Joseph Zarr

We are on the literal clock.

We are comin' up. Let's go!

So, with that in mind, let's go right ahead and swing for the fences and draft and sign someone from my general neck of the woods in RHP Dax Whitney. 🤭

As the wagon wheel turns - as the crow flies on a clear day - basically, it's an unknown measurement in terms of measurable metric. BUT, oh sweet Timothy hay, it's a feel. Like you've been there before and my how far you traveled! And, oh how popcorn poppin' sweet it is/was! Some may say it's a long way. Some may say it's 2.37 miles - give or take a horse's hoof. Anyway you lay this egg, however, metaphorical or not, it's a 'country mile' - enjoy the view.

With the MLB All Star festivities underway and full-season affiliates at rest until Friday, we Minor League aficionados are left clinging to the MLB draft and our DSL Cerveceros. It's July - there is always Brewers baseball. The DSL Uno, winners of nine straight, came into a highly competitive tilt with the also very good Cleveland Goryl. The Crew Uno would sadly not achieve double digits on the win streak losing their one-run lead in the late innings in a loss. The DSL Dos, however, pulled out an important 'W' in what has been a temporary struggle of late. Let's get into the report! Image courtesy of Brewer Fanatic Transactions: The Milwaukee Brewers selected the contract of OF Brewer Hicklen from the Nashville Sounds The Milwaukee Brewers optioned OF Brewer Hicklen to the Nashville Sounds Final: DSL Cleveland Goryl 8, DSL Brewers #1 5 Box Score/Game Log Trailing 3-1, the Cerveceros Uno plated a three-run seventh frame to grab a brief 4-3 lead. CF Engel Paulino started the brief festivities with a lead-off triple - he scored on a wild pitch in the next AB. A walk apiece for C Kevin Garcia and 1B Joandrew Pena , a force out at second base, and a successful double steal scored the tying run. SS Luis Pena scored the go-ahead run with a free pass himself - this go-ahead inning certainly had some 'DSL Special' on the menu! Unfortunately, this same seventh inning rally appears to have ended in a line out double play to shortstop. Surely, the Crew Uno left their half feeling more runs could have been had. This 4-3 lead was very short-lived as the Goryl plated two runs of their own and never looked back in the bottom of the seventh. It appears a one-out ground ball to talented INF Jesus Made resulted in a fielding error. The tying run scored, but, perhaps more importantly, runners were on the corners with only one down. Regardless, 17-year-old Mexican LHP Victor Garcia struggled a bit through his 2 IP - 1 H, 3 BB, 1 WP, 1 K, 4 R (2 earned). Garcia took the loss as he fell to 0-3 on his summer. Familiar names did indeed put up meaningful knocks in the box score - 3B Jesus Made went 2-for-5 with an RBI and 1 K; SS Luis Pena hit his fourth triple of his season in a 1-for-4, 1 BB outing; and LF Juan Ortuno hit his sixth double of his summer in a 1-for-4, 1 K day at the plate. Unfortunately, in the end, the Crew Uno were unable to take the victory on the heels of RHP Ranwell Smith's 3 IP of scoreless 3 H, 1 BB relief. The Crew Uno fell to 19-9 overall. Final: DSL Brewers #2 6, DSL Padres Gold 2 Box Score/Game Log As this contest progressed, CF Jose Anderson had me running into the DSL Brewers history books to consider what we've witnessed so far through July 15th. Thankfully, before I got too deep in the muck, our very own @Smichaelis9saved me with a tweet: It's quite obvious Anderson is making quite a name for himself within the Brewers prospect depth chart(s). He also hit an RBI single in a 2-for-4, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 HR day. He now has 27 RBI on the summer. Incredible stuff. Second year player, LF Pedro Tovar, continued to make his mark as well in a 2-for-4 day with 2 R and 1 RBI. RF Frandy Lafond also continued to impress, albeit in a limited 36 AB sample overall, in a 1-for-4 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB outing. Lafond also improved his season BB:K ratio improve to 8:5 overall. You love to see it. On the pitching side of things, the DSL Crew Dos staff worked around 11 BB, 1 Balk, a HBP, and two WP - phew. They scattered a mere three hits and struck out eight in the process of staving off their charitable ways. 19-year-old RHP Fabian Reyes ultimately picked up the 'W' with his 2 1/3 IP of 0 H, 3 BB, 3 K work. He moved to 2-0 on his season while the DSL Crew Dos bumped back above 0.500 again and now sit at 15-14 overall. Tomorrow all rookie ball clubs will be back at it - the ACL Crew will be playing in the desert air throughout the evening hours. At first glance, if we are solely basing chances on records, it certainly appears all three ball clubs have a good shot at pulling out some more victories. My main question remains: can the ACL Crew finally get to five games under 0.500? 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

The Milwaukee Brewers selected the contract OF Brewer Hicklen from the Nashville Sounds The Milwaukee Brewers optioned OF Brewer Hicklen to the Nashville Sounds

What's that you say? 7 IP, 9 K cut-up of new LHP Sam Garcia?

Hey, I have time off of affiliate contests upcoming. I'm here for draft geekdom. Let's find the cut ups.

Heck, let's take a trip down memory lane. 24 hours ago...

Also speaking of Molina: (Full article HERE)

Sometimes you have to put it on, as it twere, to simply prove you can.

The ACL arms and DSL arms - outside a select few - are very young and very unpolished with unknown trajectories. The bats, on the other hand? The bats?

No shade thrown. As you know very well, both have been proverbial 'my guys' since extremely early in their respective tenures. Love me some Isaac Collins. Ok. Ok. Ok. '...by a country mile...' was a bit overblown. 😅

Ginger just sent me this GIF. Crazy!

Another HS pitcher. RHP Ethan Dorchies (I believe from Illinois?)

I think the Brewers staff may be realizing they have struck gold via an entirely new metric: 1) Pitcher 2) Must have Tobias in name 3)

Jim Callis' intonation and tone is so hilarious. He comes across as a perennial Emo whiner with every pick he discusses. 😅

Don't listen to me. Listen to the guy who coaches pitchers:

Got some athleticism in this frame baby. Check out this pounce and twirl and toss to 1B:

I really like the trio of HS hurlers we grabbed in the first two days. Like, reallllllly like them. I'm excite!

A cutter you say? NO!?!

Garcia has some size to boot - 6'4" 220. Like it.