Jim Goulart

Monday 3/31 (continued): Via 96.5 WKLH: Jeff Levering Via WSCO's "The Show with Balky": "Brewer Fanatic and Brewer Fanatic Podcast co-host Jack Stern also hangs out to talk Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Bryan Hudson and more." (go to the 05:15 minute mark) Via 97.3's "The Steve Czaban Show" (Hour Two): Tim Dillard (go to the 31:20 minute mark) Postgame Show after the 11-1 loss to KC in the Home Opener: 97.3 The Game with Tim Allen and crew WTMJ with Dom Cotroneo Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "The Brewers Are Sinking to Early Season Low Levels"

Monday 3/31: Via WTMJ's Morning News: Marti Wronski, Chief Operating Officer Dom Cotroneo Tobias Myers Oliver Dunn Joey Ortiz Via WTMJ's Midday News: Mark Attanasio Vinny Capra Bryan Hudson Garrett Mitchell Trevor Megill Shaun Marefka, Senior Director of Retail & Restaurant Operations Via WTMJ's Afternoon News: Lane Grindle

In the interview linked above, Flanagan notes that the organization wants Areinamo to work on pitch zone recognition prior to facing AA arms, as to say to not rely on his uncanny contact ability in and out of the strike zone.

Carlos D. still in AA…

Love that minor league interviews are back!

Ron Roenicke and the two games away from the World Series 2011 Brewers would like a word :)

Sunday 3/30: Via 1250 AM/105.7 FM the Fan's Pregame Show: Andrew Wagner of Forbes (go to the 36:45 minute mark) Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: "The Brewers had a truly ugly start to the 2025 season, allowing 15 home runs over the course of three games to the Yankees and getting blown out twice in an 0-3 start. Brewers reporter Curt Hogg and host JR Radcliffe try to find the silver linings ... just kidding, we're panicking. OK, not panicking too much. But a little. The Brewers pitching and its fastball diet gets shelled, Nestor Cortes has a nightmarish debut, Jackson Chourio likewise has a brutal opening day, and a position player winds up pitching on back-to-back days. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln ... at least there's a new dawn this week with seven games at American Family Field, plus a decent start to the season from the offense. Plus: It's the return of our weekly segments: Three Up Three Down looking at the crazy details from the week, Remembrew When revisiting a very different season debut in New York and Curt Blanche opining on the home opener pageantry." Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast - "The Brewers 2025 season started with a series of loud thuds as Yankees hitters repeatedly teed off on Crew pitching all weekend, and Spencer joined Jaymes and Ryan to talk all about it and those pesky bats that hit them." Via Bart Winkler's "Into the Winklerverse": "Yankees use should be illegal bats to smash past, sweep Brewers" Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "About As Bad of a Start Possible for the Brewers" Postgame Shows after the 12-3 loss to the NYY: 97.3 The Game with Tim Allen and crew WTMJ with Dom Cotroneo - Craig Coshun is Dom's guest

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Sunday. Organizational Scoreboard Nashville Audio MiLB TV (Subscribers)

On a baseball-filled Saturday for this Link Reporter, I settled into MiLB.TV and Jeff Hem's call to catch every pitch of this Nashville game (and managed to stick through it to the very end). I was hoping for a cleansing from the big-league Brewers humbling beatdown earlier in the day. That's not what I (nor all you as fans of the system) received. Let's see what we can glean from this one. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Transactions: N/A Final: Jacksonville (Marlins) 11, Nashville 3 Box Score and Game Log Via the Sounds’ website, game details, and we always encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Sounds Fall 11-3 Saturday Night - Pair of Pitching Prospects Make Their Season Debut for the Sounds Here's our "as it happens" forum game thread with additional insights. Logan Henderson's line (4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 1 WP, 8 K, 1 HR) accurately represents his evening. While the four-run first inning began bunt, walk, wild pitch, you'll subsequently see the words "liner" and "line drive" four times in the game log from that four-run frame. Our game thread includes a reminder that we've often read about the need for Henderson to fully develop additional offerings to the fastball/changeup combo that proved so deadly to less experienced batters at the AA level or below. So, this is the minor leagues, and while it may not always lead to maximized positive results in the moment, the name of the game is player development. Jeff Hem did mention why Henderson always pitches from the stretch, as he was having trouble maintaining contact with the rubber from his windup. I look forward to learning more about that scenario in the future. Henderson did retire six in a row after the eventful 1st, including fanning the side in the 2nd. The changeup was working, it's not like he had ditched it completely for his outing. His pitch count was 80 (only 49 strikes), and he was charged with two out-of-nowhere pitch timer violations, so there were definitely aspects of his game off on this night. Reviewing the other mound efforts, Easton McGee managed five outs and nothing was hit hard. Two walks and less than ideal infield defense didn't aid his cause, nor did Craig Yoho allowing a line drive single to center upon entering to allow another McGee runner to score. Yoho then plunked a batter (he would hit another the next inning) and was bailed out of the frame when catcher Anthony Seigler ("I" before "E" rule be damned) back-picked a runner at second base. So even Yoho's apparent pretty line wasn't in reality. Blake Holub walked the leadoff man and allowed a run in the 8th, and 40-man roster addition 6'8" lefty Grant Wolfram had the same success rate he did in big-league camp with the Crew, which is to say very low. Among his foibles was three walks forcing the pitch count up and the bullpen to get busy, not something you want to see in the 9th inning with an 11-3 deficit. The ABS challenge system remains fantastic, as Yoho benefited here. The Jumbo Shrimp were successful on their first four challenges of the game, and Jacksonville's catcher was especially adept at working the system. The Sounds only managed three hits and K'd 11 times, but EMJ gave us a moment. Wes Clarke is 0-for-8 with four K's in the shouldn't-even-mention-it-but-sorry-I-did sample size. Hey, I've got copy to fill here... Not sure this was the greatest initial jump, but kudos on the finish here by Jared Oliva - I take that back, have played the 10-second clip about 15 times now and determined that yes, the jump was fine, the stick of the landing even better. It'll be Jacob Misiorowski on the bump Sunday at 2:05 Central opposite the big-league contest. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scoresMiLB Audio Links Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

Saturday 3/29: Via 1250 AM/105.7 FM the Fan's Pregame Show: Andrew Wagner of Forbes (go to the 42:00 minute mark) Postgame Shows after the 20-9 loss to the NYY: 97.3 The Game with Tim Allen and crew WTMJ with Dom Cotroneo - Craig Coshun is Dom's guest

That changed years ago, this MLBTR entry is among the times I have seen this noted.

If Nestor Cortes hasn’t settled on a baby name for his upcoming bundle of joy (and certainly wishing the family the best), Homer Bailey and Homer Bush have a suggestion. So does this guy…

There is no cost to a waiver claim. That is why teams "jump the line" with a cash or player offer to obtain a player they really want.

No longer, guessing that was a VISA-related issue. Here's earlier links we posted on him: Signing Photos Insights Via Spencer Video at 92 MPH

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Saturday. Organizational Scoreboard Nashville Audio MiLB TV (Subscribers)

Link Report #1 of many!

Oh hello! Did you miss us? Thank you, MiLB, for easing us into our annual Brewer Fanatic Link Report duties with AAA action only in Week One. I join @Joseph Zarr and @Ro Mueller for another year of daily recaps, hoping to inform and entertain along the way. We look forward to having the Brewers organizational fandom join us on our journey to all the affiliate outposts for the better part of the next six months. Our regulars will recognize the format, and if you're a newcomer, welcome! Let's go! Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Transactions: OF Brewer Hicklen, recently DFA'd, was traded to the Detroit Tigers for cash - do you remember the most recent trade with the Tigers? OF Garrett Spain had previously been placed on Biloxi's paper roster, but now makes his Milwaukee organizational debut with Nashville after the Hicklen trade C Ty Duvall signed as a minor league free agent and placed on Nashville's Development (inactive) List - we introduced you to Duvall here RHP Evan McKendry placed on Nashville's Development List The Biloxi, Wisconsin and Carolina rosters are yet to be finalized - the affiliates will provide the formal rosters next Wednesday, perhaps Thursday, prior to their respective Friday April 4th Opening Nights Not an official injured list placement (yet), perhaps because he was placed on the Biloxi paper roster for now, but disappointing news here: We had to wait until the morning of Opening Day, but the Sounds announced their team with a sweet graphic: Do 16 pitchers seem like a lot? That's how many are on the active roster, you'll see 17 names (McKendry currently not counting on the active). There are 13 position players listed (12 active with Duvall's Development status). The AAA team limit is 28, so the Brewers are in compliance but with a 16/12 mix for now. Guessing we'll see a bunch of Wes Clarke in the DH spot as both he and Ernesto Martinez, Jr. are worthy of AAA at-bats. That was the case Friday. My take on the Nashville outfield is that my goodness, a sizable organizational development gap was established in recent years at that position. Among the current AAA group, nary an internal homegrown player. Between them Adam Hall and Garrett Spain have five games at the AAA level. Jared Oliva has 26 games of MLB experience with Pittsburgh, last in 2021, but spent all of 2024 at the AA level in Seattle's system. Jimmy Herron is coming off the majority of his last three years having played at AAA Albuquerque in the Rockies' chain. It should be a perfectly serviceable group, but it's certainly not prospect-laden or all that intriguing at the moment. Here's a bonus for you, although the conversation was more in general "AAA" terms than player-specific, but here's Voice of the Sounds Jeff Hem's Friday interview with Nashville's 102.5 The Game radio. Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes - Not available online for Opening Night Final: Nashville 7, Jacksonville (Marlins) 1 Box Score and Game Log Via the Sounds’ website, game details, and we always encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Carlos Rodriguez Fans Seven in Sounds Opening Night Win - Sounds Swipe Five Bases on Opening Night Victory Have to love the bonus "notes" portion that dovetails every Nashville game summary. Here's a reminder - every day we'll have a thread pinned at the top of our Minor League Forum with "as it happens" reactions and insights from multiple contributors. You'll pick up quite a bit of additional info here regarding Friday's opener. As for the Nashville leadoff hitter, we have these for you: Longtime Guardians' infielder Raynel Delgado doesn't turn 25 years old until next week. He opened eyes during his big-league camp game appearances. His relative youth and overall profile make him a very intriguing player to follow. Early prediction - Delgado will see MLB time with the Crew this year, based on much more than his double and two singles in this game. I will admit that I am not the first to turn to Statcast or Savant to break down every nuance of player performances - those charts make these senior citizen eyes dizzy, to be honest. Thankfully, we have forum posters who link to such data focusing on starter Carlos Rodriguez. Wondering about his namesake and former teammate OF Carlos D. Rodriguez? He is still on Atlanta's 40-man roster but is awaiting formal placement and is not on the Braves' AAA roster at this time. As for Carlos F., this was certainly an encouraging start to 2025. He had an 8.03 ERA last April. RHP Deivi Garcia with a one-inning outing? Likely related to the 16-man staff. You'll find additional video highlights via the Nashville "X" feed. My movie theater couch experience thanks to MiLB.TV - we're back, baby! Saturday's game is at 6:35 Central, with RHP Logan Henderson on the mound. With a big-league matinee, you have no excuse to miss out! Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores MiLB Audio Links Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article