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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Jimmy Nelson at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 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: Idle ********** Brevard County: RHP David Goforth at home vs. Jupiter (Marlins), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the link based on listed schedule Manatees audio, hooray! Dave Walkovic is the first play-by-play voice of the 'Tees since 2007, he's joined by Andy Towne; 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, we'll let you know that. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Austin Blaski at Beloit (Athletics), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 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 home vs. the DSL Braves, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

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Herndon center fielder Ky Parrott weighs his options By Preston Williams, Washington Post The scouts who showed up at a Madison-Herndon baseball scrimmage in March to eyeball Madison All-Met shortstop Andy McGuire knew nothing about Herndon senior Ky Parrott. But a Milwaukee Brewers scout with area ties, Dan Nellum, made note of Parrott that day, after the center fielder homered and robbed a Warhawk of a home run with an impressive catch at the fence. Late in the season, the Brewers even brought in their regional and national cross-checkers to take a look at the James Madison University signee. The brass must have liked what they saw, because Milwaukee selected Parrott in the 26th round of the first-year player draft Saturday, which no doubt gave the possible Brewer-to-be something to talk about at prom that night. “I was a little shocked,” Parrott said. “I expected to go in the mid-30s or even late-30s. It kind of came out of nowhere. Coming into the season, I didn’t think I’d get drafted out of high school for sure.” Even though several scouts saw the same initial performance that Nellum saw, Milwaukee was the only professional organization this season that showed much interest in Parrott, a second-team all-Northern Region pick whose batting average (.308) was not particularly flashy but whose 16 hits included nine for extra bases, with four home runs. “We kind of knew that if he was going to get drafted, it would be by the Brewers,” said Herndon Coach Greg Miller, a member of the school’s all-century team who got drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 20th round out of JMU in 2001. “Knowing Milwaukee was really the only team in town, they could have [waited until] the 40th round and gotten him. It just goes to show you how much they think of Ky.” Nellum, a 1988 St. John’s graduate and former assistant at Old Dominion, Georgetown and Navy as well as a former Clark Griffith League coach, has given Miller an example he can cite for years with his players, whether Parrott signs or not. “No scout was there to see Ky Parrott that day, and he got noticed,” Miller said. “Whether it’s a college or a summer travel league coach, you never know who’s watching. Ky just took advantage of a great opportunity to perform in front of major league scouts.” (By the way, Madison thumped Herndon so badly that day that Herndon turned off the scoreboard during the scrimmage so as to not bruise the Hornets’ confidence too much headed into the season). Parrott plans to meet with the Brewers in the next week or so to discuss his options. If he signs, he would be the second Herndon player currently in a big-league farm system. Outfielder Brandon Guyer, a 2004 All-Met, is with the Tampa Bay Rays’ Class AAA team in Durham, N.C. Guyer had 50 plate appearances with the big-league club in 2011 and 2012. Parrott, the 782nd selection in the draft, ended up being selected 10 rounds ahead of McGuire, a projected fourth- to sixth-round pick who had the leverage of a University of Texas scholarship and might have been considered difficult to sign. So McGuire slid to the Colorado Rockies with the 1,069th pick. “It’s very nice to have options,” Parrott said. “It’s kind of a problem, but it’s a good problem to have.” PHOTO AT ABOVE LINK

VIDEO: Tony Diggs takes over Brewers

Stars Fall Despite Kjeldgaard’s Homer Matthew Raines / Huntsville Stars Montgomery, AL. – Looking to salvage the concluding game of the final road series of the first half, the Huntsville Stars battled the Montgomery Biscuits and came up short, falling by a score of 8-4, as the Biscuits had four players with multiple hits and every player get at least one, totaling thirteen hits for the game. Montgomery struck first in the game when Mikie Mahtook scored on a double by Cameron Seitzer in the first inning. This was the eighth run surrendered in the first inning by Stars pitching this month. Huntsville answered in the fourth, plating a pair of runs on a single by Robinzon Diaz that scored Nick Shaw and Hector Gomez to take a 2-1 lead. Huntsville starting pitcher Andy Moye could not hold the lead though, giving up three runs in the bottom of the fourth, leaving the Stars down 4-2 after four innings. In the top of the sixth, the Stars answered back in a thunderous way. With two outs and Jason Rogers on first, Brock Kjeldgaard lifted a deep shot to left, clearing the fence and tying the score at four. For Kjeldgaard, it was his league leading twelfth homer on the year. Moye went five innings, giving up four runs on six hits with five strikeouts before leaving with the game tied. He was replaced by Santo Manzanillo in the bottom of the sixth, who gave up hits to all five batters he faced, including a homer by Kyeong Kang, and the Biscuits scored three runs before Manzanillo was replaced by Casey Medlen. The Biscuits would score another run to balloon the lead to 8-4 before the sixth inning ended. That would prove to be the final tally as three Biscuits relief pitchers combined to shut the Stars out for the remaining three innings. Enny Romero started for the Biscuits and pitched six innings, giving up four hits leading to four Stars runs, two earned, while striking out four to pick up the win. Huntsville was lead at the plate by Kjeldgaard and Diaz, who each drove in two runs. Kjeldgaard also struck out three times and Rogers walked twice. Kang led Montgomery at the plate, going two for four with three runs batted in as well as a triple and a homerun. With the loss, the Stars fall to 27-36 on the year, thirteen games behind the North Division leading Birmingham Barons. The Biscuits improve to 34-31, one and a half games behind South Division leading Mobile Baybears. Huntsville will return home to Joe Davis Stadium on Thursday to open up a series with the Chattanooga Lookouts. Game is set to start at 6:43.

Brevard County Game Audio Highlights / Lowlights *** Manatee Pre-Game Audio Interview with FSL All-Star RHP David Goforth

Audio Highlights from the Stars 8-4 loss against the Montgomery Biscuits on Tuesday night

Getting to Know -- Jesus Sanchez

Nashville notebook via the Tennessean

Bishop Brossart's Tanner Norton signs with Brewers by Richard Skinner, cincinnati.com When Tanner Norton was young and just began picking up a bat to play baseball, his grandfather, Bob Norton, suggested to his right-handed throwing grandson that he hit left-handed, and that advice has helped Tanner become a professional baseball player. Tanner Norton, a recent graduate of Bishop Brossart High School where he was a standout catcher, was selected in the 13th Round of the Major League Baseball draft this past Saturday by the Milwaukee Brewers and signed with the Brewers on Monday. No terms were disclosed and Norton said he will report to the team’s rookie camp and await his assignment. “The money was just about what we had hoped and it just felt right so I decided to go ahead and sign,” said Norton. “I really haven’t had that to think about it all: being away from my family and starting my professional career in baseball.” Norton won’t turn 18 years old until July. The powerfully built 6-foot, 205-pound Norton helped Brossart advance to the state semifinals in 2012 when he hit .431 with five homers, 18 doubles and 30 RBI. He went 1 for 4 with a double in a state semifinal matchup against Woodford County pitcher Clinton Hollon, who was selected in the second round of the draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. No stats were available for Norton from this past season. He said he caught the eyes of scouts during a showcase for top players last summer. “There was not a guy who threw under 90 (mph) and I hit the ball well,” said Norton. “Scouts knew I could hit and hit with power.” It also didn’t hurt that he’s left-handed hitting catcher and showed he could hit the ball with a wooden bat, too, last summer. He opted to use a wooden bat this past high school season, too. “I played for a guy in the summer who is also a scout for the Brewers, Mike Farrell, and he said I should use a wood and I showed I could handle the ball with a wood bat and decided to keep using it,” said Norton. “I can’t thank my grandpa and my dad enough for turning me around and hitting left-handed. I have to say that helped.”

VIDEO: Brewers 17th round RHP Brandon Moore of Univ. of Arkansas discusses waiting to decide to sign or not

4th round RHP out of Kent State *** Taylor Williams gets the call by the Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher accepts $400,000 signing bonus By Dan Trujillo, Camas-Washougal (Washington) Post-Record Taylor Williams got the call he had been waiting for his whole life Friday. The Milwaukee Brewers selected the 21-year-old Camas pitcher in the fourth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. Williams was the 122nd pick overall. "It's amazing and surreal," said the 2010 Camas High School graduate. "Ever since I started playing baseball, this has been a dream and a goal in my life. "I've worked so hard for this moment," Williams added. "I thank my family and friends for being there with me every step of the way. I thank the community of Camas, as a whole. Every coach and every teammate I've had growing up have been a factor in me getting drafted." Camas pitcher Taylor Williams puts pen to paper on a $400,000 Major League Baseball contract with the Milwaukee Brewers Monday. Dan Trujillo Photo http://columbian.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/croppedphotos/2013/06/11/0611_spt_Williams_signs_wit_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373

Travis receives draft call from Milwaukee By James O. Covington, SW Mississippi Daily Leader Sports Writer SUMMIT, MS - Jesse Travis got the call he had been dreaming about Saturday evening, when the Milwaukee Brewers drafted him in the 35th Round of the 2013 MLB Draft. Travis, a 6-foot-7-inch right handed freshman pitcher at Southwest Mississippi Junior College is the 12th player from the region to be drafted since 2006. From 1985-2005 only six players from the area heard their name called in the professional baseball draft. "I'm excited," said the soft spoken Travis. "This is a great opportunity just to be drafted." Only 18-years old, Travis can elect to return to SWCC or sign with the Brewers. He and his family will decide by the MLB Draft signing deadline, July 14. "Right now I'm weighing my options," added Travis. "I'm going to sit down with my family, my advisor, and the Brewers about all this and see where we end up." The North Pike alum worked out for the Brewers three times before being drafted. He also had interest from other teams as well. "I didn't pitch that much at North Pike," said Travis. "At Southwest I threw more, and more teams started contacting me. It was surprising at first but they all said they liked me because of my fastball and my size." Wearing size-16 shoes and throwing a fastball as high as 92-mph, drew pro teams to SWCC to watch him. "It's a real blessing just to be drafted," added Travis. "This is something you never think will happen until it actually does." He said Southwest head coach Lee Kuyrkendall and pitching coach Ken Jackson "gave me some great opportunities to be seen to get better. I learned a lot from them. "Milwaukee is a good team," Travis said "and I'm really happy to be headed that way. Mr. Scott Nichols (a Brewers scout) gave me a lot of advice and really helped me out." Kuyrkendall said, "We knew there was a chance Jesse could get drafted as a freshman. He showed improvement and had some good starts for us. His velocity continues to climb (88-94 mph) and he is still very young to have such great size already." "He will put himself in a good position for the future."

Stars' Taylor Jungmann demonstrating his potential in recent hot streak By Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Now you're starting to see it. You're starting to see what the scouts saw. You're starting to see what the Milwaukee Brewers saw before they wrote the second-largest bonus check in team history. You're even starting to see what a bunch of bumfoozled LSU batters saw four years ago this month. The Stars' Taylor Jungmann is arguably the hottest pitcher in the Southern League, winning six of his last seven starts, allowing only 27 hits in the past 45 innings and registering a 1.80 ERA. Going into its game Tuesday at Montgomery, Huntsville had won 15 games since May 9, six of those by Jungmann. "It's been special to watch," Stars manager Darnell Coles said. The 23-year-old Jungmann was a first-round draft pick out of Texas (the Longhorn plates on the truck in the players' parking lot outside Joe Davis Stadium will be a dead giveaway to which ride is his) in 2011, signing for a $2,525,000 bonus; only Rickie Weeks was awarded more by Milwaukee. That sort of money puts Jungmann under a microscope, but he takes an almost cliched approach about expectations. "I just try to stay relaxed and stay within myself," he said, admitting, "It's definitely easier said than done." A 1-4 start and 7.89 ERA in his first five appearances would indicate that, and difficulties with the transition to Class AA. "He's made some mechanical adjustments with Hookey (pitching coach Chris Hook) that have helped him and he's taken off from there," Manager Darnell Coles said. As for the big bonus, "Yes, he was a high-round draft pick. Yes, he did get a lot of money," Coles said. "Yes, there's a lot of scrutiny. But when you watch him when he goes about his business, he's not a guy that carries that openly. He talks to everybody. He's a great teammate. He understands what it takes, to do the little things that make you better long-term." Though it's hard to see the inherent dangers of being handed a $2.525-million check, Jungmann recognized some perils, that it was important "to be smart with your money. There are a lot of investment opportunities out there and a lot of scams. You've got to know who to trust." Jungmann's only great splurge was an elaborate salt-water aquarium, a hobby "that's the only thing I spend money on." He was always fascinated with ocean life and a college teammate's father had a tank that made him envious. He's done a lot of scuba diving -- shhh, don't tell anybody, because he's not officially certified -- and snorkeling. So, yes, it's impossible to resist noting, with such a bonus and such potential, Jungmann has spent much of his playing career in something of a fishbowl himself. Such is the nature of playing baseball for the University of Texas, which reached the College World Series in 2009, his freshman season. Texas reached the best-of-three finals against LSU and led 6-4 going into the ninth of the first game. Jungmann was rushed in as a reliever, threw six pitches and walked the only batter he faced. Confessed Texas coach Augie Garrido, "I put him into something he wasn't prepared for." Jungmann was prepared the next night. He threw a five-hitter at LSU in an elimination game for Texas, striking out nine in the first complete game of his college career. It enabled him to finish the season 11-3, with a 3-0 record and 0.59 ERA for the tournament; he'd go on to an All-America career for the 'Horns. "He has an understanding of how to manage the moment," Coles said. Now he's managing to mimic what he did in college, this time on a career track to an even bigger fishbowl. Stars' pitcher Taylor Jungmann delivering in a big way (Mark Almond Photo / The Birmingham News/al.com) http://imgick.al.com/home/bama-media/width620/img/sports_impact/photo/12913478-mmmain.jpg

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