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The Aaron Ashby interview is listed twice in that link above (and the Ashby interview is definitely "off-topic" and fun). The missing interview is Evan McKendry's, which can be found here.

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Sunday 6/23: Postgame shows after the 6-2 win in San Diego - Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hosts Via 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Tim Allen hosts Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "The Brewers Get Their Groove Back - Again! Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast - "This week the guys discussed the hazards of playing on the west coast, what might be in store for the pitching staff, the short- and long-term outlook in the outfield and the weather." Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: "A 3-4 West Coast road trip doesn't sound too bad, but the Brewers pitching staff continues to take on water; just what solutions can the Brewers muster to stay afloat through the final three-plus months? Brewers reporter Curt Hogg and host JR Radcliffe discuss the surging Tobias Myers, the return of Freddy Peralta but the question marks elsewhere on the staff, including in the bullpen. William Contreras has been struggling for a month, leading JR to invoke a comparison to the dreaded 2014 season. Sal Frelick saved the day with an unforgettable catch, but is he the leading candidate to go down to Nashville if and when Garrett Mitchell returns? What's the deal with one highly regarded modern statistic regarding the home-run saving leap as ... routine? Plus, discussion on Jackson Chourio's sprint speed and continued improvement, a Brice Turang grand slam and Remembrew When goes back in time to a legendary moment in Milwaukee from the late Willie Mays. Curt Blanche then questions if the Brewers are limiting how much they can get out of one of their best players. Then, JR is joined by Lee Kluck (1:05:00), who wrote the new book "Leave While the Party’s Good: The Life and Legacy of Baseball Executive Harry Dalton." Dalton, a former Brewers general manager, led the franchise to its first brush with greatness, including the 1982 World Series. What made him a compelling topic and what did the Stevens Point native learn in writing the book?"

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The big-league Brewers are in desperate need of starting pitcher assistance ASAP. There were auditions on Saturday night, and they were fantastic. Unfortunately, realistic ETA's on Logan Henderson (mid-season 2025, Yujanyer Herrera 2026, and Josh Knoth 2027) mean we instead sadly espouse on another Aaron Ashby misfire below. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Let's go through the Transaction updates and then kick off the Saturday evening review. Transactions: Nashville Sounds activated C Eric Haase from the Milwaukee Taxi Squad Nashville Sounds placed C Nick Kahle on the temporarily inactive list Nashville Sounds sent RHP Easton McGee on a rehab assignment to ACL Brewers RHP Tyler Bryant assigned to Carolina Mudcats from ACL Brewers ACL Brewers activated LHP Bjorn Johnson from the 7-day injured list RHP Jesus Flores assigned to ACL Brewers from DSL Brewers 2 RHP Esmir Suarez of DSL Brewers 1 transferred from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list A reminder on who Easton McGee is, as the Brewers signed him to a two-year minor league deal last November. Milwaukee has his rights through 2025, which will be his age 27 season. McGee had Tommy John surgery in May 2023. The 6'7" McGee is the author of two successful MLB appearances, a relief outing for Tampa in 2022 and a single 6.2 inning start for Seattle early in 2023. Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Durham (Rays) 14, Nashville 4 Box Score and Game Log Via the Sounds’ website, game details, and we encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Pitching Costs Hot Chickens Against the Bulls on Saturday Night - Francisco Mejía has three hits in 14-4 loss Labrum tear. Yeah, it's as ominous as it reads. As fans, we have to come to terms that the Aaron Ashby experience is going to remain exasperating for some time, perhaps always. I can't imagine where Ashby's head is at. But he placed one important $20.5 million signature on a guaranteed contract through 2027 that surely stabilizes his state of mind. Disregard the $22 million in 2028 and 2029 team option years (for now, at least). In the rout, Rick Sweet got struggling Patrick Dorrian in for two at-bats (0-for-2). Dorian is 1-for-46 (.022) in home games this year. Joey Wiemer (0-for-5, three K's, now hitting .219). OK, Garrett Mitchell, singled, walked and stole a base. Francisco Mejia got earned praise in the game summary. Let's move on. Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Biloxi 5, Rocket City (Angels) 0 Box Score and Game Log Henderson Dominates Over 5.1 Innings, Shuckers Shut Out Trash Pandas - Shuckers clinch series win in second shutout victory of the week Apology from me, yesterday I indicated that Biloxi had ended the first-half portion of their season Thursday night. That was incorrect, and the second half for the Shuckers will begin on Tuesday. There's more video via the Biloxi "X" feed, including a nice three-highlight combo post from the offensive standpoint. Biloxi was 6-for-7 in SB attempts. Everyone but newcomer infielder Casey Martin contributed within their box score lines. The team played clean defense. The bullpen shined (3.3 scoreless, 0 BB, 6 K). As Javik Blake's summary indicated, Logan Henderson did not have a 1-2-3 inning, but that actually may enhance the overall effectiveness of his outing. Henderson was pulled with 82 pitches in his pocket after the leadoff man in the 6th popped out. That seems like a very reasonable pitch count level given Henderson's build-up for 2024. Mike Boeve was absent for a second night after his extended streak of games played ended at 51. Hug watch, anyone? It's a bit early for that, or is it? Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link) Final: Wisconsin 7, Fort Worth (Padres) 4 Box Score and Game Log Rodriguez Homers Twice in Wisconsin Win - Rattlers beat TinCaps 7-4 with a gritty victory That game summary includes video highlights, so click above as always. You'll also learn that starter Yujanyer Herrera needed 38 pitches to end the first inning. If not for the final force out of the frame, so much is different. The bullpen usage, Manager Victor Estevez' peace of mind, etc. Huge props to Herrera, who only needed 50 pitches to get through the next four frames scoreless. The Eduardo Garcia transition to center field is not dead, as evidenced here. Luke Adams walked twice, helping to maintain an OPS north of .800. The Gregory Barrios / Jadher Areinamo up-the-middle combo is fun to follow, despite an Areinamo error in this one (missed catch). When Ramon Rodriguez, hits one out, watch out. Notice the game summary nugget - just five long balls on the season, but two two-HR games. Final: Carolina 6, Columbia (Royals) 0 Box Score and Game Log Mudcats Shutout Fireflies Especially for road games, the Carolina summaries are short and thanks to victories, sweet. We love us some Josh Knoth. Clearly the Brewers have handled his development path adroitly, did not see formal action in Maryvale last summer, and smartly eased into action in 2024. We are seeing the benefits, now 12 starts in. VIDEO: Josh Knoth's seventh strikeout of the game I love the holding the glove to his mouth immediately after the swing and miss, like yeah, "take that, dude". RH reliever Brailin Rodriguez retired all seven he faced, four by way of strikeout. Eight of the nine young men in the lineup reached multiple times (sorry, Yhoswar Garcia and your .310 batting average). I've referred to batting average more than once this AM, occasionally it's still a thing worth noting, I guess). Not just multiple times, but four of the eight reached thrice. I'll save my keyboard wear-and-tear and allow you to have box score perusal fun to identify the foursome. Over 8,100 in attendance in Columbia, and they had little to cheer outside of Bluey (yes, it was Bluey night). That's a nice atmosphere for these low-A ball Mudcat kids to show up and dominate. This affiliate has been a joy since Day One (the club started the season 3-0). Final: ACL Rangers 9, ACL Brewers 4, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log The afore-mentioned Easton McGee allowed a leadoff double and a two-out single in his first rehab stint, naturally limited to the one inning. Bjorn Johnson, the 19-year-old southpaw plucked in the 12th round out of a Washington state high school last summer, allowed a hit, a walk, and an unearned run in his first appearance in a month. Speaking of returns after lengthy absences, welcome back to German-born catcher Yannic Walther, who actually came back on Thursday after a near six-week shutdown. He is 2-for-3 at the plate in the two games. But let's face it, you came for the Eric Bitonti update. The 18-year-old LH-swinging third baseman (DH'ing here) yanked a home run to right in his first inning at-bat. Next time up, he pushed a two-run big fly to left-center field. For fun, he beat out a ground ball back to the pitcher in his final trip to the plate. The 6'4" (listed, perhaps still growing) Bitonti is slugging a ridiculous .593 after 108 at-bats, 16 of his 33 knocks for extra-bases, six clearing the fence. Don't wake me from visions of Brock Wilken and Bitonti forming a beast-mode L-R corner infield combination in a few years. Final: DSL Brewers #1 Squad 7, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 0, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log Weather: 85 degrees, Sunny. Told 'ya. Team Uno now 10-5, Team Dos 7-7. Dominican-born 17-year-old RHP Dariel Jaquez is off to a nice pro start after three outings. In his third outing for the #2 club, 18-year-old Nicaraguan RHP Josue Toledo allowed two runs over four innings without issuing a walk, by far the strongest of his three games pitched thus far. Let's just admit it. We are all going to click on the box score here primarily for two reasons: Jesus Made and Luis Pena. Outside of some not normal baserunning adventures for Pena, you won't be disappointed, especially if you then click on their respective player pages and devour their season-to-date numbers, each with 49 AB's thus far. Just the four full-season affiliates play on Sunday, as the rookie kids all head to the indoor pools or beaches available. Have a great Sunday, everyone. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores MiLB Audio Links Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

Saturday 6/22: Postgame shows after the 6-4 loss to the Padres - Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hosts Via 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Hunter Baumgardt hosts for Tim Allen

It was brought to my attention that Biloxi’s second half does not begin until Tuesday. I will note this in the Sunday AM Link Report.

RHP Tyler Bryant has been re-assigned from Maryvale to Carolina.

Friday 6/21: Via WTMJ's Morning News (Download Link): Rick Schlesinger, Brewers President of Business Operations Via 97.3's "The Steve Czaban Show" (Hour Two): Paul Wagner (go to the 28:20 minute mark) Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "Andrew Wagner of Forbes Sports discusses the Robert Gasser news and the Brewers West Coast trip" Via "The Bill Michaels Show" (Hour Four): Bob Nightengale of USA Today (go to the 14:40 minute mark) Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour One): Jack Stern of "BrewerFanatic" (go to the 38:15 minute mark) Postgame shows after the 9-5 loss to the Padres -Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hostsVia 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Tim Allen hosts

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The official second half of the MiLB season commenced for Biloxi, Wisconsin and Carolina. The Mudcats kicked things off in style, while the Timber Rattlers had their chance at victory snatched in walk-off fashion. Nashville starter Chad Patrick didn't dazzle but was effective yet again and should remain on Milwaukee fans' radar. All three rookie teams saw action. Let's begin our daily tour, it may not be quite as entertaining as a Disney Jungle Cruise, but we'll give our best to steer the Link Report ship well. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic For those of you who are standings-focused, Nashville wraps up the first half of their AAA season on Sunday, with the second half commencing on Tuesday. There doesn't appear to be a dangling carrot incentive for the first-half champion Timber Rattlers and Mudcats in the second half other than pride, in fact Wisconsin's Chris Mehring confirmed for me this morning. No extra postseason home games or such. "The format for the 2024 Postseason at Double-A, High-A and Single-A will consist of four teams per league in a best-of-3 Division series, followed by a best-of-three Championship series. The four playoff participants per league will be the winners of each division from both halves based on the best winning percentage of each half. In the event the same Club wins both halves, the Club with the next best winning percentage in the second half will advance." Transactions: Milwaukee Brewers optioned RHP Bradley Blalock to Biloxi Shuckers Nashville Sounds placed RHP Taylor Clarke on the 7-day injured list Nashville Sounds released CF Chavez Young Nashville Sounds activated OF Joey Wiemer from the 7-day injured list Nashville Sounds activated LHP Darrell Thompson from the Development List Biloxi Shuckers activated LHP Russell Smith from the 7-day injured list Chavez, a professional since debuting in 2016 as a 17-year-old with the Blue Jays, turns 27 on July 8th. The native of the Bahamas was in his first season in Milwaukee's system, having spent 2023 on the Pirates farm upon being acquired by Pittsburgh from Toronto in a minor January 2023 trade. Details on Young's .626 OPS and 7 steals in 11 attempts with Nashville are available at the player page link above. Young had just been interviewed last week by the Sounds' Jeff Hem, available here as part of Jeff's weekly blog collection. Wishing Young well, he discussed the connection he has to his family in that chat. Taylor Clarke's IL placement, injury status not made known, is a setback regarding upcoming future big-league pitching depth. Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville 7, Durham (Rays) 4 Box Score and Game Log Via the Sounds’ website, game details, and we encourage readers to review affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Bottom of the Order Carries Nashville to a Win in Front of Sellout Crowd - Brian Navarreto returns to the lineup with two hits, two RBI in 7-4 victory in front of 10,222 fans From the game story above: "Tonight was the latest (by calendar date) the Sounds have had their first ejection of the season in the First Horizon Park era." That was Sounds manager Rick Sweet, ejected by HP umpire Mike Rains (7th). Speaking of the game story, that's a crack Nashville staff, quickly finding historical nuggets to plug in. Their years-long database and the ability to include such notes within 30 minutes of last pitch is impressive. It's another reason to give the extra clicks to the game summaries like we always suggest. The Sounds roster is full, in fact, it appears it's one above the max at 29, likely in that Oliver Dunn is still en route from the West Coast. Look for another move on Saturday. Plus remember, Eric Haase is still technically on the Milwaukee taxi squad, and with Brian Navarreto back (and in style, well done!), the catcher spot is certainly full, and a Nick Kahle Development List adjustment is probably not far off. Ok, enough playing farm director. Chris Roller contributed with two RBI via groundout and sacrifice fly, but my goodness, that OPS is at .549 through 147 at-bats. The Crew has multiple options for flexibility on the fringes of the 40-man roster. Plenty of home game video highlights on the "X" feed for this one, both with the bats and the gloves. Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Rocket City (Angels) 7, Biloxi 2 Box Score and Game Log Shuckers Win Streak Snapped by Trash Pandas in 7-2 Loss - Warren drives in two with a two-RBI double in loss This veteran Link Reporter gets a warm fuzzy when the affiliate is back in greater Huntsville, Alabama. So many great memories, especially as the Fielder-Weeks-Hardy-Hart core made their way through. The Biloxi bench included usual starters Mike Boeve, Eric Brown, Jr., Carlos D. Rodriguez, and Darrien Miller. Newcomers Adam Hall and Casey Martin are still settling in and received starts. The bulk of Hall's career has been spent in the infield, but this was his 26th career appearance in center field, so it's not a reach to see him start there for Rodriguez. The mound work wasn't stellar by any means, but the parade of relievers did pick each other up, stranding five of six inherited runners. It was a somewhat difficult return for southpaw Russell Smith, who retired two of the first three he faced before walking two and allowing an infield single that saw two runs score (error on catcher Andy Yerzy a factor). Craig Yoho fans - sacrifice fly allowed to score a run upon entering an inning prior to Smith, then a strikeout swinging, night done. Shutout averted at the last possible moment - Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link) Final: Fort Worth (Padres) 5, Wisconsin 4 Box Score and Game Log Mears Beats Rattlers With Walkoff Homer - TinCaps blast their way past Wisconsin 5-4 Might as well show you what negated Matt Wood's top of the 9th temporary heroics. Admittedly, this was an impressive down-to-your-last-out blast. Mears, as Chris Mehring noted in the game summary, hit his third home run of the series. The 48th overall pick in the 2019 draft out of a Washington state high school is only a .218 hitter for his pro career, but more than half of Mears' 212 hits have gone for extra bases (.461 career SLG). Five Timber Rattlers reach base at least twice, with DH Jesus Chirinos collecting three singles. Luke Adams was 1-for-2 in SB attempts, now 17-for-25 in that department. Gregory Barrios was successful in his one swipe attempt and is now 14-for-20 in that regard. Player development encompasses so many areas. 23-year-old RHP Will Childers had not allowed a run, nor even a hit, in three appearances since being sent to Wisconsin from Biloxi to take over as the Timber Rattlers' closer. Shake this one off young man. Childers, for the veterans among us, has longtime Brewers ties (son of Matt Childers, nephew of Jason Childers, each of whom pitched in the Midwest League for the Crew with Beloit). Matt would make his MLB debut with Milwaukee in 2002, later pitching a bit for the Braves three years later. Jason got his cup of MLB coffee with Tampa in 2006. Final: Carolina 10, Columbia (Royals) 2 Box Score and Game Log Mudcats Blitz Fireflies Scoreless through four frames, the Mudcats scored in each of the final five innings, 2-2-1-3-3 as the linked linescore shows, nice. 5-for-14 with RISP, and two sacrifice flies, which are often overlooked during the RISP analysis on a nightly basis. Welcome to full-season ball, Enniel Cortez! Cortez only turned 18 years old May 1st, yet here he is. The Nicaraguan RHP has 81 strikeouts to only nine walks in his 74 innings of action. This is one of the quickest Dominican Summer League to A-Ball promotions for the Brewers in some time, as Cortez made only seven appearances (five starts) with Maryvale. Despite a 5.55 ERA in those efforts, his 27-to-3 K-to-BB ratio in Arizona earned him this opportunity, and as his pretty box score line shows, a nice Mudcat debut here. We know the Brewers invest the majority of their international bonus dollars on the position player side (as do most organizations). But my goodness, they continue to unveil promising arms, and the youthfulness and level relative to that youth presents a very exciting pitching pipeline future for us to follow. We see you, RHP Miguel Briceno. The usual 3B-2B-1B finished the rout with a scoreless 9th. But this wasn't his first mound foray. Briceno made two Maryvale pitching appearances last year. He has a .257/.304/.349 line in 2024, we'll have to see if anything more comes of this. If nothing else, Manager Nick Stanley has a ready mop-up arm at the ready. Did we mention Carolina scored ten runs here? Enjoy the every-single-batter contributions throughout that box score link. Here's the one road game highlight made available: Final: ACL Dodgers 9, ACL Brewers 7Box Score and Game Log The A-Crew scored six in the 8th to cut an 8-1 deficit to one, but the momentum did not carry over to the end. That 8th inning was very rookie-ballish. Hey, a new word! BB-BB-BB-RBI groundout-K-BB-HBP-1B-2B-K. The single was off the bat of Eric Bitonti, in his 2nd game back after a 12-day injury absence. Bitonti played third base on Wednesday, and was the DH here, deferring to rehabbing Christian Arroyo at the hot corner. That $1.385 million bonus given to corner infielder Johan Barrios may come to fruition someday, but you really have to squint to see it. Barrios' 2024 is almost entirely based on drawing walks (24 in 103 plate appearances), and his double here was his first of the season, yikes (one prior triple, three prior HR's). Johan Barrios (not to be confused with impressive Wisconsin shortstop Gregory, he of the $1 million bonus himself), is playing the corner infield spots, where XBH's will need to be a part of his game. Arroyo, by the way, is still looking for his first 2024 hit (0-for-8 in Nashville, 0-for-7 with Maryvale), three walks sprinkled in. Add five wild pitches to the very uneven Brewers pitching lines and listed ERA's in the box score. Final: DSL Athletics 8, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 6 Box Score and Game Log Hey, not fair, Oakland has only one DSL team - oh, you Athletics. Team Uno bookended their linescore, three runs in the 1st, three runs in the 9th. Fourteen games into the schedule, it's impressive to see the four OPS over 1.000 in the box score, and each of those youngsters contributed in this one. Shortstop Luis Pena (.489/.558/.689, sheesh) tripled and walked, drove in two, but was somehow thrown out on a stolen base attempt (now 20-for-21 in that category in 12 games played). 17-year-old Panamanian RHP Lukas Gonzalez is unscored upon over six innings in his three appearances (despite a 1.50 WHIP). This was his first pro start. The United Nations aspect of this organization is so fascinating, other MLB teams are likely equally diverse, but the Brewers do excel in the reach of their international player searches. Final: DSL Guardians Goryl 4, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 1 Box Score and Game Log Only three hits for Team Dos, one of them a double. But congratulations are in order, that double belonged to 17-year-old RF Frandy Lafond, in just his second pro game. That was his first career hit. Lafond is a Dominican native, wonder if friends and family took advantage of the free seats. 17-year-old RHP Christopher Peralta, Freddy's cousin, continued to impress in this, his third pro appearance. Weather: 84 degrees, Sunny. It's automatic, either 84 or 85 and sunny every day until we get deeper into tropical storm season. It's a Logan Henderson Saturday. It's a Yujanyer Herrera Saturday, and a Josh Knoth Saturday. Oh, Aaron Ashby too, which always adds intrigue. The DSL kids have yet another sibling rivalry matchup. Catch you Sunday AM, folks. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores MiLB Audio Links Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

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Thursday 6/20: Via the BrewerFanatic Podcast: "Jack Stern and Spencer Michaelis discuss discuss the Reds series and the Angels series, how the defense has carried the team of late, Snoop Dogg, Tyler Black’s role, and much more!" Via WTMJ's Morning News (Download Link): Craig Coshun Via 97.3's Drew & KB: Jason Hartlund, Executive Vice President - Chief Commercial Officer, discussing promotions for the next homestand and the Kenny Chesney concert (go to the 37:00 minute mark) Via "The Bill Michaels Show" (Hour One): Tim Allen chats with Bill (go to the 27:10 minute mark) Via "The Bill Michaels Show" (Hour Three): Vinny Rottino (go to the 27:40 minute mark) Postgame shows after the 7-6 series-opener in San Diego - Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hosts Via 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Tim Allen hosts Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "Gasser Opts for Surgery....Then the Brewers Lose"

Carolina Press Release: Roster Update: Cortez added from ACL Brewers; Galindez to 7-day IL ZEBULON – The Milwaukee Brewers recently announced a series of roster transactions affecting the Carolina Mudcats active roster. The announced moves include RHP Enniel Cortez added from ACL Brewers and RHP Yorman Galindez was placed on the 7-day IL The Carolina Mudcats roster is currently at 28 active players and 5 on the injured list. In summary: RHP Enniel Cortez added from ACL Brewers RHP Yorman Galindez placed on the 7-day IL as of June 19