Jim Goulart

Just an FYI -- several of the rookie Brewers tweeted today that they faced off against Manny Ramirez in AZ; all seemed to be very impressed....

Baseball America indicates the Brewers released 25-year-old catcher Tony Pechek, who served as the backup in Wisconsin last season. He had been signed as an undrafted free agent in July of 2009.

Nashville April 11 - Audio Chat with Outfielder Caleb Gindl In a better mood than later on tonight (ejected after a called strike in the 5th)

Media Notes: Nashville Wisconsin

LH reliever Mitch Stetter is back

For those who noted that Nashville reliever Donovan Hand exited Tuesday's game after a comebacker line drive, Jeff Hem indicated it was apparently precautionary but off his pitching arm -- ouch. *** This is a DVR alert a day in advance! Thursday's Timber Rattlers home game vs. Peoria (6:35 gametime) will be on Time Warner Cable Sports 32. They almost always avoid scheduling opposite Milwaukee's big leaguers, and avoid them Thursday as well. *** That's another really sweet pitching rotation tonight -- it's pretty much an everyday mound lovefest these days. Position players -- step up, because if you do, you'll really have a chance to stand out in this organization... *** You get a Huntsville appetizer before the Crew today, then follow-up with Nashville and Wisconsin feeds tonight. If you're up for it, approx. 12 hours of continuous coverage! *** To get tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter.

STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division Florida State League North Division Midwest League Western Division

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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Michael Fiers at Oklahoma City (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Birmingham (White Sox), 10:45 AM pre-game, 11:00 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 Jimmy Nelson at Lakeland (Tigers), 5:30 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 Matt Miller at Burlington (Athletics), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime; expect RHP Jacob Barnes to see multiple innings as part of a tandem effort 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).

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Baseball America points out that while Hunter Morris is only 4-for-25 with one walk, at least all four of his hits are doubles.

Remember, your appetizer for Brewers-Cubs this afternoon is Stars-Barons audio at 10:50 AM. We'll have a link to Alex Cohen's call along with your Tuesday Link Report an hour or two before game time.

Lakeland Ledger: "I thought we took a good approach to (Taylor) Jungmann early in the game and caught up to his fastball," said Lakeland's leading hitter Tyler Collins. "But he started mixing up his pitches more and showed everyone why he was the No. 12 pick in the draft."

Video from Nashville's Monday loss: Corey Patterson legs out a run-scoring triple Oklahoma City's Henry Sosa catches Edwin Maysonet off guard

The Birmingham News has the game story which includes an excellent photo gallery with well-captioned pictures of several Huntsville players -- definitely worth your perusal.

STARS FALL IN MARATHON WITH BARONS HOOVER, Ala- In a game that lasted to nearly midnight, the Huntsville Stars fell to the Birmingham Barons by a score of 8-7 in 11 innings at Regions Park on Tuesday night. After a scoreless first three innings, the Stars offense heated up in the top of the fourth inning. Right fielder Brock Kjeldgaard led off the inning with a solo home run. Consecutive RBI doubles by third basemen Andy Gonzalez and catcher Jason Jaramillo put the Stars up 3-0. The Barons tacked on two runs in the bottom half of the inning to cut the lead to one. Huntsville answered with two more runs in the fifth inning on consecutive RBI doubles by first basemen Hunter Morris and designated hitter Khris Davis to increase their lead to 5-2. However, that lead would be short-lived. In the bottom half of the fifth, the Barons countered with a two-run single by centerfielder Jared Mitchell. That was followed by an RBI single off the bat of catcher Damaso Espino to tie the game up. The score would stay that way until the 11 th inning, where Stars right fielder Kentrail Davis snapped an 0-for-6 night with a two-run double to give Huntsville a 7-5 lead and a chance for the Stars bullpen to notch them their third win of the season. Unfortunately for Huntsville, that did not go as planned. An RBI single from Corey Smith off of Stars RHP Santo Manzanillo made the score 7-6. However, it was Mitchell who provided the heroics for Birmingham with a two-out, two-run walkoff double off of RHP Roque Mercedes to end the game. For Birmingham, LHP Matt Wickswat earned the Barons’ second win of the season with 2.1 innings of relief. For Huntsville, Manzanillo blew his second save in as many chances and Mercedes was tabbed with his first loss of the season. On offense, the Stars cranked out 14 hits, with Scooter Gennett leading the way with three of his own. Kjeldgaard, Morris and Kh. Davis each had two hits. As a team though, Huntsville left a season-high 15 runners on base, including the bases loaded in both the 8th and 9th inning. The Stars will have to have a quick turnaround, as game two of the five-game series with the Barons begins at 11:05 on Wednesday with RHP Tyler Thornburg (0-0, 1.80 ERA) taking the hill as Birmingham counters with LHP Jose Quintana (0-1, 3.18).

April 10 - Nashville Chat with Brewers Minor League Pitching Coordinator Lee Tunnell

Media Notes: Nashville Wisconsin Update to Wisconsin Lineup *** Huntsville Series One Recap from Alex

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STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division Florida State League North Division Midwest League Western Division

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

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Nashville: RHP Wily Peralta at Oklahoma City (Astros), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 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: LHP Dan Merklinger at Birmingham (White Sox), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Taylor Jungmann at Lakeland (Tigers), 5:30 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 Andy Moye at Burlington (Athletics), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime; expect RHP Jacob Barnes to see multiple innings as part of a tandem effort 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).

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Four road games, and a real lack of any newspaper coverage at all Tuesday AM, although Burlington's paper doesn't update until mid-day. No day action on Tuesday, so Tuesday's Link Report will also be out at mid-day with Peralta, Merklinger, and Jungmann on the mound, along with the Rattlers' Andy Moye making his season debut.

Nashville Mon. 4/9 audio pre-game interview with Manager Mike Guerrero