Jim Goulart

McFarland, Eshleman, Yonki Hernandez, Turay -- not captioned, but some nice Helena photos via this Flickr feed

via ESPN Keith Law chat (h/t Jim Breen): JB (NYC): Any chance the Brewers get rid of Bruce Seid and hire a new scouting director? I have heard this rumor several times in the last few weeks, with former AZ scouting director (and former Milwaukee scout) Tom Allison as a possible replacement. I never want to see anyone fired, so please don't interpret this as an endorsement of such a move - I'm just passing it along as a rumor with some currency in the industry right now. I do think the success of so many of Allison's picks with Arizona (Parker, Miley, Goldschmidt, even lesser guys like Elmore and Collmenter) should have his name in consideration for open SD jobs this winter.

Media notes: Nashville Wisconsin

Playing in hometown, Morris pushes for Triple Crown Southern League slugger impresses Brewers with bat, improved defense in Huntsville By Jeremy Warnemuende / MLB.com

Hoping I'm not the only one who will formally predict (Brandon Kintzler, Jesus Sanchez) which potential minor league free agents will be added to the Brewers' 40-man roster. Discuss in this thread with your own thoughts.

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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 Rookie Advanced - Pioneer League North Division Rookie - Arizona Summer League DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris Division *** NOTE: AAA Nashville, Rookie Maryvale and the DSL do not play a split schedule. When you click on a standings link for Huntsville, Brevard County, Wisconsin, and/or Helena, you'll then be able to choose 1st half and/or overall standings in addition to the current 2nd half standings.

Follow Thursday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Tyler Thornburg at Round Rock (Rangers), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the new 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). We imagine the audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Jimmy Nelson at Mississippi (Braves), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page Alex Cohen is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. It's fantastic that Huntsville is returning to what will be a traditional broadcast format this year. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. MiLB.TV subsciption note: Huntsville road games in four locales (Mississippi, Tennessee, Jacksonville and Pensacola) will be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Matt Miller at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry, no audio available for this series... Once again this season, Brevard does not have its own audio coverage. It appears two teams in the Manatees North Division (within which the majority of games are played) have audio, and all six teams in the South Division have audio (at least for their home games), so there will be opportunities to listen to approx. 70% or Brevard's games this season, just all from the opponent's perspective. There are no Florida State League games on MiLB.TV this year. ********** Wisconsin: RHP David Goforth at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Angels), 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 only two (Great Lakes) Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV; Chris' call provides the audio. So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, all Timber Rattlers home games, and Stars' road games from four Southern League locales. ********** Helena: RHP Preston Gainey at home vs. Grand Junction (Rockies), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Helena feed from the MiLB main audio page We're lucky to have Steve Wendt back on board for another H-Crew season. ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Rangers' complex in Surprise; 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Braves, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

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Huntsville Media Relations: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Milwaukee Brewers and Huntsville Stars have made a few roster moves prior to tonight’s game against the Mississippi Braves. Infielder Andy Gonzalez has been transferred back to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. Replacing him on the roster is infielder Adrian Williams from Nashville. Additionally, RHP Santo Manzanillo has finished his rehab assignment in Arizona and was activated from the disabled list and transferred to Class-A Wisconsin. Gonzalez, with his second stint with the Stars this season, hit .301 (40-for-133) with four doubles, five home runs and 19 RBIs. He drew 35 walks and struck out just 24 times. Williams started the season with Class-A Wisconsin, hitting .165 (16-for-97) in 97 games with seven RBI. He played nine games with the Helena Brewers (Rookie), going 3-for-24 (.125). He was transferred to Triple-A Nashville on August 19. In his three games with the Sounds, he went 2-for-6 (.333). Williams was drafted in the 45th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft by the Brewers. Relief pitcher Manzanillo has been on the disabled list since June 26 (retroactive to June 23). In 12 games with the Stars this season, he is 0-4 with a 6.08 ERA (13.1 IP / 9 ER). With these moves, the Stars active roster is at 25.

STARS LOSE THIRD STRAIGHT PEARL, Miss. - A two-run, walk-off home run by Mississippi Braves pinch-hitter Bobby Stevens in the bottom of the 13th inning sent the Huntsville Stars to a 3-1 loss on Wednesday night at Trustmark Park. For the first time this series, the Stars offense was able to strike first. In the fourth inning, shortstop Domnit Bolivar started off the frame with one of his three singles on the night. Following a stolen base attempt, Bolivar ended up on third base thanks to a throwing error from M-Braves catcher Shawn McGill. Later in the inning, a sacrifice fly from third baseman Andy Gonzalez brought home Bolivar to make the score 1-0. In the bottom half of the fifth inning, a RBI single from M-Braves right fielder Keenan Wiley off of Stars starter Evan Anundsen tied up the game at 1-1. Relief pitcher Brian Garman replaced Anundsen after that run. The righty ended the night after 4.2 innings, giving up just one run on four hits. He walked two and struck out five batters. Following that fifth inning run, both bullpens were able to shutdown their opposing offenses all the way up until the 13th inning. With reliever Philippe Valiquette in the ballgame as the Stars seventh pitcher of the night, the M-Braves came through with their second walk-off win of the series. After Mississippi third baseman Joe Leonard reached on a throwing error from Bolivar, Stevens crushed a Valiquette fastball well over the left field wall to end the ballgame. Valiquette fell to 0-1 on the season to the loss. Prior to the home run, the Huntsville bullpen pitched 7.1 combined innings of scoreless relief. The win went to Mississippi reliever Billy Bullock who tossed two hitless innings to close out the game. M-Braves starter Gary Moran threw seven complete innings, giving up one run on three hits. He didn’t allow a walk and struck out eight batters. On offense, the Stars could only manage six total hits in the ballgame. Aside from Bolivar, Huntsville got a single apiece from first baseman Hunter Morris, left fielder Brock Kjeldgaard and center fielder Josh Prince. In the first four games of this series, the Stars offense has only been able to muster up a combined eight runs. For the Stars, the loss was their third in a row. Combined with a win by the Chattanooga Lookouts, Huntsville is now eight games back of a playoff spot in the Southern League with 11 regular season games left to play. The Stars and M-Braves will wrap up a five-game series at Trustmark Park on Thursday. The Stars will look to starter Jimmy Nelson (1-3, 4.76 ERA) to stop the losing skid. First pitch is at 7 PM.

To Twitter followers: #Brewers Minor League Link Report from Wed. - audio, video, photos, summaries, quotes, and a partridge in a pear tree http://hautenthekitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/1635530685_9565d99edd1.jpg

VIDEO: Huntsville's Andy Gonzalez starts a double play

Timber Rattler photo gallery at link for Post-Crescent game story (quotes)

Brevard swept in twin bill by Lakeland Manatees lose both games 3-2, now 3.5 games out of first By Frank Longobardo / Brevard County VIERA, Fla. - The Brevard County Manatees were swept in Wednesday's doubleheader at Space Coast Stadium by the Lakeland Flying Tigers as both games ended with the final score of 3-2. The 'Tees have now lost six straight games to Lakeland. GAME ONE: Lakeland 3, Brevard County 2 (8 inn.) Down 1-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning of game one, Shea Vucinich led the frame off with a single. Two batters later, Brevard would take the lead thanks to a two-run homer to left from Parker Berberet. The lead would be short-lived however as a two-out RBI single from Hernan Perez off of Greg Holle tied the game at 2-2. The 'Tees were unable to win it in the bottom of the inning as the seven-inning game went into extras. Alan Williams replaced Holle to start the eighth and he allowed a lead-off single to Marcus Lemon, who would then go to second on a sacrifice bunt. After hitting Tyler Collins with a pitch, Williams was able to force Wade Gaynor to fly out to left for the second out of the inning. Luis Castillo then entered the game as a pinch hitter for the left-handed Matt Perry and the strategy worked as Castillo singled to left to plate Lemon. Castillo though would be thrown out trying to stretch it into a double as the inning came to an end. Brevard was unable to extend the game as a two-out single by Cody Hawn put the tying run on base, but Berberet grounded out to second to end it. Drew Gagnon (0-2, 3.15) got the start for the 'Tees and pitched well as he allowed just one run on three hits in five innings of work. The only run he allowed came on a solo homer by Tyler Collins to lead off the fourth. Gagnon struck out five and walked just one as he is still winless in ten starts with Brevard (Note -- thank you, Manatee offense -- MH). The Manatees tallied nine hits, including two each from Nick Shaw and Hawn, but Brevard County went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. GAME TWO: Lakeland 3, Brevard County 2 The Flying Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning off of 'Tees starting pitcher Nick Bucci (1-2, 1.93) on a two-out, two-run single off the bat of Adolfo Reina. Even though those would be the only runs that Lakeland would score off of Bucci, he struggled with his command in his five innings of work as he walked six batters. Bucci allowed just the three singles in the first inning, while striking out five. Brevard cut Lakeland's lead in half in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Reggie Keen that plated Joey Paciorek, who led the inning off with a single. The Flying Tigers though would plate an insurance run off of Eric Arnett in the top of the sixth as James Robbins hit an opposite field, solo homer to lead off the inning and give Lakeland a 3-1 lead. Paciorek led the bottom of the seventh off with a single and would score on a two-out single by Keen to make it a 3-2 lead but it was too little, too late as Keen was picked off while Nick Shaw was at the plate to end the game. Paciorek was a perfect 3-for-3 in the second game of the double dip, while Mike Walker added two hits as well. The two losses dropped the Manatees to 3.5 games back of first place in the jumbled North Division race. Brevard will look to snap a three-game losing streak in the series finale with the Flying Tigers on Thursday night at 6:35 PM (5:35 Central). Matt Miller (1-1, 10.00) will get the ball for the 'Tees, while Warwick Saupold (2-1, 3.27) is scheduled to start for Lakeland. Brevard County starting pitchers Drew Gagnon (L) and Nick Bucci ® struck out five batters each in Wednesday's doubleheader, but the 'Tees were swept in the twin bill by the Lakeland Flying Tigers. (Dennis Greenblatt/Hawk-Eye Sports Photography) http://www.milb.com/images/2012/08/23/sTQqkZsD.jpg

Helena Video Highlights *** Helena Site Game Summary *** Helena Photo Gallery from the Independent Record along with game summary

Rattler Radio Blog -- Wednesday’s Video Highlights and three lists

LHP Brian Garman and C/3B Mike Turay the latest farmhands on the list. Now at 99, who will be #100?

Helena audio: Brewers' second baseman Chris McFarland joins the pre-game show to discuss his season so far

Matos pinch-hit in the 6th and went 0-2; this was his first game since 6/19. MiLB.com had listed a July 6th transaction of Matos going to Maryvale, but if he did, it was for some sort of rehab as he never appeared in an Arizona League game. Pretty much a lost season for the kid, but at age 18, that can be afforded...

Huntsville Media Notes

RHP Maverick Lasker back to the DL to make room. Wonder if it's the lower back again, that's why Lasker missed so much time early this season. He missed his rookie season back in 2008 with a back muscle strain. Such a serious problem for a just-22-year-old.

Wisconsin Media Notes

From Tuesday's pre-game radio: Interview w/ Director of Pro Scouting Zack Minasian Not necessarily a minor league link, but Minasian did note they are still scouting the independent leagues, although the Brewers have been shut out of those signings since 2011.