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With our DSL and ACL teams back at it, let's take a look at some Jhonny Severino highlights. Boy, there is lots to like in that swing - compact, fast through the zone, opposite field capable. I am calmly very excited about his promotional path?:

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Well, everyone but Nashville can't wait to get back home again - a team who clearly does not care where or who they play right now. Give them a baseball. Watch them win. With the DSL and ACL men taking their rest day, it was the four Brewers' upper-level affiliates back on the diamond continuing their collective road series. RHP Dylan File was dealing in Columbus, RHP Israel Puello took the hill for Wisconsin and had a fantastic second start at High-A, TJ Shook got shook up by a grand salami turning a lead upside down, and RHP Jeferson Figueroa lost his dominance in the fourth inning. Let's get into the report! Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Well, everyone but Nashville can't wait to get back home again - a team who clearly does not care where or who they play right now. Give them a baseball. Watch them win. With the DSL and ACL men taking their rest day, it was the four Brewers' upper-level affiliates back on the diamond continuing their collective road series. RHP Dylan File was dealing in Columbus, RHP Israel Puello took the hill for Wisconsin and had a fantastic second start at High-A, TJ Shook got shook up by a grand salami turning a lead upside down, and RHP Jeferson Figueroa lost his dominance in the fourth inning. Let's get into the report! Transactions: RHP Jeison Pena was assigned (and activated) to the Carolina Mudcats from the ACL Brewers Gold RHP Taylor Floyd was assigned (and activated) to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from the Biloxi Shuckers *** Carolina Pre-Game Notes Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 6, Carolina 1 Box Score / Game Log Via the Mudcats' site, game details, please visit and review: Chourio Hits Tenth Homer in Streak Snapping Loss - The Mudcats Avoided a Shutout, but Saw Their Win Streak End at Five Straight Facing very talented Cannon Baller lefty Tommy Sommer (23 years old, 6'4" 220) off his dominant June was no small task for the young Mudcats. And, the first inning featured many a swing and a miss before three straight groundouts. Sommer dominated the Mudcats' bats over six innings of one-hit two-strikeout work. This game could pretty much be summed up with one line: "Well, Jackson Chourio hit his 10th home run in the ninth inning." The Mudcats more or less were swept off the field tonight and couldn't really muster any viable threat. The win streak ended with a fizzle but it did feature the late Chourio firework. Further Game Notes: The above being said, RHP Jeferson Figueroa was cruising through three innings - nine up and nine down with four punch outs. The game simply got away a bit in the fourth on two consecutive run scoring doubles with two down. The score was suddenly 3-0 and the Mudcats wouldn't recover. The Cannon Ballers tacked on two solo shots in the fifth and that was the end of Jeferson's evening. What do I mean by 'swept off the field' above? Two chances with RISP on the evening for the Mudcats? That's going to be tough to pull out a victory any evening. In a night where the bottom of the order collectively went 0-for-12 with three strikeouts (six through nine spots), there was Chourio's fine evening to celebrate. He finished 2-for-4 with a solo shot, he knocked two of the three Mudcats hits, and added his ninth stolen base of the year for good measure. That's really all there is to this one. It's on to the next. The Mudcats have been playing quite well of late - they simply ran into a very hot pitcher, on the road. Hats off to Kannapolis. *** Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes South Bend (Cubs) 3. Wisconsin 0 Box Score/Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers' site, game details, please visit and review: Cubs Shut Out Rattlers to Snap Wisconsin's Win Streak - Puello Allows One Run Over Seven Innings to Get Tagged with a Tough Loss Coming into this one, one of the more intriguing storylines I was paying attention to was 3B Zavier Warren's ongoing hitting streak. His 11-game streak is the Rattlers' longest of the season and, honestly, it feels much-deserved. Zavier's numbers aren't where he'd like them to be but as a regular watcher of T-Rats games I feel it's quite easy to say: it isn't for lack of good at bats. Zavier has a very polished professional repeatable swing. He has a solid athletic frame. And, frankly, he's just a very savvy and solid baseball player - as corny as that sounds. He brings a sense of calm and comfort on the diamond and I can only imagine his coaches and teammates value that immensely. On the mound, RHP Israel Puello certainly didn't get a soft landing in his promotion to High-A. How about a debut at Home versus the League-leading Cedar Rapids Kernels? Check. How about game number two versus the third place overall and second place team (second half) South Bend Cubs? Check. How'd Puello fare? Let's take a look at Warren and Israel and their teammates in the game recap notes below. Further Game Notes: The T-Rats got things going deep in the first and just as quickly as the two-out rally started on the Joe Gray Jr. walk and Tristan Peters double (his 14th), it ended. Gray was gunned down at home on a fine relay from center field, to shortstop, and accurately to home. How did Warren's 11-game hit streak proceed? It ended. He finished his evening with a straight 0-for-4 performance. How did Puello fare? Fantastically! How does seven complete innings, 90 pitches, 3 hits, 1 walk, 4 k's, and the sole blemish a solo HR sound? He gave his team every shot to pull out the 'W'. Through two High-A starts, he's looking quite ready to build on these successes. We see your 0-for-2 with RISP, Carolina. AND, we'll double the stakes and offer up an 0-for-4 with RISP in South Bend. Just, frankly, not a lot happening on the base paths on the evening. The Cubs' recently promoted Luis Devers (Myrtle Beach, Low-A) took his first action of his High-A career out of the bullpen. He performed excellently over three innings pitched: 2 hits, 0 BB's, and 3 K's. I took notice of Devers when the Mudcats had their series versus the Pelicans earlier in the 2022 season. He was dominant in Low-A with an incredible 75 k's to a mere 14 walks. He'll be one to monitor in South Bend as he continued to show out tonight. *** Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Montgomery (Rays) 8, Biloxi 4 Box Score / Game Log Via the Shuckers' site, game details, please visit and review: Early Lead Evaporates in Shuckers Defeat - Robinson Tosses Scoreless Inning in First Appearance for Biloxi in 2022 I am a fragile Shuckers fan these days. I have watched so many wild n' wooly happenings in the Biloxi season, I feel I may need a Double-A therapist (I'm only mostly kidding!). Tonight, I was eagerly awaiting the return of OF Sal Frelick and INF Gabe Holt. A joyous welcome for two men offering depth and bats to a lineup that has been running very very thin. Coming off TJ Shook 's best work of the year his last outing - albeit, in a relief role - there was hope the young pitcher could find some of that earlier High-A dominance. So, how did it all turn out? Sadly, and predictably, in Montgomery...even after grabbing a 4-0 lead in the first inning: Further Game Notes: Welcome back to the starting line-up Sal Frelick. Thank you, thank you, thank you! How about a lead-off single and a run scored? That'll do, young man. I'm sure Noah Campbell is looking forward to more RBI opportunities. Here's the proof: How about another double for Jakson Reetz ? What a season. He got things going early in the first inning with an improbable and extremely difficult two-run rip. He's just so strong. I have no idea how he pulled this pitch all the way to the wall: Oh, you say Holt has returned as well? Wonderful news. Let's get healthy! Niko Hulsizer 's third Grand Slam versus the Shuckers in his career as a Biscuit?!? Ummmm, that's not flaky and tasty at all. He's starting to enter the same territory as Griffin Conine - aka, Shuckers slayer. TJ, I'm going to guess you'll want this pitch back: Closing the grand slam loop: a hit batter and two walks led to that grand slam opportunity. Free passes and errors will often come back to bite you - that smash right there is living proof. Joey Wiemer is officially really in a slump. And, lemme tell ya, the memes and the gifs apparently aren't helping in the near-term: Deep thoughts: What can we do as concerned citizens in a universe where we see the superhero abilities in Wiemer's golden bat and God-like flowing golden locks? I don't know. Life is just a fraction of a bit easier when he is hitting .300 ball and ripping homers and doubles all over the ballpark. He's facing his stiffest Minor League test to date but I have no doubts he'll put in the hard work to turn things around. Take solace, Joey, I play MLB the Show 2022 and I can affirm: hitting a baseball is hard. ? Wiemer ended another frustrating night 0-for-5 and finished it with a strikeout. Keep grinding, young man! Show them how it's done, Cam Robinson ! A breath of extremely fresh air entered the Montgomery Biscuit's stadium when Robinson took the mound for Biloxi for the first time. What's more, he took out a little frustration and added a little gas for his teammates: a pitch one rocket bean ball right off the Biscuit's batter. Zesty! Fear not, as I have been attesting for over a month: Cam is the stuff. He struck out the next two and got a fly out to Frelick in center field to end the frame. A good first run. Here's to more meaningful action in the innings ahead - the Shuckers will need it. *** Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville 9, Columbus (Guardians) 3 Box Score / Game Log Via the Sounds' site, game details, please visit and review: Sounds Rout Columbus for Fifth Straight Win - Dylan File Strikes Out Eight, Nashville Mashes 12 Hits to Run Away from Clippers Game Viewing Notes: RHP Dylan File was dealing early. A fine mix of heat, off-speed (slider and curve), and pace with purpose. It was a refreshing thing to watch as was his five of six retired by strikeout. Whew, Dylan! He hardly made a grimace. It was grab the ball. Game face. And let it rip. He gave the Sounds everything he had over seven complete innings - 4 hits, 3 walks, 8 K's, 3 earned runs. The runs came late with the game well in hand. The Sounds put up a Pablo Reyes solo shot, a Tyler White two-run bomb, and a fielder's choice scoring Jon Singleton off the bat of Brent Diaz to plate four runs through two innings. Fun stat from 2022: White has successfully stolen four of five bases ? Color me pleasantly shocked. Give the man some respect, good Sir! Clearly, he is a much better athlete than I think/thought. Tyler, I apologize for underestimating your prowess. I'm going to call the fly-out to start the bottom of the third inning an 'adventure'. It was a sky-high hanger and all three-of Reyes (from short), Abraham Almonte in left field, and Brice Turang in center field ran circuitously and unconfidently toward it. Ultimately, Reyes (who had stopped briefly en route) was the one to track it down and made an incredibly difficult catch almost humorously easy. It's hard to say what happened there but I would gather a more traditional center fielder ranges and grabs that ball? The first blemish File showed in a dominant performance was a four-pitch walk with one down in the bottom of the fourth. However, that blemish lasted all of one pitch as the next batter hit a chopper directly to Big Jon at first base who in one motion stepped on the bag and tossed the ball to second base where Reyes easily dropped the tag. When I say File was pitching with pace, I mean he was throwing from the mound with 10-11 seconds on the pitch clock. Incredible stuff. Singleton started his game like he has many times this season: opening walk, strikeout, 0-2 count turned into a second walk. His ability to take pitches is uncanny given the amount he strikes out and the power he possesses. If you want to strike him out, you are going to have to attack the zone. He just rarely chases a pitch out of the zone. With those two walks, he took the International League lead with 64 on the season. I don't know if I've ever seen a scene on a baseball diamond whereby a surprising throw by the cut-off man caught three umpires off guard. It certainly happened in the top of the sixth as Garrett Whitley slid into third base and was left with his hands up as not a single ump made the call for what felt like 5-10 seconds. It was quite confusing. The tag was applied on the left field side of Garrett so it only made sense, given the uncertainty, the home plate umpire ultimately made the call?. Manager Rick Sweet quickly came to the field in disbelief and controlled consternation. Bless his heart. All told, the Sounds added three in the mini-rally and it was 8-0. I'll tell you what first place baseball looks like: picking your teammates up and avoiding disastrous innings. With one down in the bottom-half of the sixth, Reyes botched an absolute routine grounder off the bat of former Brewer farmhand, David Fry . From there, the Clippers managed their first threat of the game with a single to right field, and a walk. The bases were juiced. With a 1-2 count, the Clippers batter hit a liner to right field. David Dahl charged and threw in quick succession. Brent Diaz met the throw a mere couple feet in front of home base and deftly applied the tag to Fry who couldn't beat the well-placed toss or slide under the savvy tag. It was a first-place play. And that's my coach-speak cliché of the week! Almonte left the ball game after a single at bat and was replaced by Whitley in left field. Let's hope this isn't another return to the IL. He was hitting the ball with gusto upon his return - as he has done all season. He provides so much pop and danger from both sides of the dish. We hope to see you back pronto, Abraham! Welcome back to the Nashville staff, Kelley! A fine inning of work in his first action since returning - he even lowered his Nashville ERA to 0.64 on the 2022 season. All told, the Sounds were the beneficiaries of four double plays turned - that tied a season high for them. They are just a savvy, savvy veteran Triple-A ball club up and down. Rarely do they make a mistake - when the opportunities present themselves, they flash the leather on a daily basis. If you can, please give them a watch as often as you can. *** That is the end of my Minor League Link Report work this week. It has been an honor providing coverage for you all these past few days. Please tune in tomorrow and through the weekend as these big road series continue. At the time of publishing, we know LHP Ethan Small is back on the mound as is Wisconsin's lefty Ace, Antoine Kelly . In Montgomery, hopefully LHP Nick Bennett can find his better stuff - this year has mostly been an unexpected struggle coming off some fine work in the spring - Biloxi will need better form if they have any plans to end their current eight game losing streak in Montgomery. 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Well, everyone but Nashville - a team who clearly does not care where or who they play right now. Give them a baseball. Watch them win. With the DSL and ACL men taking their rest day, it was the four Brewers' upper level affiliates back on the diamond continuing their collective road series. RHP Dylan File was dealing in Columbus, RHP Israel Puello took the hill for Wisconsin and had a fantastic second start at High-A, TJ Shook got shook up by a grand salami turning a lead upside down, and RHP Jeferson Figueroa lost his dominance in the fourth inning. Let's get into the report! Transactions: RHP Jeison Pena was assigned (and activated) to the Carolina Mudcats from the ACL Brewers Gold RHP Taylor Floyd was assigned (and activated) to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from the Biloxi Shuckers *** Carolina Pre-Game Notes Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 6, Carolina 1 Box Score / Game Log Via the Mudcats' site, game details, please visit and review: Chourio Hits Tenth Homer in Streak Snapping Loss - The Mudcats Avoided a Shutout, but Saw Their Win Streak End at Five Straight Facing very talented Cannon Baller lefty Tommy Sommer (23 years old, 6'4" 220) off his dominant June was no small task for the young Mudcats. And, the first inning featured many a swing and a miss before three straight groundouts. Sommer dominated the Mudcats' bats over six innings of one-hit two-strikeout work. This game could pretty much be summed up with one line: "Well, Jackson Chourio hit his 10th home run in the ninth inning." The Mudcats more or less were swept off the field tonight and couldn't really muster any viable threat. The win streak ended with a fizzle but it did feature the late Jackson Chourio firework. Further Game Notes: The above being said, RHP Jeferson Figueroa was cruising through three innings - nine up and nine down with four punch outs. The game simply got away a bit in the fourth on two consecutive run scoring doubles with two down. The score was suddenly 3-0 and the Mudcats wouldn't recover. The Cannon Ballers tacked on two solo shots in the fifth and that was the end of Jeferson's evening. What do I mean by 'swept off the field' above? Two chances with RISP on the evening for the Mudcats? That's going to be tough to pull out a victory any evening. In a night where the bottom of the order collectively went 0-for-12 with three strikeouts (six through nine spots), there was the fine evening of Jackson Chourio to celebrate. He finished 2-for-4 with a solo shot, he knocked two of the three Mudcats hits, and added his ninth stolen base of the year for good measure. That's really all there is to this one. It's on to the next. The Mudcats have been playing quite well of late - they simply ran into a very hot pitcher, on the road. Hats off to Kannapolis. *** Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes South Bend (Cubs) 3. Wisconsin 0 Box Score/Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers' site, game details, please visit and review: Cubs Shut Out Rattlers to Snap Wisconsin's Win Streak - Puello Allows One Run Over Seven Innings to Get Tagged with a Tough Loss Coming into this one, one of the more intriguing storylines I was paying attention to was 3B Zavier Warren's ongoing hitting streak. His 11 game streak is the Rattlers' longest of the season and, honestly, it feels much-deserved. Zavier's numbers aren't where he'd like them to be but as a regular watcher of T-Rats games I feel it's quite easy to say: it isn't for lack of good at bats. Zavier has a very polished professional repeatable swing. He has a solid athletic frame. And, frankly, he's just a very savvy and solid baseball player - as corny as that sounds. He brings a sense of calm and comfort on the diamond and I can only imagine his coaches and teammates value that immensely. On the mound, RHP Israel Puello certainly didn't get a soft landing in his promotion to High-A. How about a debut at Home versus the League-leading Cedar Rapids Kernels? Check. How about game number two versus the third place overall and second place team (second half) South Bend Cubs? Check. How'd Israel fare? Let's take a look at Zavier and Israel and their teammates in the game recap notes below. Further Game Notes: The T-Rats got things going deep in the first and just as quickly as the two-out rally started on the Joe Gray Jr. walk and Tristan Peters double (his 14th), it ended. Joe was gunned down at home on a fine relay from center field, to shortstop, and accurately to home. How did Zavier's 11-game hit streak proceed? It ended. He finished his evening with a straight 0-for-4 performance. How did Israel fare? Fantastically! How does seven complete innings, 90 pitches, 3 hits, 1 walk, 4 k's, and the sole blemish a solo HR sound? He gave his team every shot to pull out the 'W'. Through two High-A starts, he's looking quite ready to build on these successes. We see your 0-for-2 with RISP, Carolina. AND, we'll double the stakes and offer up an 0-for-4 with RISP in South Bend. Just, frankly, not a lot happening on the base paths on the evening. The Cubs' recently promoted Luis Devers (Myrtle Beach, Low-A) took his first action of his High-A career out of the bullpen. He performed excellently over three innings pitched: 2 hits, 0 bb's, and 3 k's. I took notice of Devers when the Mudcats had their series versus the Pelicans earlier in the 2022 season. He was dominant in Low-A with an incredible 75 k's to a mere 14 walks. He'll be one to monitor in South Bend as he continued to show out tonight. *** Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Biloxi , Montgomery (Rays) Box Score / Game Log Via the Shuckers' site, game details, please visit and review: Early Lead Evaporates in Shuckers Defeat - Robinson Tosses Scoreless Inning in First Appearance for Biloxi in 2022 I am a fragile Shuckers fan these days. I have watched so many wild n' wooly happenings in the Biloxi season, I feel I may need a Double-A therapist (I'm only mostly kidding!). Tonight, I was eagerly awaiting the return of OF Sal Frelick and INF Gabe Holt. A joyous welcome for two men offering depth and bats to a lineup that has been running very very thin. Coming off TJ Shook's best work of the year his last outing - albeit, in a relief role - there was hope the young pitcher could find some of that earlier High-A dominance. So, how did it all turn out? Sadly, and predictably, in Montgomery...even after grabbing a 4-0 lead in the first inning : Further Game Notes: Welcome back to the starting line-up Sal Frelick. Thank you, thank you, thank you! How about a lead-off single and a run scored? That'll do, young man. I'm sure Noah Campbell is looking forward to more rbi opportunities. Here's the proof: How about another double for Jakson Reetz? What a season. He got things going early in the first inning with an improbable and extremely difficult two-run rip. He's just so strong. I have no idea how he pulled this pitch all the way to the wall: Oh, you say INF Gabe Holt has returned as well? Wonderful news. Let's get healthy! Niko Hulsizer's third Grand Slam versus the Shuckers in his career as a Biscuit?!? Ummmm, that's not flaky and tasty at all. He's starting to enter the same territory as Griffin Conine - aka, Shuckers slayer. TJ, I'm going to guess you'll want this pitch back: Closing the grand slam loop: a hit batter and two walks led to that grand slam opportunity. Free passes and errors will often come back to bite you - that smash right there is living proof. Joey Wiemer is officially really in a slump. And, lemme tell ya, the memes and the gifs apparently aren't helping in the near-term: Deep thoughts: What can we do as concerned citizens in a universe where we see the superhero abilities in Joey's golden bat and god-like flowing golden locks? I don't know. Life is just a fraction of a bit easier when Joey is hitting 0.300 ball and ripping homers and doubles all over the ballpark. He's facing his stiffest Minor League test to date but I have no doubts he'll put in the hard work to turn things around. Take solace, Joey, I play MLB the Show 2022 and I can affirm: hitting a baseball is hard. ? Joey ended another frustrating night 0-for-5 and finished it with a strikeout. Keep grinding, young man! Show them how it's done, Cam Robinson! A breath of extremely fresh air entered the Montgomery Biscuit's stadium when Cam took the mound for Biloxi for the first time. What's more, he took out a little frustration and added a little gas for his teammates: a pitch one rocket bean ball right off the Biscuit's batter. Zesty! Fear not, as I have been attesting for over a month: Cam is the stuff. He struck out the next two and got a fly out to Frelick in center field to end the frame. A good first run. Here's to more meaningful action in the innings ahead - the Shuckers will need it. *** Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville , Columbus (Guardians) Box Score / Game Log Via the Sounds' site, game details, please visit and review: Sounds Rout Columbus for Fifth Straight Win - Dylan File Strikes Out Eight, Nashville Mashes 12 Hits to Run Away from Clippers Game Viewing Notes: RHP Dylan File was dealing early. A fine mix of heat, off-speed (slider and curve), and pace with purpose. It was a refreshing thing to watch as was his five of six retired by strikeout. Whew, Dylan! He hardly made a grimace. It was grab the ball. Game face. And let it rip. He gave the Sounds everything he had over seven complete innings - 4 hits, 3 walks, 8 k's, 3 earned runs. The runs came late with the game well in hand. The Sounds put up a Pablo Reyes solo shot, a Tyler White two-run bomb, and a fielder's choice scoring Jon Singleton off the bat of Brent Diaz to plate four runs through two innings. Fun stat from 2022: Tyler White has successfully stolen four of five bases ? Color me pleasantly shocked. Give the man some respect, good Sir! Clearly, Tyler is a much better athlete than I think/thought. Tyler, I apologize for underestimating your prowess. I'm going to call the fly-out to start the bottom of the third inning an 'adventure'. It was a sky-high hanger and all three-of Pablo Reyes (from short), Abraham Almonte in left field, and Brice Turang in center field ran circuitously and unconfidently toward it. Ultimately, Pablo (who had stopped briefly en route) was the one to track it down and made an incredibly difficult catch almost humorously easy. It's hard to say what happened there but I would gather a more traditional center fielder ranges and grabs that ball? The first blemish Dylan File showed in a dominant performance was a four pitch walk with one down in the bottom of the fourth. However, that blemish lasted all of one pitch as the next batter hit a chopper directly to Big Jon at first base who in one motion stepped on the bag and tossed the ball to second base where Pablo Reyes easily dropped the tag. When I say Dylan File was pitching with pace, I mean he was throwing from the mound with 10-11 seconds on the pitch clock. Incredible stuff. Jon Singleton started his game like he has many times this season: opening walk, strikeout, 0-2 count turned into a second walk. His ability to take pitches is uncanny given the amount he strikes out and the power he possesses. If you want to strike him out, you are going to have to attack the zone. He just rarely chases a pitch out of the zone. With those two walks, he took the International league lead with 64 on the season. I don't know if I've ever seen a scene on a baseball diamond whereby a surprising throw by the cut-off man caught three umpires off guard. It certainly happened in the top of the sixth as Garrett Whitley slid into third base and was left with his hands up as not a single ump made the call for what felt like 5-10 seconds. It was quite confusing. The tag was applied on the left field side of Garrett so it only made sense, given the uncertainty, the home plate umpire ultimately made the call?. Manager Rick Sweet quickly came to the field in disbelief and controlled consternation. Bless his heart. All told, the Sounds added three in the mini-rally and it was 8-0. I'll tell you what first place baseball looks like: picking your teammates up and avoiding disastrous innings. With one down in the bottom-half of the sixth, Pablo Reyes botched an absolute routine grounder off the bat of former Brewer farmhand, David Fry. From there, the Clippers managed their first threat of the game with a single to right field, and a walk. The bases were juiced. With a 1-2 count, the Clippers batter hit a liner to right field. David Dahl charged and threw in quick succession. Brent Diaz met the throw a mere couple feet in front of home base and deftly applied the tag to Fry who couldn't beat the well placed toss or slide under the savvy tag. It was a first place play. And, that's my coach-speak cliché of the week! Abraham Almonte left the ball game after a single at bat and was replaced by Garrett Whitley in left field. Let's hope this isn't another return to the IL. He was hitting the ball with gusto upon his return - as he has done all season. He provides so much pop and danger from both sides of the dish. We hope to see you back pronto, Abraham! Welcome back to the Nashville staff, Trevor Kelley! A fine inning of work in his first action since returning - he even lowered his Nashville ERA to 0.64 on the 2022 season. All told, the Sounds were the beneficiaries of four double plays turned - that tied a season high for them. They are just a savvy savvy veteran Triple-A ball club up and down. Rarely do they make a mistake - when the opportunities present themselves they flash the leather on a daily basis. If you can, please give them a watch as often as you can. *** That is the end of my Minor League Link Report work this week. It has been an honor providing coverage for you all these past few days. Please tune in tomorrow and through the weekend as these big road series continue. At the time of publishing, we know LHP Ethan Small is back on the mound as is Wisconsin's lefty Ace, Antoine Kelly. In Montgomery, hopefully LHP Nick Bennett can find his better stuff - this year has mostly been an unexpected struggle coming off some fine work in the spring - Biloxi will need better form if they have any plans to end their current eight game losing streak in Montgomery. 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Do you think Cam Robinson is amped to get his first action for Biloxi? How about a first pitch cannon bean ball? ? Welcome to Biloxi, Cam! You're going to fit in great with the Shuckers' relief staff. ? He follows up with two punch outs and a fly out. Because, well, he's Cam Robinson and he's a gull dern STUD.

2 of 3 Mudcats hit on the evening and his 10th HR of the season now. Add his ninth stolen base of the year to boot. With Wiemer slumpin' and slumpin' he's making more and more arguments to be considered widely the number one prospect. Incredible at his age. Truly incredible. Sky is the limit.

With men on the corners, Joey Wiemer harmlessly flies out to right field. An 0-3 night so far for the slumping Wiemer - no strikeouts, however. Let's hope the Shuckers can find something, anything, to win a game in Montgomery. Meanwhile, in South Bend, the Cubbies put up two more runs off Matulovich and the T-Rats now trail 3-0. Mudcats trailing 5-0. It's going to be the Sounds having to maintain their 8-0 lead so we can see a victory tonight at present.

TJ Shook doing his best to keep Biloxi playing like 2022 Shuckers gave up the 1-0 grand salami. SHuckers now trail 5-4 here in the third inning and the Biscuits are still batting.

Sounds now lead 8-0 heading to the bottom-half of the sixth. I'm telling you, I don't think I've seen a pitcher work faster (anywhere) than Dylan File is tonight. He's consistently tossing to home plate with 10-11 seconds on the pitch clock. Wild!

Jakson Reetz just crushed a two-run double to give the Shuckers an early 2-0 lead. Let's just go ahead and get that OPS above 1.100 Jakson and put the naysayers back in the closet eh? My goodness. At this point, it's silly.

Through three innings in South Bend and Israel Puello continues to tell us he is happy with the promotion: 3 scoreless, 1 hit, 1 k innings. What a start to his High-A career. We're still knotted at 0-0.

This is the best version of Dylan File - or at least best two-inning stretch - I've seen all season. Just dealing. Great mix of heat, off-speed (primarily slider and curve), and pace. He has struck out 5 of 6 ?. This against a team who came into this series the most potent offense in the International League. Let's GO, Dylan!!! Love it.

The Mudcats have a tall task facing 23 yo 6'4" 220 talented lefty Tommy Sommer. He is fresh off an award-winning June. They had several big swings and misses in the top of the first and ultimately hit three weak groundouts. Figueroa takes the hill to try and match for Carolina. In other news, how about a walk to Brice Turang and then a two-run bomb from Tyler White? That will do. We'll write that into the scoring column baby. 3-0 and the Sounds are still batting.

How about a Pablo Reyes lead-off solo shot to get things going in Columbus? Yes indeed. That's the way we'll start this one.

RHP Taylor Floyd has been assigned (and activated) to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from Biloxi. Taylor struggled consistently in his 2022 abbreviated stint in Biloxi, unfortunately. Let's hope he can regain some semblance of his better stuff (akin to his 2021 season) for the T-Rats as he looks to find his way post-injury.

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RHP 19 yo Jeison Pena has been assigned to the Carolina Mudcats (and activated) from the ACL Brewers Gold. (Exciting news, Jeison was faring quite well in 7 games of action - 2 starts - 16 2/3 innings 27k:4bb; 0.210 BAA, 1.02 WHIP) Updated to Add:

With all our beloved higher-level affiliates taking a hard-earned day of rest, we focus on the DSL Brewers clubs and the ACL Brewers clubs. Four games were played in total. Many an intriguing player storyline is developing in Arizona and the Dominican Republic. Let's dive into those Box Scores and Game Logs and deliver the goods! As always, please feel free to comment; offer your thoughts; and join us in the ongoing daily game threads. We're all here to celebrate these young players and watch them grow. Image courtesy of Brewer Fanatic With all our beloved higher-level affiliates taking a hard-earned day of rest, we focus on the DSL Brewers clubs and the ACL Brewers clubs. Four games were played in total. Many an intriguing player storyline is developing in Arizona and the Dominican Republic. Let's dive into those Box Scores and Game Logs and deliver the goods! As always, please feel free to comment; offer your thoughts; and join us in the ongoing daily game threads. We're all here to celebrate these young players and watch them grow. Transactions: None *** Before I go straight into the baseball action, let us celebrate recent accolades and performances of note. As always, and with great gratitude, these come via the consistently mentioned (in our reports) 'Brewers Player Development' twitter. Let's start with a high draft pick riser and a pitcher we've discussed quite often recently as he is trending UP: LHP Russ Smith . His last two starts have been far and away his best of the season. It's certainly cause for celebration: And, let's follow that up with recently announced pitching and hitting Brewers organizational monthly awards. With the pitching, we go straight back to the High-A pitching hot bed of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Taking awards are (former) teammates and (former) housemates RHP's Cam Robinson and Justin Jarvis (We shared this earlier this season BUT now that Cam is in Biloxi it's worth a nostalgic look). Fantastic stuff, gentlemen! And, on the hitting side of things, we've discussed the ongoing red hot streak of extremely formidable and exciting young catching prospect Jeferson Quero for awhile now. He takes home the monthly hitting award along with extremely intriguing 18 year old Dominican ACL Brewers Gold OF prospect, Luis Castillo. Luis has had an absolutely incredible start to his ACL season and has most definitely caught our attention. We clearly have two very intriguing young lefty-bats coming up the ranks in outfielders Castillo and Luis Lara . It's a shame we don't have an affiliate in L(o)uisville : DSL Brewers 1 5, DSL Cubs Blue 3 Box Score/Game Log In a game where the DSL Brewers 1 lead throughout - with single runs in both the first and second innings forming a 2-0 lead - there were three storylines that stood out: the continued offensive outputs of Lara and Jhonny Severino and the continued excellent pitching form of Osbriel Mogollon . All three players have been notable for some time and today was no different. Let's start with the young and tantalizing Lara. Outfield prospect Lara continues to dominate in the lead-off role for the DSL Brewers 1. Today was more of the same as he hit to the tune of 3-for-4 with his eighth double and his fourth triple (!!). About the only real negative we can glean from his game logs is he has been caught stealing four times while successfully swiping only two bases in the 21 games played this summer. In Luis' 81 total AB's in the early going, however, he is making many waves: 0.366 BA/ 0.407 OBP/ 1.005 OPS/ 17 runs/ 30 hits/ 1 HR/ 13 rbi/ 8 doubles/ 4 triples/ 5 bb/ 14 k's. There is so much to like here. He's a true lead-off hitting prospect and is flat out dealing. Dominican Jhonny Severino, in the designated hitter spot in the lineup and batting just behind the red hot Lara in the two-hole, also went 3-for-4 for the game. He hit his sixth double and knocked in his 13th rbi (it's nice batting behind the young Lara!). On the season, Severino is now hitting to the tune of a 0.309 BA himself with a 0.385 OBP and a 0.856 OPS with 23 k's to 7 walks. He has also successfully stolen all five of his attempts. This production is obviously quite nice, but, what I notice most beyond these appealing numbers and outputs is: 17 years of age, 6'3" 185 pounds. That's a considerable frame for the young man. For example, highly touted Mudcats shortstop Eduardo Garcia is listed an inch shorter and 25 pounds lighter. Make of that what you will. I'll say: he's definitively on my radar. It seems like just yesterday: Also of Note: 18-year-old 1B/3B/DH (to date - as you'll find with many of the young DSL players they play all over and often don't even play their listed position ? LOTS to track and, hey, young players evolve!) switch-hitting Dominican Arnys Rodriguez continues to deserve mention. Hitting in the fifth spot in the batting order, and once again playing first base (he has played primarily first base with 13 total games at the position), he managed to knock in a run (his 10th rbi of the young season); plate a run himself; and take a free base in a 1-for-3 day at the plate. Rodriguez now sports a 0.293 BA/ 0.455 OBP/ 0.894 OPS. Perhaps the most interesting stat is a 1:1 K:BB ratio at 13 apiece. This is very noteworthy. We have a switch-hitting 1B/3B/DH young man with a 1:1 K:BB ratio showing out early - a mere 41 AB's, mind you. I'll be paying attention. You may or may not recall, but Rodriguez was signed in the same class as Hedbert Perez, Jeferson Quero, and Jheremy Vargas back in the summer of 2019. It's always fascinating to witness and follow their journeys from afar. Back to the pitching side of things, let's go for a little deep dive into young Venezuelan lefty hurler Osbriel Mogollon. Mogollon is a young 18 years old having just celebrated his new year in early April. The sample size is extremely small - five games, three starts, 15 innings pitched - but what in the heck do we do this for anyway? To calm our enthusiasms?! No way. Not on this Minor League bard's watch. Signed for a mere $10,000 from the International Bonus Pool money pot, I'd say this is the current 'best value' proposition of the entire 2022 group. As our very own @CheeseheadInQC has opined (see HERE), there are other value candidates but the point stands: very good results early. After today's five complete innings pitched (0 hits, 1 BB, 8 K's), he is showing an overall stat line of: 15 IP, 25 K's, 9 BB's, 1.20 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 2 HB. He's staying relatively clean and in just his third start he went his longest with the least amount of damage. Trending. Improving. Exciting us all. DSL Brewers #2 4, DSL Cubs Red 3 Box Score/Game Log Following the delayed live feed early, it felt like a game that could easily have gotten away. The Cubs Red had scored single runs in each of the first three innings. Trailing 3-0, then, in the bottom half of the fourth, the Brewers 2 grabbed some opportune luck on behalf of the Cubs sloppiness and took advantage - all four runs were scored unearned. It started with a one-out throwing error giving the Brewers 2 a free runner. The next batter, red hot Brayan Oropeza , was bean balled. Suddenly, there were two runners aboard. Toss in a wild pitch on the very next toss and, well, now runners had reached second and third. Edgardo Reyes grounded out to third scoring Francisco Nina from third. The score was 1-3, with two outs, and Oropeza standing on second base. How about a passed ball to throw atop the wild pitch appetizer? Oropeza took third base. Still two down. On the 1-0 count Mendy Ferreira ripped a line drive double (his second of the year) to center field moving the deficit to 2-3. How about another wild pitch? Ferreira was suddenly on third. With Demetrio Nadal at the dish, and the 1-0 count, he hit an infield single to the third base side and, lo and behold, advanced due to the second throwing error for the Cubs Red. With the score 3-3, and the Cubs Red mercifully changing pitchers for the next at bat, Donis Rodriguez ripped a line drive single to left field and the Brewers took their lead 4-3 (and the victory) before flying out to end the inning. This being said, a team must still take advantage of the opportunities like a 3-for-6 performance with RISP. Not a lot of opportunities whatsoever but incredible production with limited chance. Continuing the theme of highlighting three noteworthy players, let's look to performances from outfielder Ferreira and RHP's Nelson Cuevas and Stanley Encarnacion: Ferreira had an inauspicious 2021 season in the DSL and, honestly, the 19-year-old Dominican hasn't gotten off to a noticeable start. BUT, in a game filled with four unearned runs and a mere five DSL Brewers 2 hits, he had two of them in a 2-for-3 afternoon. He hit his second double and knocked across his eighth rbi (with two outs, no less). Hopefully, he can build on a game like this. This is the third straight year for the 21-year-old Cuevas in the Brewers DSL system. His overall numbers speak to a kind of 'with familiarity breeds comfort' type of situation. But, honestly, what do I know? His strike % is up, his pitches per AB are down, and he now has three saves (after today). These are all great things. If we're being totally honest, however, not a lot jumps off the page. We celebrate him today, regardless, as he grabbed his third save with an unblemished seventh inning securing the improbably victory. That alone is worth recognition, and we absolutely hope he builds greater things from here. There's a little more to look at when we look to Encarnacion. He's a year younger than Nelson and we see considerable improvement across his three seasons in the system. To date, in 2022, we see a 13k:3bb ratio over 9 2/3 innings of relief work (8 hits, 1 HB). Batters are hitting a pedestrian 0.222 against him and his WHIP is a respectable 1.14. All of these are improvements over 2021. He gave the Brewers 2 2.0 scoreless innings of 2 walk and 2 strikeout ball today. I'll be tracking in the days ahead. Tracking the DSL Brewers Divisional Standing at Present: ACL Brewers Gold 7, ACL Athletics 6 Box Score/Game Log In a wild n' wooly late game that included nine runs in the final inning, the Brewers Gold managed to score the last five. It was tied at two after six and it seemed like a pitching battle was in store and the runs would be hard to come by. Not so fast! Trailing 2-0 in that bottom half of the sixth inning, it was a Jesus Parra 's two-out, two-run, game-tying home run (his second of the year) that scored DH Gregory Barrios who had singled earlier with one down. Parra had two RBI's on the evening when all was said and done. Trailing by four runs in the seventh - after 20-year-old RHP Phili Silverio hit a batter, gave up a two-run single, and then a solo home run and ultimately was replaced by RHP Trevor Tietz who gave up a solo shot to his first batter...gulp - the Brewers Gold looked to start a rally. With one down, it was a classic situation where the moment seemed to get away from the Athletics pitchers. The rally included a couple singles, a couple walks, a balk for good measure, and then a game-winning single off the bat of 3B Branlyn Jaraba (3-for-4, first double, game-winning rbi). Special mention will go to the combined work of 19-year-old Venezuelan RHP Yorman Galindez (4 2/3 IP, 5 hits, 2 BB, 1 earned run, 6 K's) and 20-year-old Columbian RHP Fray Morelo (1/3 IP, 1 K). Fray came on after Yorman had walked two men on and shut that threat down with a three-pitch mow him down strikeout. Offensively, the reigning offensive player of the month, Castillo, had a fairly noteworthy 0-for-2 line with two walks and an RBI. The aforementioned Jaraba and his 3-for-4 outing are noteworthy. And 19-year-old Venezuelan 2B Jose Caballero is catching the eye with his 7:7 BB:K ratio and 4-for-4 stolen bases - he went 2-for-3 with a run tonight as well. ACL Reds 9, ACL Brewers Blue 5 Box Score/Game Log The ACL Reds came into this contest atop the standings and they won another to stay in ACL pole position at 16-6 overall. The ACL Brewers Blue gave it a good effort and, ultimately, finished even in the hit department - nine hits apiece. This was a contest, but the Reds led throughout as they struck early with a three-spot. The Brewers Blue simply couldn't recover. At first glance, one would surmise the Reds' six stolen bases had something to say in the final score as neither team was particularly effective with RISP: Brewers Blue 4-for-14/Reds 6-for-19. Given the six Reds stolen bases, a fielding and throwing error, one might gather young 18-year-old catcher Darlin Lora had a rough game. This is simply a guess, however - there is no MiLB.TV review so we'll have to see what happens over time. Sticking to the Brewers Blue side of things, there was clear productivity up and down the line-up: That's an impactful evening at the dish as there is production 1-through-7 in that line-up. They simply lacked the one or two opportune knocks to take the lead. Moving to the pitching side of things, we'll note 19-year-old and 6'6" two-way playing (RHP) Quinton Low and his continued effectiveness on the mound (1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K, still 0.00 era) and 19-year-old Venezuelan RHP Jose Chavez ' scoreless inning of work (1 IP, 1K, 0 hits, 0 BB). Here's hoping for better overall results next time out. Keep grinding and the improvements and results will come. Finally, a quick glance at the ACL Standings: Keep in mind, as noted by our own @sveumrules and @CheeseheadInQC (HERE - Bottom of page) the ACL Brewers appear to have the youngest team in the entire Complex League. Given this, and given several fantastic seasons happening across both squads, it is fairly easy to see there is plenty of talent amongst the teams. The season is still young, mind you, and either team could still go on a run. *** At publish time, we know we have RHP Israel Puello looking to build on a fantastic High-A debut in South Bend and RHP Dylan File looking to regain steadier form for the Nashville Sounds at Columbus for Game 2 versus the Cleveland Guardians' second place affiliate. The remaining match-ups are to be determined so stay tuned as the day progresses - all games will take place in the evening. Thank you for reading today's DSL and ACL report - the ACL and DSL Brewers affiliates will have the day off Wednesday. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Standings and sortable stat pages Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

The ACL Brewers Gold got the ol' 5-run walk off. Singles, walks, n balks, oh my! An improbable comeback as they had spotted the Athletics a four run lead in the top of the seventh on the heels of back-to-back homers. It looks as though the Crew affiliates are headed for a healthy 3-1 day. All ACL/DSL teams are off tomorrow. Those ACL Reds sure seem formidable!

I have to say, I absolutely love having a Report day when I can just deep dive and interweb search all these fascinating young prospects in the ACL and DSL. I'm loving this. I go on these massive detours and realize I haven't even finished my second DSL write-up. ? ACL tilts start in an hour. I better get this done before my wife scolds me. For the greater organizational record keepers at home: We are now up 4-0 on the Cubs organization in the past 48 hours. Let's hope the Big Club can make it 5-0! The ACL Brewers Blue, in other news, will get a real test tonight as they face the ACL Reds who sport an impressive 15-6 record.

I think in the early going of this year's DSL, I'm naming Mogollon the best value signing of the entire group. $10,000 of bonus pool money are definitely worth his incredible 15 innings to date. Here's hoping he keeps lighting it up, keeps developing, and gets more life changing money to help himself and his entire family. Blessed be the athletes who achieve success!

Speaking of 'Big', Johnny Severino is listed an inch taller and 25 pounds heavier than Mudcats SS Eduardo Garcia. This had me all sorts of ? today! ?