Jim Goulart

Added Caleb Gindl to the initial post today after his DFA. If he's claimed by another team, we'll move him off the list. Players like Gindl, RHP Jose De La Torre, and IF Irving Falu will be eligible for an earlier form of minor league free agency because they spent time on the 40-man roster in 2014 (De La Torre's outright came during spring training, so not 100% sure that will be the case for him).

Brief Huntsville video, including Hainley Statia's home run

Brad's Timber Rattlers Photo Gallery via Miller Park Prospects (Trip to Beloit)

Maybe it's Huntsville Stars' last regular-season game, but management needs good PR gesture: opinion Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times The Huntsville Stars jogged from the field and into the dugout as the top of the ninth inning ended. One player tossed a baseball toward a gaggle of waiting gloves attached the arms of eager children. "The last time they'll ever come off the field in a regular-season game," said one man in the grandstands. "Maybe," said his neighbor. "Yeah," came the agreement, "everything about the Stars is maybe right now." How appropriate that the indescribably painful "Call Me Maybe" song has appeared on the stadium PA playlist. Ostensibly, Monday afternoon brought the final regular season game in the 30-year history of the Stars. They have been been sold, with plans to move to Biloxi. However, the planned new stadium there won't be ready for opening day 2015. Hence Ken Young, the Stars' new majority owner, is pondering having to start the year in Huntsville and plans to have a decision in the next two weeks. Here's what Young should do: When the Stars open the Southern League playoffs Thursday, he should make the announcement that the team will be in Huntsville from opening day through July 4, when it will move to Mississippi, or simply into a nomadic situation. Anybody with playoff tickets may redeem them for opening day 2015. And on July 4, the team is sent out with the mother of all fireworks shows. He should then officially notify the city that the Stars will take advantage of the remaining year on the stadium lease and pay rent for the entire year. It's not in the best interest for the future of baseball to have another lame-duck summer. It's time for this organization, left to decay by the apathy of previous majority owner Miles Prentice, to pack up and go. But if a return is inevitable, a reward to the shrinking cadre of loyal fans and an end to the city's suspense would be a good PR move. An announced crowd of 1,527 was at Joe Davis Stadium for Monday's maybe-finale, bringing the season total to a woeful 93,929, worst in the league. (To the credit of Stars' management, most attendance figures have seemed fairly legit; the same can't be said at some other places where number are padded to appeal to potential advertisers.) The Stars lost to Mississippi 2-1 in the most hollow victory in M-Braves' history. Though they finished with 83-56, the best overall record in the Southern League, they'll not make the playoffs. A half-hour earlier, Jacksonville clinched the second half of the Southern League South; because of the constant shifting of minor league rosters, the Southern League season is divided into halves. Among the 1,527 were at least two men who were there April 19, 1985 when the park opened. One was Mayor Tommy Battle, who sat Monday in the box seats and noted, "Thirty years has gone by fast." Another was John Pruett, the former Huntsville Times sports editor, who munched on peanuts in the press box that deservedly bears his name. Our electronic archives retrieves a Pruett column with the oft-repeated quotation from the Stars' opener: "This is the most exciting thing that has happened to Huntsville since man landed on the moon," city councilman John Glenn said that night, a 10-0 win over Birmingham that included a Jose Canseco grand slam. On a considerably less exciting occasion, the game ended meekly, on a strike-him-out-throw-him-out double play, a runner caught on a half-hearted steal attempt. After winning the first half, Huntsville finished in the cellar in the second half and ended the season losing nine of their last 14 games. Here come the playoffs, though. A chance to turn things around.

And just like that, it was not to be (tweet).

Final: Mississippi 2, @Huntsville 1 Braves Edge Stars In Finale Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - The Mississippi Braves defeated the Huntsville Stars 2-1 Monday in the final game of the regular season at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville. The Braves, who finished with the best overall record in the Southern League with at 83-56, did not qualify for the Southern League playoffs. Entering Monday's game, the Braves trailed Jacksonville by one game in the second half standings. The Braves needed to win, which they did, but also needed Mobile to beat Jacksonville in order to qualify. Jacksonville defeated Mobile 6-5 to clinch the second half of the Southern League South. The Stars meanwhile, ended the regular season with a 77-63 record. Huntsville won the first half of the Southern League North and qualified for the postseason. Huntsville took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Hainley Statia drove a solo home run over the right field wall. It was Statia's fifth home run of the season. Mississippi tied the game in the top of the third against Huntsville starter Brent Suter. Kyle Kubutiz singled into center scoring Kyle Wren knotting the game at 1-1. Suter, who took a no-decision, went six innings and allowed one run on six hits. He struck out two and walked one. The Braves broke the 1-1 tie in the eighth inning against Stars reliever Kevin Shackelford (2-4). With the bases loaded and one out, Seth Loman hit a grounder to the right side of infield, producing a fielder's choice RBI. Wren scored for the Braves putting them ahead 2-1. Ryne Harper (9-5) earned the win out of the Mississippi bullpen after pitching two scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth. John Cornely recorded his seventh save of the year in the ninth. Statia led off the ninth with a single, but he would be caught stealing to end the game. Statia led the Stars by going 2-4 with a home run. The Stars will have Tuesday and Wednesday off before they host the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Double-A Affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday in the first round of the playoffs. The game can be heard starting at 6:15 CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Nice final regular season outing for LHP Brent Suter, who like RHP Drew Gagnon, was ready to go for 28 appearances. He may be off to the AFL, but 1B Nick Ramirez' very tough second half continued with another golden sombrero, his 4th of the season (eight other games with three K's). Huntsville Game Log Bring on the playoffs!

Rob Wooten back up to Milwaukee.

UPDATE: Removed SS Hector Gomez and 1B Matt Clark from the initial post, each player about to be added to Brewers' 40-man roster.

Congrats to big league callups Jason Rogers, Matt Clark (big league debuts for each) and Hector Gomez. Welcome to the big leagues and the Cubs' cramped visiting clubhouse. Hat tip to Adam of @BrewerNation (his blog post).

2009 Brewers draft pick Jacobbi McDaniel made the Browns' practice squad as an undrafted free agent out of Florida State. Back then, the Brewers drafted him as a 6'0", 280 pound third baseman (33rd round). Now he's a 6'0", 293 defensive/nose tackle. http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/assets/images/imported/CLE/photos/2014/site_images/mcdaniel_576_090114.jpg That baseball path would have been fun to watch.

Most folks are aware of the moves involving the big league club on 9/1 (Schaefer and Pagnozzi to Milwaukee); in a paper move, RHP Billy Buckner has been returned to the Nashville roster via the Maryvale roster. Our transactions archive page

Follow Monday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Wisconsin Helena MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

This may be the last time we link to Nashville's Media Notes, although we'll save our goodbyes and thanks for any subsequent PDC affilaition news to formally come out. But to Doug Scopel and staff, and Jeff Hem, here's your preliminary thanks! May your next partner have a Link Report! (And who knows, maybe we'll still be partners in crime.) From today's notes -- TEN GO WIRE-TO-WIRE WITH SOUNDS: Pitchers Michael Blazek, Donovan Hand, Kyle Heckathorn, Dustin Molleken, and Ariel Pena; infielders Hector Gomez, Pete Orr, and Eugenio Velez; and outfielders Sean Halton and Jeremy Hermida have each spent the entire 2014 season on the Nashville roster. Catcher Matt Pagnozzi would have qualified had he not been promoted today. HELPING THE BIG CLUB: Not including rehab players, 12 different Sounds players also spent time with Milwaukee this season. Twenty-one of the current 31 players on the Brewers’ active roster have appeared for Nashville during their playing careers. CLARK CRUSHING IT: First baseman Matt Clark has posted a .362 average (21-for-58) with six home runs, 13 RBIs, and nine multihit outings in his last 15 games. He led the Sounds during August with 12 home runs, 38 hits, 24 RBIs, 24 runs, and 15 multi-hit games. Clark’s 104 total bases since the All-Star break are 3rd-most in the PCL (Omaha’s Carlos Peguero leads with 107). *** Jason Rogers and Matt Clark are conspicuously absent from Nashville's starting lineup today. Rogers' big-league debut this month is a given, and Clark (in need of a 40-man spot) makes for good theater today/tonight. What a free agent find Clark has been...

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter. *** Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Nashville Media Notes - it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Roster" banner on the Sounds' site. Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: (For split-season leagues, 2nd half standings are shown as the default, although overall standings are also available at the link.) AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League Central Division DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale Dominican Summer League Brewers *** Weather.com: Round Rock, TX Huntsville, AL Beloit, WI Helena, MT

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Jay Jackson at Round Rock (Rangers), 11:45 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the play-by-play voice of the Sounds; follow him on Twitter @jeffhempbp; we'll link to his blog updates at On the Air…and Off MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Nashville games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Mississippi (Braves), 12:40 PM pre-game, 1:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link Steve Jarnicki is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars - welcome aboard! Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveJarnicki. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. MiLB.TV - It appears seven of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games (not the Stars). ********** Brevard County: Season complete - Finished 73-62, but out of the postseason ********** Wisconsin: RHP Zach Quintana at Beloit (Athletics), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. For the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from seven Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (30) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: RHP Josh Uhen at home vs. Great Falls (White Sox), 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link There's a new Voice of the Helena Brewers in 2014, as Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter) takes over for legendary Steve Wendt. We look forward to Dustin building his own legacy moving forward. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season complete - Finished 24-31, out of the postseason ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete - summary post here

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I'm pretty sure all deals are 3 year deals. Actually, they are all either two or four, no three's.

Update: Removed C Matt Pagnozzi from the list in the initial post with his contract purchased by the big league club, although it is very likely he will be removed from the 40-man roster at the end of thes season.

Season-ending LHP Anthony Banda, Diamondbacks update -- Here's Anthony Banda's 6th start with the D'Backs Midwest League South Bend club (Friday). Five innings, one earned run for the win. That's 34 K's and just seven walks over 35 innings in those six starts since the trade. Combined with his Timber Rattlers work prior, Banda has allowed just six earned runs in his last 50 innings (1.08 ERA). The southpaw turned 21 recently. *** FYI: Through Sunday, OF Mitch Haniger has posted a .912 OPS in seven games with AA Mobile. I do not blame the Brewers for acquiring OF Gerardo Parra - certainly if Carlos Gomez is going to be out any length of time, we can see the value there. I do blame Logan Schafer's abject 2014 failure, if he had performed at all at the big league level, both Haniger and Banda would still be Brewers. *** Both Haniger and Banda will see postseason action with their teams, potentially against their old Brewers teammates in league finals. That would be fun.

Brevard County -- AUDIO, Game Highlights: Nathan Orf plays all nine positions as the 'Tees fall to Dunedin, 7-3, in the final game of the season. AUDIO: Nathan Orf plays all nine positions in Brevard County's final game of the season.

From Saturday's Game One - VIDEO: Nashville's Matt Clark slugs a solo homer as the Sounds beat Round Rock, 5-2 *** Sunday: AUDIO: Exit Interview With Manager Rick Sweet Love the love for SS Hector Gomez... "Matt Clark (2-for-4) knotted the contest at 1-1 when he led off the seventh with his team-leading 16th homer of the year, a solo shot to straightaway center off Lisalverto Bonilla. Clark has smashed 12 of those roundtrippers during the month of August." AUDIO: Matt Clark Homers Again "With the Sounds trailing by two with two on and two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Irving Falu laced a double into the right-center gap. Sean Halton scored on the play and Matt Clark attempted to follow him with the tying run but was gunned down at the plate by a perfect Round Rock relay to bring an end to the contest." AUDIO: Clark Thrown Out At Plate To End Game

Final, Game One: Mississippi 6, @Huntsville 2 Final, Game Two: Huntsville 6, Mississippi 2 Stars End August With A Victory Huntsville Splits Doubleheader Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Huntsville, AL - The Huntsville Stars split their doubleheader Sunday with the Mississippi Braves, dropping game one 6-2, but coming back to win the second game 6-2 at Joe Davis Stadium. After the two teams were rained out Saturday night, they had to endure a three hour and three minute rain delay Sunday before game one could even take place. When it did start, the Braves jumped on Huntsville starter Jed Bradley (5-8) for three first inning runs. Cedric Hunter and Barrett Kleinknecht each had RBI doubles and Rich Poythress sandwiched in an RBI single for a 3-0 Braves lead in the top of the first. Hainley Statia got the Stars on the scoreboard with an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning, making it 3-1. The Braves scored three more runs against Bradley in the second and third innings. In the top of the second, Kyle Kubitza recorded an infield RBI single making it 4-1. Then in the third, Kleinknecht homered and Braeden Schlehuber doubled in a run to take a 6-1 lead. Bradley, who suffered the loss, only pitched three innings. He allowed six runs (four earned) on nine hits. The Stars scored their final run in the sixth when Josh Fellhauer grounded out to first base. Andrew Robinson(5-0) took the win for Mississippi in game one. Robinson entered in the first after an injury to starter Williams Perez. Robinson threw three scoreless innings and allowed only one hit with three strikeouts. Huntsville Game One Box Score As noted above, kudos to LHP Michael Strong, four scoreless in relief of fellow southpaw Jed Bradley. Strong turns 26 in November, that surprised me a bit; Bradley, a potential 40-man roster addition, turned 24 last June. Third baseman Hainley Statia singled all three trips. Huntsville Game One Game Log *** In game two, Erik Komatsu led the Stars offense with a 2-3 game with 4 RBI. It was Komatsu’s two-run double to right field in the bottom of the fourth, that broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Stars a 3-1 lead. Komatsu also hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth. It was his third home run of the year for Huntsville (6th overall) which put the Stars ahead 6-2. Austin Ross (2-3) was solid for the Stars. The Huntsville starter turned in five innings and allowed just one run (zero earned) on four hits. He struck out six. Hector Gimenez and Shea Vucinich also provided RBI singles in the Stars victory. The Stars (31-38,77-62) and the Mississippi Braves (43-26, 82-56) are tied at 2-2 in their series. The final game of the regular season is Monday afternoon. LHP Brent Suter (10-10, 4.06) will start for Huntsville. Mississippi will go with RHP Mitch Atkins (6-1, 3.56) The game can be heard starting at 12:45 CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Game Two Box Score Considering the Stars have four RHP's on the DL (starter Brooks Hall and Andy Moye, relievers Casey Medlen and Tanner Poppe), the Brewers should be commended on having a very serviceable homegrown AA staff, including the starter here, RHP Austin Ross. Unlike the AA position players, largely patched together via trades and free agent acquisitions, only RH reliever Manny Barreda was brought in from outside the organization. Huntsville Game Two Game Log *** FYI - The Stars playoff opponent has been determined, it'll be the Chattanooga Lookouts (Dodgers). As for Monday's game, the Stars opponent, Mississippi, faces a must-win situation. In addition, the M-Braves need Jacksonville (Marlins), winners of nine in a row, to lose at home to Mobile in order to make the playoffs.

Nathan Orf becomes the 4th Manatee (Tyrone Taylor, Mike Strong, Tyler Wagner) to get a bump to Huntsville to join the Stars for the postseason. Prior to the promotions, there had been one open AA roster spot. Other spots freed up when RHP Eric Marzec was promoted to Nashville, and when OF Kentrail Davis was placed on the DL. A move will be necessary to free up a spot for Orf, it appears.

Matt Clark (2-for-4) knotted the contest at 1-1 when he led off the seventh with his team-leading 16th homer of the year, a solo shot to straightaway center off Lisalverto Bonilla. Clark has smashed 12 of those roundtrippers during the month of August. My goodness, get this 27-year-old on the 40-man roster and in a Brewer uniform today to make his MLB debut as a LH masher off the bench, at minimum. They can't let this guy walk after the season, can they? Hunter who?

Yes, much on his mind with his young son's poor health, but what a rough end of the season for Jorge Lopez - 7.49 ERA in his final ten starts. A 4.58 ERA while in the Florida State League, and actually the lowest ERA he's posted since his 2011 four-game Maryvale introduction to pro ball. Won't be 22 until February, however. He'll be back in High-A (Brevard or elsewhere, waiting on that confirmation) in 2015. *** Wei-Chung Wang snuck in a couple of surprise scoreless innings Sunday for the Manatees.