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Biloxi C Jakson Reetz has an RBI single and has also thrown out 3 out of 4 attempted base stealers.

Five, count ‘em 5 first innings runs for Carolina against the Cubs’ affiliate, with Jeferson Quero collecting an RBI single, Eduardo Garcia an RBI ground rule double and Hedbert Perez a 2-run homer!

The first 3 hitters of the game reached (1 scoring), but RHP Miguel Segura contained the damage by striking out the final 3 batters. Myrtle Beach 1, Carolina 0.

Nashville is poised to bounce back at home against Orioles' affiliate Norfolk this week, with the first game featuring LHP Ethan Small's (1.88 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 11.5 K/9 in 38/13 AAA innings) return to AAA ball after his MLB debut 8 days ago. CF Jonathan Davis has an 18-game on-base streak and will lead off the squad again tonight:

Biloxi returns home this week to take out their frustrations on the Cubs' AA affiliate Tennessee. RHP TJ Shook (3.50 ERA, 1.29 ERA, 10.7 K/9 in 46 1/3 innings at High-A / AA) gets the start in the opening game, his 11th appearance of 2022 (4th with the Shuckers). RF Tristen Lutz (.819 OPS in 120 plate appearances) continues to enjoy a solid season, coming in with a 10-game on-base streak:

The Timber Rattlers are on the road this week, facing off against Marlins' High-A affiliate Beloit. LHP Russell Smith (5.88 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 7.8 K/9 in 33 2/3 innings) gets the Game 1 start. 1B Ashton McGee is heating up after a slow start to the season, now bearing a 7-game hitting streak:

Our young Mudcats are home this week, taking on Cubs' Low-A affiliate Myrtle Beach, which has the best record in the 12-team Carolina League. RHP Miguel Segura (4.09 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 7.9 K/9 in 33 innings) gets the opening start, his 11th appearance of 2022. Offensively, the story remains CF Jackson Chourio, who has a 12-game hitting streak (20-game on-base streak), including 6 hits in his last 2 games and 3 homers over his last 5 games:

- LHP Brandon Knarr promoted from High-A Wisconsin to AA Biloxi

These are NOT the transactions which I signed up for: - RHP Victor Castaneda to AA Biloxi's 7-day injured list - RHP Harold Chirino to AA Biloxi's 7-day injured list - RHP Luis Contreras to AA Biloxi's 7-day injured list - RHP Justin Bullock to AA Biloxi's 7-day injured list

The season openers for the Brewers' Arizona Complex League teams (Blue and Gold) are underway, with organizational debuts for SS Daniel Guilarte ($1m signing bonus in 2021), DH/INF Jonatan Guzman and 2021 14th round pick OF Jace Avina. The Brewers' two top DSL pitchers of 2021 (RHPs Alexander Vallecillo, Domingo Mejia) make their stateside debuts, along with SS Gregory Barrios ($1m signing bonus in 2021) and several other interesting young players: ACL Brewers Blue lineup against ACL Reds: 1 – Daniel Guilarte – SS $1m 2021 bonus, org debut 2 – Jace Avina – CF 2021 14th round pick, org debut 3 – Quinton Low – 1B 2021 13th round pick 4 – Eduarqui Fernandez – RF .696 OPS in ACL last year 5 – Felipe Valderrama – C .670 OPS in DSL last year 6 – Beyker Pastran – 3B .556 OPS in ACL last year 7 – Jonatan Guzman – DH organizational debut 8 – Alexander Perez – 2B .609 OPS in DSL last year 9 – Reidy Mercado – LF .668 OPS in ACL last year X – Alexander Vallecillo – P 1.80 ERA, 0.95 WHIP in DSL last year ACL Brewers Gold lineup against ACL Athletics: 1 – Jadher Areinamo – 2B .715 OPS in DSL last year 2 – Gregory Barrios – SS $1m 2021 bonus 3 – Blayberg Diaz – C .770 OPS in ACL last year 4 – Jesus Parra – 1B .566 OPS in ACL last year 5 – Luis Castillo – RF .629 OPS in DSL last year 6 – Eduarh Colina – LF .741 OPS in DSL last year 7 – Kaylan Nicasia – 3B 2021 16th round pick 8 – Rafael Martinez – CF .774 OPS in DSL last year 9 – Carlos Roa – DH .527 OPS in ACL last year X – Domingo Mejia – P 1.98 ERA, 1.02 WHIP in DSL last year

- RHP Lucas Erceg assigned to AAA Nashville from AA Biloxi - RHP Zach Vennaro assigned to AA Biloxi from AAA Nashville - RHP Kent Hasler assigned to AA Biloxi from AAA Nashville - RHP Trevor Tietz assigned to ACL Brewers Blue from Low-A Carolina - RHP Bryce Milligan released

Several super-young infielders to watch in the Arizona Complex League in Ney Serrano (decent in DSL), Gregory Barrios (big bonus, struggled in DSL), Jadher Areinamo (solid in DSL), Jonatan Guzman (yet to debut) and Daniel Guilarte (big bonus, yet to debut), plus Luis Castillo (struggled a bit in DSL) in the outfield. All of these guys will remain 18 throughout this season. Here's a random highlight from DSL's 2021 preseason, which we hope to see much of in ACL 2022:

- INF Jadher Areinamo assigned to ACL Brewers Gold from High-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - RHP Bryce Milligan assigned to ACL Brewers Blue (he hasn't pitched since 2019, so I assume this assignment is for rehab work) - RHP Brailin Rodriguez is listed as being ACL Brewers Blue's 60-day injured list - INF Daniel Castillo placed on ACL Brewers Blue's 7-day injured list - LHP Josh Shapiro is listed as being ACL Brewers Blue's 60-day injured list - RHP Mario Perez placed on ACL Brewers Blue's 60-day injured list - OF Larry Ernesto is listed as being on ACL Brewers Gold's 7-day injured list - RHP Breiner Carvajal placed on ACL Brewers Gold's 7-day injured list

As will generally always be the case, the DSL squads get us started bright and early. Here are the opening day lineups, as Brewers1 takes on Phillies Red and Brewers2 goes toe to toe with Tigers1: Brewers1 Lineup: 1 – Luis Lara – CF (2022 signing - $1.1m) 2 – Gery Holguin – SS (2022 signing - $450k) 3 – Jhonny Severino – 3B (2022 signing - $1.23m) 4 – Fabricio Valera – RF (2022 signing - $400k) 5 – Duncan Garcia – LF (2021 signing - .672 OPS) 6 – Angel Pereira – 2B (2022 signing - $275k) 7 – Miguel Briceno – DH (2019 signing - .668 OPS) 8 – Darlin Lora – C (2021 signing - .616 OPS) 9 – Arnys Rodriguez – 1B (2019 signing - .501 OPS) X – Kevin Briceno – P (2021 signing – 1.00 WHIP) Brewers2 Lineup: 1 – Reminton Batista – CF (2022 signing - $10k) 2 – Jamal Zalm – DH (2019 signing - .763 OPS) 3 – Juan Baez – 3B (2022 signing - $10k) 4 – Johan Barrios – SS (2022 signing - $1.385m) 5 – Yeison Perez – 1B (2021 signing - .626 OPS) 6 – Eric Martinez – C (2021 signing - .636 OPS) 7 – Jose Gonzalez – LF (2019 signing - .743 OPS) 8 – Irving Iguales – RF (2021 signing – not yet debuted) 9 – Donis Rodriguez – 2B (2022 signing - $40k) X – Daurys Mora – P (2022 signing - $10k)

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Monday, lineup updates, etc. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Arizona Complex League Scoreboard Dominican Summer League Scoreboard 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

Jackson Chourio provided most the offense in Carolina’s 6-3 win, with Carlos F. Rodriguez shutting the door with 4 scoreless innings. Justin Jarvis pitched Wisconsin to a series-tying victory. Biloxi once again led most of their game, before inventing a new way to lose (3 ninth inning runs on zero hits). Nashville lost its first series of the season, failing to match Durham’s clutch hitting. Image courtesy of Steve Buhr - Brewer Fanatic Jackson Chourio provided most the offense in Carolina’s 6-3 win, with Carlos F. Rodriguez shutting the door with 4 scoreless innings. Justin Jarvis pitched Wisconsin to a series-tying victory. Biloxi once again led most of their game, before inventing a new way to lose (3 ninth inning runs on zero hits). Nashville lost its first series of the season, failing to match Durham’s clutch hitting. In Sunday’s finales, three fine pitching performances very nearly resulted in three victories, though Biloxi’s generous bullpen narrowed it to a 2-win, 2-loss day for the Brewers’ MILB affiliates. In Lynchburg, the combination of Jackson Chourio (HR, 3 RBIs) and Carlos F. Rodriguez (4 shutout innings, 8 Ks) was too much for the Hillcats. In Pensacola, Sal Frelick, Felix Valerio and Nick Bennett put the Shuckers firmly in charge (6-1 lead mid-way; 6-4 entering the 9th inning), though Biloxi’s bullpen was once again unable to hold the lead, losing their 5th one-run game of the week. At home against Peoria, Justin Jarvis (6 innings, 1 run, 3 hits) didn’t require much offensive support, but received it anyway with home runs by Zavier Warren, Ashton McGee and Alex Hall, enabling Wisconsin to split the series 3-3. In Durham, Nashville only managed to score 1 run despite a few early opportunities, whilst the Bulls made the most of their chances. Durham’s bullpen was exceptional, retiring the final 14 Sounds of the game in dropping Nashville to its first series loss of 2022. Sunday’s Game Balls go to the aforementioned Chourio, Jarvis, Rodriguez, Bennett and Frelick. Transactions: The Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League start their seasons today, Monday, June 6th, so there were dozens of promotions and appointments. Links to season opening rosters are here, whilst promotions are noted at the bottom of today’s summary: ACL Brewers Blue ACL Brewers Gold DSL Brewers1 DSL Brewers2 Game Action: Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Carolina 6, Lynchburg 3 Box Score / Game Log Via the Mudcats’ website, game details, and we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Chourio Stays Red Hot in 6-3 Finale Victory Down 4-1 in this week’s tough series in Lynchburg and needing a victory to claw back to within a half-game of first place, OF Jackson Chourio and SS Eduardo Garcia rang the ball early, with 1st and 2nd inning homers, respectively, to give Carolina a 2-0 lead. Chourio also singled and scored in the 4th inning to restore the 2-run lead at 3-1. RHP Alexander Cornielle bravely fought through traffic over 5 innings of work, conceding an unearned run in the 3rd inning, then a home run, walk and RBI single in the 4th inning as the Hillcats knotted up the game 3-3. The entrance RHP Carlos F. Rodriguez in relief in the bottom of the 6th inning had to give the Mudcats a shot of confidence. Still 3-3 in the 8th inning, it was Jackson Chourio once again who came through, plating Jheremy Vargas (who’d walked) and Luis Silva (who’d singled) with a 1-out, 2-run single to enable Carolina to re-take the lead at 5-3. OF Oswal Leones then added another run with an RBI double in the 9th inning for good measure. As to Rodriguez, he faced the minimum number of hitters (9) through 3 innings of work, then had to work out of a 2-on, 1-out situation in the 9th. Of course, he cleaned it up nicely, striking out the final two batters on 7 pitches. Performances of Note: Jackson Chourio – 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs Jeferson Quero – 3-4, SB Eduardo Garcia – 1-4, HR, RBI Oswal Leones – 1-4, double, RBI Hedbert Perez – 1-3, SF, RBI Jheremy Vargas – 1-4, walk Luis Silva – 1-2 Alexander Cornielle – 5 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 5 H, 3 BB, 1 WP, 3 Ks Carlos F. Rodriguez (Win) – 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks Next week’s outlook: The 28-23 Mudcats face off against the top team in Low-A as they host 36-15 Myrtle Beach Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Wisconsin 5, Peoria 1 Box Score / Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers’ website, game details: Rattlers Hit Three Homers in Support of Jarvis to Beat Peoria We encourage you to also have a look at the fine game video summary put together by Wisconsin's terrific media team: Wisconsin’s see-saw week at home against Peoria was looking bright from the outset, with starting RHP Justin Jarvis playing some of his best baseball over recent starts and Zavier Warren smacking a first inning homer (his 3rd of the year) to give the Timber Rattlers the early 1-0 lead. Jarvis was excellent as usual, conceding only 1 run and 3 hits over 6 solid innings of work. That run came via a triple-single combination to start off the second inning, after which the Chiefs did not manage even a single hit over Jarvis’ next 5 innings. The tight 1-1 affair didn’t open up until 1B Ashton McGee’s solo homer to lead off the bottom of the 5th inning. It’s wonderful to see McGee put his miserable start to 2022 far in the review mirror. That’s his second dinger of the year (first in Wisconsin) and he’s now sporting a 7-game hitting streak. Furthermore, he recorded zero strikeouts for the 3rd straight game. In the 7th inning, highly effective RHP Joey Matulovich picked up where Jarvis left off, before C Alex Hall blasted a 2-run homer (bringing home OF Arbert Cipion, who’d singled) to stretch Wisconsin’s lead to 4-1. Combined, Matulovich and RHP James Meeker covered the final 3 scoreless innings, only allowing 2 harmless singles. Oh, and pesky 2B Jose Acosta (recently acquired from Texas) looks like a keeper, singling and scoring via wild pitch in the 8th inning to put the finishing touch on the 5-1 scoreline. He now has a 5-game hitting streak (3 with Wisconsin, 2 from prior club). Performances of Note: Alex Hall – 1-3, HR, 2 RBIs Ashton McGee – 1-2, HR, walk, RBI Zavier Warren – 1-4, HR, RBI Jose Acosta – 1-3 Arbert Cipion – 1-4, SB Justin Jarvis (Win) – 6 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks Joey Matulovich – 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 Ks James Meeker – 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K Next week’s outlook: The 31-20 Timber Rattlers sit in 2nd place in their division and hit the road as they take on Beloit, whilst keeping one eye on first place Cedar Rapids. Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Pensacola 7, Biloxi 6 Box Score / Game Log Via the Shuckers’ website, game details: Blue Wahoos Shock Shuckers Again in Ninth While Pensacola aims to win the first half division title, the Shuckers appear to be playing some sort of catch-and-release game instead. Losing a 5th one-run game of the week is extremely painful. Keep your heads up men! There are certainly better days ahead. In this contest, Biloxi shook off the disappointment of a failure to cash in on a first inning, bases loaded situation to jump out to leads of 3-0 and 6-1 on the strength of 2-run blasts by OF Sal Frelick (2nd inning – his first since his promotion to AA) and 2B Felix Valerio (4th inning). On the mound, LHP Nick Bennett put together a solid performance, conceding 2 runs on 3 hits over 4 2/3 innings. Unlike Saturday’s contest, when Biloxi appeared out of bullpen arms as RHP Taylor Floyd struggled in an attempted 2nd inning of work, Manager Guerrero employed something of a quick hook in this game, well at least until the fateful 9th inning: RHP Nash Walters pitched to just 2 batters, closing out the 5th inning to retain the Shuckers’ 6-2 lead RHP Carlos Luna threw 60 pitches to get through 2 2/3 innings, though that included 2 runs to tighten the game at 6-4 in the 8th inning RHP Arnaldo Hernandez picked up Luna nicely, striking out the only batter he faced to strand a runner at 3rd base Of course, in line with the theme of the week, Biloxi essentially laid down in the 9th inning, generously allowing 6 Blue Wahoo batters to reach base without even managing a single hit. Sunday’s nightmare experience went to RHP Harold Chirino, who’ll want to forget the walk and then 4 consecutive hit batsmen to end the contest in favor of Pensacola at 7-6. Performances of Note: Gabe Holt – 3-4, RBI Sal Frelick – 2-5, HR, double, 2 RBIs Felix Valerio – 1-3, HR, walk, HBP, 2 RBIs, SB Cam Devanney – 1-4, double, SF, RBI Jakson Reetz – 1-4, double, walk Tristen Lutz – 1-4, walk Nick Bennett – 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 7 Ks Carlos Luna – 2 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K Harold Chirino (Loss) – 0 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 0 H, 1 BB, 4 HBP, 0 K Next week’s outlook: The 23-36 Shuckers are home this week, seeking to turn over a new leaf as they face the 29-22 Tennessee Smokies. Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Durham 4, Nashville 1 Box Score / Game Log Via the Sounds’ website, game details: Sounds Drop First Series With Sunday Loss While it’s natural to expect a dip in Nashville’s performance when so many of their players are unavailable due to call-ups to the Big Club and/or its taxi squad. However, Sunday’s defeat was actually more a matter of Durham simply cashing in on the few opportunities which came its way. For the game, the Sounds went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position (leaving 5 men on base), while Durham went 2-for-4 in the same position (leaving only 2 men on base in the game). Credit Durham for their clutch hitting and pitching, then try again next week gentlemen! Despite OFs Jonathan Davis and Abraham Almonte putting Nashville in strong position with a first inning single and double, they were left stranded, while Durham went the easy route via solo homer by Jonathan Aranda (his 9th of the year) in the bottom half of the inning. Almonte then tied things up with an RBI single in the 3rd inning, but that’s the only run the Sounds would manage to bring home this day. A double and RBI single gave the Bulls a 2-1 lead against starting RHP Dylan File in the same inning. This lead was extended to 4-1 in File’s final inning of work (the 6th inning) via an infield single, full-count walk, base hit and steal of home. Credit to Durham for retiring the final 14 Nashville batters of the game. Unfortunately, the loss meant a 4-2 series defeat for the Sounds, their first series loss of 2022. Performances of Note: Abraham Almonte – 2-4, double, RBI Jonathan Davis – 1-3, walk, SB Brian Navarreto – 1-3 Dylan File (Loss) – 6 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks Peter Strzelecki – 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K Zach Vennaro – 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K Next week’s outlook: Nashville (34-19) return home after their 2-week road trip, aiming to get back to their winning ways as they host 26-28 Norfolk. We hope that you enjoy the Minor League Link Report. Enjoy your travel day, young fellas! As noted in the Transactions commentary above, here are the promotions from the Dominican Summer League to the Arizona Complex League (listed from youngest to oldest, along with a few extra details on last year’s stats in DSL), which have their season openers today: C Felipe Valderrama to ACL Blue C Jason Ollarve to ACL Gold INF Ney Serrano to ACL Blue – $360k bonus Jan 2021; .707 OPS in 173 PAs INF Gregory Barrios to ACL Gold – $1m bonus Jan 2021; .549 OPS in 116 PAs INF Jonatan Guzman to ACL Blue – signed Jan 2021; yet to debut INF Daniel Guilarte to ACL Blue – $1m bonus Jan 2021; yet to debut OF Luis Castillo to ACL Gold – signed Jan 2021; yet to debut RHP Henrison Mota to ACL Gold – 25 1/3 IP, 3.20 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 12.1 K/9 OF Eduarh Colina to ACL Gold – .741 OPS in 190 PAs RHP Jesus Rivero to ACL Blue – 28 1/3 IP, 2.22 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 12.1 K/9 RHP Patricio Aquino to ACL Gold – 44 IP, 2.66 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 11.0 K/9 RHP Gerson Caldazilla to ACL Gold – 45 IP, 2.80 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 7.0 K/9 INF Alexander Perez to ACL Blue RHP Rosmel Reyes to ACL Blue RHP Yorman Galindez to ACL Gold – a 2022 signing LHP Junior Castillo to ACL Blue – 41 1/3 IP, 3.05 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 7.8 K/9 OF Diego Larez to ACL Gold – .753 OPS in 149 PAs RHP Arielbi Gonzalez to ACL Blue – 43 1/3 IP, 2.08 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 7.9 K/9 RHP Delson Guzman to ACL Gold RHP Jared Albir to ACL Blue RHP Alexander Vallecillo to ACL Blue – 40 IP, 1.80 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 8.1 K/9 OF Rafael Martinez to ACL Gold – .774 OPS in 85 PAs RHP Domingo Mejia to ACL Gold – 50 IP, 1.98 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 12.1 K/9 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

...Fifth batter: hit by pitch. Hey, that's 3 consecutive hit-by-pitches, the last two earning RBIs for standing in the correct place. 6-6 game. Bases still loaded. Still nobody out. I'm going to bed. No wait, before I could even close my laptop, we hit a 4th batter in a row. Pensacola walks off Biloxi yet again, this time scoring 3 runs in the 9th inning without even needing to get a hit. Four consecutive hit-by-pitches is not something you expect to see at any level of baseball, but the Shuckers are being quite inventive this week. Good night.

...Fourth batter: hit by pitch. It's now 6-5 Biloxi and Pensacola still has the bases loaded with nobody out.

Can the Shuckers toss away a 5th game in this week's series against Pensacola? First batter of the bottom of the 9th inning: reaches via error Second batter: walks Third batter: hit by pitch

Check that. Arnaldo Hernandez did successfully strand that runner at 3rd in the 8th inning to keep Biloxi ahead 6-4, but it's RHP Harold Chirino who enters in the 9th inning to attempt to earn the save.

Carlos Luna exits after throwing 60 pitches, covering 2 2/3 innings. The last batter, Pensacola OF JD Orr just an extraordinary 14-pitch at-bat. It's 6-4 Biloxi, leading with 2 outs and a runner on 3rd base in the bottom of the 8th inning. RHP Arnaldo Hernandez is in the game, hoping to strand this runner and earn a 4-out save.

Carlos F. Rodriguez was impeccable as usual, throwing 4 shutout innings (2 hits, 1 walk, 8 Ks) to earn the win over Lynchburg 6-3. That brings Carolina back within a half-game of Lynchburg for first place.

LHP Nick Bennett threw 87 pitches, covering 4 2/3 innings (2 runs, 3 hits, 7 Ks) and RHP Nash Walters got the final out of the 5th inning. Biloxi leads Pensacola 6-2, with RHP Carlos Luna entering now. Hopefully he's able to cover the final 4 innings to preserve a much-needed win for the club.

Jackson Chourio comes through in the 8th inning against tough righty Davis Sharpe. It's a 2-RBI single, Chourio's 3rd hit of the game, giving Carolina a 5-3 lead.