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Via the Manatees -- OF Jose Sermo has been placed on the disabled list. OF Michael Reed has been activated from the disabled list. Reed will be active for Brevard County's game tonight in Port Charlotte against the Charlotte Stone Crabs. *** Unlikely that Sermo is hurt (likely a taxi squad thing), but we can never quite say that for certain. Great to have Reed's .291/.470/.427 line back in action.

Eight Stars Grace All-Star Roster (Huntsville, AL) - The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs has announced the North Division roster for the 2014 Southern League All-Star Game, which is scheduled for June 17 at AT&T Field in Chattanooga. Eight players from the first place Stars will be present on the roster, the most of any team in the division. Six pitchers (four starters) are represented from the Huntsville staff which helped accumulate the league's best WHIP (1.18), second best ERA (3.06), and the second most shutouts (seven). Starter Tyler Cravy (8-1) leads the Southern League in ERA (1.76), WHIP, and wins. His WHIP of 0.86 ranks seventh in all of Minor League Baseball. Cravy has gone nine straight starts without a loss since his lone setback on April 13. He has compiled 52 strikeouts to just 13 walks on the season and earned Southern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 5th-11th. Fellow starters Drew Gagnon (4-2, 2.50 ERA), Taylor Jungmann (4-4, 2.77), and Brent Suter (6-4, 3.25) join Cravy on the roster. Gagnon has not allowed more than three earned runs in a game all season. He also won Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 12th-18th. Jungmann, who also made the 2013 team, was promoted to Triple-A Nashville on May 23 and is now in their rotation in his third year of professional ball. Suter is tied for third in league wins, innings pitched (72), and strikeouts (59), and fourth in WHIP (1.10). Stars closer David Goforth (2-2, 2.86) will also grace the roster. Goforth's 12 saves lead the division and are second in the league. His 19 games finished are tied for the league lead, and the reliever also has one hold on the year. Arcenio Leon (2-0, 2.18) has four holds in 24 appearances after a successful conversion from starter to reliever for the 2014 campaign. The Venezuelan native sports a 0.94 WHIP and a 29:8 strikeout to walk ratio. During his first year of Double-A ball, first baseman Nick Ramirez is tied for fourth in the league with 10 homeruns and 40 RBI and sits at third with 108 total bases and 35 runs. Ramirez is joined by converted third baseman Jason Rogers. Rogers has driven in 31 runs and makes a midseason All-Star team for the third consecutive year. The 2013 Brewers Minor League Player of the Year was selected last year as a Southern League first baseman and also made the 2012 Midwest League All-Star roster. Players were selected by a vote of Southern League field managers, radio broadcasters, general managers and print media. All players on Southern League rosters as of May 15 were eligible in the voting.

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Catching up from yesterday -- Via Brewers Player Dev‏elopment Staff Jason Rogers has been named the Brewers minor league player of the month for May: .308 avg, 8 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 16 BB, 2 SB Jimmy Nelson has been named the Brewers minor league pitcher of the month for May: 3-0, 1.34 ERA, 38 SO in 33.2 IP. OPP BA of .178

AUDIO - via Jeff Hem's blog "Today’s interview is with right-hander Taylor Jungmann, who gave up one unearned run in 6 1/3 innings last night in the Sounds’ victory. It was Jungmann’s second quality start in as many starts as a Sound, and he discusses his time at Triple-A so far, the dominant division-champion Double-A Huntsville team with which he began the year, and some of the adjustments he’s made the past few years since coming to pro ball after a decorated college career at University of Texas."

LHP Brad Mills perfect through four innings with seven K's. Pick up your phone, Doug - they must be calling.

Four Manatees selected to 2014 FSL All-Star Game Bradley, Wagner, Poppe and Garfield chosen by North division managers, beat writers and official scorersBy Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees VIERA, Fla. - The Florida State League announced on Tuesday that starting pitchers Jed Bradley and Tyler Wagner, relief pitcher Tanner Poppe and catcher Cameron Garfield were selected from the Brevard County Manatees to represent the North Division in the 2014 Florida State League All-Star Game at McKechnie Field in Bradenton on June 14. Both Bradley and Poppe have been recently promoted to Double-A Huntsville and therefore will not be able to play in the game. Bradley went 5-2 with a 2.98 earned run average in 10 starts with the 'Tees. He left Brevard County with a 1.06 WHIP and still ranks sixth in the FSL with 53 strikeouts. Bradley was twice named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week before his promotion and threw nine shutout innings in a 1-0, 11-inning Brevard County loss at Palm Beach on May 20. Bradley was drafted by the Brewers in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft out of Georgia Tech University. Wagner, who will take Bradley's spot on the North Division roster, is currently sixth in the league with a 1.94 ERA. He ranks fourth in the FSL with 65 innings pitched and has gone at least five innings in all of 11 of his starts thus far with the Manatees. Six of Wagner's 11 starts have been quality starts and he has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his 11 outings in 2014. Wagner was drafted by the Brewers in the fourth round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Utah. Poppe went 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 12 appearances with Brevard. He was a perfect 9-for-9 in save opportunities with the 'Tees and began the season with an 11.1 scoreless innings streak before giving up his first run of the year. His nine saves with the Manatees still ranks him third in the Florida State League. Poppe was drafted by the Brewers in the 31st round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Kansas. Garfield has been named a FSL Mid-Season All-Star for the second consecutive year, as he also represented the Manatees in last year's All-Star Game in Dunedin. He currently ranks second on the 'Tees with 11 doubles and third on the team with 21 RBI. He also recorded a ten-game hitting streak from April 27-May 10. Garfield was drafted by the Brewers in the second round of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Brewers out of Murrieta Valley (Calif.) High School. Jed Bradley, Tyler Wagner, Tanner Poppe and Cameron Garfield (from left to right) were selected from the Brevard County Manatees to represent the North Division in the 2014 Florida State League All-Star Game at McKechnie Field in Bradenton on June 14. Both Bradley and Poppe have been recently promoted to Double-A Huntsville and therefore will not be able to play in the game. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography) http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/2/4/77997024/cuts/2014_Manatees_All_Star_college_640x360_stq8cqu6_5biqcos4.jpg

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Hail the First-Half Division Champs! 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.

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

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: LHP Brad Mills at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 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 Jed Bradley makes his AA debut at Jackson (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Tyler Wagner at Charlotte (Rays), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 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: Idle 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. ********** DSL Brewers: at home vs. 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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LHP Brad Mills gets the start for Nashville in a noontime matinee today - is it the first of his final three starts for the club? Look for Tuesday's Link Report by late morning...

Brevard County -- AUDIO: The best Brevard County plays from the month of May as heard on the Manatees Radio Network! AUDIO: Andrew Luftglass chats with OF Victor Roache about his recovery from illness (lost 12-13 pounds) and getting back into game shape. AUDIO, Game Highlights: The Stone Crabs win in walk-off fashion for the second straight game. AUDIO, Game Highlights: The 'Tees knock off Charlotte, 3-0, behind a dominant pitching performance from Hobbs Johnson.

The Sounds scored the all-important first runs in the bottom of the second with a two-out rally, which was started by a Matt Pagnozzi single. Third baseman Taylor Green and pitcher Taylor Jungmann then followed with RBI singles to give Nashville a 2-0 advantage. AUDIO: Taylor Green's RBI Single The Sounds got some breathing room in the bottom of the sixth when Caleb Gindl hit a 2-1 pitch over the right field wall for a home run. The dinger snapped Iowa Starter Dallas Beeler's streak of retiring 10 straight Nashville hitters. VIDEO: Caleb Gindl Goes Yard Donovan Hand picked up his 12th save of year after pitching a scoreless ninth. Hand has now strung together eight consecutive scoreless outings and has converted his last four save opportunities. AUDIO: Sounds Record Final Out

Rattler Radio Blog - Postgame Entry Mucho audio and photos...

Always a plus when Kyle Lobner is at the Rattlers' ballpark to file a report (via Brew Crew Ball).

Jungmann solid again in second Sounds win No. 8 Brewers prospect allows just an unearned run over 6 1/3 innings By Tyler Maun / MiLB.com Taylor Jungmann made big strides from his first Triple-A start to his first win. Monday night, in his third Pacific Coast League outing, the right-hander looked like a pitcher already very comfortable in his surroundings. The Brewers' No. 8 prospect allowed one unearned run on four hits while striking out eight in 6 1/3 innings to pick up his second Triple-A win in Nashville's 4-1 victory over Iowa. Coming off his first win for the Sounds five days ago, Jungmann (2-1) was methodical Monday, facing the minimum through his first two innings and working around traffic in the third. Cubs leadoff man Logan Watkins reached on a fielding error by first baseman Hunter Morris in the fourth and later scored on a wild pitch for the lone tally on Jungmann's line. "It was nice to go out there and throw well to help my team win -- that's what I'm trying to do, get my team a win," Jungmann said after his first victory for Nashville on May 28 over Colorado Springs. "I felt good. It wasn't my best stuff, but I was able to throw strikes. I was able to come back in 2-0 counts." Like that start, the Sounds never trailed Monday by virtue of RBI singles by Taylor Green and Jungmann, helping his own cause, in the bottom of the second. Nashville added a run in the sixth on a solo homer by Caleb Gindl and another on a throwing error by Iowa catcher Luis Flores that scored Jeff Bianchi in the eighth. Jungmann retired nine of the final 11 batters he faced, striking out four batters over that span, including No. 6 Cubs prospect Arismendy Alcantara and No. 11 Christian Villanueva. Overall, the righty threw 55 of his 90 pitches for strikes and walked just one. Donovan Hand gave up two hits but struck out two in the ninth to pick up his 12th save. Iowa starter Dallas Beeler (2-2) allowed three runs on five hits while striking out three and walking one over seven innins. Taylor Jungmann has allowed just one earned run over his second and third Triple-A starts. (Mike Strasinger/Nashville Sounds) http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/2/2/77977122/cuts/14315905593_3bc7ab9655_o_555lxwt9_nsu60ml7.jpg

A reminder that the Stars still have a bit to play for in the 2nd half -- "Should the Stars win both halves, they'd be in line to host four of the five games (if needed) against the North Division team with the best overall record behind them."

No win, no matter: Huntsville clinches title With Smokies loss, Stars secure first-half championship in SL North By Mark Emery / MiLB.com In the Stars' last season in Alabama, Huntsville became the first club in the Minors to clinch a postseason berth. The team entered Monday needing a win over Jackson or a Tennessee loss to Birmingham to clinch a Southern League North first-half championship. The Smokies dropped their eighth in a row, 10-5, so Huntsville's rain-shortened 9-4 defeat later in the evening stung a little less. While next season will begin with the Stars playing in Biloxi, Mississippi, this season will end with them attempting to capture the organization's fourth Southern League title. "It's very special. It's great," Huntsville manager Carlos Subero said. "We just had our bus driver, Cliff, come here with watery eyes. You can see the emotion in the park this year, with people that want to support the club and know that it's going somewhere else. "So it's special. Hopefully, we can go all the way through and bring a championship home to a town that's been hosting Minor League Baseball for 30 years." Under the direction of Subero, batting coach Sandy Guerrero and pitching coach Chris Hook, the Brewers' Double-A affiliate is 39-19 through the year's first 58 games. Before losing the first two games of June, the Stars closed May with an eight-game winning streak. They finished the month 23-7, after posting a 16-10 record in April. The Stars' first-half standouts include pitcher Tyler Cravy, who is 8-1 with a 1.76 ERA and 0.86 WHIP, and first baseman Nick Ramirez, who is batting .267/.333/.489 with 10 home runs and 40 RBIs. The pitching staff's 3.06 ERA ranks second in the league and first in WHIP at 1.18. Offensively, the Stars have scored 271 runs -- second-most in the league -- and get on base at a league-best .340 clip. Though Huntsville has a pedestrian .245 batting average, that figure jumps to .272 with runners in scoring position. "Every night, it's a different kid coming through," Subero said. Between the players' clutch hitting and the fans' heartfelt support, the Stars' season has taken on a singular feeling. Not that it's anywhere near finished yet. "There's 82 games left. We can't lose sight of what's ahead," Subero said. "I think it will be a great challenge. It'll show a lot of their character. We've still got 12 games left in the first half, we've got 70 in the second half and you've got to approach it the right way, the same way you've been approaching these past 58 games." Huntsville righty Tyler Cravy is 8-1 with a 1.76 ERA and 0.86 WHIP through 12 games, including 10 starts. (Huntsville Stars photo) http://www.milb.com/assets/images/2/8/8/77951288/cuts/cravy_pic_nyyrhwxq_b60aruei.jpg

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Final: @Jackson 9, Huntsville 4, eight innings (rain) Stars Clinch First Half Title Jackson, TN - The Huntsville Stars clinched the first half of the Southern League North Division Monday night with a 9-4 loss to the Jackson Generals. The game was called after the eighth inning due to rain. The Stars were able to clinch a playoff spot as Birmingham defeated Tennessee 10-5 officially eliminating Tennessee. The Stars have a 12.5 game lead on Tennessee with twelve games to play. Jackson scored six runs against Stars starter Brent Suter in the first inning. Dario Pizzano highlighted the inning with a grand slam over the centerfield wall. The Stars did not score until the fifth inning. Shea Vucinich got the Stars on the board with an RBI double. Greg Hopkins scored on a wild pitch and Nick Shaw provided a sacrifice fly cutting the deficit to 6-3. In the bottom of the fifth, Manny Pina hit a homer over the left field wall making it 7-3. Jack Marder later in the inning tripled to the alley in right center giving the Generals a comfortable 8-3 lead. With the Stars trailing 9-3 in the seventh, Nick Ramirez singled home Vucinich making it 9-4. The Stars were trailing 9-4 after they batted in the eighth inning. Rain had been coming down for the majority of the game. The umpires finally decided to call the game after a thirty minute delay. Suter, who took the loss went five innings giving up nine hits on eight runs (seven earned). He walked three and struck out to as he fell to 6-4. Even though the Stars lost to Jackson, they clinched a spot in the Southern League playoffs in September for winning the first half of the season. The Stars will play in the postseason for the first time since 2009. The Stars became the first team in all of minor league baseball to clinch a playoff spot. The Stars are led by first year manager Carlos Subero. "It means a lot, says Subero. We're prepared to succeed. Our kids have been diligent. They grind it out. Every night is a different kid picking each other up. We still have a big challenge ahead of us. We still have twelve games to play in the first half and seventy in the second half. Still eighty two games left. We've got to go about it the right way the rest of the way," said Subero. The Generals (24-33) lead the Stars (39-19) 2-1 in their five game series. Game four is Tuesday night. LHP Jed Bradley will make his Huntsville debut. Jackson's starter is RHP Victor Sanchez (1-1, 5.40). Tuesday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:50 PM CDT on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Congrats to the Stars, but this may be the most anti-climactic division clinch ever. On the road. In the rain. Surrender grand slam in the first inning. No mound dogpile. Might we see more liberal moves between Huntsville and Nashville now, since the AAA Sounds only play a full-season standings schedule? Nothing seems imminent. Brent Suter's 2nd rough outing in three starts was even uglier than you might think - an error, two HBP, a wild pitch, only 55 strikes (94 pitches) are the numbers beyond those you see in his box score line. The southpaw did pick off two baserunners. Kentrail Davis has a .400 OBP in his last ten games, but has only one extra-base hit in that span (.713 OPS). He singled and walked three times here. Josh Prince singled and walked twice. Huntsville Game Log Division champs despite this -- Jackson Bottom of the 1st Ketel Marte singles on a line drive to right fielder Kentrail Davis. Jamal Austin hit by pitch. Ketel Marte to 2nd. Daniel Paolini doubles (16) on a ground ball to left fielder Josh Prince. Ketel Marte scores. Jamal Austin to 3rd. Patrick Kivlehan walks. With Manny Pina batting, throwing error by Brent Suter on the pickoff attempt, Jamal Austin scores. Manny Pina singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mitch Haniger. Daniel Paolini to 3rd. Patrick Kivlehan to 2nd. Dario Pizzano hits a grand slam (1) to center field. Daniel Paolini scores. Patrick Kivlehan scores. Manny Pina scores. John Hicks singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kentrail Davis. With Jack Marder batting, wild pitch by Brent Suter, John Hicks to 2nd. Jack Marder walks. Nathan Melendres lines into a double play, shortstop Nick Shaw to second baseman Shea Vucinich. John Hicks doubled off 2nd. With Ketel Marte batting, Brent Suter picks off Jack Marder at 1st on throw to Nick Ramirez.