Jim Goulart

Good luck tonight, young man. John Sickels - Prospect of the Day, Hiram Burgos

We'll update the Transactions thread when the moves are official, but 1B Adam Giacolone tweets he's on his way with Victor Roache to join the Rattlers.

Weather.com: Nashville Birmingham Clearwater Clinton

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. Once we're aware of the new online location for Huntsville's Media Notes this season, we'll let you know. (Coming soon, we're told!)

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.

Nashville's 4-9 record is 16th in the 16-team Pacific Coast League. Huntsville's 6-9 record is tied for the worst in the ten-team Southern League. Brevard two games out of first, Wisconsin just needs to play.

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

Stadium envy, Huntsville - new Regions Field in Birmingham Photo Gallery

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 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 Jimmy Nelson at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:30 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 Drew Gagnon at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Brevard County feed from the MiLB main audio page 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. NOTE: Dave indicates that he hopes to include a pre-game interview prior to each game; it's a 30-minute pre-game! We'll fill you in if Brevard masters archiving a la Nashville and/or Helena. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Preston Gainey and LHP Michael Strong in a doubleheader at Clinton (Mariners), 3:40 PM pre-game, 4:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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).

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Brief Huntsville video as the Stars wrap up a weak 2-8 homestand

Adam McCalvy: Right-hander Mark Rogers breezed through an 11-pitch inning in an extended spring game Thursday and will pitch again Saturday. If that goes well, Rogers will begin a 30-day rehab assignment at Double-A Huntsville on Tuesday, Ash said. The former first-round Draft pick is on the DL trying to reclaim his lost velocity. *** Tyrone Taylor tweet indicating Victor Roache will join the Rattlers Saturday (so he should make his formal pro debut before the weekend's out, weather permitting, of course)

Stars Lose Finale of Season-Opening Homestand By Alex Cohen / Huntsville Stars To wrap up the second of two five-game series as part of a ten-game homestand, the Huntsville Stars lost to the Tennessee Smokies by a score of 8-1 on Friday night at Joe Davis Stadium. Despite outhitting Tennessee by a 10-9 margin, Huntsville trailed big early, and simply could not recover off of Smokies starting pitcher Matt Loosen. In the top of the first inning, Stars starting pitcher Arcenio Leon allowed five runs during a frame that the Smokies offense batted their entire starting lineup. The inning was highlighted by a two-run double by third baseman Christian Villanueva, RBI singles from first baseman Justin Bour and catcher Jay Fernandez and a sacrifice fly by shortstop Airismendy Alcantara. Leon fell to 0-2 on the year with the loss, only lasting through the first inning on Friday, giving up those five runs on four hits while striking out two. That was more than enough run support for the Smokies pitching staff, who held the Stars scoreless for the first six innings of the ballgame. Loosen went the first four innings, giving up just two hits while striking out eight batters in his first appearance of 2013. Righty A.J Morris (W, 1-0) earned the win in relief, giving up a run on three hits in three innings of work. In the seventh inning, the Stars were able to get to Morris to score their only run of the contest. After Shawn Zarraga led off the frame with a pinch-hit single and second baseman Nick Shaw drew a walk, first baseman Jason Rogers drove Zarraga in with an RBI single later in the inning to put the Stars on the board. For the Smokies, they tacked on two runs in the seventh inning on Stars righty Eric Marzec and one more unearned run in the eighth inning off of lefty Brian Garman to roll to their fourth straight victory. In a losing effort, the Stars had four errors on the ballgame, setting a season-high in that category. They also ended their season-opening homestand with a 2-8 record, losing their last four games in the process. On the bright side, Huntsville had some strong individual performances on Friday. Reliever Alan Williams threw four scoreless innings after replacing Leon to start the second inning, giving up just two hits while striking out five batters. On offense, the Stars were paced by Shaw, who went 3-for-3 with three singles and walked twice to reach base in all five of his at-bats. Catcher Robinzon Diaz and shortstop Hector Gomez also each had two hits. On Saturday, the Stars will hit the road for five games and head down I-65 to face off against the Birmingham Barons at the new Regions Field. Huntsville will send RHP Jimmy Nelson (2-0, 1.63 ERA) to right the ship against Barons LHP Wes Whisler (0-0, 4.50 ERA). First pitch is at 7:05 PM.

Nashville RHP Johnnie Lowe the latest farmhand, the 99th currently, on the Twitter list.

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Inclement postpones another Timber Rattlers game Cold and windy conditions forces Wisconsin game at Clinton to be called off By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CLINTON, IA - Eight. That would be eight. Friday's game between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and the Clinton LumberKings at Ashford University Field has been postponed due to inclement weather. A brisk wind made the afternoon temperatures in Clinton feel like it was just in the high 20s and snow flurries were flying, too. The weather was only going to get worse and conditions were less than ideal for baseball. Friday's game was the eighth postponement of the 2013 baseball season for the Timber Rattlers. It was also the third straight day with no baseball for Wisconsin. The last time they were on the field for a game was Tuesday, April 16 when they had a doubleheader at Cedar Rapids. Wisconsin and Clinton will make up Thursday's postponement in a doubleheader on Saturday at Ashford University Field. Game one begins at 4:00 PM. Friday's weather forces Wisconsin and Clinton to play a doubleheader when the teams meet at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium later this half. That series will be held May 8 through May 10. The day of that doubleheader will be announced soon.

NEW FEATURE! Weather.com: Des Moines, Iowa Huntsville Clearwater Clinton

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. Once we're aware of the new online location for Huntsville's Media Notes this season, we'll let you know. (Coming soon, we're told!)

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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Johnny Hellweg at Iowa (Cubs), 6:50 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 Arcenio Leon at home vs. Tennessee (Cubs), 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: LHP Jed Bradley at Clearwater (Phillies), 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Brevard County feed from the MiLB main audio page 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. NOTE: Dave indicates that he hopes to include a pre-game interview prior to each game; it's a 30-minute pre-game! We'll fill you in if Brevard masters archiving a la Nashville and/or Helena. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Preston Gainey at Clinton (Mariners), 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).

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Homers power 'Tees to another road win Brevard takes series opener at Clearwater 5-2 By Andy Towne / Brevard County Manatees CLEARWATER, Fla. - For the second time in three nights, the Brevard County Manatees blasted a trio of home runs en route to a 5-2 victory over the Clearwater Threshers at Bright House Field on Thursday night. Cody Hawn repeated Tuesday night's performance by leading off the second with a solo shot, then on Thursday he was followed by a Brandon Macias double and a Lance Roenicke RBI single as the Manatees (9-5) took a 2-0 lead. In the third, Chadwin Stang got things going right away with a base hit and a stolen base and was able to score when Hawn brought him in with his second hit of the game to make it 3-0. Hawn went 3-for-4 on the night, which was his fourth multi-hit game in ten games this season. A fifth-inning homer by Cameron Garfield, his team-leading fourth of the year, extended the 'Tees lead to 4-0 before the Threshers (6-8) could get on the board. 'Tees starter Jacob Barnes (2-0, 1.50) worked smoothly through the first four innings, but ran into trouble in the fifth. He allowed a one-out walk and then Jose Mojica reached on a throwing error by Barnes to put runners on first and second. After striking out Jonathan Roof, Carlos Alonso's two-out RBI single made it a 4-1 game. Barnes would then walk Maikel Franco to load the bases but they would be left loaded as Chris Serritella grounded out to second to end the threat. On the night, Barnes was only charged with the one unearned run on three hits and walks with a pair of strikeouts in five innings of work. Yadiel Rivera got himself in the home run column as well, tearing one into the Threshers' bullpen to tack on an insurance run in the eighth inning. Rivera is hitting .300 (6-for-20) in his last five games. Clearwater (6-8) threatened in the final frame, but a leadoff single by Harold Martinez and another base knock by Jose Mojica brought in just one run to make it a three-run difference that ended up as the final margin. Matt Miller made his season debut and allowed three hits in 2.2 innings, giving way to Kevin Shackelford who fanned the final batter of the seventh then mowed through the eighth before the mildly troublesome ninth. Shackelford became the fifth Manatee to pick up a save this season, while Barnes became the first to earn multiple wins. For the Threshers, Colin Kleven (0-3, 14.29) lost his third of three decisions after being touched up for nine hits in 4.2 frames. The Manatees scored four runs against him, taking one walk and striking out six times. Brevard County and Clearwater will continue their three-game series at Bright House Field on Friday night at 6:30 PM (5:30 Central), with live audio available on ManateesBaseball.com It will be a battle of southpaws as Jed Bradley (1-0, 3.00) will toe the rubber for the Manatees, while Nick Hernandez (1-0, 2.45) will get the call for the Threshers. Manatees starting pitcher Jacob Barnes became the first Brevard County hurler to earn his second win of the season as he allowed one unearned run in five innings of work in a 5-2 win over the Clearwater Threshers on Thursday night at Bright House Field. http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/4/4/45210044/cuts/Barnes_4.13_3_63vfx15f_3wi3yr15.JPG