 only a TD on 8 hits. Made had a nice day 3-3 with a walk. And Peña “only” 1-4 with a double, …. And checks box score …. Yup a stolen base. Good grief #24 in 20 games. And fun fact - he has as many doubles (7) as strikeouts (7), and more walk/HBP (5 and 3 for a totals of 8) than strikeouts. Sheesh. This is a very offense friendly league, and a lot of wild pitching, wild defense, se numbers are off the charts even factoring in all these things. ACL boys trying to keep pace with 4 runs in 2 innings. Bitonti in a mini “slump” as he’s 1-7 this month so far with 4 K (0-1 with a walk today). Maybe he’s bummed he hasn’t gotten the call to Zebulon😉 - c’mon big fella let’s get a few big hits and force the issue Jospeh and I both with DSL posts, but highlight different players - says a lot of the DSl squads that we can both highlight different players of note😳

Areinamo is one of those kinds of players that teammates and mangers must appreciate, he does little things. For a young kid, he doesn’t seem to make dumb decisions much, fields his position soundly but not flashy. His hitting was holding him back, good average last year with little/no power, and hitting turning around this year now, his movements at the plate when the pitch is delivered may mess him up and may need to be quieted down and his power may limit him, but another solid middle IF prospect along with ORae who can be versatile and seems to add to a club when he is on it. Miller - the only other real catching prospect we have outside of Quero. His an OBP machine due to walks and HBP.

The Brewers prospect pool and talent is strong. Lacking the high end talent due to graduations of Chourio, Frelick and Ortiz, as well as the injury of Quero and Misiorowski’s struggles with any consistency, they still boast great depth. Name a position and there are several prospects playing well at young ages with more upside. Pratt, Y. Rodriguez represent 2 guys who could be top 100 prospects this year or next. Wilken and Boeve are top picks from last year who are at AA doing well, not great. But that’s aggressive for development. And the DSL teams are teeming with breakout candidates, Pitching lacks the high end (other than Miz who is really struggling with consistency, yes I’m repeating myself), and no Burnes in the system. But each club has 3-4 pitchers of note, and many are unsung but this is what the brewers have excelled at - getting innings out of players to make the rotation strong and the bullpen elite. So Yoho may not make top 100 lists as a reliever, but he could be dominant. And there are 2 of last years pitchers drafted in 2023 who are in AA (Yoho and Wichrowski) and 2 others who could join them (Manfredi and Kuener). Lower minors sees a lot of young arms - just look at Carolina where three 18yo (top pick Knoth, M. Rodriguez, and E Cortez) N]and two 19yo (‘23 draftee Letson, and D. Corniel) anchoring the starting rotation. So far from perfect, and less shiny than last year, but a deep prospect pool, and that competition can bring out the best, and having multiple players at a position means you are less reliant on one player developing, but expecting one of that group to shine. Like with SS where Cooper Pratt seems to be taking that mantle for now (but with Guilarte, DiTuri, Adamczewski, and DSL Made/Pena all ready to step up to fight for that too).

Yeah sorry about that. Work has been crazy busy lately, so I have been left with Gameday/Box score scrolling and less viewing. Hoping to get back to some live game feeds this week again. It is true. A fly out, or single seem straightforward, unless you see the difficult catch, or the excuse me hit. They both count the same as a lazy fly ball or scorched single to right, but the process is so much different even in the results are the same. Glad we have folks like you watching the action. I hope to be back at that again soon.

Gregory Barrios seemed to be turning the corner, and having a good year offensively. His defense is high quality and likely to stick at SS. With EBJ slumping, Barrios had a chance to become part of the future SS discussion. It now likely falls to Cooper Pratt, who will likely see a bump up to Wisconsin sometime this summer, maybe sooner rather than later. Or Jadher Areinamo will move over to SS, but he seems entrenched as a 2B prospect for now. If Barrios was having a true breakout season, it will be sad to see him go (as one of the minor league fans), but if this was a season of his career then he picked a good one. Hopefully Civale can provide some quality innings. He doesn't inspire me too much, hopefully I am wrong (as I have been so so many times), but I had the same feeling on the 2021 Daniel Norris for Reese Olson trade (but I also tend to overvalue our prospects too much).

Ugh. Walk off 3 run jack. Sounds lose 13-11

Top stars of the night so far HM- . Areinamo/G. Barrios, Both 3-4. 5. Case Martin 2-4 with 3 RBI in the win 4. Yophery with a 3-5 night with two 2B, and an outfield assist in the loss 2-3. Wiemer or Black, who will be #2 or #3. Both with 2 hits, and each with a HR. Black was for the lead in the 8th. Wiemer - nice to see him get some hits. Hopefully he can continue Black a ground out with the opportunity to extend the 10th for Wiemer 1. Blalock, 7 IP 1-hit ball with 5 K. Impressive stat line.