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Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Alfredo Figaro at Colorado Springs (Rockies), 7:15 PM pre-game, 7:35 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 at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:30 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: RHP Tyler Wagner at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 9:05 AM pre-game, 9:35 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: RHP Preston Gainey at Kane County (Cubs), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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. DVR ALERT: The next Timber Rattlers game available on local TV is Thursday evening May 8th on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel.

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Could this be the end? *** Mark Rogers released by Mariners The Mainer had signed with Seattle as a free agent in January Mark Rogers of Orrs Island was released by the Seattle Mariners after just two appearances with their Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma, Washington, the Mariners confirmed Monday night. Rogers was signed as a free agent in January after he spent 10 injury-plagued years in the Milwaukee Brewers’ organization. He was assigned to minor-league camp early in spring training and didn’t pitch for Tacoma until he made a four-inning relief appearance on April 27, allowing one run on three hits and two walks. Rogers started Sunday’s game against Las Vegas and walked five in three innings, giving up two hits and two runs. Rogers, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2004 draft, struggled to stay healthy during his time in Milwaukee’s organization and missed the 2007 and 2008 seasons. He made it to the majors as a September call-up in 2010 and pitched well in four appearances, allowing just two hits and two runs with 11 strikeouts in 10 innings. But he spent much of the 2011 season on the disabled list and pitched a total of just 441/3 innings in the minors. In 2012, the Brewers called him up in late July and inserted him into the rotation. He was 3-1 with a 3.92 ERA in seven starts before Milwaukee shut him down for the season in September. Rogers was expected to contend for a spot in the rotation in 2013 but experienced a mysterious drop in velocity during spring training and started the season on the disabled list. After 12 rehab appearances in the minors with a 5.16 ERA in 222/3 innings, he was removed from Milwaukee’s 40-man roster in September.

Brevard County -- AUDIO: RHP Tyler Wagner joins Dave Walkovic on the Manatees Pregame Show Discusses his scheduled 10:35 AM local time Tuesday start (yes, that's 9:35 AM Central time - look for your Tuesday Link Report just in time by mid-morning). AUDIO, Game Highlights: The Threshers hold off a late 'Tees charge and win, 5-3

Nashville -- VIDEO: Local TV Game Report VIDEO: Local TV feature on Sean Halton AUDIO: Jeremy Hermida's RBI-double scored Hunter Morris, who finished with a pair of doubles, and made it a 5-3 ballgame before the big ninth inning, which saw the I-Cubs bat around for seven runs on seven hits. AUDIO: Hermida Robs A Home Run (highlight you saw in link above)

Final: @Huntsville 2, Jackson 0 Stars Shut Out Generals Huntsville, AL -The Huntsville Stars earned their second straight shutout as Monday they blanked the Jackson Generals, the Double-A Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, 2-0 at Joe Davis Stadium. Tyler Cravy won his fourth straight decision and improved to 4-1 after throwing six shutout innings. Cravy struck out five in the victory. Adam Weisenburger's two-run double in the fifth inning proved to be the difference in the Stars win. The game was scoreless until Weisenburger laced one to the wall in centerfield scoring Mitch Haniger and Shawn Zarraga. Arcenio Leon pitched two scoreless innings out of the Stars bullpen. He stranded the tying runners on the bases in the both the seventh and eighth inning. David Goforth earned his league leading seventh save of the year by pitching a 1-2-3 ninth. The Stars are now a season best nine games over the .500 mark with a 20-11 record. They lead the Southern League South by three games. Zarraga led the Stars with two hits. The Stars and Jackson resume their series Tuesday night in Huntsville at Joe Davis Stadium. The Stars have RHP Drew Gagnon (2-1, 3.21) starting. Jackson will turn to RHP Jochi Ogando (0-2, 6.97). The game can be heard starting at 6:15 PM CT with Steve Jarnicki on 92.9 FM, 1450 AM, and wtkiradio.com. Huntsville Box Score Third scoreless start out of five for RHP Tyler Cravy, what a great run it's been for him since he was literally the last man to be placed on the 2013 Brevard County squad. My goodness, only 18 hits allowed in 30.1 innings, with a 30-to-7 K-to-BB ratio in 2014. Even this year, Cravy didn't initially net a rotation spot, but is proving to be a big value again, still only 24 years old (until July). He's duplicating last year's fantastic run while upping the K count. RHP's Arcenio Leon and David Goforth roll on in standout springs thus far. Only one Star reached twice, and big surprise, it was Shawn Zarraga, the designated hitter here. Batting 7th (yeah, this club is playing well), Zarraga is now hitting .441 with an OBP of .500 in 59 AB's (not enough AB's for league leader qualification). We can quibble with only three XBH's for the burly switch-hitter, but let's continue to enjoy the ride. Huntsville Game Log Huge two-out ribbies! Huntsville Bottom of the 5th Mitch Haniger singles on a line drive to center fielder Leon Landry. Kentrail Davis flies out to center fielder Leon Landry. Shawn Zarraga singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jamal Austin. Mitch Haniger to 2nd. Josh Prince called out on strikes. Adam Weisenburger doubles (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Leon Landry. Mitch Haniger scores. Shawn Zarraga scores. Nick Shaw grounds out, shortstop Ketel Marte to first baseman Daniel Paolini.

The Brewers Player Development Staff announced OF Chadwin Stang has been assigned to Huntsville. To make room, OF Brock Kjeldgaard has been placed on the Stars' DL.

Manatees Blog - ‘Tees OF Contends for FSL Weekly Award "It’s too bad the Florida State League can only hand out one award for Player of the Week because the entire Manatees outfield could have been honored for its performance over the last seven days..."read more at the link.

Manatees Press Release on Michael Reed's award - won't turn 22 until November, nice...

Actually, in Rick Sweet's pre-game audio today via Jeff Hem, Sweet indicates that OF Kevin Mattison (shoulder strain) will be activated when the Sounds play in Colorado Springs Tuesday.

That was quick. Marzec returns to fill Huntsville's open roster spot. He did pitch one scoreless inning for Nashville on Sunday. No word yet on the plans for the Sounds to fill their now-available roster spot.

Despite a poor outing thus far Monday, here's good news for Mike Fiers -- Mike Fiers Named PCL Pitcher Of The Week Sounds Right-hander Struck Out 11 In Seven-Inning Shutout Can we remember three winners in the same week before, particularly prior to Helena's season beginning?

From Steve in Huntsville: The 17 hits that the Stars had Saturday surpassed their previous season high of 15 hits in a game, which they achieved just six days prior in Tennessee. Nick Ramirez became the 5th player in the Southern League this year to record a 5-hit game. Ramirez’s 5-hit game capped off a very impressive series and road trip for the Stars 1B. Against the Biscuits alone he went 11-22 with a HR, and 10 RBI. For the 10-game trip, Ramirez batted .381 5 HR’s, 15, RBI and scored 10 runs. He also extended his on base streak to 15 consecutive games, the 2nd longest active streak in the league. John Andreoli of Tennessee has reached base safely in 23 straight games. With Saturday’s win, the Stars moved a season high eight games above the .500 mark…The Stars have won five out of the first six series of the season…They did not win their fifth series of last year until July 8th in Tennessee…With their 4th shutout, they are tied with Mobile and Chattanooga for most shutouts this year… The Stars are a league best 14-6 on the road and are outscoring their opponents 105-41 on the road… Adam Weisenburger has reached base safely now in each of his last 12 games. Hsi streak is the 5th longest active streak. During the streak, he is batting, 371 with 6 RBI. SOUTHERN LEAGUE HITTER OF THE WEEK: Stars 1B Nick Ramirez was named today as the Southern League hitter of the week. Ramirez, in six games, batted .462 (12-26, Had 3 2B’s, 2 3B’s, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 7 R, 1 BB, 6 K’S).

AUDIO via Jeff Hem's blog -- "Today’s interview is this week’s installment of “Mondays with the Manager” with Rick Sweet, who discusses the team’s recent success, gives injury updates on Kevin Mattison and Hiram Burgos and shares insight on his lineup today with the road trip starting tomorrow."

We will direct you to the official team press releases later today, but congratulations to Huntsville 1B Nick Ramirez and Brevard County OF Michael Reed on their respective League Player of the Week Awards, announced this AM!

Prepare your eyes before looking at this Baseball America breakdown of international signings (by team) within their handbook -- in other words, among each team's Top 30 prospects. Be sure to read the intro thoroughly to fully understand what the list represents, though.

It's ironic that the Biloxi press has been so focused on the Stars' season and not the Manatees -- especially the outfield trio, their up the middle infield, and several arms. It's going to be very exciting for the majority of those Brevard kids to move into the new stadium in Biloxi next year, and I (we) can't wait to find out what the new ballpark dimesnions and identifying features/tendencies will be. Here's to hoping we'll get to have the same kind of fun stadium-analyzing by staying in Nashville as well.

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Huntsville, AL Viera, FL (Melbourne) Geneva, IL

Sortable individual stat pages: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin

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

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

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers 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: RHP Tyler Cravy at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:30 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: LHP Hobbs Johnson at home vs. Clearwater (Phillies), 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 Anthony Banda at Kane County (Cubs), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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. DVR ALERT: The next Timber Rattlers game available on local TV is Thursday evening May 8th on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel.

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