Jim Goulart

Happy 24th birthday, Jimmy Nelson! Promotion to AAA for you!

DVR alerts: The Timber Rattlers are on TV three times this week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Tonight's broadcast is via Time Warner Cable Sports32 at 7:00. Not a pre-game, but Timber Rattlers Field Pass is scheduled to air after the game at 10:00 PM. Wednesday's broadcast is on MyNew32 TV out of Green Bay. More details on that tomorrow.

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

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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: Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin DSL Brewers New MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: Idle ********** Huntsville: RHP Arcenio Leon at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 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: RHP David Goforth at Fort Myers (Twins), 5:35 PM pre-game, 6:05 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 Tyler Wagner at home vs. Beloit (Athletics), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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. 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 Rojos (this is a shared Reds/Diamondbacks squad), 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

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DVR ALERT! We'll provide details in each day's report, but FYI, the next three Timber Rattlers' games are on TV: Wed June 5 Beloit 7:05pm Time Warner Cable SportsChannel Thu June 6 Beloit 7:05pm My NEW32 Fri June 7 Beloit 7:05pm My NEW32

Stars' catcher Adam Weisenburger carrying on a family tradition behind the plate by Mark McCarter, Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Adam Weisenburger, to his credit, shrugged things off best he could and jogged to first base. Baseball's macho culture dictates you never let 'em see you hurt. Sure, his entire left arm was numb, but that could have been the early-season cold. What you couldn't help see, though, after Sam Dyson's pitch bounced off Weisenburger's left elbow was the blood. The seams of the ball and impact caused a gash, much like a boxer's glove can open up the tissue around an eye socket. He was one of 13 batters hit by a pitch in the five-game April series between Huntsville and Jacksonville, a series that resembled dodgeball as much as baseball. Weisenburger, a 24-year-old catcher for the Stars, was the worst of the casualties. "Hit by pitch to surgery," he said. "It's kinda crazy." There was no bone damage. Yet the cut became infected. Antibiotics to treat the infection didn't work; continuing to play might not have helped, either. He had an operation to flush out the infection and clean the elbow. "Turn of events right?" he said, sitting in the Stars' dugout, hiding behind wraparound shades and fiddling with a tar-stained bat after a recent batting practice. Weisenburger was batting .417 at the time, having gotten the bugs out of his system in a brief call-up to Huntsville in 2012 when he hit a modest .187. He tried to play through the injury but was eventually placed on the disabled list on May 2. He was finally paroled from there May 25, batting 5-for-14, with three doubles since (going into Tuesday night's Stars date with Birmingham). He leads the Stars in batting with a .356 average, though has played only 19 games. He is a catcher by DNA, and his defensive skills -- Weisenburger is the best defensive catcher in the Milwaukee farm system, according to Baseball America -- and ability to call a game will be his ticket to promotion more than his hitting. "He calls a good game," manager Darnell Coles said. "He keeps the tempo and pace of the game going. He blocks (the plate) extremely well and he sticks to the plan (in attacking opposing hitters). He pays attention to detail." According to Coles "there isn't any question" he has the trust of the pitching staff and "a lot of that has to do with the game he calls, the energy he brings. It's almost like having a second coach on the field. And he prides himself on it. He knows what he needs to do ... to insure the pitcher has the best chance to have a good outing." Weisenburger's father Marc was a college catcher at St. Mary's College in Minnesota. Though Adam started out as a shortstop, his father recognized his best path to a baseball future was catching and nudged him to make the move when he was 12. The son would try out his dad's old equipment, the shinguard with the bright orange knee pads, the chest protector with pillow-thick padding. He began using his dad's Wilson A2403 catcher's mitt. "The most important thing he taught me was how to be a leader," he said. "He told me it was the only position in all of sports where all your team is facing you at one time. I loved taking charge of the pitchers, taking charge of the staff, having responsibility on my shoulder during a game. He taught me how to play the game right. "You don't get to take plays off being a catcher," Weisenburger said. "I think his hard work (ethic) somehow got to me. His passion became my passion for the game." Father and son talk regularly, with conversations usually evolving from the "how-are-you-doing?" phase into in-depth baseball discussion. And the son still uses the same model catcher's mitt as his father did. "That Wilson A2403," Weisenburger said, "still smells like an old glove in the closet." http://imgick.al.com/home/bama-media/width620/img/sports_impact/photo/12871433-mmmain.jpg

Short but very sweet - video highlights from the Stars' 5-1 win Tuesday

You'll notice that Monday's Nashville game story (7-5, 12-inning victory) has been updated with some exciting audio highlights

Narveson Roughed Up In Sounds 6-2 Loss Regular Starter R.J. Seidel Throws Five Scoreless Frames In Relief Nashville Sounds ROUND ROCK, Texas - A rough start by rehabbing big leaguer Chris Narveson (0-1) defined the night for the Nashville Sounds, who lost 6-2 to the Round Rock Express Tuesday at The Dell Diamond and dropped the series by a 3-1 margin. Narveson, making his second rehab start for the Sounds this season, worked a 10-pitch 1-2-3 first inning before allowing six Express runs to cross in the second inning. Express shortstop Yangervis Solarte started Round Rock's big inning by taking Narveson's 11th pitch to the left-field foul pole for a solo home run. Narverson followed with two consecutive strikeouts, but allowed another home run to Mike Olt to make it 2-0. Narveson surrendered hits to the following five batters, four to the outfield and one through the infield, to add four runs to the Express advantage. Narverson, charged with the loss, was touched for his eighth hit at the start of the third inning and exited having thrown 45 pitches and 28 for strikes. He had three strikeouts and no walks. Reliever Tim Dillard pitched out of the inning for Nashville to allow the Sounds regular starter R.J. Seidel to start clean in the fourth. Seidel cruised through five innings to finish the game for the Sounds, holding the Express scoreless and limiting them to three hits while racking up six strikeouts. He faced only two more batters than the minimum. Offensively, the Sounds picked up runs in the third and fourth innings. Hainley Statia hit a double into left field to score Anderson De La Rosa in the third (audio), while Josh Prince and Hunter Morris (audio) pieced together two doubles to start the fourth, which pulled the Sounds closer at 6-2. Nashville worked a season-high six doubles off Express pitching, with catcher De La Rosa rapping a pair of two-baggers. Of the Sounds' eight hits, only two went for singles. Khris Davis (2-for-3) and De La Rosa (2-for-4) turned in multi-hit outings. Ryan Feierabend (3-1) picked up the win for Round Rock, holding Nashville to two runs on five hits across five innings of work. After a league-wide off day Wednesday, the Sounds will head to Memphis on Thursday to take on the division-rival Redbirds at Autozone Park at 7:05 p.m. Throwing for Nashville will be RHP Johnny Hellweg (4-4, 3.65) opposite Memphis' RHP Richard Castillo (0-1, 2.31). Baseball returns to Greer Stadium on Monday, June 10, when the Sounds host the Omaha Storm Chasers to a four-game series. Nashville Box Score That's three consecutive excellent outings for R.J. Seidel (stats), he has to be pitching with extreme confidence right now. He'll slot right back into the rotation once Chris Narveson's rehab wraps up, and (long way to go), but with a strong rest of 2013, has a chance to actually be considered for 40-man roster status by year's end. He has to be really psyched right now. Nashville Game Log

Instant classic via Jeff Hem's blog -- Audio from Round Rock — “The Voice(s) of Tim Dillard” Tonight’s pregame interview is a rare treat and pure radio gold…a four-person panel of Sounds pitcher Tim Dillard, the late broadcaster Harry Caray (kind enough to come back for this interview), ESPN baseball reporter Tim Kurkjian and Sounds pitching coach Fred Dabney. Enjoy…

Video from Monday: Nashville's Caleb Gindl hits three-run homer as Sounds beat Round Rock, 7-5

Audio highlights from the tough 9-8 Huntsville loss Monday night Video as well Here was Alex's game story on that contest -- Stars Lose Nailbiter to Barons On Monday night, the Stars squandered an early three-run lead and failed to finish off a comeback from a four-run deficit, losing to the Birmingham Barons by a score of 9-8 at Joe Davis Stadium. For the second game in a row, the Huntsville offense was able to strike first. In the first inning, an RBI double from outfielder Kentrail Davis and an RBI single from first baseman Jason Rogers put the Stars on the board against Barons starter Stephen McCray (W, 6-3). The Stars then got a sacrifice fly from shortstop Hector Gomez in the second inning to go up 3-0. Unfortunately for Huntsville, the Barons were able to get after Stars starting pitcher Ariel Pena after he began his outing with three scoreless frames. In the fourth inning, an RBI double from shortstop Tyler Saladino put Birmingham on the board. Then, in the fifth, a two-run double from outfielder Trayce Thompson and an RBI single from designated hitter Dan Black gave the Barons their first lead of the game and chased Pena from the game. Pena was able to dodge the loss when Davis singled to start the fifth inning and then scored on a wild pitch from third with two outs to even things up at four. Overall, the Brewers MiLB Pitcher of the Month for May gave up four runs and six hits through five innings while striking out seven batters and walking four as well. The game remained tied until the top of the sixth inning, where the Stars bullpen couldn't find the strike zone as they entered the game. Following a leadoff single by third baseman Cody Puckett, the combination of relievers Santo Manzanillo (L, 1-2) and Dan Meadows walked a combined six batters on the inning, bringing four runners home to put the Barons up by four. In the bottom half of the frame, the Stars were able to cut their deficit in half with an RBI single from Gomez and an RBI groundout from Davis to make the score 8-6. After an RBI single from Puckett off of Stars reliever Casey Medlen pushed the Birmingham lead back up to three in the ninth inning, Huntsville made one last push for late-game heroics. With the bases loaded and nobody out against Barons closer Taylor Thompson, outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard came through with a two-run single to cut the Stars deficit to one and put runners at first and second with nobody out. Thompson then went on to strike out the next three batters in a row for his eighth save of the season. On the pitching side, the Stars tied their season-high with 12 walks. From an offensive perspective, the Stars cranked out 13 hits, with three apiece from Kjeldgaard and Davis. Gomez, outfielder Rene Tosoni and catcher Shawn Zarraga each had two hits.

Brevard County Pre-Game Interview with RHP Cody Scarpetta *** Here's Brevard audio highlights from Monday's 6-4 win as well as a collection of Manatee uber-highlights from the month of May.

Brevard County Game Audio Highlights -- nice!

Bradley turns in finest start of 2013 Brewers southpaw allows one run over six innings in victory By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com http://www.milb.com/assets/images/5/0/2/49613502/cuts/bradley480_3ubyeny8_n120qyvh.jpg Jed Bradley has struck out 43 batters and issued 28 walks this year. (Cliff Welch/MiLB.com) With the First-Year Player Draft just two days away, 2011 first-rounder Jed Bradley has been thinking a lot about his journey over the past week. His conclusion? Time flies when you're living your dream. "I was just thinking about that the other day," Bradley said. "It has flown, these two years. I hope they all don't go by this quickly, but it's been fun. It has been a journey and I'm looking forward to the rest of it." On Tuesday, he savored every moment of his time on the mound. Bradley allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out three batters over six innings in the Class A Advanced Brevard County Manatees' 3-2 win over the host Fort Myers Miracle. The win helped Bradley (4-3) lower his ERA to 4.68 and it put him one win away from equaling his rookie total with two-thirds of the season to go. "I pitched to my strengths and pounded the zone with a good two-seam [fastball] and I got a lot of ground balls," the 22-year-old left-hander said. "I've had some good starts this year, my last one was a good one. But as far as efficiency was concerned, this one was one of the best -- 72 pitches in six innings. "I had a pretty good changeup and a good slider, a good three-pitch mix, but it was predominantly my two-seam fastball. Tonight my second-best pitch was my changeup, but so far this season, it has been my slider. It's been something I've been working hard on throughout the season." The Brewers' No. 5 prospect set down the side in order in the first inning and he worked around consecutive baserunners to begin the second. He used a double play to get out of trouble in the third after the first two batters reached base, and he retired nine of the following 10 batters before Miguel Sano broke his shutout bid with a one-out homer to right-center field in the sixth. "He's a good hitter, you can't argue that," the Alabama native said of MLB.com's No. 11 prospect Sano, who extended his team lead to 14 homers. "I thought I handled him pretty well. I had him in an 0-1 count and I wanted to go back to back with my changeup. I left it up and he didn't miss it. It was definitely a good piece of hitting to take a changeup out to the opposite field." Selected by the Brewers 15th overall in 2011, Bradley is pleased with the progress he has made since signing with Milwaukee. Last year, he went 5-10 with a 5.53 ERA in 20 games with the Manatees. He struck out 60 batters and issued 43 walks over 107 1/3 innings, but he says he has improved all areas of his game. "Holding runners on, varying my looks with runners on second base, fielding my position," Bradley said about where he has made the most growth. "If you have a weak link in your chain, that will be exposed at the next level. "Last year, I had some physical issues, but I had to get better at pitching. I have definitely progressed and it is good to see the fruits of that progress. Typically you judge success by what you do against hitters. You can also judge it by how far you have progressed mentally and your mental preparation and by how far you have come physically, pure strength-wise." Prior to turning pro, Bradley -- a Cape Cod League All-Star -- went 7-3 with a 3.49 ERA in 16 starts in his final college season. He still keeps in touch with his former teammates and he expects several current Yellow Jackets to hear their name called later this week. "First day, I'm not sure, but Daniel Palka and Zane Evans will make a lot of noise," Bradley said. "Evans is a catcher, and even if he doesn't pan out as a catcher, he can hit 97 mph off the mound. Brandon Thomas went in the fourth round last year and didn't sign, but he's had a good year and I can see him going around the same spot. Kyle Wren will make some noise. "I've talked with a few of those guys about [the Draft]. They had the same questions that I had because it's the first time they're going through it." On Tuesday, Andre Lamontagne pitched a scoreless inning of relief despite allowing two hits and a walk, and Tommy Toledo earned his seventh save after giving up an unearned run on a pair of hits and two walks over the final two innings. Fort Myers starter Jason Wheeler (5-1) surrendered three runs on nine hits over six innings. He struck out six batters and issued one free pass.

Jungmann shines in sixth Double-A win No. 2 Brewers prospect allows unearned run in seven frames By Josh Jackson / Special to MLB.com Judging by the box score, Taylor Jungmann's Tuesday night outing was his finest of the season and maybe the finest of his pro career. But don't try to tell him that. "My last outing was better," he said. "I just had one bad pitch and gave up three runs on a home run after six almost perfect innings." The No. 2 Brewers prospect limited Double-A Birmingham to an unearned run on two hits and three walks while striking out five over seven innings in Huntsville's 5-1 victory. He will admit it was a pretty good performance, though. "Tonight was huge to me," he said, mostly because it was easy for him to see the progress he's made working in the Brewers system since he was drafted out of the University of Texas No. 12 overall in the 2011 Draft. Jungmann (6-5) went 11-6 with a 3.53 ERA over 153 innings in the Class A Advanced Florida State League last season, his first in pro ball. His start Tuesday lowered his Southern League ERA to 4.22. The only run the Barons scored off him came in the first inning after he walked Birmingham leadoff hitter and 16th-ranked White Sox prospect Marcus Semien. Semien stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by Stars catcher Adam Weisenburger. "Tonight started pretty ugly. I didn't have my fastball command and I had to rely on my offspeed stuff more than usual," he said. "I've been working on being able to throw my offspeed pitches for strikes for the past year-and-a-half. A year ago, I wouldn't have been able to do what I did tonight and use them to get me through the first few innings. It's nice to see a little improvement." Specifically Jungmann's been working with a new curveball grip and being able to attack the zone with that pitch and his changeup. "My curveball, that's been frustrating," he said. "I think it's been frustrating for my coaches, too -- it has to be." But his coaches had to be pleased with the way he got through this win. Keenan Walker, the White Sox's No. 8 prospect, drove in Semien with a single, but not because Jungmann threw a bad pitch. "I did get down in the count, but then I threw exactly what I wanted to throw," he said. "I went in on him and he hit it anyway." What can you do? "Get a better count," Jungmann joked. "Get him to an 0-2 count instead of a 2-2 count." With one run in and Walker standing on first, Jungmann got second-ranked White Sox prospect Trayce Thompson to pop out to second base. At that point, he began to feel more in control. "For me, for a long, lanky, tall guy, it's pretty easy to get out of your rhythm," said Jungmann, who's listed at 6-foot-6. "The difference between having a good outing and a bad outing is being able to realize and acknowledge that you're out of your rhythm in the game, and to make an adjustment after three pitches instead of after 10." Walker stole second and Jungmann buckled down to whiff Andy Wilkins. "I don't rely on the strikeout too much, but I pride myself on being able to strike a guy out when I need to," said Jungmann. "That was a situation where I needed a strikeout, and it was big that I was able to get it." He got the final out of the turbulent first with a groundout, the first of nine he'd induce through the night. "Later in the game, when I'd found my fastball command, I had them swinging at first-pitch fastballs down in zone," he said. "That's what I live on -- fastballs down in the zone. It was nice later on to be able to locate my fastball after using the offspeed stuff earlier." After that, he didn't allow more than one runner in any single inning, and he retired 11 in a row from the bottom of the fourth through the end of the seventh. "The next time [through the lineup], I didn't throw very many offspeed pitches," he said. "Even though it would have been nice to have that fastball command earlier, it ended up setting them up nicely so they weren't expecting it the next time around." Jungmann felt no fatigue and would have preferred to keep pitching -- he'd lasted seven innings only once previously this year and has never gone deeper in his pro career -- but he also understands the reality of being a 23-year-old in Double-A. "In Minor League ball, that's always going to be the coaches' decision, with innings limits and pitch counts and all that," he said. "They told me when I came in from the seventh that was it. You can't argue. "[still] I pride myself on being an innings eater," he said. "To be an innings eater, you've got to go six, seven, eight, nine every time out. I've been getting through six a lot instead of seven or eight. But going longer comes with being able to throw all your pitches for strikes, and I'm getting there." Brewers' No. 19 prospect Kentrail Davis singled in the win, and Weisenberger was 3-for-4 with a homer. "He did have a good night at the plate," Jungmann said of his backstop, "but he had an even better night behind the plate. He did a good job of keeping me in rhythm. That's something that's really important to me and makes a big difference for me. After that first inning, we were on the same page through the whole game."

Early Scoring, Jungmann Lead Stars to Win By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars En route to snapping a five-game losing streak against the Birmingham Barons, the Huntsville Stars cruised to a 5-1 against the Southern League North Division leaders on Tuesday night at Joe Davis Stadium. Even though they fell behind initially for the first time this series in the top of the first, the Stars came out scorching hot in the bottom half of the inning. After Stars second baseman Nick Shaw drew a leadoff walk against Birmingham starting pitcher Spencer Arroyo (L, 4-3), an RBI triple from shortstop Hector Gomez tied the game up. Two batters later, an RBI single by first baseman Jason Rogers scored outfielder Kentrail Davis to make the score 2-1. In the second inning, catcher Adam Weisenburger led off the frame with a towering blast over the left field wall to put the Stars up by two. One inning later, following a two-out throwing error from Barons catcher Miguel Gonzalez allowed Stars outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard to reach base and extend the inning, a two-run homer from outfielder Rene Tosoni gave Huntsville a 5-1 lead that they would not relinquish. After giving up an RBI single to Barons outfielder Keenyn Walker in the first inning, Stars starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann put together his best start of the season. The Brewers 2nd ranked prospect (per MILB.com) improved to 6-5 on the season after giving up that one run (unearned) on just two hits through seven innings of work while striking out five. With his third win in a row, Jungmann also put together his sixth consecutive quality start since being activated from the disabled list. He now is 5-1 in his last seven starts and leads the Stars in wins with six. Aside from Jungmann, Huntsville reliever Greg Holle shut out the Barons offense through the final two innings of the game. Combined, Jungmann and Holle held the Barons to just three hits on the night. On offense, the Stars cranked out double-digit hits (11) for the second game in a row against the Barons pitching staff. Individually, Weisenburger led the way with three knocks while Tosoni chipped in with two hits. For Tosoni, the multi-hit game was his third in a row. On Wednesday, the Stars and Barons will play game four of a five-game series at Joe Davis Stadium. Huntsville will send RHP Arcenio Leon (1-3, 5.45 ERA) to the bump as Birmingham will counter with RHP Erik Johnson (5-2, 2.26 ERA). First pitch is at 6:43 CT.

Flying in to Milwaukee early Tuesday, if I bump into any minor league Link Report diehards out there, cheers! (If you accidentally posted a Monday update here, my apologies, needed to ramp things up in advance...)

Weather.com: Round Rock, TX Huntsville, AL Fort Myers Boca Chica, DR

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