Jim Goulart

This week's Post-Crescent Timber Rattlers profile Q&A is of 1B Nick Ramirez

Audio from Iowa — “Catching Up with Jason (Jaramillo)” Jeff Hem's note -- Tonight’s interview prior to Game 1 of the Sounds’ second consecutive doubleheader is with catcher Jason Jaramillo, who has played in over 100 major league games the past few seasons with the Pirates, spent most of Spring Training this year with the Cubs and now is in his first season with the Brewers organization. He joined the team recently from Double-A Huntsville after Martin Maldonado was called up to Milwaukee and Paul Phillips was traded to Toronto.

VIDEO: Nashville's Jordan Brown hits a game-tying two-run homer in the sixth inning of the Sounds' 5-4 Thursday loss to Iowa Not as straightforward as you might think...

Wisconsin Media Notes

19-year-old INF (SS) Chris McFarland, who was drafted in the 18th round in 2011 out of a Texas high school, and then signed away from Rice University to an over-slot $315,000 bonus (plus a promise given to many other high school signees, that the Brewers will pay for his college education, as Adam McCalvy noted last fall), has tweeted that he'll be debuting in Helena (so not Maryvale). Last year, Bruce Seid called the McFarland signing "a bonus." "He wanted to play," Seid said. *** On a side note, it seems to me that even if Orlando Arcia hadn't fractured his ankle, Arcia was destined for Maryvale and a monitored introduction to stateside life. A big factor there would have been McFarland's presence in the organization.

Jeff Hem: Taylor is Ready in a Pinch

MOBILE, Ala. – The Milwaukee Brewers and Huntsville Stars have made a couple of roster moves prior to tonight’s game against the Mobile BayBears. OF Khris Davis was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to June 7. Davis was just activated off the DL on June 4. To fill the vacant roster spot, OF Scott Krieger has been promoted from High-A Brevard County. With these moves, the Stars active roster sits at 25, the Southern League limit. *** We believe it's still the calf injury Khris can't quite shake.

Nashville Media Notes

Clint Coulter pre-game audio interview with Joe Block *** VIDEO: The Brewers' Draft picks Clint Coulter and Victor Roache join the broadcast booth after signing their contracts earlier in the day

DVR Alert! Giving you plenty of notice as the finale of the huge Beloit - Wisconsin series will be televised on Time Warner Cable Sports 32 at noon on Monday the 11th while many of you are at your workplace.

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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 DSL - Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris

Follow Saturday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Game One Nashville Game Two Huntsville Game One Huntsville Game Two Brevard County Wisconsin DSL Brewers

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP's Seth McClung and Amaury Rivas in a doubleheader at Iowa (Cubs), 5:20 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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's Tyler Thornburg and Evan Anundsen in a doubleheader at Mobile (Diamondbacks), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page I-Phone friendly audio link 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 Taylor Jungmann at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry, no audio 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 Drew Gagnon at home vs. Beloit (Twins), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 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 24 Stars' road games (one Helena series this summer, too). ********** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Angels, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until late afternoon at the earliest

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Two audio highlights from each Sounds game now available -- Game One Loss Game Two Victory

Rattler Radio Blog: Nine After 9 includes video highlights *** Post-Crescent game story includes Matt Miller video interview, Jason Rogers quotes

Blaski goes to Brewers Parkersburg News and Sentinel MARIETTA -The Marietta College baseball team had two players from the 2012 club selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Pitcher Austin Blaski was selected in the 21st round, with the 665th overall pick by the Milwaukee Brewers. Blaski was the 27th pick in the 21st round. "It was exciting to see my name on the screen and get the phone call saying that I was a Brewer," Blaski said. "All of the hard work has paid off." Blaski's teammate and shortstop Tim Saunders was selected in the 32nd round of the draft with the 974th overall pick by the Chicago Cubs. Saunders was the sixth selection in the 32nd round. "Its every baseball player's dream to get drafted and have the chance to continue their career," Saunders said. "Not every player gets this opportunity and that pushed me to work hard and play my best." The freshman year roommates were happy for each other and the Marietta baseball program. "Austin came in as a shortstop and moved to pitcher," Saunders said. "I know I could never pitch. What he has accomplished is incredible and I am so excited to see him get drafted." "Not a lot of D3 guys get drafted so this shows how strong the Marietta program is," Blaski said. "But now we are all equal. If you can play, you can play. It doesn't matter if you came from D3, you have to play and compete. We have our foot in the door and now we have to perform." Blaski and Saunders will no doubt have trouble finding space for all the awards accumulated while in college, but Thursday the pair earned yet another award. Blaski was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division III Pitcher of the Year and Saunders was named the association's Position Player of the Year, receiving seven of eight first place votes. This award is just the latest in a list of honors for the right-handed throwing Blaski, which includes multiple All-American honors and graduating with a degree in Sports Management. Blaski also was tagged as the D3baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year. Blaski finished the season with a 13-1 mark and a 1.23 earned run average, both tops in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Blaski and Saunders were both integral parts of the Pioneers back-to-back National Championships. Both were named to the 2012 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-American first team. Both players were also named to the Mideast Regional All-Tournament team with Blaski being named Most Outstanding Player. Saunders took home the Most Outstanding Player honors at the National Championship. The Pioneers finished the season with a mark of 48-8 and captured the Pioneers NCAA-record sixth National Championship. Blaski and Saunders will both report to their respective organizations' spring training sites in the next few days. The pair joins several former Pioneers still active in affiliated professional baseball. Jim Tracy is the current manager of the Colorado Rockies, Kent Tekulve represented the Pittsburgh Pirates at the annual draft, Mike DeMark is with the Arizona Diamondbacks AAA Reno Aces and Mark Williams is playing for the Milwaukee Brewers A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.

Just watched former Brewer farmhands Lucas Luetge and closer Tom Wilhelmsen help combine on a Seattle Mariner no-hitter, very cool!

The Sounds added insurance runs in the sixth and seventh frames, beginning with a Caleb Gindl RBI single. Cubs catcher Juan Apodaca walked three consecutive batters in the seventh which included a based-loaded free pass to Patterson for the club's sixth run. (Catcher?) Twitter answer

Brewers selected a good one in Blaski Ron Johnston - Sports Editor, The Marietta (Ohio) Times Austin Blaski is dreaming of one day pitching in the major leagues. The Marietta College ace right-hander, who helped the Pioneers repeat as NCAA Division III national champions, has an excellent chance of doing so if Etta Express baseball history is any indication. Of the more than 40 Pioneers who have gone on to play professional baseball, a majority of them have been hurlers. Not all of them reached the Bigs, but guys like Kent Tekulve, Duane Theiss, Terry Mulholland, and Matt DeSalvo did. The 21-year-old Blaski, a recent 21st-round selection by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, naturally is hoping to be the next one, along with Mike DeMark (Arizona Diamondbacks) and Mark Williams (Milwaukee Brewers), who are currently throwing in the minor leagues. Even though Blaski, an All-American and pretty much all-everything, was the 665th overall pick in the draft, he will get an opportunity to show his wares. At 6-foot-4, 200 pounds, Blaski has the tall, lanky build for a pitcher. And, he also has the arm - and a live one at that. Blaski probably doesn't throw as hard as DeSalvo or even Williams, but he's fast enough as he fanned a team-high 115 in 110 innings in his senior season. He of course also has other pitches in his repertoire. Interestingly, Blaski - who played his prep baseball at Pandora-Gilboa in northwest Ohio - almost didn't enroll at Marietta. He was actually going to Heidelberg University in nearby Tiffin until his high school mentor Larry McCullough intervened and directed him to southeast Ohio. McCullough played for the Don Schaly-coached Pioneers 20-some years ago. When Blaski arrived on the MC campus as a freshman, he was a shortstop, and also playing the position was a guy by the name of Tim Saunders. Well, you know the rest of the story as Blaski was converted into a pitcher by the Pioneer coaching staff, and Saunders...well, he recently was drafted by the Chicago Cubs. Blaski did not become a Pioneer ace overnight. He had to learn and work at it, thanks to the Pioneer coaching staff. In his frosh campaign, he threw in only 15-plus innings, compiling a 1-0 mark with a 6.89 ERA. Better days were ahead as Blaski was 9-4 with a 3.18 ERA in his sophomore season. Last year, he was 12-2 with 1.62 ERA, but more importantly, the Pioneers won the World Series. Guess who was the MVP of that 2011 event in Wisconsin? Blaski of course. Capping off his collegiate career, Blaski became the best D3 pitcher in the land, compiling a sterling 13-1 record with a 1.23 ERA. The Pioneers as a team also won another World Series. As good as Marietta's pitching staff was, it's still hard to imagine the Etta Express repeating as national champions without Blaski on the hill. Anyways, the Milwaukee Brewers were all along apparently keeping notes on Blaski. They, I think, won't regret their decision. Now, Blaski will get his shot.

No Game Two for the Stars tonight Jackson won, 1-0, so the Stars are four back now in the loss column with nine to play, pretty bleak. Second half awaits...

After playing in Friday's Brevard game, 24-year-old OF Scott Krieger was told he was to report to Huntsville, Krieger's first stint at AA since an eight-game stay in 2010. No word on the move to make room with the Stars, hopefully not a return to the DL for Khris Davis (conjecture). The Manatees will play one short at 24 for now.

Arrogant and pretentious are buzzwords that obviously aren't banned, but are only going to continue to steer conversation away from the subject at hand, and into a more personal direction. Regardless of what was read, not read, etc., just letting everyone know (not just HiAndTight) that the focus of the discussion in this thread is picks in rounds 1-5. On that note, all I've seen thus far is that Roache may be able to particpate in fall instructionals. The info HiAndTight provides seems like August may be a possibility, which would be great, obviously.

Jungmann last pitched on the 2nd, Nelson on the 3rd. Could be any reason for the change (illness, extra rest, etc.). Nelson pitches tonight on normal rest.