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Wilken needs to figure out what is ailing him at the plate. The second half outside a couple weeks in July when everyone was hitting has been a real struggle for him. Does he repeat AA next year? AFL candidate??

And in Nashville the bases loaded innings continue. Bases juiced and F. Mejia draw a walk to get the lead 1-0

Childers works around a lead off hit and a 1-out walk. Gets the K on 96 high heat. Then gets a line drive right to the 2B. On to the 8th. Bullpen has been doing it's job so far.

4-1 on to bottom 7 after Murray pops out. W. Childers in to pitch this inning.

How about Anthony Flores who goes 5 IP in his first start at low A. And the ACL crew of Flores - Reyes - Sanchez pitch all but 2 innings of this game. And TRats winning - still no Adams or Pratt, and no Lara or T. Hall today. Still no Burke either. But the offense did get it going Hitless and scoreless in Birmingham - any surprise there. Probably another lower scoring affair.

Short answer - no there is. Thread on this as well -

For KC Hunt fans. He was let down by defense first hit in the 5th was a hard hit ball but Sparks mid-read it maybe and had a chance to catch it but missed The after a very nice play by Wilken on sac bunt, and a tough at bat by Goosenburg who draws a walk after laying off some tough pitches. the double steal. Catcher should have just held on, as his throw was not great and EBJ had no chance to throw the 3rd base runner out. But oh well. A groundout to first (should have been out #3) and then this breaking pitch in the dirt that’s a wild pitch. Could have been blocked, but wasn’t and scores the second run. You see the dirt kick up and the ball scoots past the glove under his legs.

Agree. Nagging little injuries happen often and there is also some adjustments a player makes with promotions, or in his case becoming a pro. But let’s hope we never hear about what happened since then it is likely minor.

Understood. But he was a prospect and could have been involved in another trade. His fortunes could have been different here. I know a lot of what ifs. Still with how Bush and really any of the relievers we traded for have turned out I’d rather have traded for another player or no one at all. I will say 2021 I was on board with but it did feel losing Olson was going to be a tough one . 2022 made no sense at all. Although I will say that I actually liked the Kelly for Bush swap as I saw Bush as what Kelly could be. And I guess in a sense I was right - both non factors and DFA’d. But Chafin and Mears seemed like stretches. And Mears looks like an overpay.

Hunt gets the last out. 5 IP. And I didn't see the double he allowed but sounds like off Sparks glove. So the defense let him down with the double, the double steal and the "wild pitch" that all created the 2 runs he let in. Good performance by KC overall. Looked in command for most of the start. Let's hope the Shuckers can get some more runs and pull out a W. The offense needs to wake up again for at least an inning and let's hope the shut down bullpen can do it. But it doesn't look like a win forthcoming in the other contests. However, I will look forward to reading all about the games tomorrow. Thank you again to @Ro Mueller @Joseph Zarr @Jim Goulart for all the time you guys do to create the daily Minor League Link Reports - I never start a day without reading it!!! Cheers! Good night all.

Just a poor play by Kahle behind the plate. I think it's called a WP, but it is a passed ball. And it is now 2-2. Hunt pitch count is getting up there, let's hope he can just end the inning and sit down with a tie game after a relatively solid start. EDIT - It's 8-0 Jacksonville over Nashville. And it's 7-0 Loons over the TRats. Once KC Hunt night is over I may call it a night. I came for the starting pitching and saw a few couple encouraging starts.

Hunt in some trouble and not commanding as well. Double sac bunt and now a walk. On a 1-0 count, and a high ball and a SB attempt by Barons, but the throw is to the 1st base side and EBJ cuts it off and tries to go home but to no avail as the runner on 3rd scores. 2-1 Shuckers.

Sweet defense by Biloxi for another 3 up 3 down inning. Nice play on a grounder to EBJ. Then a nice catch on a flare/line to SS. And Wilken snags a hard hit ball. Hunt in command after 4 IP. Root is mercifully getting the hook after allowing 5 runs and only 2 outs. Rough inning for him and hopefully a learning experience. Not much going in Nashville - Sounds with only 2 hits and still down 6-0.

Root is just losing his command this inning. One just comlpetely gets away from him for another HBP. Another run. This is tough to watch. Birchard threw a lot of pitches but did have command. Shuckers do not get teh runner home and on to bottom of 4.

Well the Barons defense lets them down, and Shuckers have another runner on base. Meanwhile, just to report that Garcia/Valerio is not the same defense as Pratt/Areinamo. A grounder up the middle and Garcia tries to slide, and misses it, and Valerio can't pick it up. Everyone safe and it's 1-0 Loons. Then a HBP and it's 2-0 Loons, and no one out, bases still juiced. Root struggling with command.

Hall gives up 2 more and his night is done. Not a great start. McKendry in. And nice diving play by Murray to make it another 3 up and 3 down for Hunt.

Hunt buckles down and gets the K. Nice job. But DL Hall in trouble. and a double scores 2 more. He is not rolling tonight. Bummer Birchard night is done after 3 and Root in to relieve him.

And after a K, two bloop hits and Barons have men on 1st and 2nd. Let's get outta the inning here Mr. Hunt. Meanwhile nothing going for Wisconsin or Nashville in their half of the inning/

Nice bounce back inning by Hall. I Ididn't get to watch, but 3 up and 3 down. On to the bottom of 2. KC Hunt back to pitch in Birmingham with a 2-0 lead. That is a nice feeling for him, hopefully not too foreign for him that he can't pitch with the lead 😉

And Biloxi breaks through. Barons defense just abandons their pitcher. An error, and then a botched catcher to 1B pick off, and Warren gets a hit on a ball that the SS could have had. But I'll take it!! 2-0 Shuckers. Let's go. And TRats up to bat now. While DL Hall back to work on inning #2

Birchard keeps it scoreless. 6K in 3 IP. Nice job. But 60 pitches to get through 3, so needs to get a little more efficiency as he ramps up. Shuckers are threatening against uber prospect Noah Schultz.

Mudcats didn't have the come back rally in them tonight. Meanwhile scoreless across the other games.... wait nope. Jacksonville hits a 2-run HR off DL Hall top of 1. Ugh.

Just to clarify this point, that is 2-7 in games where the final score was 1-0, or only 1 run scored total. They have played in more games decided by 1 run. But, wow more than half of the games were decided by 2 runs or less, I mean that is common in baseball, but > 50% of the games being that tight seems high.

All I can ask is that the team stops trading for relief pitchers at the deadline. 2021 - Curtiss and Norris. Oof. Lost a very good pitcher in the process, and received little value 2022 - Hader trade aside - which was US trading a RP. But Bush and Rosenthal. Big whiffs 2023 - Chafin. Adding no value 2024 - Mears, looking to be a little to no value and cost a couple of decent pitchers. Best relievers have been added via waiver or smaller trades (Megill, Payamps, Peguero, Hudson; and Feyereisen, Cousins, etc on the past). I would have to look back to see the last good reliever that was acquired at the trade deadline for this club. most trade deadline acquisitions have been duds since 2018 and 2019 (Pomeranz and Lyles were surprising upgrades), but relievers have been a major major miss. And in the process lost prospects like A. Kelly, R. Olson, Blalock/Herrera among others who would be good to have in the roster or for other trades. EDIT: for disclosure I made this post and then I saw this article pop up on my google page (probably because I had been searching for info on trade deadline brewers and relievers to research this post). But I did not see this before posting. No intent on plagiarizing the idea, as I just read it now - so this is more of a coincidence. article link : https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/the-curse-of-the-milwaukee-brewers-trade-deadline-reliever-continues-01j5y52nj0pr

And. Yup. Thanks for reminding us Jospeh. A bump in the playoff lead to 2 (or 2.5?) games up on MBraves. Not a 4-0 night, but I’ll take 3-1 with some nice outings by Shane Smith, Aaron Ashby, Elvis Peguero, and Enoli Paredes.