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Hall’s ready. Civale’s not ready, but we’re likely activating him anyway. I’m glad (for his sake) Woodruff is getting $17.5m, but sad for Brewers’ fans that we’re not getting anything close to that value on the field. Ashby may need a LOT more time to get to H2 2024 MLB performance level.

Jah, is der some way we could remedy this? Der must be a way. Jah. Wonder what we could do about it.

1B Luke Adams (.829 OPS in 157 PAs) is back after missing 3 games, just as SS Cooper Pratt is conspicuously absent for the 2nd straight game. RHP Alexander Cornielle gets the home start against Knoxville, with AA Biloxi aiming for a 2-0 series lead.

AAA Nashville hosts Yankees’ affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a doubleheader to kick off this week’s series, with rehabbing Brandon Woodruff starting the opening game. LF Eddie Rosario makes his 3rd start since joining the squad (2-for-7, HR, walk).

I think I’d have preferred Misiorowski on 5 days’ rest today, Patrick on 5 days’ rest tomorrow. And maybe don’t throw Mears a second inning when you’ve got McGee completely fresh. Of course, I also wouldn’t have let Durbin hit late. I can’t help but feel this may give us false confidence in him going forward. But maybe that’s just me being negative. Oh well. Well done to Patrick, Durbin, Hoskins and Chourio. Hopefully CF-Rod has a good outing tomorrow. Kind of need it.

Here’s the lineup from that early Wisconsin game at South Bend, with 20-year old LHP Anthony Flores looking to replicate his last start (5 IP, 0 R, 3 Ks). SS Eduardo Garcia came in on a solid 4-game run: 6-for-14, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs.

Well done Yannic. Way to save face with a 9th inning single. Too bad Made and Bitonti both flew out to end it. Mudcats lose 2-0.

14 straight outs without a K for the Mudcats. Seems fluky. Let’s go Filippo, Reece and Demetrio.

Sounds like he’s probably relaxing/recovering back in Zebulon this week.

Biloxi hosts Cubs’ affiliate Knoxville this week and RHP Coleman Crow (2.60 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 12.5 K/9 in 17.1 IP) makes his 6th start. C Matt Wood (.674 OPS in 116 High-A PAs) makes his AA debut and Darrien Miller makes his first start at first base since the Noah Campbell 9-position game in 2021.

Wisconsin is in South Bend this week to destroy the 10-29 Cubs. Something tells me this RHP Patricio Aquino spot start will go better than his last one (0.2 IP, 5 R). DH/C Marco Dinges (.353 AVG, 1.076 OPS in 112 PAs) makes his High-A debut!

The Mudcats play at Nationals’ affiliate Fredericksburg this week, with CF Jose Anderson (.333 AVG, 1.217 OPS in 45 PAs in the ACL) making his Low-A debut. RHP Travis Smith (4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 7.2 K/9 in 20 IP) makes his 8th start. EDIT: Tyler Rodriguez is in the starting lineup for Luis Pena, with Lameda shifting to the infield.

- RHP Aidan Maldonado placed on High-A Wisconsin’s 7-day injured list

- C Ramon Rodriguez placed on AA Biloxi’s 7-day injured list

Seems kind of crazy to me how we hurriedly burned Keston’s 1st and 3rd option years and CF-Rod’s 1st option year, but are afraid to burn Misiorowski’s 1st option year.

Go get ‘em Carlos:

- C Matt Wood promoted to AA Biloxi from High-A Wisconsin (per David Gasper’s conversation with Tom Flanagan, now confirmed by T-Rats’ Twitter)

A positive Luis Pena update after yesterday’s collision at first base:

- C Marco Dinges promoted to High-A Wisconsin from Low-A Carolina - OF Jose Anderson promoted from ACL Brewers to Low-A Carolina

I actually wonder if the T-Rats’ struggles will have us lean toward keeping Burke, Areinamo and Eduardo in Wisconsin. That said, I think Dinges and Adamczewski belong in Wisconsin and Areinamo in Biloxi. Burke seems stuck waiting for Boeve or Wilken to earn a promotion to Nashville.

Luis Pena powered Carolina to victory. Tanner Gillis deserved a win in his Wisconsin debut, but late mistakes cost them. Nashville fell behind big early and Biloxi’s offense was silenced in their loss. For the week, Nashville and Carolina were 4-2 series winners, Biloxi managed a 3-3 split and Wisconsin dropped its series 2 games to 4. Transactions: RHP Easton McGee's contract selected by Milwaukee Brewers from AAA Nashville RHP Tobias Myers optioned to AAA Nashville from Milwaukee Brewers Game Action: Final: Memphis 10, Nashville 6 Box Score and Game Log Via the postgame notes provided by the Sounds’ media team, game details: Nashville Falls in Series Finale to Redbirds - Bobby Dalbec Finishes with Three RBI, Hits First HR with Nashville MEMPHIS - The Sounds fell 10-6 in the series finale in Memphis on Sunday afternoon. Trailing 10-0, The Sounds scored the final six runs of the game. Bobby Dalbec and Jorge Alfaro each homered, while Dalbec finished with three RBI and the only multi-hit performance for the Sounds. RHP Deivi Garcia got the start on the mound for Nashville and worked into the fifth inning. Memphis scored a run in the third, two in the fourth, and then stormed in front with a seven-run fifth, including six hits and a Nashville error to take a 10-0 lead. Dalbec put the Sounds on the board with his sixth-inning two-run home run and Alfaro followed it with a solo shot two batters later to give the Sounds their first runs of the game. Dalbec made it a multi-hit game and three RBI performance with a RBI single in the eighth to score Jimmy Herron who led off the inning with a double. Raynel Delgado collected a RBI in the inning with a single to score Dalbec as the Sounds cut the deficit in half to make it 10-5. Freddy Zamora extended his on-base streak with a leadoff single in the top of the ninth inning. After being forced off the bases, Oliver Dunn drove home Jimmy Herron with a two-out RBI double to make it 10-6. Sounds’ Extras: BOBBY BIG FLY: Bobby Dalbec ended his series with a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a team-high three RBI and two runs scored. He hit his first home run of the season in the top of the sixth inning and ended the series with a hit in each of the final three games. Dalbec was signed by the Brewers to a minor league contract on May 10th and assigned to Nashville. Since the start of the 2023 season, Dalbec's 58 home runs are the fourth-most in all of Triple-A and he has 142 career minor league home runs in 625 minor league games since being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2016 MLB Draft. HIP, HIP: Jorge Alfaro also left the yard for the Sounds in the series finale on Sunday, hitting his team-leading 8th HR of the season. It ended a 16-game drought between home runs for Alfaro. He leads the team with 25 RBI as well. After hitting his seventh home run of the season on April 25th, Alfaro was tied atop the IL lead with seven home runs before his dry spell. He now sits tied for sixth along with nine others with his eight round trippers. There is a four-way tie atop the IL leaders with 10 home runs apiece. Sunday's loss was the first of the season for Nashville when hitting 2+ HR in a game. The team entered the day 13-0 when doing so. FREDDY TURNS 20: Freddy Zamora extended his current on-base streak to 20 games, hitting a leadoff single in the top of the ninth inning. His 20-game streak surpassed Wes Clarke for the longest by a Nashville player over the last two seasons. The last player to have a 20-game on-base streak in a Sounds uniform was Cam Devanney in 2023 who reached base safely in 20 straight games from August 10-September 5. WE DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT: Memphis' Michael Siani collected the first five-hit game against Nashville pitching since Kristopher Negron did it with Triple-A Reno on August 5, 2017, in Reno. Siani finished the game 5-for-5 with a triple, three RBI, and a run scored. Next week’s outlook: The Sounds will now return to First Horizon Park for the start of a six-game series against the Scranton-Wilkes/Barre RailRiders for the first ever series between the two clubs. Nashville last hosted a Yankees affiliate in 1991 when the Columbus Clippers visited Greer Stadium. First pitch of the final homestand in May is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 20th. Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Montgomery 4, Biloxi 1 Box Score and Game Log Via the Shuckers’ website, game details, and we encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Shuckers Fall to Biscuits, 4-1, in Series Finale in Montgomery Hoping for a Sunday victory to capture the week-long series 4 games to 2, Biloxi just couldn’t muster enough offense this time, with their final 14 batters of the game delivering 13 outs. The team’s biggest opportunity actually came in the 1st inning, when an OF Luis Lara (2-for-3, walk, 2 SB) leadoff single and DH Mike Boeve walk went for naught. LHP Nate Peterson got the call to start after his prior 5 outings had come in relief, keeping the ball in the zone and his team in the game: 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 BB, 3 Ks. The replacement of dominant Montgomery starter Ty Johnson (0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 8 Ks) after 4 innings was a helpful reprieve, with the Shuckers’ offense coming alive to the tune of 3 singles and a walk in the 5th inning, but a ground ball double play limited them to only a Boeve RBI single: It’s great to see RHP Tyler Bryant (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks) shake off his early season struggles, retiring six straight Biscuits after walking his first batter in this contest. Shuckers’ Extras: Lara and fellow OF Garrett Spain helped the staff by each notching outfield assists, gunning down runners at third base in the 5th inning, with Spain’s assist coming via first baseman Zavier Warren. C Victor Torres saw his first action of 2025, drawing a walk on an 0-for-2 afternoon. Manager Joe Ayrault and the team will be hoping for a deeper position player situation by Tuesday, after 1B/3B Luke Adams was scratched from the weekend games and C Ramon Rodriguez was injured on Friday. Next week’s outlook: Biloxi hosts Cubs’ affiliate Knoxville for a 6-game set, commencing on Tuesday. Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Beloit 8, Wisconsin 6 (in 11 innings) Box Score and Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers’ website, game details: Rattlers Fall to Beloit in Eleven Innings Video highlights and lowlights of the frustrating loss have been put together by the terrific Wisconsin media: And we’re also fortunate to have a 29-minute Mehring/Lobner postgame podcast, featuring RHP Tanner Gillis and Manager Victor Estevez. If anyone compiles the top-5 toughest defeats of 2025 across our MILB squads, this game will undoubtedly be featured, as Wisconsin led 5-0 after five innings and 5-3 with nobody on and 2 outs in the 9th inning, then even began to celebrate what was thought to be a game-ending pop-out. Instead, they suffered a game-continuing catcher interference and game-tying passed ball (sorry C Blayberg Diaz – rough half inning). But before all of that, RHP Tanner Gillis treated the home crowd to six innings of superb pitching in his Wisconsin debut: 1 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 Ks, exiting up 5-1 after 68 pitches (47 strikes). This continues the 24-year old’s exceptional production he’d had with Low-A Carolina (1.32 ERA in 27 1/3 IP). Manager Victor Estevez clearly wanted the victory, so pulled RHP Jose Nova (2/3 IP, 2 R) after he couldn’t find the zone in the 7th inning (16 pitches, 5 strikes), with RHPs Bayden Root and Aaron Rund then notching 6 outs (including a pick-off) from 5 batters to put Wisconsin on the verge of victory (98.9% win probability). In the end, for better or worse, 4,175 home fans were treated to an extra 2 innings of Timber Rattlers’ baseball and the squad unfortunately ended up on the losing end. Timber Rattlers’ Extras: Despite the 9th inning gut punch, LHP Jesus Broca came in to notch the final out of the frame and SS Eduardo Garcia’s (2-for-4, walk) RBI double to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning pushed Wisconsin’s win probability back up to 80.7%, only to see 3B Juan Baez, DH Tayden Hall and Diaz go down in order. In addition the performances of Gillis, Garcia and Root (1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K), 1B Blake Burke went 3-for-5 (season average .302) and the team went 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts, led by OF Yhoswar Garcia with a pair. Though both teams committed 3 errors, Beloit helped their cause immensely by turning 4 double plays (in the 5th, 7th, 8th and 9th innings) and also throwing out Wisconsin baserunner at home (3rd inning). Next week’s outlook: Wisconsin travels to South Bend, Indiana to take on the Cubs’ affiliate, with RHP Patricio Aquino expected to start the series opener on Tuesday. Final: Carolina 9, Fayetteville 5 Box Score and Game Log Via the Mudcats’ website, game details: Mudcats Claim Series Against Fayetteville DH Eric Martinez and 3B Luis Pena carried the Mudcats until Pena couldn’t physically carry them anymore, combining on a 4-for-9 day with 2 homers and 5 RBIs. Unfortunately, our attention must go to Pena’s 7th inning exit, when a nasty collision at first base forced him out of the game with the team leading 8-4 at that point. Pena’s such a tough, exciting player (.327 average, .905 OPS, 3 homers, 21 stolen bases), so we’re all hoping nothing’s broken or concussed and he bounces back quickly. After throwing 85 pitches for Wisconsin on Tuesday, RHP Chandler Welch got the start here knowing the squad’s limited pitching depth would likely require him to go long again. Conceding 4 runs on 3 homers in 4 innings (76 pitches, 47 strikes) may not initially appear like a favorable result, but I’d imagine his teammates were pleased that he got them to the 5th inning with a lead. When RHP Jesus Flores only threw one inning on Wednesday, we had to figure he’d feature prominently by the weekend and he truly came through for the club: 4 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 6 Ks. That’s Jesus’ most strikeouts in any game since June 2024 in the Dominican Summer League and he only needed 48 pitches (35 strikes) in amazingly efficient work. RHP Garrett Hodges (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 Ks) closed the game out, assisted by a nifty 5-4-3 double play. Mudcats’ Extras: Every Mudcat in the lineup reached base via hit or walk, with C Marco Dinges reaching base 4 times (single, 2 walks, HBP) and each of 2B Filippo Di Turi, 1B/OF Reece Walling and OF Demetrio Nadal reaching base 3 times. Followers in the Minor League Forum found it interesting that Pena’s substitute Eric Bitonti played first base, shifting three teammates to other positions, taking it as a sign that Bitonti may now be a first base-only prospect. For the sake of his prospect status, I hope that’s not the case, as he’d played 403 1/3 innings at the hot corner in 2024 and has also seen 5 innings there this year. Next week’s outlook: Carolina travels to Fredericksburg, Virginia for six games against the Nationals’ affiliate, with the series commencing on Tuesday. We hope that you enjoy the Minor League Link Report. On Monday, the Brewers host the Orioles at 6:40pm CST and the ACL Brewers seek revenge at the ACL Royals at 8:00pm. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

From 5-0 ahead (and 5-3 with 2 outs and nobody on in the 9th) to now tied 5-5 for Wisconsin. We’re out-hitting Beloit 11-5, but just can’t get that final out. Four straight have reached with 2 outs in the 9th against Rund, who’s basically been ahead of every batter. A catcher’s interference and game-tying passed ball (Blayberg) haven’t helped.

LHP Nate Peterson makes his 3rd start (8th appearance, including 44 pitches thrown on Tuesday) for AA Biloxi, which aims to clinch a 4-2 series victory at Montgomery. C Victor Torres (63 PAs from 2023-24) makes his first 2025 appearance. 1B Zavier Warren is 7-for-15 with 2 HRs in his last 4 games.