Jim Goulart

We already linked to Chris' blog post with video highlights, but here is the My New 32 version of highlights, which includes the lowlights as well. Also they ran a nice postgame interview with catcher Parker Berberet.

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Frankie De La Cruz to Huntsville in a "still lucky to be in affiliated ball" move. The spot in Nashville was needed as Mike Fiers' arrival became official.

Stars, Barons Split Series-Ending Doubleheader Alex Cohen, Huntsville Stars To finish off their five-game series at Joe Davis Stadium, the Huntsville Stars split a doubleheader with the Birmingham Barons, losing game one 7-4 and winning game two 2-0 on Thursday night. Game one got off to a rough start for the Stars, as they fell behind from the beginning. Huntsville starting pitcher Arcenio Leon (L, 1-4) gave up a leadoff single to Barons shortstop Marcus Semien and then walked the next four consecutive batters (two with the bases-loaded) before being chased from the game without recording an out. In replacing Leon, Stars reliever Mark Williams walked in two more runs with the bases loaded to make the score 4-0 after just one hit from the Barons offense. Birmingham got their other runs on a solo homer from catcher Michael Blanke in the third inning and sacrifice flies from second baseman Tyler Saladino and outfielder Michael Earley. Taking the win for Birmingham was starting pitcher Erik Johnson, who improved to 6-2 on the year after giving up four runs in seven innings for his second complete game of the season. On offense, the Stars got a solo homer from outfielder Rene Tosoni in the second inning and a three-run homer by third basemen Mike Walker in the fourth inning off of Johnson. In game two, Huntsville was able to split the doubleheader solely because of a dominating performance by starting pitcher Andy Moye. En route to improving his record to 3-6 on the season, Moye pitched the first complete game shutout for the Stars since RHP Evan Anundsen (June 3rd, 2012). In seven shutout innings, Moye gave up just five hits and struck out four while walking just two. Over his last four appearances (three starts, one relief), Moye has just given up three runs in 22.0 innings pitched. The Stars got all the run support they needed in the fourth inning against Barons reliever Salvador Sanchez (L, 1-3). After outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard was hit by a pitch to start the inning and Walker reached base on a fielders choice, an infield single from catcher Adam Weisenburger put runners at first and second with one out. One batter later, a double by second basemen Shea Vucinich plated both Walker and Weisenburger for the only runs on the game for both teams. The doubleheader split marked the Stars second straight series loss against the Barons this season. Huntsville is now 4-6 this year against the Southern League North leaders. On Friday, the Stars will hit the road to start a five-game series at Riverwalk Stadium against the Montgomery Biscuits. Huntsville will likely send RHP Drew Gagnon (Double-A debut) to the bump as Montgomery will counter with a starter that is to be determined. First pitch is at 7:05 CT.

From the Manatees -- RHP Mark Williams has been transferred from Huntsville to Brevard County. Brevard County's roster is now at 25 active players, which is the Florida State League limit. *** Williams (stats) has struggled with control since his first promotion to AA.

As bkrause2 pointed out in Thursday's Link Report, two new DSL'ers, getting them daily now. Pro debuts for each: Boanerges Nova, a 6'2", 170 lb. LHP - great name, good choice of throwing arm; turned 20 last February Axel Cordero, a 6'4", 175 lb. RHP - will turn 22 next month, so old for a pro debut, but hopefully a worthy lottery ticket For a player like Cordero, we have no way of knowing why he didn't earn a pro contract until this point, could be any number of legitimate reasons.

Here's the link to the long thread that covered the 2012 postseason and 2013-season pre-draft. Next transaction will kick off our new thread here.

We'll close this unwieldingly-long thread as of tonight's draft and kick off a new post-draft 2013 transaction thread.

4-0 after top of 1st; Stars pitchers tossing combined one-hitter, though -- Pitching Change: Mark Williams replaces Arcenio Leon. Jared Mitchell walks. Dan Black scores. Andy Wilkins to 3rd. Michael Earley to 2nd. Tyler Saladino called out on strikes. Mike Blanke walks. Andy Wilkins scores. Michael Earley to 3rd. Jared Mitchell to 2nd. Cody Puckett pops out to second baseman Nick Shaw on the infield fly rule. Marcus Semien called out on strikes. *** Williams allows just two inherited runners to score, actually a serviceable job given the situation, just much more painful with walks rather than hits...

Yeah, every manager's dream to begin a doubleheader -- don't record a single out. Birmingham Top of the 1st Marcus Semien singles on a line drive to center fielder Rene Tosoni. Keenyn Walker walks. Marcus Semien to 2nd. Dan Black walks. Marcus Semien to 3rd. Keenyn Walker to 2nd. Andy Wilkins walks. Marcus Semien scores. Keenyn Walker to 3rd. Dan Black to 2nd. Michael Earley walks. Keenyn Walker scores. Dan Black to 3rd. Andy Wilkins to 2nd. Pitching Change: Mark Williams replaces Arcenio Leon. Williams walks in a run with his first batter faced, this is a big "Oh, boy" inning for Alex.

Just-traded LHP Thomas Keeling made a nice first impression on Braves' fans Tuesday night -- Chattanooga Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Thomas Keeling replaces Michael Lee, batting 9th. Bobby Coyle strikes out swinging. Rafael Ynoa strikes out swinging. Joc Pederson grounds out, second baseman Barrett Kleinknecht to first baseman Christian Marrero. *** Game was tied at 1-1 at the time, so it was a big spot. Good for him...

Thursday's doubleheader in Fort Myers cancelled By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County Manatees FORT MYERS, Fla. - Due to the inclement weather stemming from Tropical Storm Andrea, the scheduled doubleheader on Thursday, June 6 between the Brevard County Manatees and the Fort Myers Miracle at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers has been cancelled. Since the Manatees and the Miracle do not play each other again in the first half of the season, the two games will not be made up. Brevard County's next game is scheduled for Friday, June 7 at 7:05 PM (6:05 Central) against the Daytona Cubs at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach. The Manatees will then return home to Space Coast Stadium on Saturday, June 8 to take on the Cubs at 6:35 PM (5:35 Central).

1. Read affiliate's media notes. 2. Learn cool stuff. GIVIN’ ‘EM HELLWEG: Right-hander Johnny Hellweg makes his 12th start of the year for the Sounds this evening. The fireballer has won three of his last four outings and departed the lone no-decision in line for a victory before a blown save by the bullpen. Opponents are hitting just .198 against Hellweg this season, the 3rd-lowest mark among PCL starting pitchers. The right-hander has been especially tough on right-handed hitters, holding them to a a .130 average (13-for-100), including a current 0-for-27 stretch.

Voice of the Sounds Jeff Hem on Nashville Sports Talk Radio today -- you'll see a link here.

From earlier this week -- Brevard County pre-game audio interview with OF Chadwin Stang

DVR alerts: The Timber Rattlers are on TV two more times this week (Thursday and Friday). Each broadcast is via MyNew32 TV out of Green Bay at 7:00 PM. A full pre-game show airs at 6:30.

Weather.com: Memphis, TN Huntsville, AL Fort Myers Grand Chute (Appleton) Santo Domingo, DR

Look for Nashville and Wisconsin media notes at the links just prior to their game times. New this season: Brevard County has media notes; as of now, it's a unique link each day, but look for it just prior to game time each day within the "Stats and Scores" banner here.

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.

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Johnny Hellweg at Memphis (Cardinals), 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's Arcenio Leon and Andy Moye in a doubleheader at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 4:28 PM pre-game, 4:43 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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: RHP's David Goforth and Chad Pierce in a doubleheader at Fort Myers (Twins), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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 Damien Magnifico at home vs. Beloit (Athletics), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime; look for RHP Leonard Lorenzo in a tandem role 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. MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; Wisconsin is one of four Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV. 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 Blue Jays, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

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Brad takes a look at the 2012 Brewers draft - signed players

Tyler Thornburg coming up.