Jim Goulart

Go to the 22:00 minute mark -- Jim Callis of Baseball America talks Brewers on the Bill Michaels Show

Bob Brainerd with another excellent player profile read, this time fireballing Damien Magnifico

VIDEO from Thursday -- Nashville's Scooter Gennett hits his first homer at Triple-A in the third inning of a 6-1 win over Iowa -- tweeted by the Sounds but kudos to the fan

Via Jeff Hem's blog -- Audio from Nashville — “Side to (R.J.) Seidel” Here is tonight’s pregame interview with Sounds right-hander R.J. Seidel, who picked up his first Sounds and Triple-A victory on Thursday night with a win against Iowa. Seidel discusses his season so far, which began as a reliever at Double-A and has blossomed into a starter at Triple-A; the transition to different levels of the minors; growing up as a Brewers fan in LaCrosse, Wisc., and whether that played a role in his decision to sign with Milwaukee out of high school instead of going to University of Arkansas where he’d committed; and his and his fellow starting pitchers’ efforts at hitting. http://jeffhempbp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/rj_seidel_502006.jpg?w=225&h=300 Photo courtesy of Nashville Sounds / Mike Strasinger *** Nice job by Jeff, as always, with his line of questioning -- Jeff's got a polished style that's going to land him an MLB job eventually, it may be in a studio role initially, as it is for several.

Via MLB Trade Rumors -- The Indians announced that they have signed right-hander Chris Jakubauskas and assigned him to Triple-A Columbus. The 34-year-old has a 5.58 ERA in 166 big league innings and last saw the Majors with the Orioles in 2011. Jakubauskas spent 2012 in the D-backs and Blue Jays organizations, and he appeared in eight Triple-A games for the Brewers this season. He has a 3.75 ERA in 175 career innings at Triple-A.

Update via Alex: Stars Game Postponed in Jackson Due to unplayable field conditions at The Ballpark and Jackson, the Huntsville Stars game with the Jackson Generals on Friday night was postponed. The two teams will play a series-ending doubleheader on Saturday starting at 4:05 CT. Following the conclusion of Saturday's doubleheader, the Stars will return home to start a five-game series at Joe Davis Stadium against the Birmingham Barons on Sunday. First pitch is at 4:03 CT.

The Dominican Summer League begins its 2013 season tomorrow, Saturday June 1st. The DSL regular season ends on August 24th. The Brewers are in the four-team San Pedro de Macoris Division along with the Blue Jays, Braves, and Tigers, although they will face other squads as well. Here are the brand new Brewers who will be making their professional debuts: RHP Nattino Diplan, a 19-year-old RHP (20 in December) -- 6'3", 180 *** RHP Yosmer Leal, a 17-year-old RHP (2/26/1996) From July 2012 -- The Brewers reached an agreement earlier this month with 16-year-old pitching prospect Yosmer Leal, a right-hander from Venezuela who still must pass a physical exam and Major League Baseball's age investigation. Leal received a $370,000 bonus, according to MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez, which would be one of the richest deals in Brewers history for a Latin American player. Assuming he passes MLB's investigation, standard procedure for all Latin American signees, Leal would begin his career at the Brewers' new academy in the Dominican Republic. *** SS Daniel Leonardo, a switch-hitter listed at 5'9, 157 lb. He'll turn 18 on August 28th. *** SS Gregory Munoz, also listed as a shortstop, a 5'9" 160 lb. LH bat. He turned 19 years old last February. *** OF Yerald Martinez, a 17-year-old RH bat listed at 6'2", 180. He won't turn 18 until December 3rd. *** There may be other signings, those are the listed ones for now. It's also just a bit too early to know exactly which 2012 DSL Brewers will debut in either Maryvale or Helena. When we know more, we'll let you know, of course.

Weather.com: Nashville, TN Jackson, TN Viera (Melbourne) Grand Chute (Appleton)

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

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

Programming notes: Jackson has MiLB.TV coverage, so if you're a subscriber, you can watch this Stars' series (live and/or archived). *** DVR alert: The Wisconsin game is on MyNew32 TV out of Green Bay. "Showdown: Timber Rattlers Pre-Game" airs at 6:00 PM.

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Johnny Hellweg at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 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 Andy Moye at Jackson (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Jacob Barnes at home vs. Daytona (Cubs), 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 Damien Magnifico at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 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).

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Jungmann, Timely Hitting Leads Stars to Victory By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars En route to their second straight victory, the Huntsville Stars got yet another quality start from starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann and scored two runs in three separate innings to roll to a 6-3 win against the Jackson Generals on Thursday. Just like in game two of the series, the Stars broke out to an early lead and never looked back on Friday night. Starting in the first inning, a two-run single from outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard off of Jackson starting pitcher Roenis Elias (L, 2-5) to put the Stars up by two (audio). One inning later, an RBI double from second basemen Ozzie Chavez (audio) and an RBI single from shortstop Hector Gomez (audio) put Huntsville up 4-0. With Jungmann blanking the Generals bats through the first five innings of the game, a two-run homer from Stars catcher Adam Weisenburger in the sixth inning put Huntsville up by six runs. Fortunately for Huntsville, that was plenty of run support for the 23-year-old hurler. The Temple, Texas native limited the Jackson offense to just one baserunner over his first six innings of work. His only blemish of the evening was allowing the first two batters to reach base in the seventh inning and then giving up a three-run homer to Generals first baseman Rich Poythress before being chased from the game. In the end, the Brewers second ranked prospect (per MLB.com) improved to 5-5 on the year after giving up those three runs in six-plus innings of work while striking out a season-high seven batters in the process. To preserve the win for Jungmann, lefty Dan Meadows took over for the starter and pitched two scoreless innings while reliever Greg Holle threw a scoreless ninth to earn his fourth save of the season. On offense, the Stars were paced by three hits from Gomez, his second three-hit game of the season. Chavez also chipped in with two hits. After snapping a three-game losing skid on Wednesday, the victory for the Stars on Thursday gives them a chance to win their third series in their last four tries with a win in either one of the last two games of the series against the Generals. On Friday, the Stars and Generals will play game four of a five-game series at The Ballpark At Jackson. Huntsville will try to earn that series victory by sending RHP Andy Moye (2-6, 4.73 ERA) to the bump as Jackson will counter with RHP Chance Ruffin (2-2, 2.72 ERA). First pitch is at 7:05 CT.

Nashville Game Story now updated with audio cuts, including Scooter Gennett's first AAA HR, and Sean Halton's grand slam

Nice job by our own Brad (bkrause2). Have at it, folks. Brewers Top 25 Prospect Rankings

VIDEO from Wednesday -- Huntsville's Mike Walker hits a solo homer as the Stars beat Jackson, 6-5 (Yes, that's consecutive days with Walker HR video...)

VIDEO from Wednesday -- Nashville's Caleb Gindl plates two runs with a double in the second inning of a 4-3 win over Iowa

Via Jeff Hem's blog -- Audio from Nashville — “The (Johnnie) Lowe-Down” Here is tonight’s interview with Sounds pitcher Johnnie Lowe, who discusses entering the starting rotation, his outing (and 1st career hit!) on Wednesday, his 2012 season, playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic and his outlook entering 2013. http://jeffhempbp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/lowe-johnnie.jpg?w=199&h=300

Wisconsin Top of the 3rd Alfredo Rodriguez grounds into a double play, second baseman Chris Bostick to first baseman Matt Olson. Jose Sermo out at 2nd. Beloit Bottom of the 3rd Defensive Substitution: Mike Garza replaces third baseman Jose Sermo, batting 9th, playing third base. *** That's a bummer for young Mr. Sermo - gets two hits in the top of the 3rd, and then apparently got dinged up enough to leave the game right away on that play.

I think it's super-important to note that it'd be awesome if the cities of Nashville, Huntsville, heck, Helena all stepped up, but up to now, that hasn't been the case. Most of us are here as Brewer fans, not necessarily Nashville or Huntsville fans. It's no guarantee for a strong farm system, but Brewers fans should want the organization's farmhands training and playing in state-of-the-art facilities. If Huntsville (or Nashville, etc.) loses their franchise, that's not good for their local fans, and that's not good for the employees of those affiliates, many of which we've made personal contacts with here at Brewerfan. It's shallow on our parts, but we hope they can understand that we are only looking at things from a player devleopment standpoint when we get excited about the possibilities of Brewer relationships in shiny new playhouses (and training rooms, and batting cages, and packed houses).

By Carl Prather, WAFF It all hinges on Biloxi, Mississippi's plans for a professional baseball team. The governor of Mississippi announced Thursday the state will put $15-million toward the project. That money is coming from BP, money the state is getting to put Mississippi back on its feet after the Gulf oil spill. Governor Phil Bryant said he hopes to build a stadium that holds 14,000 people. He said the state will make up its $15-million investment in no time. But what does this mean for the Huntsville stars? The Stars are under current lease with Huntsville for two more years. Still, the rumblings are getting louder about the Stars or another possible franchise in the Southern League making a move sooner rather than later. According to a report by the Mississippi business journal, a team that's close to the end of their city lease agreement with their current city would be prime candidates to possibly make the move to Biloxi. That leaves one of two teams in the Southern League - the Jackson Generals and the Stars. The caveat though is the Generals' city lease doesn't expire for eight years. The Stars lease ends with Huntsville in 2015. Earlier Thursday, WAFF 48 News made calls to Southern League President Lori Webb and Stars Majority Owner Miles Prentice. As of this report, we did not receive answers from either. Stars General Manger Buck Rogers wouldn't make any comments regarding the news from Biloxi.

Another article (all from this afternoon): Prior to construction, the ownership group will have to finalize the purchase of an existing franchise and receive approval from Minor League Baseball to relocate the franchise. Holloway said following the press conference it would take about two years to construct the stadium. "We've got a lot to do," he said. *** That's the first more realistic timeline about a 2015 opening, which would then require only one buyout year on the Huntsville lease. Extend with Huntsville now, Mr. Attanasio (Brewers are currently tied to the Stars through 2014).