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Rough time for Biloxi after losing Wiemer, Frelick, Mitchell, Reetz, Monasterio, Lutz and Campbell. It should be really interesting to see how Carlos F. Rodriguez fares in AA ball next year. Will he pick up a few ticks of speed through offseason work?

Our young men are fired up tonight. OF Arbert Cipion was ejected from Wisconsin’s game after grounding out in the 3rd inning. And RHP Justin Jarvis was ejected from Biloxi’s game after a long 3rd inning. Wisconsin and Peoria are now scoreless through five. Peoria seems to have left their bats somewhere, up against the formidable Carlos F. Rodriguez. And Biloxi trails 6-0 in the 4th inning - 3 runs off Jarvis, 3 off Kent Hasler.

I take it as a signal that they don’t intend to rush him along and don’t quite classify him on the prospect level of similarly-aged players like Hendry Mendez and Luis Castillo. The recent draft picks (Brown, Moore) and other older guys are probably getting more at-bats (e.g. Perez, Fernandez, Chirinos), because the club needs to see more of them to plan their levels/roles for 2023.

AAA Nashville has won consecutive one-run games to build a 3-1 series lead at home against Memphis. RHP Tyler Herb has recorded victories in his last 3 starts and has a 2.20 ERA over his last 45 innings. DH/OF Sal Frelick's on-base streak has reached 21 games:

Biloxi grabbed a win yesterday to cut their series deficit on the road against Rocket City to 3-1 and have RHP Justin Jarvis making his second AA start tonight (5 IP, 2 R, 5 Ks in his first start). C/1B Wes Clarke has an 8-game hitting streak:

Wisconsin's having a nice bounce-back week, leading Peoria 3-1 in this road series. RHP Carlos F. Rodriguez makes his 6th High-A start tonight, in which he's been dominant thus far (1.78 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 11.4 K/9 in 25 1/3 innings). DH/OF Jackson Chourio has homered in 4 of his last 5 games:

Carolina let yesterday's game slip away, so trails the series at home against Columbia 3-1, but has RHP Cameron Wagoner making his 2nd start of the season with the Mudcats tonight (3 shutout innings with 7 Ks in his Low-A debut). CF Eduarqui Fernandez comes into the game with a 7-game on-base streak:

With Caratini’s .597 OPS against lefties this year, I kind of wish we’d have given Ruiz a try there. Of course, Ruiz is not exactly a power hitter, so he’d more likely leg out an infield single and need someone to drive him home, but it really doesn’t look like our current approach is working. Sigh.

I’ll always benchmark against Gary Sheffield, who we kept in Low-A for his entire age-18 season: 17 homers, 103 RBIs, 81 walks, 48 Ks. He then skipped High-A and spent most of his age-19 season split between AA/AAA hitter’s heaven: 28 homers, 119 RBIs, 56 walks, 63 Ks, before getting 89 MLB plate appearances that same year. Let’s hope for an amazing 2023 in AA/AAA for Chourio, including evening up his BB/K ratio, though I’d imagine his present MLB debut track is more likely late May 2024 (unless the Super-2 rules have changed).

It’s not reflected on his player page, but LHP Karlos Morales is clearly back for High-A Wisconsin from the short suspension, as he pitched tonight

AA Biloxi has dropped 3 straight games at Rocket City, but has LHP Brandon Knarr (2.91 ERA in High-A/AA) starting tonight to break the skid. INF Felix Valerio (.683 OPS) makes his first-ever minor league start in center field: 1 - Corey Ray - DH 2 - Cam Devanney - SS 3 - Garrett Whitley - RF 4 - Thomas Dillard - 1B 5 - Felix Valerio - CF 6 - Zavier Warren - 3B 7 - Gabe Holt - 2B 8 - Nick Kahle - C 9 - Terence Doston - LF X - Brandon Knarr - P

Top pitching prospect 23-year old LHP Robert Gasser (3.82 ERA in High-A/AA) makes his AAA debut as Nashville hosts Memphis, with the Sounds needing every possible win to fend off 2nd-place Columbus (2.5 games back). 1B Jon Singleton started September with a bang yesterday, reaching base in all 5 plate appearances while collecting 4 hits and 3 RBIs;

Carolina needs a win to even their home series against Columbia 2-2 and has RHP Max Lazar making his 2nd rehab start with the team. 18-year old LF Luis Castillo comes in with a 13-game on-base streak:

21-year old RHP Alexander Cornielle makes his 2nd start for Wisconsin (5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 8 Ks in his first game), who seek to grab a 3-1 series lead in Peoria. 19-year old DH/C Jeferson Quero has homered in 2 of his last 3 games:

Jon Singleton powered Nashville to a 6-5 victory with a homer and four hits. Hedbert Perez and Carolina refused to be denied. Big days from Jeferson Quero and Cam Devanney weren’t enough for Wisconsin and Biloxi. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Jon Singleton powered Nashville to a 6-5 victory with a homer and four hits. Hedbert Perez and Carolina refused to be denied. Big days from Jeferson Quero and Cam Devanney weren’t enough for Wisconsin and Biloxi. Exciting 2022 second round draft pick Jacob Misiorowski lasted just five batters in his scheduled short debut for the Mudcats, who came back late to defeat Columbia in extra innings. Nashville’s early lead slipped away before the club scored two in the bottom of the 9th to walk off Memphis, the last on a Joey Wiemer full count walk. Wisconsin had no answers against Peoria, giving up 12 runs on 12 hits in a 12-3 defeat. Victor Castaneda kept Biloxi in the game over six solid innings, but the bullpen got rocked in an 8-2 loss to Rocket City. Thursday’s Game Balls go to the aforementioned Singleton, Perez, Quero, Devanney and Castaneda, with an honorable mention to Brice Turang. Transactions: OF Esteury Ruiz recalled to MLB Brewers from AAA Nashville RHP Luis Perdomo recalled to MLB Brewers from AAA Nashville RHP Noah Zavolas released from AA Biloxi (the 26-year old last pitched on August 5th and went on the season-ending injured list on August 11th) Game Action: Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville 6, Memphis 5 Box Score / Game Log Via the Sounds’ website, game details, and we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Sounds 'Walk' Off Redbirds 1B Jon Singleton (4-for-4, HR, walk, 3 RBIs) did the early heavy lifting, knocking in three runs in his first two at-bats, the latter a two-run bomb in the 3rd inning to stake the Sounds to a 4-0 lead. That’s his 22nd home run of 2022 to go along with an absurd 99 walks. The middle innings saw Memphis grab a 5-4 lead, though Nashville was just waiting for the bottom of the 9th inning to send the home crowd happy. Three consecutive singles from OF Sal Frelick (1-for-4, walk), SS Pablo Reyes (2-for-5, double) and 2B Brice Turang (3-for-5, RBI) tied the game at 5-5 before Memphis intentionally walked Singleton and then accidentally walked OF Joey Wiemer to end the game 6-5. How does Mr. Turang look at second base, you ask?: The victory gives Nashville a 2-1 series lead and keeps the team 2.5 games ahead of Columbus for first place in the division. Three Quick Strikes: A late scratch of RHP Dylan File forced RHP Marcus Walden (3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks) into starting on short rest, though he managed very well over three shutout innings, before being lifted after two singles opened the 4th inning. RHPs JC Mejia, Hobie Harris and Trevor Kelley combined to throw four scoreless innings of relief, with Kelley earning the win for his effort. Pedro Severino was another bright spot, going 3-for-4 as Nashville outhit Memphis 14-8. RHPs Zack Brown and Jake Cousins struggled a bit in their combined two innings of work, conceding three runs (two earned) and allowing two inherited runners to score. Friday’s outlook: After just four games in AA, 23-year old LHP Robert Gasser (3.82 ERA in High-A/AA) will make his AAA debut for the Sounds, who aim to extend their series lead. Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Rocket City 8, Biloxi 2 Box Score / Game Log Via the Shuckers’ website, game details: Big Seventh Sink Shuckers Starting RHP Victor Castaneda (6 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 6 Ks) danced through traffic over six innings to give the Shuckers a chance, before the bullpen entered and the wheels came off in the bottom of the 7th inning. The offensive bright spot was SS Cam Devanney (2-for-4, HR, walk, RBI), who walked and scored in the 1st inning, then connected on his 19th homer of 2022 in the top of the 7th inning to tie the game 2-2. LHP Clayton Andrews’ post-injury road back to AAA may appear longer after retiring just two of the seven batters he faced and exiting with the club down 4-2 and the bases loaded. This was his fourth appearance of 2022 and second this year with Biloxi. Don’t worry Clayton – better days are ahead! Three Quick Strikes: Unfortunately, things didn’t get better when RHP Robbie Baker entered in relief of Andrews, as he beaned a batter on his first pitch, then gave up two singles as the deficit ballooned to 8-2. At least RHP Robbie Hitt added a scoreless inning with two strikeouts in his short work. The team went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base, but DH/2B Felix Valerio (1-for-2, 2 walks) reached base three times and six Shuckers collected at least one hit on the day. Biloxi’s led every game in the series (2-0 in Game One, 5-1 in Game Two, 1-0 in Game Three), but unfortunately appear to be out-gunned against this strong Rocket City club (73-50 record). Friday’s outlook: LHP Brandon Knarr gets the call to start on Friday, with Biloxi needing a repeat of his last outing (6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 6 Ks) to avoid a 4-0 series deficit. Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Peoria 12, Wisconsin 3 Box Score / Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers’ website, details: Peoria Pounces on Wisconsin Miscues Wisconsin led this game 3-2 in the 4th inning on the strength of solo shots from DH/C Darrien Miller (1-for-4, HR, walk, RBI) and C Jeferson Quero (3-for-4, HR, walk, 2 RBIs), but the game was all Chiefs from that point. Starting RHP Israel Puello (5 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 3 Ks) struggled to hold that lead, giving up three consecutive hits in the bottom of the 4th inning as the team fell behind 4-3. Peoria grabbed four unearned runs against RHP Miguel Guerrero in a sloppy 6th inning, then another four runs off of struggling RHP Tyler Gillies in the 7th inning to extend their lead to 12-3. Three Quick Strikes: The Timber Rattlers loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the 4th inning, but collected just one run after two strikeouts and an out on the bases, followed by Manager Joe Ayrault being ejected. There were unfortunately no highlights for OF Jackson Chourio on this 0-for-5 day, but it was a welcome sight to have him back manning center field for the first time since a recent injury. RHP Christian Tripp was solid in 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and 2B Ethan Murray collected two singles on a 2-for-4 day. Friday’s outlook: RHP Alexander Cornielle (3.20 ERA in Low-A/High-A) will make his second High-A start (5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 8 Ks in his first one), trying to lead Wisconsin to a 3-1 series advantage. Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Carolina 7, Columbia 6 Box Score / Game Log Via the Mudcats’ website, game details: Perez Hits Tenth Inning Walk-Off in 7-6 Victory The exciting debut of 2022 second round draft pick 20-year old RHP Jacob Misiorowski (1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 4 BB, 0 K) was a bit of a letdown, as he walked four of the five batters he faced and exited after 32 pitches. Of course, it was always going to be a short first appearance for Mr. Misiorowski. Spencer Michaelis (Twitter: @smichaelis234) summarized the performance as follows, “Well Misiorowski didn’t make it out of the 1st inning (pitch count). He got squeezed on a few that Trackman thought were strikes. Including on 3-2 to the lead off. Then he had an auto ball for a BB after a long 3-2 battle. Fastball was *very* lively and touched 100 though. Slider backed up on him a few times but also threw some pretty decent ones. Was very close to a 1-2-3 inning with the tight zone and auto ball. Baseball is a funny game sometimes. Most importantly, his pure stuff does look pretty special.” That said, the GAME was terrific, as Carolina battled back to tie Columbia three times, the last being a two-run 8th inning to send the contest into extras, in which the Mudcats prevailed 7-6 on a DH/OF Hedbert Perez (3-for-5, two doubles, 2 RBIs) run-scoring single to bring home OF Hendry Mendez. Mr. Perez was involved throughout, as he also doubled and scored to tie the game 3-3 in the 2nd inning, then drove home OF Luis Castillo (1-for-4, walk) with an RBI double in the 6th inning to narrow the deficit to 6-4. RHP Alexander Vallecillo (5 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks) got the longman’s duty on this day, battling through five innings of three-run ball before exiting with the team down 6-4. The 8th inning rally started with walks by 1B Jesus Chirinos (1-for-3, two walks) and Castillo, followed by run-scoring singles from OF Eduarqui Fernandez (1-for-4, walk, RBI) and 3B Alberis Ferrer (1-for-2, walk, sac fly, 2 RBIs, SB) to knot the game at 6-6. Chirino also singled to open up the bottom of the 10th inning. LHP Pablo Garabitos (3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K) collected a deserved win with three shutout innings of work, including not allowing Manfred’s ghost to score in the 10th inning. Three Quick Strikes: RHP Trevor Tietz did very well to induce a groundball double play to strand all three runners left on base by Misiorowski in the 1st inning, but then ran into trouble himself in the 2nd inning, giving up two runs on two hits, a walk and a hit batsmen. Not to be lost in the heroics, 2B Robert Moore smacked his first home run in the Brewers’ organization to tie the game 1-1 in the 1st inning. Obviously working his way back to full strength after a recent absence, this was 2022 first round selection SS Eric Brown Jr.’s first game back in the field, although he went 0-for-4 and exited after eight innings. Friday’s outlook: RHP Max Lazar is scheduled to make his second rehab start with the Mudcats, who seek a win to tie the series 2-2 at home against Columbia. We hope that you enjoy the Minor League Link Report. Good luck on Friday to all teams! Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Links for affiliate audio Standings and sortable stat pages Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

Jon Singleton blasted a 2-run homer out to right field, his 22nd of the year. Sounds lead 4-0 in the 4th inning.

Darrien Miller and Jeferson Quero have both homered for Wisconsin. It’s 2-2 in the 3rd inning in Peoria.

Well that was unfortunately underwhelming: Jacob Misiorowski walked 4 of the first 5 batters and exited after just 32 pitches with 1 out in the 1st inning. Three of those walks went to full counts. Mudcats trail 3-1 early, but Robert Moore has homered (1st of minor league career).

- OF Esteury Ruiz recalled to MLB Brewers from AAA Nashville - RHP Luis Perdomo recalled to MLB Brewers from AAA Nashville - RHP Noah Zavolas released from AA Biloxi The Zavolas release really surprises me after a great 2019 in High-A, respectable 2021 in AA and recent turnaround after a slow start this year (2.61 ERA over last 20 2/3 IP; though 6.57 ERA on the season). Zavolas was recently placed on the season-ending injured list, so I wonder if this is similar to Braden Webb and Luke Barker where the athlete prefers to go his own route with surgery and rehab.

RHP Marcus Walden (5.50 ERA in 37 2/3 IP with the Sounds) threw 72 pitches 4 days ago, but gets the start tonight for AAA Nashville, who's tied 1-1 in their series at home against Memphis. Leadoff CF Sal Frelick has a 19-game on-base streak for the club:

Just-turned 24-year old RHP Victor Castaneda (4.14 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 9.5 K/9 in 95 2/3 innings) needs to turn the page on two rough outings in order to help Biloxi avoid a 3-0 series hole on the road against Rocket City. C/1B Wes Clarke (7-game hitting streak; homered in his AA debut yesterday) gets his first start behind the plate with the Shuckers:

After homering in 3 straight games as a DH since a return from injury, this marks CF Jackson Chourio's first game back in the outfield, as he looks to lead High-A Wisconsin to a 3-0 series lead in Peoria. RHP Israel Puello (5.46 ERA in Low-A/High-A) will strive to duplicate his terrific last start (6 1/3 IP, 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 5 BB, 6 Ks):

20-year old RHP Jacob Misiorowski (2nd round selection in 2022) makes his organizational debut, aiming to help Low-A Carolina turn around a 2-0 series deficit at home against Columbia. 1B Jesus Chirinos has put together a 17-game on-base streak and it's great to see 2022 first round pick Eric Brown Jr. back atop the order and playing shortstop:

C Jakson Reetz has found a new opportunity with Kansas City AAA affiliate Omaha