Jim Goulart

We covered it here on the forums a while back, but Steffan Wilson is now working for the Brewers as their Northeast area scout, similar to what Drew Anderson does in the Nebraska area...

Update from Helena IF Gant Elmore -- also the son of the H-Crew's owner

RHP Tyler Thornburg - Huntsville LHP Stephen Peterson - Wisconsin LHP Victor Garate - Nashville RHP David Goforth - Wisconsin LHP Connor Whalen - Brevard County IF Adrian Williams - Wisconsin (only 21 years old) LHP Jed Bradley - Brevard County RHP Evan Anundsen -- Huntsville

With a new month today, use your first J-S free visit to view the Peanuts and Cracker Jack blog, scroll down for nice articles on the Latin transition program and Jalen Harris.

Sounds' blog photos

Click for tweets: RHP Seth Harvey - Wisconsin 1B Hunter Morris - Huntsville RHP Mark Williams - Wisconsin (most likely starting based on prior tweets) RHP Casey Medlen - Brevard County OF Ben McMahan - Wisconsin INF Nick Shaw - Brevard County

ST coverage wouldn't be the same. I would have much preferred to not be the one to the spring training boxes , but I'm not sure anyone else on the interwebs has access to them, and yes, because they add to the spring training analysis, was happy to do so. Kind of funny I've declared myself box-score free all regular season (something I intend to honor), yet provided those.

Sorry on that Pierce info, YG -- my bad...

Indications are that we will begin to see some formal minor league roster announcements as early as Saturday 3/31. Feel free to link to any formal notices you see here. As you might know, we use the "Your 2012" threads to post and link to feature stories that are outside the scope of game activity covered in the Daily Link Report. One thing folks will notice this year is that we'll be providing less of the "link PLUS copy-and-paste" and just going with links in many of our threads. While in the long-term, this will impact the archive aspect of the site as some of those links go dead down the road, it will also make it much easier for all providing the news, as formatting the copy-and-paste was among the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of the forum each day. These threads have become among the most popular for viewing here, and we look forward to kicking them off formally.

Indications are that we will begin to see some formal minor league roster announcements as early as Saturday 3/31. Feel free to link to any formal notices you see here. As you might know, we use the "Your 2012" threads to post and link to feature stories that are outside the scope of game activity covered in the Daily Link Report. One thing folks will notice this year is that we'll be providing less of the "link PLUS copy-and-paste" and just going with links in many of our threads. While in the long-term, this will impact the archive aspect of the site as some of those links go dead down the road, it will also make it much easier for all providing the news, as formatting the copy-and-paste was among the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of the forum each day. These threads have become among the most popular for viewing here, and we look forward to kicking them off formally.

Indications are that we will begin to see some formal minor league roster announcements as early as Saturday 3/31. Feel free to link to any formal notices you see here. As you might know, we use the "Your 2012" threads to post and link to feature stories that are outside the scope of game activity covered in the Daily Link Report. One thing folks will notice this year is that we'll be providing less of the "link PLUS copy-and-paste" and just going with links in many of our threads. While in the long-term, this will impact the archive aspect of the site as some of those links go dead down the road, it will also make it much easier for all providing the news, as formatting the copy-and-paste was among the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of the forum each day. These threads have become among the most popular for viewing here, and we look forward to kicking them off formally.

Indications are that we will begin to see some formal minor league roster announcements as early as Saturday 3/31. Feel free to link to any formal notices you see here. As you might know, we use the "Your 2012" threads to post and link to feature stories that are outside the scope of game activity covered in the Daily Link Report. One thing folks will notice this year is that we'll be providing less of the "link PLUS copy-and-paste" and just going with links in many of our threads. While in the long-term, this will impact the archive aspect of the site as some of those links go dead down the road, it will also make it much easier for all providing the news, as formatting the copy-and-paste was among the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of the forum each day. These threads have become among the most popular for viewing here, and we look forward to kicking them off formally.

24-year-old Chad Pierce, the Fond du Lac 38th round pick last year, is the "Pierce" who's been getting the innings, not 19-year-old Canadian Joel Pierce.

I indicated privately to TooLiveBrew that some of the "life events" that were going to impact my 2012 are a bit delayed. While I had always indicated I'd be around "some", turns out I'm going to be able to kick off the initial schedule post for a Link Report, at least until further notice, which was probably going to be the biggest challenge facing the board initially. What I won't be able to do all season are any of the actual box score links and associated comments. I had gotten away from that in recent years anyway, but it's definitely off-limits for me this year. So it is in that regard that the forum members will need to come together to pitch in. I will probably link most of the the next-day newspaper reports if any. One thing folks will notice this year is that we'll be providing less of the "link PLUS copy-and-paste" and just going with links in many of our threads. While in the long-term, this will impact the archive aspect of the site as some of those links go dead down the road, it will also make it much easier for all providing the news, as formatting the copy-and-paste was among the more tedious and time-consuming aspects of the forum each day.

A-ball: Dayton 8, Wisconsin 2 Gee, the Reds' system swept the day; Greg Hopkins homered -- he did that in Miller Park in the "Border Battle"... R H E Dayton 8 19 0 Wisconsin 2 5 0 WISCONSIN AB R H BI Stang 3 1 1 0 Dishon 4 0 1 1 Hopkins 4 1 1 1 McMahan 4 0 0 0 Allison 3 0 2 0 RobertsT 1 0 0 0 Pharr 2 0 0 0 George 3 0 0 0 Paciorek 2 0 0 0 Rogers 1 0 0 0 Williams 0 0 0 0 Rivera 2 0 0 0 2B: Dishon, Stang HR: Hopkins IP H R ER BB SO TP Goforth 3 7 3 3 2 4 56 White 2 5 3 3 2 4 50 Harvey 2 4 0 0 1 1 40 Glynn 2 3 2 2 1 1 29

High-A: Bakersfield 8, Brevard County 3 Don't worry, Brooks Hall, this one didn't count; T.J. Mittelstaedt tweeted after the game about the big league significance of his HR... R H E Bakersfield 8 12 0 Brevard County 3 8 1 BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI Romero 3 0 0 0 Mittelstaedt 3 1 2 1 Elmore 1 0 0 0 Hawn 3 1 0 0 Krieger 4 0 2 1 Walker 4 0 2 0 Vucinich 2 0 0 1 Velazquez 4 0 1 0 Berberet 4 0 0 0 Dhanani 3 0 1 0 Hart 2 1 0 0 2B: Velazquez HR: Mittelstaedt SF: Vucinich IP H R ER BB SO TP Hall 2 7 6 6 0 0 29 Marzec 2 0 0 0 1 3 37 Keeling 2 2 0 0 1 0 31 Holle 2 3 2 1 0 0 29 PierceJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

AA: Pensacola 7, Huntsville 2 Kyle Heckathorn got the start; four lonely singles for the Stars... R H E Huntsville 2 4 0 Pensacola 7 12 0 HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI Gennett 2 0 0 0 Bolivar 1 1 1 0 Bianchi 2 0 0 0 Morris 3 1 1 0 DavisKh 4 0 1 0 Kjeldgaard 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 2 0 1 2 Zarraga 3 0 0 0 Roberts 1 0 0 0 Haydel 3 0 0 0 Reed 1 0 0 0 Cline 4 0 0 0 Heckathorn 1 0 0 0 De La Rosa 1 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO TP Heckathorn 5 8 3 3 1 3 72 Byrd 2 4 4 3 1 2 35 Sanchez 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Manzanillo 1 0 0 0 1 1 22

Thursday 3/29 boxes vs. Reds' organization -- AAA: Louisville 10, Nashville 9 Poor day for Wily Peralta on the mound, better at the plate; offensively, 3-hit days for Caleb Gindl and Hainley Statia, Sean Halton 2-for-2 continues a red-hot spring... R H E Nashville 9 12 1 Louisville 10 11 2 NASHVILLE AB R H BI Patterson 4 1 1 1 Ozuna 1 0 0 0 Farris 5 2 1 0 Gindl 4 1 3 1 Gonzalez 5 0 0 0 Caufield 5 1 1 0 Almonte 2 0 0 0 Halton 2 2 2 0 Statia 4 0 3 3 Rivera 1 0 0 0 Buller 3 1 0 0 Peralta 2 0 1 0 Arcia 1 1 0 0 2B: Peralta, Patterson, Caufield 3B: Gindl IP H R ER BB SO Peralta 4.2 6 6 6 4 3 Hand 2.1 5 4 1 0 5 Seidel 2 0 0 0 0 2

A-Ball: Wisconsin 8, Dayton 2 Three-hit games for OF Ben McMahan and C Adam Weisenburger; solid start for 2011 3rd round RHP Drew Gagnon... R H E Wisconsin 8 11 1 Dayton 2 5 1 WISCONSIN AB R H BI Dishon 3 0 0 0 George 4 2 0 0 Stang 2 1 0 0 Williams 0 0 0 0 Rogers 3 0 0 0 Hopkins 1 0 0 0 McMahan 5 2 3 1 Macias 3 1 2 1 Weisenburger 3 0 3 3 Ozuna 1 0 0 0 Paciorek 1 0 1 0 Rivera 5 1 1 1 Allison 4 1 1 0 2B: McMahan, Macias, Paciorek 3B: Rivera IP H R ER BB SO TP Gagnon 4 2 1 1 1 3 56 Moye 2 1 0 0 0 3 22 Barnes 2 2 1 1 0 2 29 Lintz 1 0 0 0 0 0 15

High-A: Bakersfield 4, Brevard County 0 That would be a big "zero" in the Manatee hit column, yikes; RHP Austin Ross' line isn't pretty despite only two runs allowed, 3 walks, no K's in 4.2... R H E Brevard County 0 0 1 Bakersfield 4 9 1 BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI Shaw 3 0 0 0 Mittelstaedt 3 0 0 0 Berard 1 0 0 0 Hawn 2 0 0 0 Berberet 1 0 0 0 Krieger 3 0 0 0 Reed 0 0 0 0 Walker 3 0 0 0 Dhanani 0 0 0 0 Velazquez 3 0 0 0 Neda 3 0 0 0 Dean 3 0 0 0 Keen 2 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO TP Ross 4.2 6 2 2 3 0 74 Francisco 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 11 PierceC 2 1 0 0 0 1 27 Cravy 1 2 2 0 0 1 17

AA: Pensacola 5, Huntsville 2 Stars pitchers walked ten, six by southpaw Manuel Ruiz, ouch; there's 2009 3rd rounder Josh Prince, now in center field... R H E Pensacola 5 6 0 Huntsville 2 7 1 HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI Gennett, 2b 4 0 1 1 Arcia, ph 1 0 0 0 Bianchi, ss 4 0 0 0 Morris, 1b 3 0 1 0 Harris, 1b 1 0 0 0 DavisKh, lf 3 0 1 0 Kjeldgaard, lf 2 0 0 0 DavisKe, rf 3 1 1 0 Prince, cf 3 0 0 0 De La Rosa, c 4 1 2 1 Sanchez, 3b 4 0 1 0 Anundsen 2 0 0 0 2B: Gennett, De la Rosa IP H R ER BB SO TP Anundsen 2 1 0 0 3 1 42 Chulk 2 1 0 0 0 1 35 Meadows 2 3 2 2 1 2 36 Ruiz 2 1 3 3 6 0 43 Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 2 14

These are Wednesday's box scores vs. the Reds' organization -- Zelous Wheeler's final Brewers box score... AAA: Nashville 3, Louisville 2 Here's a detailed game summary from the Sounds' site R H E Louisville 2 6 0 Nashville 3 8 0 NASHVILLE AB R H BI Statia 4 0 1 0 Maldonado 4 1 2 1 Wheeler 4 1 1 0 Halton 4 0 2 0 Almonte 3 0 1 1 Gibbons 2 0 0 0 Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 Caufield 2 1 0 0 Phillips 2 0 0 0 Arlis 1 0 0 0 McClung 2 0 1 0 Butler 1 0 0 0 Mejia 1 0 0 0 2B: Wheeler SF: Almonte IP H R ER BB SO TP Axford 0.2 3 2 2 2 2 39 McClung 4 1 0 0 1 5 68 Butler 2 2 0 0 0 1 35

Looking more and more like 2009 3rd round SS Josh Prince is an OF now.

OF Corey Patterson released, as per Adam McCalvy EDIT: And then re-signed him

Always tough when the release names start filtering in -- Brewers minor-league releases as per @eddymk of Baseball America -- LHP's Del Howell, Efrain Nieves & Jon Pokorny, IF's Mike Brownstein & Sergio Miranda Player names link to career stats -- LHP Del Howell -- Drafted out of the University of Alabama in the 15th round of 2009, the now 24-year-old was 7-18 with a 4.56 ERA in 51 career games (38 starts), with 32 starts coming at Wisconsin in 2010 and '11. Here was a detailed report on him from the Post-Crescent in May 2010. Howell peaked at #25 on the Power 50 in '09. LHP Efrain Nieves -- Though only 22 now, Nieves already has five years in the system as the Crew's 7th round pick out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy & School in 2007. He was used exclusively in relief at Brevard last season, but did make 36 starts earlier in his career. Here's another Post-Crescent profile. History -- Nieves reached #20 on the Power 50 in April '09. LHP Jon Pokorny -- Another 24-year-old who spent all of 2011 at Brevard County, the 9th round pick seems to have a case for success elsewhere. He's allowed fewer hits than innings pitched in his career, with 185 K's in 160 career innings. In the second half of 2011, Pokorny limited opponents to a .211 average, so the southpaw wasn't trending downward. Yes, he did get his own Timber Rattlers feature profile in July of 2010. He also had a Power 50 history. IF Mike Brownstein -- The now 24-year-old was the Brewers' 14th round 2009 pick out of the University of New Mexico. He missed all of 2010 following surgery on his right hamstring. Splitting his return season evenly between Wisconsin and Brevard, he posted a combined .684 2011 OPS. Although never on the Power 50, Mike is the only "Brownstein" ever to play affiliated pro baseball. IF Sergio Miranda -- The 25-year-old Puerto Rico native who attended Virginia Commonwealth was acquired in a seemingly random obscure trade from the White Sox in March of 2009 for cash considerations that had us all scrambling to learn about him. He made three career outfield appearances, but otherwise spread his defense all around the four infield spots. Baseball Reference indicates he made one appearance at both pitcher (we can see that) and catcher (really?) with Brevard in 2009. Here's wishing these guys well. Should they pursue their careers in 2012, we'll let fans and former teammates know about any landing spots, including independent ball.