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Via the 'free' portion of Baseball Prospectus' Minor League Report today -- Orlando Arcia, SS/2B, Brewers (Brevard County, A+): 4-5, 2 R, 2B, HR. Mostly known for his glove, Arcia hit his first home run of the year in a rare display of power. He does a nice job of working counts and draws his share of walks, so that paired with a good glove means it won’t take much power for him to be a productive player. That said, he’ll have to develop more than he’s shown in games thus far to be a regular, and his small-ball approach to hitting won’t allow for a lot of growth in that department.

AAA All-Star Voting -- We can vote pitchers as well (wink-wink Nelson, Fiers, Mills).

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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 -- 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 Wedesday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Previously reported -- DVR Alert: The next Wisconsin game scheduled for local TV is Wednesday evening, June 4th (MyNew32 TV), 6:00 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime. *** My apologies, tonight's game is actually a 7:00 PM start, and there is no pregame show. So please adjust your DVR's Similar situation of Friday the 6th (7:00 PM, no pre-game), for the next scheduled local TV game as well.

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: Idle ********** Huntsville: RHP Andy Moye at Jackson (Mariners), 11:50 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM 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). Yes, there is MiLB.TV coverage available from Jackson. ********** Brevard County: RHP Austin Ross at home vs. Bradenton (Pirates), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 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 Tyler Alexander at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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. ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Angels, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day 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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Major league followers know that Elian Herrera has been optioned to Nashville, with Aramis Ramirez' return to the big league club. The Sounds will need to make a corresponding move when he arrives and is formally activated. *** From the Manatees: RHP Jose De La Torre transferred from Brevard County to Huntsville. INF Garrett Cooper activated from the disabled list. Huntsville will need to make a move to free up a spot, that likely won't happen until after today's matinee game.

There is yet another matinee today, this time it's Huntsville, with pre-game audio for your office listening pleasure at 11:50 AM. Look for Wednesday's Link Report to kick off later this morning, thanks.

Here's some Brad Mills video for you from local Nashville TV sports.

Wisconsin -- There were problems loading the set of two game highlights on Tuesday, but that's been resolved, so catch up here: 7-4 loss in completion of Monday's game 4-3 victory in the regularly scheduled game

Brevard County -- AUDIO: Dave Walkovic chats with RHP Jose De La Torre on the Manatees Radio Network about working his way back up to the big leagues. AUDIO, Game Highlights: Charlotte defeats Brevard County, 6-4, despite Orlando Arcia hitting his 1st home run of the season.

Huntsville -- VIDEO: Jason Rogers smacks a home run in the Stars' 9-6 loss to Jackson From Monday -- VIDEO: Brent Suter picks off Jack Marder (for a second time) in the Stars' 9-4 loss to the Jackson Generals

Final: Iowa 4, @Nashville 2 Sounds Rally Falls Short, 4-2 Nashville's Mattison Homers; Mills Logs Quality Start in Loss NASHVILLE, Tenn. --- The Nashville Sounds could not overcome a few ill-timed mistakes and a solid start from Iowa Cubs pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada in a 4-2 loss Tuesday afternoon at Greer Stadium. Trailing by three in the ninth, outfielder Kevin Mattison narrowed the deficit to 4-2 when he led off with a solo home run (VIDEO). The blast was his fifth of the season. Later in the inning, the Sounds brought the winning run to the plate following two-out singles from Jeff Bianchi and Hector Gomez, but Iowa reliever Blake Parker struck out Sean Halton to end the game. Nashville reached base safely in seven of nine innings but could not convert enough opportunities into runs, hitting just 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position on the afternoon. The Sounds' best chances at a rally came in the bottom of the third and fifth innings when they led off both frames with doubles but failed to score either time. Sounds starter Brad Mills (4-1) grabbed momentum early, retiring the first 12 Cubs batters he faced, bringing his streak of consecutive outs to a team-high 18 dating back to his last start on May 29. Despite taking the loss, Mills finished the homestand with a 1.92 ERA while striking out 22 in 14 innings. Mills picked up his fifth quality start, which is the team's 28th of the season and their eighth consecutive. Cubs right fielder Casper Wells became the first Cubs player to reach base on Mills when he led off the bottom of the fifth with a single. He scored two batters later on a Christian Villanueva double. Iowa added to their lead in the sixth when a Mills throwing error allowed two runs to score. Cubs center fielder Ryan Kalish widened Iowa's lead to 4-0 later in the inning with his RBI single. The Sounds finally broke through in the bottom of the sixth when Eugenio Velez knocked in Gomez with an RBI infield single (AUDIO). Nashville's rally was halted shortly after, as Wada struck out Mattison to end the inning. Wada went six innings for Iowa, scattering seven hits while allowing just one run to pick up his fifth win of the season. He struck out five and walked one. Brewers relief pitcher Tom Gorzelanny turned in his fourth straight scoreless outing while on a rehab assignment, striking out two and allowing a hit in the top of the eighth. Another golden opportunity for the Sounds to close the gap came in the bottom of the eighth when two runners were on base and only one out; but Iowa relievers Carlos Pimentel and Parker combined to get the last two outs of the inning. After a league-wide off day Wednesday, the Sounds will begin a brief four-game road trip in Memphis Thursday at 7:05 p.m. RHP Ariel Pena (4-4, 4.01 ERA) will be on the mound for the Sounds against Redbirds RHP Zach Petrick (2-3, 4.40 ERA). Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5-FM "The GAME". Nashville Box Score With all these at-bats, Jeff Bianchi looks like the spring training Jeff Bianchi again; RHP Dustin Molleken has been talked up in several of the audio interviews we've linked to recently - dude is hitting 98 MPH consistently; SS Hector Gomez has performed better than his 2013 AA season would have led us to believe, but his .289 OBP drags down an otherwise decent current campaign. Nashville Game Log

Final: @Jackson 9, Huntsville 6 Stars Drop Three Straight Steve Jarnicki, Huntsville Stars Jackson, TN - The Jackson Generals jumped on Huntsville Stars lefty Jed Bradley early as they went on to defeat the Stars 9-6 Tuesday night at The Ballpark At Jackson. The Generals (25-33) won their third straight and sent the Stars (39-20) to their third straight loss. Bradley (0-1), who was making his Double-A debut, gave up a two-run double to Patrick Kivlehan in the first inning. Kivelhan finished 3-4 with 2 RBI on three doubles. Jason Rogers got the Stars on the scoreboard in the second inning. He swung at the first pitch from Jackson starter Victor Sanchez and homered over the center field wall. Rogers homered for the fifth time and it brought the Stars within a run at 2-1. The Generals took a 4-1 lead in the third inning. With runners at second and third base with one out, John Hicks hit a groundball to first baseman Nick Ramierz. Ramirez threw to catcher Adam Weisenburger. Ramirez's throw went off Weisenburger's glove scoring Kivlehan and Manny Pina. The Stars bounced back in the fourth inning to score twice. Shawn Zarraga doubled home Mitch Haniger. D'Vontrey Richardson then scored Zarraga on a sacrifice fly. With the Stars trailing 4-3 going into the bottom of the fourth, the Generals scored two more against Bradley. Pina and Pizzano came up with back-to-back run-producing hits extending Jackson's lead to 6-3. Bradley pitched four innings allowing six runs (four earned) on nine hits. The Stars tried to chip away at the 6-3 deficit in the fifth when Kentrail Davis scored on a fielding error by center fielder Jamal Austin. Austin dropped a fly ball off the bat of Haniger. The Generals lead was down to 6-4. In the bottom of the fifth, the Generals scored their final three runs which turned out to be the difference in the game. With runners at first and second with one out, Austin bunted up the third baseline. Weisenburgerpicked it up and threw wildly down the right field line scoring Jack Marder. With the Generals leading 7-4, Dan Paolini singled through the right side off second baseman Greg Hopkins's glove scoring a pair of runs. The Stars tried to make one final comeback late in the game. In the eighth, Weisenburger reached on an infield single which scored Zarraga. Then in the ninth, with two outs, Rogers doubled off the center field wall scoring Davis making it 9-6. The Generals then made a pitching change bringing in their closer Stephen Kohlscheen. Kohlscheen got Haniger to fly out to left field on one pitch to end the ballgame earning his fifth save. Kyle Hunter (1-1) earned the win out of the Generals bullpen. Sanchez, the Jackson starter, lasted four innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits. Weisenburger led the Stars offense going 3-4 with an RBI. Rogers had a 2-5 night with 2 RBI. With the win, Jackson guaranteed themselves a series victory over the Stars. Jackson had lost eight consecutive series prior to their series win over the Stars. Meanwhile, the Stars seven-series winning streak is over. Jackson became just the second team all season in twelve series to take a series from the Stars. Jackson leads the Stars 3-1 in their five game series. The Stars will attempt to salvage the final game on Wednesday afternoon. RHP Andy Moye (1-0, 0.77) will start for the Stars. Jackson's starter is RHP Trevor Miller (4-5, 4.08). Wednesday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 11:50 AM CDT and will be an internet only broadcast on wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Not the AA debut Jed Bradley was hoping for; Adam Weisenburger would gladly give up his three hits in this one if he could lose the three errors as well... Huntsville Game Log

Via Alec at BrewCrewBall -- Brewers Minor League Report: Who's Hot and Who's Not, May 2014

Via Miller Park Prospects -- 2013 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Review Absolutely love this piece because it fills us in on all the unsigned picks from last year as well. *** Also, via MPP's Marcus at the same site -- Bruce Seid and the Brewers Drafts

Via @BrewersPD -- The extended spring Brewers concluded their season yesterday w/a 9-7 loss to finish at 15-18-7. Helena season starts June 16, AZL June 20

Nice article on longtime employee Scott Martens, currently the director of minor league business operations "Today, he supervises the business side of a farm system consisting of about 200 major-league hopefuls and an $8 to $10 million annual budget."

Via Alec Dopp -- Leaves us to self-analyze, would love to see accompanying breakdown.

I always though Biloxi Morons would be cool. Although the plural of oxymoron is actually oxymora - darn.