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More confirmation that 17th round Palm Beach high school catcher won't be signing -- By Anthony Chiang, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer After capping off a memorable career at Palm Beach Gardens this year, J.J. Schwarz knew he had a tough decision in front of him. “It’s really hard to make a decision because there are two good options in front of you and you have to decide which one is best for you and your family,” Schwarz told The Palm Beach Post of the choice between college and pro baseball in April. But it was made easier after he was not selected in the first two days of the 2014 MLB draft. The 6-foot-1, 193-pound catcher finally had his name called Saturday, as the Milwaukee Brewers selected him in the 17th round with the 506th overall pick on the final day of the draft. Despite being the first high school player from Palm Beach County taken in this year’s draft, Schwarz said he will pass on professional baseball to play at Florida. He notified Gators coaches of his decision Friday. According to Baseball America, Schwarz entered the draft as the 73rd best prospect. He batted .337 with seven home runs and a team-high 35 RBIs. Tweet -- Can't wait to get up to Gainesville this summer and start my career with the Florida Gators!!

As for 18th round Pitt RHP Luke Curtis -- When the Milwaukee Brewers called Pitt pitcher Luke Curtis on Saturday morning, he knew he might get drafted. He just had no idea it would happen so quickly, going in the 18th round — the 536th player selected. “It kind of shocked me being that early,” he said, “because I hadn't heard from them in a couple hours. It was very exciting. I am very, very grateful.” Curtis, a junior right-hander, was one of two Pitt pitchers selected Saturday during the final day of the draft. Teammate Joe Harvey went in the 19th round (No. 572) to the New York Yankees. Curtis, who pitched mainly in relief for Pitt this season, said he hasn't decided if he will come back to Pitt next year for his final season of eligibility. “In the next 24 hours, I will get more details from the Brewers as far as moving forward,” he said. “That's a decision that hasn't been made.” He did have this to say about playing professional baseball: “It's your dream.” Curtis, who graduated from Philipsburg-Osceola High, compiled a 2.17 ERA, with 25 strikeouts in 29 innings. He finished with a 1-2 record.

Now a tweet -- 19 (566). Zach Hirsch, LHP, Nebraska ‏@zhirsch Heading to Helena, Montana tomorrow to get this thing started. Extremely excited to begin this journey.

From the prior post, now a tweet: 13 (386). Kaleb Earls, RHP, Limestone College, SC @K_Earls32 Everything is happening so fast. Signing the contract today and will be in Arizona by tomorrow for mini camp...

Weather.com: Memphis, TN Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Clinton, IA

Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Dominican Summer League Brewers

STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Southern Division AA - Southern League North Division High-A - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris

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. Brevard County Media Notes - again, it's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog

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.

Follow Sunday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Game One Huntsville Game Two Brevard County Wisconsin Game One Wisconsin Game Two MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Taylor Jungmann at Memphis (Cardinals), 1:15 PM pre-game, 1:35 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: RHP Drew Gagnon and LHP Jed Bradley in a doubleheader at home vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 1:45 PM pre-game, 2:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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: LHP Hobbs Johnson at home vs. Tampa (Yankees), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the proper link based on listed schedule Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio. All home games and many road games are scheduled to be broadcast. When road games are only available via the opponents' audio feed (or not at all), we'll let you know that. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Anthony Banda and RHP Victor Diaz in a doubleheader at Clinton (Mariners), 11:40 AM pre-game, 12:00 PM gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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. DVR Alert: Next up on the Rattlers TV schedule is Tuesday, June 10th via TimeWarnerCable SportsChannel, with the "Timber Rattlers Field Pass" show airing as a pre-game at 6:30 PM. ********** DSL Brewers: Idle We're going to lock in the link to Brad Krause's fantastic Miller Park Prospects - Dominican Summer League primer right here, at least for the first couple of months of the DSL campaign, for your easy review. Brad will also be adding DSL Link Report duties to his Brevard coverage for us here. Thanks, Brad!

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25th round LHP C.D. Pelham certainly interestingly intriguing -- From May 28th - JUCO World Series Pelham uses fastballs — all fastballs — to help SMC advance http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SJ&Date=20140528&Category=ARTICLES&ArtNo=140529689&Ref=AR&imageVersion=Main&MaxW=728&logo=/images/watermark.gif&logoxpos=0&logoypos=0 Photo by Gretel Daugherty/Grand Junction (Colo.) Sentinel

Pre-Draft Interview VIDEO: We learn how to pronounce his first name - 26th round UCF commit RHP Cre Finfrock

Brewers draft Blacksburg native Earls in 13th round Limestone pitcher picked on final day of draft; Mets draft Upstate pitcher Roseboom By Todd Shanesy, GoUpstate.com (SC) Kaleb Earls just couldn't take all the tension inside his Blacksburg home, so the Limestone College pitcher went outside by the pool Saturday afternoon to keep up with the Major League Baseball draft on his cell phone. “My whole family was just as nervous as I was,” Earls said, “and I just wanted to be by myself when the moment happened.” Information coming to Earls' phone lagged a few seconds behind the computer inside. When the moment happened, he heard it. He didn't see it. “Everybody in the house screamed,” he said. “I was like, 'All right. Something just happened.' ” What happened was that Earls was picked in the 13th round by the Milwaukee Brewers. “It's awesome,” he said. “I kept double-checking to make sure it was real.” Milwaukee also drafted Spartanburg Methodist pitcher C.D. Pelham from Lancaster in the 25th round. His former SMC teammate, outfielder Wes Rogers, went in the fourth round Friday to the Colorado Rockies. A second player from USC Upstate was selected as well. Senior pitcher David Roseboom went in the 17th round to the New York Mets a day after fellow hurler Chad Sobotka was picked in the fourth round by the Atlanta Braves. Earls, a 6-foot-5 junior right-hander, was followed closely all season by Brewers scouts and was asked to come to a pre-draft workout May 29 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. He said he got another phone call Friday night from the team but heard nothing Saturday — until the cheer from inside the house. “I knew the Brewers really liked me, especially after that workout in Milwaukee,” Earls said. “I had also talked to the Braves and the Mets, but I really felt like the Brewers would take me.” Earls pitched 82 innings with three complete games this season for Limestone, posting a 4.15 ERA and striking out 87 batters. It was a drastic increase in pitch speed during the past year that caught the eyes of scouts. He went from mid-80s as a sophomore to a consistent low-90s as a junior and hit 95 mph on the radar gun during a game in which Brewers and Braves scouts were present. “I haven't played summer ball since American Legion (Post 109 in Gaffney) after my freshman year of college,” Earls said. “After my sophomore year, I decided to just work out and long-toss. I threw with Michael Wright (Gaffney High/SMC) three times a week and did a lot of running. I gained a lot of muscle weight, too, and went from 165 pounds to 190. That made a huge difference in momentum toward the plate. … Next thing I knew, I had a bunch of scouts impressed with me.” Earls is the sixth player to be drafted from Limestone. Others were Joe Maloney, 10th round by Texas Rangers in 2011; Marques Kyles from Spartanburg High, 48th round by Brewers in 2010; Kevin Pucetas from Broome High School, 17th round by San Francisco Giants in 2006; Brad Correll, 29th round by the Cincinnati Reds in 2002; and Tracey Sanders in the 58th round by the Cleveland Indians in 1990.

Link includes brief video report Philipsburg Grad Drafted By Brewers PITTSBURGH – Redshirt junior pitcher Luke Curtis was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 18th round of the MLB Draft on Saturday afternoon. “There is definitely a lot of excitement right now,” Curtis said. “I have to thank everyone at Pitt. All the hard work and coaching I was given has helped me to get drafted today. It was such a great experience at Pitt and I was able to take advantage of what I learned. It is a surreal feeling right now.” Curtis, who was primarily a relief pitcher throughout his time at Pitt, led the Panthers with a 2.17 ERA this season en route to a 1-2 record on the mound. In 29.0 innings of work, Curtis allowed just seven earned runs while striking out 25 batters. In one of his two starts on the season, Curtis pitched five shutout innings against Ohio University in leading the Panthers to a 6-1 victory. He appeared in 16 games total and recorded a season-high five K’s against Presbyterian on March 11.

Brandon Woodruff selected early on day 3 of draft Michael Bonner, Clarion (MS) Ledger The third Mississippi State player came off the board on Saturday in the MLB first-year player draft. Milwaukee selected pitcher Brandon Woodruff in the 11th round, 326th overall. Saturday marks the second time in Woodruff's career that he heard his name called on draft day. In 2011 before enrolling at Mississippi State, the Texas Rangers picked the right-handed pitcher in the fifth round. The Rangers selected Woodruff 152 spots higher than the Brewers. Woodruff joined pitchers Jacob Lindgren and Jonathan Holder, who were also drafted. Both Lindgren and Holder were taken by the New York Yankees. Woodruff now has a decision to make. He can cut his losses and sign with the Brewers. Woodruff saw his role decrease at MSU from Friday-night starter to cleanup duty reliever. Woodruff appeared in 15 games in 2014 and posted a 6.75 ERA. He walked 25 batters in 37 1/3 innings. If those numbers continue, he won't get too many opportunities in 2015. The Bulldogs have younger arms to develop and can't necessarily wait for Woodruff to iron out his issues. As a junior, Woodruff also holds the most leverage he'll have in negotiations. He can threaten to go back to Mississippi State for his senior year if he doesn't agree with the terms presented by the Brewers. Next year he has no option but to sign. However, the junior has the option to play in the Cape Cod League. He could play in the premier college baseball summer league, fix his mechanics, confidence and come back to Starkville to write a new chapter in his career. An improved 2015 season would undoubtedly help his stock and perhaps move him into the slot he passed up three years ago. Woodruff has until July 18 to sign a deal with the Brewers. *** Columbus (MS) Dispatch Brandon Woodruff was drafted in the 11th round Saturday by the Milwaukee Brewers. The 2012 National League Central Division champions are hoping to sign Woodruff on the potential of his arsenal of pitches. Woodruff was a top prospect out of Wheeler High School and turned down around $500,000 to come to MSU after being selected by the Texas Rangers with the 23rd pick in the fifth round of the 2011 MLB Draft. In his first three seasons, Woodruff went 3-6 with a 4.70 ERA, starting 18 games in 34 appearances with 81 strikeouts in 90 innings pitched. Woodruff struggled with the starting rotation role in his junior season by going 1-3 with a 6.75 ERA in 15 appearances that included six starts. "I would like to thank the Bulldog family for all the support and encouragement over the past few years," Woodruff said. "I am excited to see what the future holds, knowing that Starkville will always be my home."

Brewers' 19th-rounder impresses on and off the field Befriending high school student with Asperger's indicative of Hirsch's character By Caitlin Swieca / MLB.com *** Crew goes back to Hawaii for 12th-round pick "I mean, the two Hawaiian kids on the same team, being drafted by the same organization in the same Draft is really cool," Yamamoto said. "I'm happy for him (Kodi Medeiros), happy that he got what he got. We're going to have fun up there." Sounds like Medeiros has shared with him an agreed-to first-round signing number.

The latest Timber Rattlers player profile in the Post-Crescent is via Mike Woods, and we learn much more about 2013 3rd round RHP Barrett Astin.

No box score from the Dominican yet as of early Sunday AM...

Catcher Matt Pagnozzi (2-for-4) also homered for Nashville as the Sounds won their second straight game against the division-rival Redbirds. Pagnozzi put the visitors on the board when he belted a one-out solo homer to left off Memphis starter John Gast. The roundtripper was the backstop's fourth of the year. Wasn't a HR at first... AUDIO: Matt Pagnozzi go-ahead HR VIDEO: Jeremy Hermida hits a two-run homer to give Nashville the lead as the Sounds top Memphis, 4-3

Final: Mobile 4, @Huntsville 2, eight innings (scheduled for seven), completion of Friday's suspended game Stars Fall In Extra Innings Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars The Mobile BayBears defeated the Huntsville Stars 4-2 in extra innings Saturday night which completed a suspended game from the night before. Saturday's game resumed in the bottom of the fifth after rain had forced the game to stop Friday night. The game was scheduled for seven innings as part of a doubleheader. With the game scoreless in the sixth, Mobile got a leadoff single from Tom Belza. The next batter, Jake Lamb, then crushed a two-run homer to right field against RHP Jose De La Torre giving the BayBears a 2-0 lead. The Stars rallied in their sixth inning against Mobile closer Jake Barrett (1-2). With two on and two out, Nick Ramirez laced a two-run double to left centerfield scoring Kentrail Davis and Josh Prince. Ramirez's twelfth double of the year tied the game at 2-2. The game went into extra innings with the game tied at 2-2 after neither team could score in the seventh. In the top of the eighth inning the Stars had their closer David Goforth (2-3) on the mound. After he struck Belza out to begin the inning, the BayBears got back to back singles from Lamb and Dustin Martin. With runners on the corners and with one out, Goforth struck out Jon Griffin. The BayBears then brought in a pinch hitter for the pitcher's spot. Raywilly Gomez lined a two-run single off a diving Mitch Haniger's glove in right field which scored a pair of runs. Gomez's two-run single gave the BayBears a 4-2 lead. Caleb Fleck earned his second save of the year for Mobile in the bottom of the eighth. With the tying runner at the plate, he struck out Ramirez to end the game. Barrett collected the win for the BayBears who improve to 36-24. Goforth suffered the loss out of the Stars bullpen who are now 40-21. The BayBears and Stars were attempting to play the second game of their doubleheader after game one, however a heavy downpour forced game two to be postponed until Sunday. The BayBears lead the Stars 1-0 in their five game series. The series will resume Sunday with another doubleheader. In game one, RHP Drew Gagnon (4-2, 2.50) will get the ball for Huntsville. Mobile will have RHP Bradin Hagens (4-2, 2.89) on the hill. Sunday's doubleheader can be heard starting at 1:45 CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM WTKI and online at http://www.wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Overshadowed is RHP Tyler Cravy's five-inning stint before Friday's rain... Huntsville Game Log

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With Mike Fiers to Milwaukee for Tyler Thornburg (elbow soreness), RHP Alfredo Figaro (hamstring strain) comes off the Sounds' disabled list.

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Tonight’s interview is with Brewers left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, who has tossed six outings — two starts — for the Sounds and is currently on Day 25 of a 30-day maximum major league rehab assignment as he comes back from off-season left shoulder surgery. Gorzelanny discusses how he felt last night and has felt lately and what it’s been like to be away from the Brewers as the club sits in first place in the NL Central."