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Final: DSL CLE Mendoza (Guardians) 12, DSL Brewers Blue 11 Box Score and Game Log Thankfully the game was picked up, and even if the Blue Squad couldn't quite complete the comeback from down 11-4 after seven innings, at least we didn't lose the 9th inning stats off the books. Leanders Matos also stole a base after a single, the only reason he didn't steal more was because he prioritized practicing his home run trot. Team Blue committed two errors in the three-run Guardians 2nd inning, and two of those runs were unearned. When one considers the final score and that Cleveland's kids played error-free ball, that was big. Sorry to report one of those errors was by young Mr. Matos, a throwing error from third base, his 3rd error in 20 games in the field, hardly an egregious number. Young Leanders may be thinking more about that throw than his day at the plate. This game was played in a tidy four hours and thirty minutes, and that does not include the 35-minute 9th inning delay. The seven Cleveland and four Milwaukee pitchers combined for 26 walks (12 by MKE), four wild pitches (two by each team), three balks (two for MKE), three HBP's (one by MKE), and four home runs allowed (just one by MKE). Brewer catchers did not throw out any of the eight Guardian basestealers. Guardian catchers did not throw out any of the five Brewer basestealers. DSL box scores are such a treat. MKE batters: Team RISP: 2-for-16. Team LOB: 12. CLE batters: Team RISP: 5-for-25. Team LOB: 12. NOTE: $1.6 million bonus baby infielder Diego Frontado (1.053 OPS in 17 games) last played Thursday June 25th, and at this time there is no news on that absence.

Milwaukee Brewers sent LHP Rob Zastryzny on a rehab assignment to ACL Brewers. Staff will get a look at Rob Z. tonight in Arizona, where the Crew is conveniently playing as well.

Yes, they've picked things back up! Do your thing, Gameday! UPDATE: Strikeout ends the game, tying runner on first base. We'll have a full write-up in place here before too long, also to be incorporated into Saturday morning's Link Report.

This post will be incorporated into Saturday morning's Link Report - Final: DSL Brewers Gold 15, DSL Rojos (Reds) 7 Box Score and Game Log Trailing 3-0 heading to the bottom of the 6th, with only one lonely single on the hit column, the Golden boys erupted for a nine-run frame. The inning included an appearance by a Reds reliever who did not retire any of the six batters he faced, though that pitcher did not begin the inning. As was mentioned in yesterday's report, it just takes one such appearance to blow up a rookie level game, a common occurrence. The Cerveceros again did not get a hit in the 7th but put up a six-spot in the 8th after the Reds scored four in the top of the inning to close the gap to two runs. Once again, a Reds pitcher faltered badly, retiring only two of eight batters. The Crew squeezed all eleven of their hits in the two innings. We encourage @BrewersPD to continue to post highlights such as this, because the players featured immediately post additional great games. Ricki Moneys, playing third base in this one for the 5th time (13 games at shortstop), double, singled twice, and drove in three runs. Switch-hitting outfielder Manny De Los Santos walked three times and stole two bases to pump his success rate on the basepaths to 16-for-17. Second-year 1B/DH Matthew Moses, DH'ing here, clubbed a three-run homer, and in 52 career games, has 20 XBH's including seven home runs, and impressively has driven in 44. Moses has not played third base at all this summer, and the 18-year-old has only game behind the plate this year. He's another example of wow, it's tough to post numbers at a premier power position on a complex league team and not be looked at like "well, someone has to play first base". On that note, Friday's actual first baseman, 18-year-old Jefer Lista, a right-handed bat with a few games in left field on his 2026 resume, singled twice to lift his line to .327/.435/.551 (.986 OPS). The DSL atmosphere is like playing on the moon in 2026. Your box score review will show that two first-year RHP's each gutted their way through four-inning stints (Jean Rivero, 18 years old and Marcos Veras, 17). Congrats to LHP Noel Cepeda, making his professional debut with a scoreless 9th, walked two and struck out one. Already 18 years old, Cepeda is an example of a player not inked in January, but who popped up on the Brewers radar, signing on May 27th. You are absolutely invited to visit the game log (all nine Gold runs in the 6th scored after two were out!). They've been showing two-out run success on the big-league Brewers broadcasts for weeks now. Finish up reviewing the 8th inning log which was capped by the Moses blast. 20-year-old 3rd-year C/1B Kegnnalex Seijas last played on June 24th. 17-year-old (18 next month) infielder Romano Donato last played on Monday.

The Warbirds have confirmed via press release that the exciting 19-year-old switch-hitter has been placed on the Wilson roster. The Warbirds roster now sits at 29 active (one below the limit) + 1 Injured List + 2 Development List

Including the two posts above, more from Thursday 7/2 and any early Friday 7/3 entries: Via WTMJ's Morning News (download link): Brewers 360 with Matt Arnold - "Matt discusses the chances of Miz pitching in the All-Star game, how the Brewers have been hitting as they enter the All-Star Break stretch and gearing up for the second half of the season." Via Mike Heller's "I Love Mondays" Podcast: Vinny Rottino (go to the 09:20 minute mark) Via Fox Sports 920 Milwaukee's "The Huddle": Cooper Pratt (go to the 10:00 minute mark) Via David Gasper's "Brewers Daily" YouTube page: "Garrett Mitchell's 4 Hit Night Powers Crew" Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "Why do the Brewers keep dominating the NL Central? They outclass Cincinnati yet again. Can Cincinnati’s young core—Elly De La Cruz, Matt McLain, and Noelvi Marte—finally break the cycle of stalled development and turn promise into postseason contention, or will Milwaukee’s steady farm system and smart roster moves keep them atop the division? Chuck and Jeff Carr from Locked on Reds spotlight the Brewers’ player development, Pat Murphy’s tactical mastery over Terry Francona, and the stark contrast between Milwaukee’s consistency and Cincinnati’s ongoing struggles. Key talking points include the Brewers’ ability to develop talent without a sky-high payroll, the Reds’ recurring defensive miscues and missed opportunities. The hosts preview tough upcoming stretches, trade possibilities, and what each franchise must do to alter their trajectories. Will the Brewers cement their postseason status, or can the Reds rewrite their fate before it’s too late?" Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Ben Brust and Homer" (download link): "Nyjer Morgan talks all things Jacob Misiorowski and whether T-Plush could handle The Miz in his prime. Morgan says he would crowd the plate, look for something away, try to slap it down the third-base line, or even lay down a bunt to beat Misiorowski’s 105-mile-per-hour heat. Ben and Homer push back with stats, AI simulations and plenty of trash talk, while Morgan admits he never faced anyone throwing quite like The Miz. The conversation also covers the toughest pitchers Morgan faced, including Ryan Dempster, Derek Lowe, Johan Santana and Roy Halladay. Later, T-Plush weighs in on the Brewers’ playoff outlook, why he still wants another bat at the deadline, and why the bottom of the lineup can decide October games." Via the "Brew Crew Scoop" Podcast: "The Brewers have handled their business so far in two series this week against the Cincinnati Reds, despite losing 2 of 3 in ugly fashion to the Cubs this weekend due to lack of hitting with RISP. The Brewers were honored all over the place again with a new top 100 prospect list. All of that, more farm talk, and a discussion on first half position player MVP!" Postgame shows for the 4-2 win over Cincinnati: WTMJ's "Brewers Weekly" with Dom Cotroneo: This is the audio-only link for the video in the prior post Via Mike Heller's "Brewed Daily" podcast stream - Mike posts reaction takes on each Brewers' game Locked on Brewers Postcast with Brandon Sneide - "Brewers Lose Series Finale to Reds - A Rare Tough Start for Misiorowski" Via SportsRadio the Fan's Post Game Show w/ Tim Allen and Tommy Wortz - "Brewers can't complete the sweep" *** Friday 7/3: Via David Gasper's "Brewers Daily" YouTube page: "Reds Beat Brewers to Avoid Being Swept"

This thread will be utilized for any minor league news Friday. Organizational Scoreboard Audio Links MiLB TV (Subscribers) *** Friday's Birthdays: Two Biloxi teammates celebrate today. RHP Nick Merkel turns 28. Fellow righty Jack Seppings turns 24. Also, talented RHP Melvin Hernandez is 20 years old today. Yet to make his season debut in 2026, there is a thread dedicated to his oddly unique status here.

Should have pointed out that Biloxi faced old friend LHP Nate Peterson (Game Log) - Minor League Phase, Rule 5 to the Reds, working in a swing / occasional starter role.

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The baseballs? Some other factor in the charged offensive environments? 2026 is the orange in the apple-to-orange comparison. Or is 2026 the apple? Either way, you get the picture.

Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Biloxi provided the lone win among the non-rookie teams, but in terms of true importance, one moment on an Arizona League mound shined brightest. Welcome to the official start of your Brewers career, Frank Cairone! Transactions: RHP Braylon Owens assigned to Biloxi Shuckers from Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. LHP Jose Meneses assigned to Wisconsin Timber Rattlers from Wilson Warbirds. Also, while not quite yet official: Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Jacksonville (Marlins) 5, Nashville 4, ten innings Box Score and Game Log Via the Sounds, game details, and we encourage readers to always review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Nashville Falls in Extras on Thursday Night Needless to say, but I will continue to do so, the Sounds recap and postgame notes are chock-full. Jett Williams, playing third base, was on base three times and stole two bases, giving him 19 thefts in 22 attempts. The game summary has more on Williams showing improved signs of life as of late. RHP Tyson Hardin failed to go at least five innings for the first time in five starts, as your box score review will show. Because of injuries and big-league needs, Rick Sweet really needs six innings out of his very few traditional starters when they line up. Having Logan Henderson make his next rehab start Friday night will help. That being said, the bullpen did their part with no earned runs allowed over six innings. Recent difficulties don't skip a generation, says the parent club: Team RISP: 1-for-15. Team LOB: 10. If you're up for reviewing the RISPy not so crispy game log, the 7th inning of a 4-4 game probably was most painful - Tyler Black on 2nd base with no outs: Brock Wilken's shallow fly to right did not advance Black, which hurt when Luis Matos grounded to 3rd (advancing Black). Eddys Leonard struck out to end the frame. Matos and Leonard circled around again in the 10th with the first opportunities to bring home the Manfred man for the tie, but despite lineouts (neither topped 86.2, however), success was not achieved. Catch up with the latest Biloxi pre-game audio interview archives - Josiah Ragsdale the latest Biloxi pre-game media notes Final: Biloxi 7, Chattanooga (Reds) 3 Box Score and Game Log Via the Shuckers, game details: Vargas Lifts Shuckers to Comeback Win over Lookouts - First Double-A home run leads Shuckers to 20th comeback win VIDEO report from local news station WXXV: Quick correction on the video above, RHP Travis Smith's lone K on the night was his first punchout as a starter in AA, not his first overall. And what a home run by the Lookout's Jay Allen (yes, it did bounce off the top of the left-field fence twice). Here's another look: The Biloxi 'X' feed is packed with video highlights from the good guys. Wondering why 1B Blake Burke has been missing this week? Here's a clue. Watching that archive, I will say that Burke abandoned his effort to get to first base pretty quickly, it was less than a jog by the time the GIDP was completed. RHP Jack Seppings can wake up today (Friday) feeling good about his 24th birthday. Three of his four Biloxi outings have been excellent since his promotion from Wisconsin (game log). No walks and four K's Thursday. One walk, two K's, a run scored for Andrew Fischer - Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link) Final: Peoria (Cardinals) 6, Wisconsin 2 Box Score and Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers, game details: Chiefs Silence Rattlers - Peoria pounces on Wisconsin miscues in 6-2 win From the opening of the game summary, where you'll see the Tayden Hall double: "Hall gave the Timber Rattlers (43-30 overall, 9-2 second half) the lead in the bottom of the first. Hall lined a double to right with the bases loaded and two outs. Two runs scored on the play for a 2-0 lead. Wisconsin had a chance to add more in the inning and maybe knock Peoria starting pitcher Ty Van Dyke out of the game. Van Dyke was at 24 pitches in the inning, and the Chiefs had Gerardo Salas warming in the bullpen. However, catcher Sammy Hernandez picked a Rattler off third for the final out after the 25th pitch of the inning to stop Wisconsin." The picked-off Rattler was Daniel Dickinson. We'll always understand the non-callouts in the game summaries, accentuate the positive and all. But heck, Garrett Mitchell forgot how many outs there were Thursday for all to see, and if the youngsters want to reach the pinnacle level, well, just saying... Guess we're still doing the "sub out Luis Pena early" routine, replaced on defense to open the 7th. It was 92 degrees at first pitch, hey whatever it takes for health, even if that's an unconfirmed reason. This was RHP Daniel Corniel's 1st Timber Rattlers start in 2026 (3rd appearance), a reminder that the 21-year-old (22 next week) missed all but one game in 2025 with Tommy John surgery. RHP Chandler Welch continues to provide usually solid bulk relief, an invaluable commodity for any minor league manager. Wilson Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 12, Wilson 6 Box Score and Game Log Wilson Walloped by Kannapolis - Ebel, Garcia, Ibarguen Homer The Cannon Ballers had 16 hits, but 13 of them were singles and none left the park, so they didn't quite live up to their moniker. For this Wilson home game, Kannapolis' social media picked up the calls from the Warbirds broadcast, so if you wish to see some of the painful paper cuts, there are six videos on the Ballers' 'X' feed. The Warbirds were down 11-4 through six innings, so kudos to RHP Thomas Conrad on his two scoreless in the 7th and 8th. Rather than have Conrad toss a 3rd inning (he was only at 22 pitches), utilityman Luis Lameda was brought in from second base to the mound for his 7th career pitching appearance, all at this level (four with Carolina in 2025, three thus far in '26). Lameda did allow the final run, but on the whole, has acquitted himself pretty well as a mop-up choice. With injury-related stops and starts, it's too early to determine what the Brewers may have in massive 2025 3rd round RHP Jacob Morrison. As 19-year-old LHP Enderson Mercado's game log will show, six of his last seven outings have been, well, rough to say the least. Oh, the Warbirds did show some pop: Do you like how the Wilson socials make you click and wait to identify? Fun, I guess. This one provided a clue: It doesn't happen as often as he'd like, but every so often Filippo Di Turi gats a base hit on a pretty swing. Final: ACL Giants 12, ACL Brewers 3 Box Score and Game Log Celebrating a 12-3 loss? You betcha! Further words don't do it justice, at least not from me, but Adam reminds us of Frank Cairone's ordeal. Brewers prospect makes pro debut after life- and career-threatening car crash Adam McCalvy, MLB.com What we can all look forward to at some point, whether later this season or during the offseason, are feature articles with quotes and reactions from Cairone and his family. Can't wait. Hey, the Brewers are in Arizona this weekend. I've often said I really don't like playing editor for the Brewers beat guys, but Mike Vassallo, can you arrange an interview from Maryvale for whoever's representing MLB.com and the Journal-Sentinel for this portion of the road trip? Among the pitchers who followed Cairone, RHP Luke Roupe was most successful, with three innings of one-run ball which included a successful inherited runner strand upon entering. That final inning? Shade your eyes. With his 6th home run, a three-run shot, a fitting goodbye to Maryvale, infielder Juan Martinez will be a welcome sight in Wilson (see transaction note atop this report). Final: DSL CLE Goryl (Guardians) 9, DSL Brewers Gold 6. completed after five innings, lightning Box Score and Game Log Double, single and another stolen base for this youngster - While we're on the subject of 16-year-old's, catcher Moises Salazar clubbed his second home run, also has more walks than strikeouts, and has driven in 16 runs in 17 games. So often these lopsided scores are the result of one blow-up mound effort. In this case, it was RHP Carlos Canales, who was strong in his 2nd season on the island in 2025, but didn't get a stateside call for year three in the system. Final: DSL Brewers Blue 9. DSL Pirates Gold 3, completed after five innings, lightning Box Score and Game Log Guessing it was just coincidence that lightning arrived just as these two games went official. Four of the nine Golden Boys in the lineup had perfect days at the plate with three plate appearances apiece, partly because the team worked ten walks overall. The OPS column on the right-side of the box score remains impressive and would have been unthinkable in recent years. The skewed DSL figures of 2026 will have us likely over-hyping several farmhands until things shake out in future years. RHP Steven Duran, who was a DSL All-Star just as he turned 17 last summer, went all five innings here - hey, a DSL complete game, wow! His current 1.71 WHIP does not match his 1.08 26-inning sample from 2025. All seven affiliates play a single game Friday. Unlike some recent seasons, MiLB did not schedule teams to face each other this weekend with short distance in order to split the Friday / Saturday ticket bonanza that the weekend of the 4th provides. Except for Wisconsin, it's a fan bounty for the owners of the Sounds, Shuckers, and Warbirds. Stay cool, everyone! 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Do we have an update on LHP Russell Smith, the 6'7" 51st overall pick in 2021? On the 60-day IL, he's set to perhaps miss a 2nd full season? He had Tommy John after his freshman season at TCU.

Brewers prospect makes pro debut after life- and career-threatening car crash Adam McCalvy, MLB.com

Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, reveals his battle with dyslexia

Via the Shuckers: BILOXI, MS – The Biloxi Shuckers and Milwaukee Brewers have announced the following transaction prior to today’s game; — RHP Braylon Owens promoted from High-A Wisconsin The active roster stands at 28 players (that's the AA maximum).

Link to the full six-minute plus interview here:

Very well-deserved for the 21-year-old Venezuelan native! Via the Warbirds: The Milwaukee Brewers have announced a roster move that impact the Wilson Warbirds: LHP Jose Meneses transferred to A+ Wisconsin from Wilson The Warbirds roster now sits at 28 active (roster max is 30) + 1 Injured List + 2 Development List

The Brewers catching coordinator heads back home - Dallas Correa Returns to Hawai‘i Baseball Program as Associate Head Coach

Congrats, Frank Cairone, his inning today -