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Here's the link in French And your Google translation: A young baseball player from Laval, Quebec, Charles Leblanc, realized a dream when the Milwaukee Brewers drafted him in the 33rd round of the Major League Baseball Auction, June 8 The native of Sainte-Dorothée, who celebrated his 17th birthday five days before the draft, proved the only Quebecers have attracted the attention of big league scouts. In addition, he is the youngest baseball player to be chosen. The player infield 6 feet, 4 inches and 200 pounds would like to sign a first professional contract with the formation of Wisconsin. "The whole family lived strong emotions. We're on a cloud. Charles was very happy, but he remains humble, both feet on the ground. He sees this as another step in his career, "said his mother Evelyn Boudreau. "He expects a contract offer by the Brewers on July 9. If not received, it will become a free agent, "she connects. With the Ohio Warhawks Immediately after the draft, Charles took the road to Ohio to evolve within the Warhawks, an American team comprising the best players under 18 years drafted by Major League Baseball. Again, the product Delta Laval is the youngest player. That did not stop him from hitting the first hit of the Warhawks in the first part, on June 11. Since the beginning of the season, Leblanc played as shortstop and third base for Associates of Laval, Midget AAA. In 2012, he played for the Wings of Quebec, the star formation less than 17 years. Canada Games Charles returns from the United States on July 30 to participate in the Canada Games to be held in Sherbrooke. "He will wear the colors of Quebec who covets the gold medal home," concluded the mother of the young prodigy.

But, you can always peek in on our Official Draft Pick Selection/Signing Thread to keep up. We also have been peppering our Draft Forum with articles featuring many of the recent signees as well as features on those still weighing their options. Hopefully everyone has been checking in, if it makes it easier, just go to the tail end of each of the three threads on the draft picks by rounds and work your way backwards for the most recent news.

Very psyched that the Mad Bahamian (Al Hrabosky reference for the young'uns), RHP Sean Albury, is returning to the mound with Helena this summer. Video report

Tyler Alexander opens up about MLB Draft By Joel Delgado, FIU News Tyler Alexander has a big decision to make. It’s a decision that will alter the course of his life, and it’s one that he is not taking lightly. The left-hander, who joined FIU after spending two years at a junior college in central Florida, was drafted in the 27th round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers on June 8, the final day of the three-day draft. Now he has to choose: make the jump to the professional ranks or return to FIU for his senior season. ———————————– FIU News: When and how did you find out that the Milwaukee Brewers had drafted you? What were you doing when it happened? Tyler Alexander: Talking to the scouts I was expecting to go on Day 2 so I was at home waiting for the news, but the call never came. Then I was expecting to go early on the third day but then that didn’t happen either. I was pacing back and forth, waiting around and then I checked Twitter and saw that I was drafted by the Brewers. FIU News: What was your reaction when you heard the news? Alexander: I was disappointed as time went on and it was definitely stressful but once I saw that I was drafted, that all went away. I was just really excited. FIU News: You’ve got a big decision to make as to whether to sign with the Brewers or return to FIU. What factors are in play for you as you make a decision as big as this? Alexander: I’m still weighing my options. I’ve talked to my parents, coaches and those close to me. My dad’s been on me the last few days and I value his opinion a lot. In the end they’re all telling me the same thing: they want me to make the best decision for me and don’t want me to regret that decision. There are pros and cons, good and bad things for both. Part of me wants to come back because I feel like I can do better but I don’t want to risk something happening that risks my chances of getting drafted next year. FIU News: What are some of the biggest obstacles you feel you have had to overcome to get to this point and what obstacles are you going to have to face in order to make the jump to the big leagues? Alexander: I’ve had to learn to overcome failure over my career. It’s been a bumpy road and you’ve got to fail before you can succeed. But I’ve stayed positive and believed in myself and it all worked out. Looking forward, I’ve got to beat some guys out and work hard to earn a spot if I’m going to make it to Milwaukee. FIU News: How has playing at FIU helped you grow? Alexander: Division I baseball is a lot more organized and the quality of coaching is a lot better. It’s definitely helped me improve as a player and a person. FIU News: If you do leave FIU, what will you miss most about the school and about Miami? Alexander: Definitely my teammates and coaches. I’ve bonded with them a lot this past year and Miami has been awesome. If I go to Montana, which is where one of the Brewers’ minor league teams is, or Milwaukee, it’s going to be totally different for me. FIU News: If you could sum up your FIU experience thus far in one word, what would it be? Alexander: It’s been a grind. Waking up early every day, going from a Saturday night pitcher to a Friday night pitcher and taking on that responsibility, getting it done in study hall and in the classroom… It was a lot to take on. http://news.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexander22SL_130216_D3S1288-400x218.jpeg

Former Tigers letterman signs with Brewers by The Spectrum & Daily News (St. George, Utah) Dylan Brock, a four-year letterman at Hurricane High who played the last two seasons for Glendale Community College in Arizona, signed a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, his father Kirk told The Spectrum & Daily News. Brock was drafted in the 34th round of the recent Major League Baseball Draft as pitcher — although most of his experience was at third base for GCC. Brock pitched just seven innings this season, but the 6-foot-2, 220-pounder was clocked at 94 miles per hour. The Brewers took notice and offered him a tryout before selecting him. “I couldn’t have imagined being (drafted as) a pitcher. Third base, yes,” Brock said. “This all just happened so fast.” Brock reports to the Brewers’ rookie league in Phoenix this morning. He said he hopes to add two to three mph on his fastball by refining his mechanics and getting stronger.

More on the one of the undrafted free agent signees, RHP Scott Lieser, who we brought to your attention initially this AM in the transaction thread. Leg kick!

Um, OK. *** Anyway, catching up with Hiram Burgos after last night's rehab start in Beloit.

Brewers sign OF Michael Ratterree, their 10th rd pick from Rice; his player bio

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Huntsville, AL Geneva, IL Santo Domingo, DR

Look for Nashville's media notes at the link just prior to game time.

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STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern 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

Follow Friday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Wisconsin DSL Brewers New MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: LHP Chris Narveson at home in a rehab start vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 $39.99 season-long package ($9.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Ariel Pena at home vs. Chattanooga (Dodgers), 6:28 PM pre-game, 6:43 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page Alex Cohen is the play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. It appears four Southern League teams air their home games on MiLB.TV, and we'll let you know when those dates pop up on the schedule ********** Brevard County: Idle (details on the All-Star Game in Saturday's Link Report) ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jorge Lopez 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. So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, Stars' road games from four Southern League locales, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. NOTE: 32 of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel has seventeen games scheduled and WACY-TV My NEW32 plans to show fifteen games. We'll let you know when, but won't be providing day-before DVR reminders, so regularly check for proper channel and time planning (scroll to the bottom of this link). ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Tigers, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

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Brewers sign two more non-drafted RHP's, amazing how many new arms will be in Helena / Maryvale this summer. Author's name a unique coincidence *** Former SCSU pitcher, Lieser, signs deal with Milwaukee by Andy Rennecke, sctimes.com Former St. Cloud State pitcher Scott Lieser signed a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday morning. Lieser, 23, will join the Brewers in rookie ball in Phoenix, Ariz., beginning next week. Lieser went undrafted in the first-year player draft last week. “(Brewers scout) Drew Anderson called me Wednesday and asked if I was interested in playing pro ball. I told him I absolutely was,” Lieser said. “He had an opening and I jumped on it. It just fell into my lap.” Lieser, a native of Browerville (MN), went 10-3 with a 2.71 ERA in his senior season for the Huskies. He threw 83 innings, struck out a team-high 66 and walked a team-low 11 among the Huskies’ starters. Lieser threw three no-hitters for St. Cloud State in his career. Not getting drafted was disappointing for the 6-foot-3, 192-pound right-hander, but he’s grateful he’s still getting an opportunity. The Brewers also signed Minnesota State-Mankato pitcher Harvey Martin to a free agent contract Thursday. Martin was the Division II pitcher of the year this season and went undrafted like Lieser. “Teams contacted me during the draft and it was hard sitting there watching it. It felt like a punch to the stomach when it didn’t happen,” Lieser said. “I was bitter right after it was over. “(SCSU head coach) Pat Dolan kept working on things to get me into some kind of pro ball. It ended up working out. Now I’m in the same boat as other players who got drafted. It doesn’t matter now.” Lieser will stay in Phoenix the rest of the season if he sticks with the Brewers. He said he received a small signing bonus for inking the deal with Milwaukee. Lieser said Anderson personally watched him pitch throughout the season and had him in his sights during the draft. “He had me slated in the draft, but they ended up not selecting me,” Lieser said. “He said I can compete at this level. He likes the way I can go out there and throw every day. He also liked that I had a lot of success against righties. “I know I have to work on things. If I want to keep moving up, I have to do that. That’s what’s fun about this.” *** Scott Leiser Player Profile Page via the St. Cloud State site Harvey Martin Player Profile Page via the Minnesota-Mankato site (includes 2013 season info)

Dominican Box Score has come through, club now 3-8, although some of the newcomer bats continue to maintain gaudy numbers in the admittedly early going.

Moore signs contract after proposal Matt Jones, wholehogsports.com FAYETTEVILLE — Brandon Moore isn't likely to forget Thursday any time soon. The former Arkansas pitcher, drafted last weekend in the 17th round, signed a pro contract with the Milwaukee Brewers in Helena, Mont. late Thursday night, just hours after proposing to his girlfriend at XNA airport in Highfill. She said yes. "It's a pretty exciting day," Moore said. "I was thinking about it on the way here to Helena, today is the start of a life change. I got a job, engaged, so it's a big season of life and I'm ready for it." Moore said the engagement ring he ordered hadn't arrived by his time of departure Thursday, making the day a little more stressful. "I went to Walmart and bought a cheap ring at 7 this morning," he said. "I used that today. It's kind of a weird process, but the deed was done. "I'm still waiting on the other one. It's a little bit nicer." Moore, a right-handed pitcher, will join Razorbacks teammate Barrett Astin on the Brewers' rookie league roster in Helena. Astin signed earlier this week after being drafted in the third round last Friday. Both players are forgoing their final season of eligibility with the Razorbacks. Moore is the sixth player to sign a pro contract from Arkansas' 2013 roster. Pitcher Trent Daniel (Colorado Rockies) and outfielder Jacob Morris (Chicago White Sox) signed Tuesday, while pitcher Randall Fant (Houston Astros) and outfielder Matt Vinson (Arizona Diamondbacks) signed earlier Thursday. Ryne Stanek, Colby Suggs, Dominic Ficociello, Tyler Wright and Eric Fisher are the only of Arkansas' 11 drafted players yet to sign. Ficociello is expected to sign his 12th-round contract with the Detroit Tigers before the end of the week. In three years at Arkansas, Moore became the Razorbacks' most trusted long relief pitcher. The Van Buren native was part of the most decorated pitching class in program history. He, Astin, Stanek, Suggs and Nolan Sanburn combined for a 1.21 earned run average in 124 innings of NCAA postseason play. All were part of the Razorbacks' 2010 signing class. Stanek was selected in the first round this year by the Tampa Bay Rays and Suggs was drafted in the second round by the Miami Marlins. Sanburn was a second round draft pick last year of the Oakland Athletics. Congratulations (and again!)

AUDIO -- All-Star 1B Nick Ramirez joins Dave Walkovic on the Manatees' pre-game show

Rattler Radio Blog via Chris: Lessons learned – Postgame post for June 13, 2013 Yes, you will read this, and you'll be a better educated Rattlers/Brewers fan for your minimal efforts, thanks to Mr. Mehring's efforts.

Jupiter Top of the 8th Ryan McIntyre reaches on a fielding error by first baseman Nick Ramirez. Ryan McIntyre to 2nd. With Austin Barnes batting, passed ball by Cameron Garfield, Ryan McIntyre to 3rd. Austin Barnes grounds out, third baseman Brandon Macias to first baseman Nick Ramirez. Ryan Rieger grounds out to first baseman Nick Ramirez. Isaac Galloway flies out to center fielder Mitch Haniger. *** Huge work by Williams there.

Be sure to read this feature story on OF Tyrone Taylor from our "Your 2013 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers" thread, a nice reminder to enjoy our entire Minor League Forum, not just the Link Reports.

Taylor ahead of schedule Prospect for Brewers has chip on shoulder By Josh Flickinger, Beloit Daily News Tyrone Taylor read the scouting reports. Both amateur and professional scouting types alike tabbed him as a “tools” guy. While a compliment to his impressive physical attributes, the implication was that Taylor was not refined, needed coaching and a lot of work on the fundamentals. The 19-year-old native of Torrance, Calif., is surprising many of those experts by putting up solid numbers across the board in his first full season of professional baseball. A second-round selection of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012, Taylor is hitting .279 with 17 extra-base hits including four home runs to go along with 14 stolen bases in 17 attempts for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. He used the scouting reports as fuel for the fire heading into this season. “I read all those things about me,” Taylor said. “It kind of put a little chip on my shoulder. I’ve been playing baseball all my life. I’ve never really thought of myself as a raw guy.” After the Brewers selected him, Taylor quickly signed and proceeded to hit .387 in the first 18 games of his professional career, starting in the rookie Arizona League followed by a stint with Helena in the Pioneer League. Taylor’s first season would have an unfortunate finish as he was shut down with a shoulder injury. “It was tough,” Taylor said. “Coming into the season I felt about 90 percent. I had to be the designated hitter for two weeks and then I think I came back on the field a little too soon. The Brewers handled it really well. I had good training and rehab and feel 100 percent now.” Timber Rattlers manager Matt Erickson likes what he sees out of his center fielder. “He’s a guy that we hold in high regard,” Erickson said. “He’s obviously athletic, can run and has great hand-eye coordination. The thing that stands out most to me is his pitch selection. For a 19-year old to have a feel for the strike zone the way he does is impressive. If you can do that, command the strike zone, no matter how old you are, you are usually going to have success, especially with the tools he has.” Taylor has struck out just 26 times in 219 at-bats, and although he has walked just 16 times this season, six of those have come in the last 10 games, during which he has batted .472. “He was scheduled to be our leadoff guy,” Erickson said. “But we had some guys get called up in the middle of our lineup. So we dropped him to the three spot and didn’t really ask him to do anything different. He’s one of our most consistent hitters. He’s done everything we’ve asked. Over the course of the first half, you can see his confidence growing as he has success.” His ability on the defensive side was evident Tuesday when he caught a sinking line drive and then threw a rocket to first base to double up Matt Olson at first. “I actually didn’t get a good read on that ball,” Taylor said. “And I also couldn’t see very well because of the twilight sky. But when I caught it and saw him off the bag, I was pretty excited. I do pride myself on my defense.” Asked which area he has improved the most since being drafted, Taylor had a quick response. “I think my hitting for sure,” Taylor said. “I remember the first time I hit off a tee in front of the hitting coach Sandy Guerrero. He was like ‘Holy cow, this kid is going to need a lot of work.’ But they taught me a few things and I’m a pretty quick learner.” Brewers fans have had a difficult time getting excited about the team currently occupying Miller Park. They would be well served to closely follow the exploits of Taylor in the next few years. “I’ve been in the league five years now,” Erickson said. “And we haven’t had a lot of high school kids come here and have immediate offensive success. Because of his pitch selection and his mature approach, I’m not surprised at his success after getting to know him.” Tyrone Taylor, shown here batting against Beloit Tuesday evening, is one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Staff photo by Josh Flickinger http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/beloitdailynews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/5c/35c881ce-d43f-11e2-bc17-0019bb2963f4/51b9e78415b99.image.jpg

Recently added video to the MiLB.com library -- Nashville's Hunter Morris hits a ground-rule double to lead off the second inning of a 5-2 win over Omaha Tuesday Nashville's Sean Halton smacks an RBI double as the Sounds beat Omaha, 5-4, on Wednesday

Some brief Huntsville video highlights, including Kentrail Davis' HR *** Here's Alex's audio highlights from the Stars 3-1 victory against the Chattanooga Lookouts on Thursday night - OH YEAH! *** Video catch-up from the Stars' last game on Tuesday - Brock Kjeldgaard hits a two-run homer as the Stars fall to Montgomery, 8-4; an opposite-field shot tied him for the league lead with 12 Note -- 25-year-old Marlins OF Kyle Jensen hit his 13th HR for Jacksonville Thursday night. *** Video report -- Canada Invades The Huntsville Stars While Nick Shaw says he'll stick to American sports...