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Chris Mehring has indicated that it's after three games of the six-game series starting on June 18th, so June 20th would be the final day. It is likely the same for Carolina and Biloxi, clearly more important for Carolina regarding playoffs, though Carolina likely clinches by the end of this week. Nashville and AAA is on a whole different level, we'll see.

Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast - "Steve sat in with Paul and Ryan this week to discuss the Brewers first time being swept, the offensive struggles in Philly, who the main competition in the NLC is and lots of injuries." Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: "An injury to Robert Gasser has further thrown the Brewers starting rotation in flux, with another top prospect in line to make a start Tuesday as the Brewers return home. All things considered, a 2-4 week isn't terrible considering the Brewers faced two and maybe three Cy Young contenders. Brewers reporter Todd Rosiak and host JR Radcliffe recap the six games and again find themselves wondering how the team is supposed to hold the pitching staff together, though Aaron Ashby and Tobias Myers delivered some encouraging performances. The offense has another double-digit scoring performance, but there are a couple red flags: The homers have vanished, and William Contreras is slumping. Rhys Hoskins' return to Philadelphia is among the topics in Three Up, Three Down, and after a huge Myers start, Steve Woodard's gem is the topic in Remembrew When. Then, JR chats with Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Gordon Wittenmyer, who follows the Reds but also previously covered the Cubs and knows both teams intimately. The Reds just snuck past the Cubs in the standings; are they suddenly the team to beat? What's his take on how Chicago is reacting to the early struggles of the Cubs under Craig Counsell?"

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Monday. Organizational Scoreboard MiLB Audio Links There will be a mini-version of our traditional Link Report out on future Tuesday AM's, now that the DSL and ACL leagues are both live.

Sunday 6/9: Postgame shows after the 10-2 loss in Detroit -Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hostsVia 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Hunter Baumgardt hosts for TimLocked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "The Brewers Still Living Large in NL Central Back Home Again!"

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Sunday. Organizational Scoreboard MiLB Audio Links *** From Saturday's Link Report: "After chronicling nine games for us from Thursday's slate, we lessen Daniel's load significantly for Sunday with a standard four-game menu, no doubleheaders, no rookie league action. You are welcome, Daniel! But he will get to discuss RHP Logan Henderson's AA debut with the Shuckers, which hopefully will prove very exciting!"

Although this report kicks off with an extra-inning loss for AAA Nashville, it was a very successful Saturday in the Crew's system in terms of wins vs. losses. Granted, the DSL Brewers #2 Squad suffered their first loss to fall to 2-1 on the very young season, but that defeat was at the hands of their siblings wearing DSL Brewers #1 uniforms. Team "DSL Uno" is now 3-1. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Let's check out how events trended positive! Transactions: Milwaukee Brewers optioned RHP James Meeker to Nashville Sounds. Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Louisville (Reds) 4, Nashville 2, ten innings 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: Sounds Fall to Bats in Extras - Chris Roller’s thrilling grab in center not enough as Louisville outlasts Nashville 4-2 in 10 innings The Sounds made a late lineup change, replacing Joey Wiemer in the DH and #2 spot with red-hot Francisco Mejia, who singled, walked and scored a run. How do we know Mejia was red-hot? We referred to the always-helpful linked media notes: Mejía Mashing: Francisco Mejía added his fourth multi-hit game in his last five games with a pair of knocks and an RBI last night. Since May 24, Mejía is batting .324 (11-for-34) with two doubles, three home runs, six RBI and six runs scored over the span of eight games. Kudos to those responsible for media notes across all levels (we miss yours, Carolina). Normally the domain of the play-by-play guys, I look at the multi-page reports and my eyes roll in appreciation and wonder at the efforts involved, even if perhaps a bit of it is automated somehow. Tyler Black sat out a second game after exiting Thursday's contest at the start of the 8th inning. This is your daily "letting you know until we know more" line. RHP Jakob Junis' 30-day rehab clock began on June 4th. So, there is time for this $7 million arm to build up his repertoire. In this second start, Junis threw 51 pitches in 2.1 innings, allowing just one hit, but he walked two and threw two wild pitches. Velocity reports were not encouraging - topped out at 91.4, sitting 89-90. More work to do, to be sure. It was a shining four-inning game for RHP Evan McKendry, shuffled to Junis' piggyback partner here, as your box score review showed. It wasn't LH reliever Rob Zastryzny best moment, walking three and allowing a run over his two innings. Get to know Zastryzny more via this new interview we linked to on our Minor League Forum. Chris Roller gives us Sal Frelick vibes from a couple of weeks ago: Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Biloxi 5, Montgomery (Rays) 3 Box Score and Game Log Five-Run Sixth, Four Shutout Innings from Bullpen Lead Shuckers to Comeback Win - Campbell tallies two-double night, Bowman records three shutout innings As the game summary title indicates, you'll want to review in full the top of the 6th game log to go over in detail Biloxi's full-game run-scoring output. Here's an encouraging highlight, oppo-double from Brock: Mike Boeve lifted his AA OBP to .368 (two singles and a walk). He once again was the designated hitter, likely in deference to his hamstring tweak Thursday. Speaking of OBP, catcher Darrien Miller lifted his to an impressive .415. Miller's batting average is .188, so it should be no surprise he reached base twice in this game - once via a walk, and once via HBP, the tenth time in 2024 and 61st plunking of his career. Miller has 35 walks vs. 30 strikeouts in his 112 official at-bats this year. He batted cleanup here, and he's found a home at or near the top of the Shuckers' lineups. Noah Campbell doubled twice and walked and deserves the same video love we showed Mr. Wilken: I'm finding it tougher to get a read on RHP Bradley Blalock. Four of his past five starts dating back to May 8th have been rather middling (game log). Why aren't we getting pitch counts in the game logs? More goodness from 27-year-old RH reliever Kaleb Bowman, and my goodness, when LH reliever Justin King, 26, is on, he's filthy. Voice of the Shuckers Javik Blake has the 97 MPH call here. On the topic of bullpen arms, did you catch our own Seth Stohs' conducting his interview with righty Craig Yoho? Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link) Final: Wisconsin 9, Quad Cities (Royals) 3 Box Score and Game Log Rattlers Bounce Back With Big Offensive Night to Pick Up Ground in Playoff Chase - Wisconsin wins 9-3 over Quad Cities as everybody hits "as everybody hits" Yes, with a line like that, the "H" column will be the first thing your eyes bring you to in the box score. Thirteen knocks in all, mix in four walks and an HBP. Let's see as many of those knocks as you can count, Chris Mehring's calls were in fine form, perhaps enthused by the "Wrestling Night" atmosphere at the ballpark: Chris hinted at it in his calls, but Luis Lara's presence in the lineup and in the field is so impactful. The switch-hitting center fielder is still a teenager all season, folks. Outside of two rough outings for RH swingman Patricio Aquino to end April and begin May, he's been very solid, and was sterling on Saturday. He and starting RHP Yujanyer Herrera gave the bullpen a nice day off heading into Sunday's finale. Aquino turned 21 last month, Herrera will be 21 in August. The Dominican Republic and Venezuelan natives, respectively, would be interesting to speak with. As RHP Alexander Cornielle recently told us here at BrewerFanatic, so many of the youthful international amateurs are identified for their hitting exploits initially. Magic number at seven with ten games remaining in the first half. Let's not jinx things, but nice! Final: Carolina 2, Charleston (Rays) 1 Box Score and Game Log Mudcats Rally Past RiverDogs The Mudcats are 34-20 and four games up (five games in the loss column) for their own first-half title. We have been treated wonderfully by both A-Ball squads in 2024. I was trying to think back at similarly low-scoring Carolina games, perhaps this was the lowest combined score this season? Thankfully the internet makes things easy for us - we're so spoiled - and the season-to-date results tell us that there have been 2-0 and 1-0 shutout losses and another 2-1 win. Cooper Pratt acquiesced his shortstop fielding position to Filippo Di Turi for the evening, but serving as the designated hitter suited Pratt just fine - three singles and this RBI: Speaking of Di Turi, and key ground ball RBI hits up the middle: With Yophery Rodriguez getting the day off, Yhoswar Garcia covered center field, singled twice, and though his pace at the plate and on the basepaths has slowed some, Garcia stole his 25th bag in 29 tries. What's that you say, Charleston only scored one run? 21-year-old starting RHP Yorman Galindez tossed four scoreless, limiting his walks (an occasional issue, 22 in 33.2 IP) to two here. Big-time MVP game for just-turned 24-year-old RHP Aidan Maldonado, netting his first pro save and lowering his 2024 WHIP to 1.08 with near-perfect work (one HBP) over the final three frames. Final: ACL Brewers 5, ACL Guardians 2, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log Stud 18-year-old third baseman Eric Bitonti and his .953 OPS sat out this one. Bitonti was pulled from Friday's game after reaching first base on an error. Where is our Maryvale field reporter? Where is the MiLB TV feed? Alas, we wait... Rehabbing Felix Valerio, playing left field, is toying with rookie-level arms, he singled twice and walked. Actually, all ten Maryvale hits were singles, they also walked seven times and there was an HBP. This will partially explain the "only" five runs scored given all the traffic squeezed into seven team trips to the dish: Team RISP: 3-for-13. Team LOB: 12. The Brewers don't sign many youngsters out of Mexico. When they do, they are pitchers, and current 18-year-old Carolina Mudcats wunderkind RHP Manuel Rodriguez is a prime example. Based on fantastic 2023 Dominican Summer League numbers (1.54 ERA and 0.93 WHIP), it looked like Milwaukee had another Mexican score in RHP Eric Prado, who was brought stateside this summer at age 18 (Rodriguez was just 17 years old in Maryvale in 2023). But Prado has found the sledding tough (sledding in Arizona?), so Saturday was a big day for him - four scoreless (2 H, 3 BB, 4 K). All five outs were via flyout, we probably don't study the GB/FB ratios as much as we ought to throughout the system, perhaps a project for another day. Final: DSL Brewers #1 Squad 10, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 7, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log These rosters, as we thought, are pretty crowded, but perhaps not as bloated as we had surmised initially (lots of injured list placements). The island teams are not subject to that dreaded MLB-imposed 165 body stateside roster limit. In the special version of the box score linked above, you'll see by scrolling down for each squad that the position player benches had seven and six bodies available, respectively. A combined fourteen pitchers did not see action out of the bullpens, while eight arms did pitch. That all seems reasonable in terms of management and exposing these kids to at-bats and innings. Check out the linescore. Team Uno up 6-0 after two innings, yet Team Dos closed the gap to just 8-7 after the top of the 6th had completed. The atmosphere must have been pretty juiced for this matchup - players, coaches, all involved, as everyone congregates in the amazing new complex postgame. If you didn't spend eleven minutes with this video last February, do so at some point soon: Our Joseph Zarr shared this nugget in our "live" daily thread on our forum regarding 17-year-old Team Dos center fielder Jose Anderson, who homered for the second time in these first few days of the DSL season. On Team Uno, fellow 17-year-old middle infielder Luis Pena (both he and Anderson are Dominican natives) singled twice, walked twice, and stole three bases. In four games, Pena is 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts! It'll be nice when we're a bit deeper into the DSL schedule, for now the box scores can really only provide single game achievements. In that regard, a shoutout to 2nd year Team Dos LF Pedro Tovar, who will turn 18 in a couple of weeks. Tovar doubled twice and singled, so it'll be fun to see if he makes a big jump from his .621 OPS in 36 2023 games. After chronicling nine games for us from Thursday's slate, we lessen Daniel's load significantly for Sunday with a standard four-game menu, no doubleheaders, no rookie league action. You are welcome, Daniel! But he will get to discuss RHP Logan Henderson's AA debut with the Shuckers, which hopefully will prove very exciting! Have a great cap to your weekend, 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

The Brewers adjusted and assigned Reyes to DSL Brewers-1 instead, for whom Reyes made his debut Saturday.

RH reliever James Meeker optioned to AAA Nashville.

More from Friday 6/7: Via the "Fantasy Baseball Beat" Podcast: Curt Hogg of the Journal-Sentinel Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "The voice of the Nashville Sounds Jeff Hem discusses some of the top pitching prospects for the Brewers in AAA and who fans should expect to see in the majors soon." Via 97.3's Drew & KB (Hour One): Tim Dillard (go to the 24:40 minute mark) Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour One): "Jack Stern of "BrewerFanatic" hops aboard on his way to cover the Brewers' visit to the Motor City. Topics include Jackson Chourio, Kevin Herget, Jared Koenig and much more." (go to the 35:40 minute mark) Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "Marc Ryan of 97.1 The Ticket in Detroit discusses this weekend's Brewers/Tigers series and gives Milwaukee fans an insight on what to expect from Detroit." Postgame shows after the 10-0 series-opener at Detroit -Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hosts, Craig Coshun is Dom's guestVia 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Tim Allen hosts from their special road trip location in Park Falls, Wisconsin *** Saturday 6/8: Postgame shows after the 5-4 win over the Tigers -Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hosts, Craig Coshun is Dom's guestVia 97.3's "Baseball Postgame Show" - Tim Allen hosts from their special road trip location in Mercer, Wisconsin

Via "Main Street Nashville": LH reliever Rob Zastryzny (go to the 19:20 minute mark)

Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "The voice of the Nashville Sounds Jeff Hem discusses some of the top pitching prospects for the Brewers in AAA and who fans should expect to see in the majors soon."

First stateside (not counting Australia) pro HR for Tayden Hall, 3-2 Rattlers in the 4th. My pleasure to see it live, "moonshot" call from Chris.

Nashville trailed 5-0 heading to the bottom of the 6th in their home game. They would walk things off in victory. Biloxi played a taut back-and-forth affair that saw them fall in the 10th on the road, so on the wrong side of their own walk-off. The Maryvale Crew led 8-0 heading to the bottom of the 4th at the Reds' complex yet managed to be walked off in extra innings. In more "traditional" affairs, Wisconsin was the victim of a rare trouncing, the first-place Mudcats moved to 13 games over .500, and the DSL Brewers squad that wasn't rained out rallied to overcome a four-run 5th inning deficit only to lose the game in a very DSL fashion two frames later. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Let's try and make sense of it all! And remember, in a walk-off victory, it's the losing team that walks off. The victors bounce, skip and romp off. Transactions: Milwaukee Brewers optioned LHP Aaron Ashby to Nashville Sounds. Milwaukee Brewers selected the contract of RHP James Meeker from Nashville Sounds. Carolina Mudcats transferred OF/INF Kay-Lan Nicasia from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. James Meeker's call-up to The Show has to be incredibly motivating for so many in the organization. Undrafted, a longtime indy ball grind, and then success in both closing and non-closing roles in four years in the Brewers organization. Ryan Middendorf, Harold Chirino, Darrell Thompson, you are all on notice, as are so many more I could have listed both at the AAA and lower levels. Add in Carlos F. Rodriguez' planned MLB debut to start on Tuesday, and it's an exciting time for all. It sounds corny, but in a way, everyone is a prospect. Keep the uniform on, gentlemen. Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville 6, Louisville (Reds) 5 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: Collins' Walk-Off Double Leads Brewskis to Comeback Win Over Louisville - Left fielder clears bases with two-out, two-RBI knock for 6-5 win in nine innings This would have been a fantastic catch by Louisville right fielder Rece Hinds to end the game. That ball got an awfully big piece of his glove, but the fact is it didn't stick, and Freddy Zamora's celebratory arms raised even before Joey Wiemer quickly follows behind him to plate the game-winner is fun. Isaac Collins, you da man: A few weeks back, the Journal-Sentinel's Curt Hogg was discussing the fairly thin position player pool for the Sounds in terms of potential big-league additions beyond Tyler Black and the still-injured Brewer Hicklen (back). Hogg broached Collins as a possibility and the versatile switch-hitter, with his .912 OPS and nine stolen bases in 12 attempts, has only enhanced those odds. Black sat out this game after exiting Thursday's game at the start of the 8th inning. On a nightly basis, we can over-analyze and fret and worry/wonder about such things. I am finally starting to come to terms with waiting until players return to action in short order, or injured list placements are official, and subsequent IL details are learned. On the mound, remember that Taylor Clarke is on optional assignment, not just rehab. The Brewers can continue to stretch Clarke out as they see fit. A big effort for Tyler Woessner, if this were hockey, he'd get the game's second star behind Collins. Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Montgomery (Rays) 5, Biloxi 4, ten innings Box Score and Game Log Rodriguez Tallies Multi-Hit Performance, Shuckers Fall in 10 Innings - Shuckers score all four runs after fifth inning, Biscuits stop comeback attempt with two in tenth We all know it to be true in the ghost-runner era. Road teams need to plate more than one run when they get their chance, and this single tally was gifted: Meanwhile, on the flip side: Mike Boeve, batting second in the lineup, as the DH, was 0-for-5 with two K's. I apologize if I put a scare into everyone yesterday with this detailed recap of Boeve's late-game hamstring-tweak escapades on Thursday night, particularly if it didn't shine a bright light on Manager Joe Ayrault and Trainer Andrew Staehling for leaving Boeve in the game as long as they did. I know what my eyes saw, and well, it was just incredible to me that a precautionary move was not made before a tweak turned into a full-blown hamstring tear. The fact that Boeve started Friday, even as the DH, is encouraging but to be honest, still a bit puzzling. OK, any game with an inside-the-park home run is going to get video linked. Chandler Simpson, you are fast, and left fielder Zavier Warren, not so fast: It was a suitable four-inning stint for RHP Brett Wichrowski as the box score line indicates (78 pitches). Wichrowski hadn't even been drafted a year ago at this time. Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes (download link) Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 10, Wisconsin 1 Box Score and Game Log Rattlers Stumble in 10-1 Loss to River Bandits - Ten walks and eleven hits drop Wisconsin The T-Rats are the most courteous hosts. Fans of visiting clubs are spoiled if they're wise enough to gain access to the highlights (and Wisconsin lowlights) that the Rattlers provide in even the most difficult of times for the home team. Thankfully, nights like Friday have been exceedingly rare. Speaking of courteous, Chris Mehring and Kyle Lobner were kind enough not to interview Manager Victor Estevez for this game's entry of their postgame podcast, but still worth your while. We don't know the nature of 2024 Team MVP-to-date Gregory Barrios, but on an earlier edition of the podcast series, Chris indicated that Barrios' absence could extend into this coming week. With that, once again, we'll consider that a positive until otherwise noted. It's been a rough go for RH reliever Jake Polancic, back in affiliated ball for the first time since 2019 with the Diamondbacks. Unfortunately, today (Saturday) is unlikely to be a pleasant 26th birthday for him. MiLB.TV subscribers can go the 02:02:00 hour/minute mark of the archived game here. Polancic was clearly in discomfort upon issuing a ball four to walk in a run. "Right arm dangling a little bit" is not a call any broadcaster wishes to make. Best wishes for Jake today. As the game summary told you, 2.5 games up with 11 to play. Keep the calendar moving. Final: Carolina 7, Charleston (Rays) 4 Box Score and Game Log Mudcats Down Charleston The Carolina staff is keeping those game summaries very to-the-point, but is doing well in gathering video highlights via the opponent's home feed: You want progression for 19-year-old Cooper Pratt, now with a .280/.393/.392 line? April OPS: .622 in 12 games (was sidelined by a broken pinkie for ten days) May OPS: .818 in 23 games June OPS: .980 OPS in five games Filippo Di Turi singled and walked, representing a solid game two with the Mudcats, reaching base for the first couple of times. Again, played second base while Pratt was at short. RHP Josh Knoth (still just 18-years old, folks) walked five after only walking eight in five starts in May. That being said, only one run allowed in his five-inning outing, and gets his second pro win. Final: ACL Reds 10, ACL Brewers 9, eight innings (scheduled for seven) Box Score and Game Log Yes, a box score to dive into. The Eric Bitonti mid-game exit will have us feeling cautious for a it - theme of the report today, no overreactions. Rehabbing Felix Valerio provided the bulk of the offense with four hits, a home run shy of the cycle. He is slated for minor league free agency at season's end. Also on the rehab front, LHP Brandon Knarr struggled after two brief effective earlier efforts. Final: DSL Cubs Red 7, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 6, seven innings as scheduled Box Score and Game Log Postponed: DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Brewers 2, makeup date is Monday June 17th NOTE: Apologies, I'm up against an important commitment and have to skimp on the rookie ball reports. Hoping we see a response post that perhaps fills in a bit. All teams are in action on Saturday, with the two DSL teams facing each other. 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Meeker up, Ashby down, awesome for every player in the organization. This is why you persevere!

Via "The SIS Baseball Podcast" hosted by Mark Simon: BrewerFanatic's Matthew Trueblood (go to the 13:15 minute mark) Via WTMJ's Morning News (Download Link): Rick Schlesinger, Brewers President of Business Operations

VIDEO interview via BrewerFanatic's Seth Stohs: Alexander Cornielle, Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Month

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