Jim Goulart

Here are more boxes to review: Tuesday 3-3 tie: 3B Brock Wilken (HR, BB), 2B Juan Baez (BB), RF/CF Luis Lara (2B, 1B, two SB) Wednesday 8-1 loss: 3B Wilken, 2B Baez (two singles, SB, E), CF Lara (RBI), RHP Nick Merkel (allowed two inherited runners to score, then zero earned runs of his own over two additional innings), RHP Will Childers (scoreless inning with three strikeouts, one reaching on a wild pitch)

Tuesday 11/5: Via "The Mason Crosby Show" (The Fan Milwaukee): Tim Dillard Via 97.3's "Brewing the Offseason": "Tim Allen and Hunter Baumgardt discuss the latest moves by the Brewers as the offseason begins. Plus, Tim goes through the power rankings of MLB teams by a couple outlets." *** Wednesday 11/6: VIDEO via MLB Network: Matt Arnold on being named MLB Executive of the Year Via 97.3's "The Steve Czaban Show" (Hour Three): Jeff Levering Via 97.3's Mike Heller Show (Hour Three): Todd Rosiak (go to the 7:15 minute mark) Via "The Bill Michaels Show" (Hour One): JR Radcliffe (go to the 29:50 minute mark) Via WTMJ's "Brewers Weekly" with Dom Cotroneo: - "Willy Adames wants to stay? Plus Gold Glove reaction" Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "The Brewers Starting Pitching has Some Question Marks Right Now"

Good to see our record-keeping in the "Which Brewers Farmhands are Minor League Free Agents at Season's End?" thread was on-point. Things lined up nicely with all the projections, and we have now un-pinned that thread from the top of this forum.

Monday 11/4: Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "A Busy Day for the Brewers!" Via the "View from Bernie's Chalet" Podcast: "Options & Arbitration"

More Baez video here and here.

Sunday 11/3: Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast - "On this week's show Brewer Fanatic's Spencer Michaelis joined Jaymes and Ryan to discuss the opening moves of the offseason, including the surprise waiving of Colin Rea, the new contract for Chris Hook and a coaching defection south."

Friday's Peoria game - an uncharacteristic low-scoring game, a 2-1 loss Brock Wilken at 3B, 0-for-4, two K's; Juan Baez at 2B, 1-for-4, two K's; Luis Lara in RF, 1-for-3, one K Thru 62 plate appearances, Baez is at .346/.452/.577 (1.029 OPS). No Brewers pitchers saw action, given the score, we wish they had, *** Saturday's Peoria game - game ends in a 7-7 tie after ten innings Brock Wilken at 3B, 1-for-3, two BB's, two K's, RBI, throwing error, just his 2nd error of the fall season, thru 73 plate appearances, Wilken is at .145/.247/.258 (.505 OPS) Luis Lara in RF, 2-for-4, BB, K, R; Lara stole his 7th base but was also caught stealing for a 4th time, thru 72 plate appearances, Lara is at .250/.361/.333 (.694 OPS) LHP Mark Manfredi was tasked with keeping the game tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the 8th, and he did, despite two one-out walks and a balk. The inning ended on a line-out back to Manfredi. who threw to Wilken at third for the double play. RHP Nick Merkel pulled a rabbit out of his hat to keep the game tied with a scoreless 9th. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, there was a strikeout, a walk to load the bases, and then a groundout. Peoria grabbed a one-run lead in the top of the 10th thanks to a wild pitch, and RHP Will Childers was asked to strand the Manfred Man to end the contest. Childers immediately threw two wild pitches to allow the tying run to score as part of a leadoff walk. A double placed runners on 2nd and 3rd, and then Childers intentionally walked a man to load the bases and it was desperation time. Then - Strikeout Max Acosta strikes out swinging. 1 Out Strikeout Milan Tolentino strikes out swinging. 2 Outs Strikeout Brett Squires strikes out swinging. 3 Outs

Keep up to date with the initial post in this thread.

The current Timber Rattlers manager takes a Bench Coach job in the Dominican this winter.

Thursday 10/31: Via the "BrewerFanatic Podcast with Jack Stern and Spencer Michaelis": "Jack and Spencer react to recent news on the coaching staff, including Chris Hook's new contract and Quintin Berry following Craig Counsell to Chicago." Via WTMJ's "Brewers Weekly": - "The Brewers announced the return of pitching coach Chris Hook for a multi-year contract ahead of the 2025 offseason. Hook was a vital piece of the Brewers' success on the mound for the last six seasons he has been at the helm of the pitching department. But as coaching renewals come and go, Dom Cotroneo details the potential departure of another fan favorite coach this coming season. Dom also goes through his hypothetical MVP and Cy Young ballots and wonders how many Brewers will receive BBWAA awards this November." Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "Free Agency Begins for the Brewers!"

So, so sad. This is what we wrote upon Nina's May 1st, 2023 release, among many others that day: OF Francisco Nina was a $10,000 signing from the January 2022 international class. Listed at a lanky 6'5", 175, Nina homered once (four doubles), but otherwise slapped his way to a .212/.301/.271 line (.572 OPS) during his age 17 season. Nina fanned 38 times in 118 AB's with 12 walks, we've seen others with similar lines net a second-chance year, but as mentioned above, that wasn't the case in this round of cuts. As always, we wish all the best and hope that if they wish, they find future baseball opportunities.

Yes, you may have missed this update from October 8th from the amazing ARobsBrewCrew in this very thread.

Thursday's Peoria game - Juan Baez at 2B, Luis Lara in RF Baez singled twice in five AB's (two K's), as his line now reads .354/.466/.604 (1.070 OPS) thru 48 AB's Lara walked (0-for-3 one K), stole his 6th base in nine attempts, and now sits at .226/.344/.321 (.665 OPS) in 53 AB's. No Brewers pitchers saw action, good considering the Javelinas lost 12-5 to drop to 5-15.

Thanks to Adam for the mention within the Rule 5 section, he doesn’t have to do that but it’s appreciated. Our forum is “indispensible”.

For those of you with access to MLB Network Radio via Sirius/XM, you can pull up the October 13th archive of "Minors & Majors with Grant Paulsen" and listen to the full Logan Henderson interview at the 01:10:00 hour/minute mark. There's a snippet of that extended chat here, lots of change-up discussion. Asked to provide a pie-chart of his typical outing arsenal, Henderson said 45% heater, 45% change, and 10% cutter (calls his slider that). A reminder you can always visit the Biloxi archive page for Javik Blake's Henderson interviews on July 30th and June 11th.

Tuesday 10/29: Via the "Zach Gelb Show": Rhys Hoskins Via 97.3's "Brewing the Offseason": "Tim Allen and Hunter Baumgardt talk about Bob Uecker and the feature that CBS did with him. Plus, Jack Stern (Brewer Fanatic) talks Chris Hook returning and other offseason storylines." Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "How Are the Brewers Sitting with Their Farm System? - Dan Zielinski from BaseballProspectJournal.com is the guest" *** Wednesday 10/30: Via 97.3's "The Steve Czaban Show" (Hour Three): Jeff Levering Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: "Brewers reporter Curt Hogg and host JR Radcliffe listen back to their February preseason predictions and ... well, they weren't really very close with them, were they? The guys were wrong about Devin Williams, Aaron Ashby, Brock Wilken, Mark Attanasio, William Contreras, Tyler Black and more. First, they discuss the 2024 surprises and disappointments, plus a look at the team's annual award winners, a little coaching staff shakeup and maybe some World Series, if you're in to that sort of thing." Via 97.3's Mike Heller Show (Hour One): Todd Rosiak (go to the 22:15 minute mark) Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "Add Someone to the Top of the Brewers Rotation"