Joseph Zarr

He's extremely erratic - this is now a trait through two seasons. What I realized tonight, particularly, is he is facing a line-up with 7 lefties and he absolutely just doesn't have any go-to out pitch. He's still just struggling to understand his Mix and generally to locate consistently. There are many many miles to go if he is to realize his potential.

Smith gives up a well hit liner to LF. It bounces in front of Sparks. A run scores but runners should know: don't run on Sparks. He nabs the runner at home by a good 2' on a beautiful throw (not shocking). C Jeferson Quero did pop up in distress waving his throwing hand as if the runner slid directly into it. We'll have to see what happens there in-game.

Smith has now loaded the bases. The aforementioned weak dropped dribbler. A hit batter on a 1-2 count off the batter's helmet. He just walked a batter after he was likely robbed of a strike 3 on an inside heater. He is now 0-2 on the next batter with the bases juiced. This outing is emblematic, however, of his entire tenure in Double-A. You just don't know what you're going to get.

Hey now, INF Abraham Toro follow his double earlier with a roped liner over the RF wall for a Grand Salami! Who needs defense?! Moar runs!!! 7-0 Sounds.

LHP Russ Smith inherits two runners. He gets a very nice K versus the righty bat. THen the Braves left hits a weak grounder to Clarke at 1B. Smith is likely beat to the bag but drops the scoop regardless. Can someone make a defensive play tonight? This is getting ridunkulous.

Carlos F. Rodriguez just became the second Southern League pitcher in 2023 to reach 90 strikeouts.

Man, Wagoner was absolutely screwed that inning. He pitched much better than that final result. The Bandits knock their fourth run across on a 50 mph infield bloop that died in the dirt. These errors, guess what: they're costly. Terrible inning for the defense. And, yet, the scorer has somehow credited Wagoner with 4 earned runs? Get outttttttta here with that nonsense. That inning should have been over three times. Merkel stops the bleeding with a bloop fly to LF on his first pitch. 8-4 T-Rats.

Good gracious, the T-Rats gloves are just letting Wagoner down. After Fernandez's botched routine fly, INF Eric Brown Jr. just let an extremely weakly hit ball up the middle right under his glove. That was to leave the inning. Wagoner deserves so much better this inning. This entire innings is playing like a DSL/ACL affair. Weak contact. Really poor defense. It's only fitting during the next batter after Wagoner gets the swing and miss on a very nice swooping slider, C Alex Hall throws late and into CF. The runner advances to 3rd. Someone help these young men get out of the inning. Yikes.

Rodriguez is just killing with the change-up. 5-of-6 K's on the change. Fernandez's error comes back to bite the T-Rats as that lead runner just scored on a karmic weak grounder through the right side of the infield. Men on 1st and 2nd. One down. 8-1 T-Rats.

And, just like that, INF Abraham Toro rips a double to right center and INF Mike Brosseau crushes a two-run blast over the CF wall. His third in Nashville. 3-0 Sounds. Meanwhile, on screen #3 OF Edquarqui Fernandez just took his eyes off a very lazy pop fly to RF and allows the second runner aboard the inning. That was a bad error. Nobody down. That was ugly.

C Alex Jackson solo jack - like Quero's knock it was just over the RF wall. 1-0 Sounds.

INF Eric Brown Jr. rips another warm-burner off the infield grass with the bases juiced. He beats the rushed throw that bounces to the 1B foul territory off the wall. Two runs score. 8-0 T-Rats. Still 2 down. What a wild top of the 3rd. Meanwhile, C Jeferson Quero just took a foul ball right off the old family jewels. Yowwwwwch!

3rd K for Rodriguez. He's retired 4 straight. All 3 K's on the change. Scratch that - he ends the 3rd with his 4th K. This one came on inside heat.

OF Terence Doston has just sent across another run with his 2nd walk of the inning. That's 25% of his yearly walk total. 😂

Hey now, the T-Rats have plated three runs in the 3rd the old fashioned way - ground balls; squibblers; and sac flies. We'll take it! 3-0. Two down. Men on 1st and 2nd base. And just like that, they score a fourth run on a weak bloop flare to RF by INF Ben Metzinger. Martinez Jr. rips a drillber through the gap between 2B and 1B. It's now 5-0. This is a reach the bat out and poke it inning. Good things are happening for the good guys.

This is now two consecutive starts where Rodriguez has really started to pound his change-up into the mix. He grabs his second K on 3 straight off-speed deliveries. Works two on the inner half and comes back for the dipping low away swinging miss on the lefty. Just as he's starting to adjust to the tacked balls with his off-speed they're going to take it away. It's ridiculous.

It's over 100 F in Biloxi. RHP Carlos F. Rodriguez is just missing the zone early. By an inch here and there. He's walked two and given up a broken bat flare to shallow right center. Bases juiced. Nobody out. A familiar scenario in recent starts for Rodriguez, unfortunately. He's already walked 3. The ump is giving him nothing on the outside corner. Very tight zone.

Six up and six down for RHP Cameron Wagoner. 2 K. He got away with a slightly hanging inner-half curve on his last pitch - but, it was inside 'enough' and against a struggling hitter. Let's remember here: amidst Wagoner's ongoing improvements on the hill he has only been given 2 runs of support over his last 4 outings. The offense has to start doing something for him.

C Jeferson Quero just snuck a two-run 101 mph home run over the RF wall. 11th of the year. 33 RBI. Two straight games with a long ball. He sent home Chourio who had hit a hard infield single to deep SS and then stole 2B. * BTW, for those at home: that is Quero's first HR to the opposite field all year. He's been a pull masher.

Man, I swear, you and I have some eerily identical repeat posts at literally the same moment. We are like Brewers MiLB.TV identical twins. Kind of wild!

I am having that "Oh, right. Down East has literally zero anything for live viewing..." moments. That pre-game excitement falls into the caverns of despair. Come awwwwwwwn, Rangers. Let's get that talented squad some coverage!😂

15 more days. Can't happen soon enough. I'm so tired of the ongoing asterisk. Let's see what the level playing field brings.

After today's 0-2 mark in the DSL, that's now an 0-7 mark versus the DSL and ACL Dodgers in the last seven games played. It's hard to blame the DSL Brewers Dos who fell to the now 17-0 DSL Dodgers Bautista. Who will be the lucky DSL team who hands this apparent DSL juggernaut their first loss? In evening action, the ACL Crew battled the ACL Reds and lost their tentative grip on first place. Let's get into the report! Image courtesy of Brewer Fanatic After today's 0-2 mark in the DSL, that's now an 0-7 mark versus the DSL and ACL Dodgers in the last seven games played. It's hard to blame the DSL Brewers Dos who fell to the now 17-0 DSL Dodgers Bautista. Who will be the lucky DSL team who hands this apparent DSL juggernaut their first loss? In evening action, the ACL Crew battled the ACL Reds and lost their tentative grip on first place. Let's get into the report! Transactions: LHP Justin Wilson was sent on a rehab outing with the ACL Brewers RHP Jesus Rivero was assigned to the Carolina Mudcats from the ACL Brewers ** Special thanks to @wiguy94who shared this regarding Rivero's promotion: Final: ACL Reds 17, ACL Brewers 12Box Score/Game Log In a portent of things to come, the ACL Crew were giving back every run scored in the early going. A 1-0 early lead was immediately 1-1. A 2-1 deficit was tied immediately 2-2 in the following frame only to be squandered in that same inning when LHP Osbriel Mogollon came on in relief and struggled finding the plate and conceded three runs of his own. It's been that kind of run for the ACL Crew of late. Going a tad further discussing Mogollon - one of the surprising darlings of the Brewers 2022 DSL season - we see his 2023 jump to the ACL has had its challenges. A three run, three walk, blow-up initial inning of work tonight will do no favors for his WHIP or his BB:K ratio. And, sadly, it got worse from there as Mogollon was hit hard to start his second inning of work. In total, his final line was 1 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, 0 K, 6 ER. There was ample reason for continued optimism before tonights uncharacteristic output so we'll just have to continue monitoring his outings ahead. Rehabbing LHP Justin Wilson appears to have pitched well in his inning of work - hey a rare pitching highlight! Aside from allowing a one-out solo home run, he K'd the side swinging. Hopefully he can keep building up his arm as he works his way toward higher level rehab outings down the road. Wilson could very much be a wild card in the Brewers bullpen depth chart. In a game that featured 26 total runs by the fifth inning, there are bound to be some offensive highlights. You are best served to scan the box score. Highlights include rehabbing OF Hendry Mendez and his 4-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI line. Surging INF Dylan O'Rae finished another fine evening with a 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K line while grabbing his 14th stolen base as well. And, rehabbing OF Luis Castillo went 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, and 1 BB. All good things. We greatly thank INF/OF Miguel Briceno for his scoreless inning of work on the hill. That's right, the lone scoreless outing came from the hand of a field player. The ACL Crew have now lost six straight and fall to 9-8 overall - 1/2 game back of the now first place 9-7 Reds. Final: DSL Dodgers Mega 13, DSL Brewers #1 7 Box Score/Game Log The Brewers Uno actually led this game 7-6 heading into the ninth and final frame. And, well, it pretty much all fell apart at the hands of 16-year-old Nicaraguan RHP Saul Sanchez and 17-year-old Dominican RHP Oliver Camilo. Walks, wild pitches, singles, and a three-run homer for good measure. And, to be absolutely fair to these young arms, one has to wonder what might have been had INF Gery Holguin (who had a break-out game at the plate) not committed a throwing error to start the frame. Before that mini meltdown, however, the Brewers Uno had been playing a highly competitive game. They held a 3-1 lead after the fifth frame. They reclaimed a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth. It was a see-saw affair before the top blew off. Like his cohort on the Brewers #2 (discussed below) RHP Jesus Flores, one can't but lament 17-year-old Nicaraguan RHP Enniel Cortez wasn't dealt a better hand. Cortez appears to have been superb - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 6 K. Cortez definitely remains one to watch moving forward - 4 GS, 18 2/3 IP, 16 H, 2 HB, 2 BB, 22 K, 5 ER. An extremely intriguing young arm. Offensively, the Brewers Uno were quite productive with the lumber (12 total hits) but, they lacked the execution - 4-for-14 with RISP. Circling back to Holguin, I couldn't have put it better than @damuelle who once again added flavor to our game thread: Also of note within the box score, OF Yophery Rodriguez and his 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 3B, 1 BB, 2 K. He continues to flirt with a meaningful break-out of extended production. INF Luiyin Alastre was the lone remaining multi-hit batter with a 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 BB performance. With the loss, the DSL Brewers #1 fell to 10-7 overall and remain in second place. They trail the first place Dodgers Bautista by seven games in the DSL North League. Final: DSL Dodgers Bautista 8, DSL Brewers #2 4 Box Score/Game Log Let's flip the script. Unlike the late Brewers Uno lead above, the Brewers Dos were trailing 8-0 heading into the eighth frame. After plating three runs with two outs, the Dos still had runners on second and third before C Estefano Lozano struck out to end the threat. A lone OF Christopher Vazquez solo shot in the ninth (his third of 2023) was the last gasp of a failed comeback bid. The Dos fell to three games under 0.500 at 7-10. Speaking of Vazquez, our cohort @damuelle again adeptly pointed out: at 17 years of age he certainly isn't getting the lion's share of playing time, but, you'd be hard pressed to find a more opportunistic bat amongst the DSL Cerveceros outfielders. In just 18 total trips to the plate, Vazquez has six XBH's - 3 2B and 3 HR. That's a wily 0.400 BA and 1.700 OPS. I'd personally love to see this young man get some more opportunity. The final score was a real shame for starting pitcher, 18-year-old Venezuelan RHP Jesus Flores, who appears to have dealt some very fine work in 4 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 R (unearned), 7 K. This was far and away, Flores' best outing of 2023 and it came against, perhaps, the most worthy DSL foe of 2023. We certainly hope for more outings like this in the games ahead. Of the eight total runs allowed by the greater pitching staff, only three were earned - the young Brewers Dos committed five errors on the day. That's not going to help your cause on most nights and it certainly did little to boost the outcome favorably today. There are encouraging signs within Brewers Dos offensive box score - I encourage you to take a look. This certainly feels like a game where sloppy defense allowed a very good team just enough opportunities to surge to an insurmountable lead. Hopefully, the young Brewers Dos will fare better their next time on the diamond. We are back to our full slate of evening affiliated games. We'll have five games total on tap as the ACL Crew will look to stop their ongoing skid versus the ACL Reds once again. I don't know about you, but starting the week 0-6 has me looking forward to a victory. I'm going with the unexpected: RHP Cameron Wagoner is going to shutdown Quad Cities with his best outing of 2023. We can only go up from here. 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It was 5-2 Reds. And, then the ACL Crew decided they wanted to one up the DSL Uno's 7-run (allowed) 9th and spot the Reds an 11-run 4th frame. Wooof. BUT, hold on one minute. The Crew are in the midst of a 7-run 5th inning outburst! INF Dylan O'Rae just plated two with a double. And, there are still no outs. Let's go for 20!😂