Jim Goulart

Get some ZZZ's, sir, I'll post the Sounds detailed game summary and audio in the AM. Thanks.

You can option a player back down after even just one game.

Tyler Thornburg was under the weather tonight His tweet Impressive...

Is it OK to remind Doug Melvin that Tyler Thornburg turns 24 in September? *** Mike Fiers settling in nicely under tough wind / hitters' park conditions in Vegas tonight. Hoping for a nice final line recovery in the AM.

From the Manatees: Brevard County will continue their road trip with a three-game set against the North division leading Dunedin Blue Jays (30-17) that will begin on Friday night at 6:30 PM (5:30 Central). Andy Moye (1-0, 1.80) will make his second start for the Manatees. In his 'Tees debut, Moye allowed one earned run in five innings, while striking out four against Fort Myers this past Sunday.

This was the madness that won it for the Stars, allowing Tyler Thornburg to go to 6-0. Birmingham Top of the 9th Pitcher Change: Jesus Sanchez replaces Brandon Kintzler. Luis Sierra singles on a ground ball to third baseman Juan Sanchez. Kenneth Williams grounds into double play, shortstop Tommy Manzella to second baseman Scooter Gennett to first baseman Hunter Morris. Luis Sierra out at 2nd. Jose Castro walks. Tyler Saladino walks. Jose Castro to 2nd. Jared Mitchell hit by pitch. Jose Castro to 3rd. Tyler Saladino to 2nd. With Corey Smith batting, wild pitch by Jesus Sanchez, Jose Castro scores. Tyler Saladino out at home, catcher Jason Jaramillo to first baseman Hunter Morris to pitcher Jesus Sanchez. *** Reconsider not bringing up Tyler, Doug? By the way, Brandon Kintzler has been spot-on. His rehab is over, it's just getting regular work in now. Sorry for previewing the normally scheduled write-ups coming later tonight.

You'll see the recap later on, but the Stars hold on for a 4-3 win, when Birmingham tried to score not just one, but two, runs, on a Jesus Sanchez bases-loaded wild pitch in the 9th inning. Can't get greedy, Barons -- man from 2nd out at home. Game over! Alex Cohen with a nice call on the play, but the webcast signal was very weak, cranked up the PC volume all the way to just make it out. Not a stellar night on the engineering broadcast side of things. *** That being said, the Sounds broadcast is crystal clear but Mike Fiers was not: Las Vegas Bottom of the 1st Anthony Gose singles on a sharp ground ball to second baseman Eric Farris. With Adeiny Hechavarria batting, Anthony Gose steals (17) 2nd base. Adeiny Hechavarria walks. With Adam Lind batting, passed ball by Martin Maldonado, Anthony Gose to 3rd. With Adam Lind batting, Anthony Gose scores on a balk. Adeiny Hechavarria advances to 2nd on a balk. Adam Lind homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Adeiny Hechavarria scores. Travis d'Arnaud homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Ricardo Nanita flies out to center fielder Logan Schafer. Moises Sierra walks. Danny Perales strikes out swinging. With Mike McCoy batting, Moises Sierra caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Martin Maldonado to second baseman Eric Farris.

Thursday's game between the Charlotte Stone Crabs and Brevard County Manatees was cancelled due to inclement weather at Charlotte Sports Park. *** The game will not be made up (last scheduled meeting in the first-half schedule). The teams did play 3.5 scoreless innings. Partial Box Score Losing out is RHP Brandon Williamson, who allowed just one hit and no walks. Benefiting is the 'Tees lineup, which was 0-for-11 with one walk and a caught stealing (T.J. Mittelstaedt). Nick Shaw also had his 10th error wiped out by the cancellation.

I'm posting this almost two hours after the earlier posts, but the Wisconsin WNAM audio link is working now (5-5 game in the 5th). The problem you described earlier has been an issue off and on recently. Chris always appreciates a tweet @CMehring or an email to RattlerRadio at TimberRattlers.com to give him a heads-up when you encounter a technical issue. He'll contact engineers to investigate and correct.

Via Jeff Hem: Tonight’s interview is with Sounds reliever Donovan Hand, who discusses his relief win last night, the Brewers’ trade Thursday involving catcher Paul Phillips, the ballparks and cities of the PCL, pitching close to home (Alabama) and the “candy bag” that keeps the Sounds’ bullpen full during games…

The majority of links are from the Baseball Cube, which includes both major and minor league numbers on the same page. Cardinals (08/03/26) -- Acquired RHP Dustin May and LHP JoJo Romero in exchange for OF Josiah Ragsdale and OF Alexander Frias Rockies (08/03/26) -- Acquired RHP Antonio Senzatela in exchange for LHP Mark Manfredi, Sr. and INF Juan Martinez Orioles (08/03/26) -- Acquired cash in exchange for RHP Codi Heuer Guardians (08/01/26) -- Acquired C Bo Naylor and RHP Codi Heuer in exchange for OF Blake Perkins and RHP Craig Yoho Astros (07/15/26) -- Acquired RHP Lance McCullers, Jr., LHP Colton Gordon and cash in exchange for DH/LF Jadyn Fielder Royals (07/14/26) -- Acquired cash considerations in exchange for RHP Easton McGee Tigers (06/10/26) -- Acquired cash in exchange for RHP Jacob Waguespack Athletics (06/06/26) -- Acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel for cash considerations Diamondbacks (04/15/26) -- Acquired RHP Junior Fernandez for cash considerations Phillies (04/08/26) -- Acquired cash in exchange for OF Steward Berroa Giants (03/30/26) -- Acquired OF Luis Matos in exchange for cash considerations Dodgers (03/27/26) -- Acquired OF Damon Keith in exchange for cash Rays (03/24/26) -- Acquired RHP Jake Woodford in exchange for RHP KC Hunt and cash considerations Red Sox (02/09/26) -- Acquired LHP Kyle Harrison, LHP Shane Drohan and INF David Hamilton in exchange for INF Caleb Durbin, INF Andruw Monasterio, INF/C Anthony Seigler and a 2026 Competitive Balance Round B selection Mets (01/21/26) -- Acquired SS/CF Jett Williams and RHP Brandon Sproat in exchange for RHP's Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers Marlins (08/04/25) -- Acquired RHP Austin Roberts in exchange for cash considerations Padres (07/31/25) -- Acquired OF Brandon Lockridge in exchange for LHP Nestor Cortes, INF Jorge Quintana and cash considerations White Sox (06/13/25) -- Acquired 1B/OF Andrew Vaughn in exchange for RHP Aaron Civale and cash ($807,000) Yankees (05/16/25) -- Acquired LHP Rob Zastryzny in exchange for cash considerations Rangers (01/02/25) -- Acquired RHP Grant Anderson in exchange for LHP Mason Molina Reds (07/30/24) -- Acquired RHP Frankie Montas in exchange for RHP Jakob Junis, OF Joey Wiemer and cash Mariners (06/25/24) -- Acquired LHP Dallas Keuchel in exchange for cash considerations Pirates (07/27/23) -- Acquired 1B Carlos Santana in exchange for SS Jhonny Severino Twins (04/30/23) -- Acquired RHP Trevor Megill in exchange for RHP Taylor Floyd and cash considerations Braves (12/12/22) -- Acquired C William Contreras and RHP Justin Yeager as part of a three-team, nine-player trade which saw OF Esteury Ruiz go to the Athletics Angels (11/23/22) -- Acquired RHP Janson Junk, RHP Elvis Peguero and LHP Adam Seminaris in exchange for OF Hunter Renfroe Nationals (07/16/22) -- Acquired OF Matt Lipka in exchange for cash considerations Blue Jays (08/02/21) -- Acquired RHP John Axford in exchange for cash considerations Cubs (12/08/16) -- Acquired cash in exchange for LHP Caleb Smith Brewers made use of a Rule 5 pick for Smith, who was immediately dealt.

Wisconsin Media Notes

Nashville Media Notes

Be careful, with the two-week road trip, you won't see them until June 6th the earliest...

From Chris Mehring: Roster moves for the TimberRattlers today: C Tyler Roberts on the DL and OF John Dishon off the DL. Roster is at 25. *** With both Rafael Neda and Parker Berberet on the active roster, the Rattlers are covered at catcher for tonight.

Audio link: Alex Cohen, the Voice of the Stars, was on WSSP with Bill Michaels today.

Nick Ramirez tweets that catcher Cameron Garfield, the 2009 2nd round pick who missed most of 2011 with a dislocated patella in his left knee, will be joining the Timber Rattlers, probably as soon as Friday. We'll add it to the transaction thread once official.

Brewers AAA moves: C Dayton Buller, RHP Brian Baker activated from DL; take spots of C Paul Phillips (traded) and Mike McClendon (recalled)

Brewers trade (cash considerations) veteran Nashville catcher Paul Phillips to Blue Jays. IF Phillips is to play at AAA for now, all he'll have to do is glide to the other dugout tonight, as Las Vegas is the Jays' affiliate. While not official yet, the likely replacement for Phillips backing up Martin Maldonado may be Dayton Buller, who could be activated from the Sounds' DL.

Just a huge night for Mike Fiers tonight. If he pitches well, he lines up on normal rest for Tuesday's start in Los Angeles for Marco Estrada. We'll be listening late tonight, Jeff! (After sampling the earlier games as well, Chris & Alex...)

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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

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Mike Fiers at Las Vegas (Blue Jays), 8:50 PM pre-game, 9:05 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 Tyler Thornburg at home vs. Birmingham (White Sox), 6:28 PM pre-game, 6:43 gametime 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: A total of 24 Stars' games (in Jacksonville and Tennessee) will be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Brandon Williamson at Charlotte (Rays), 5:30 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Charlotte feed from the MiLB main audio page 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 Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 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).