Jim Goulart

A-Ball: Augusta 5, Wisconsin 3 Favorite part of those Maryvale ballfields -- it's "triples" heaven... R H E Wisconsin 3 7 0 Augusta 5 11 1 WISCONSIN AB R H BI Stang, cf 4 0 1 0 Hopkins, 3b 5 1 1 0 Rogers, dh 1 1 1 1 McMahan, lf 4 0 1 1 Macias, 2b 3 0 1 0 George, 2b 1 0 0 0 Nemeth, 1b 4 0 1 0 Allison, rf 3 0 0 0 Dishon, rf 1 0 0 0 Roberts, c 3 0 0 0 Pharr, c 0 0 0 0 Rivera, ss 2 0 1 0 Williams, ss 1 1 0 0 2B: Nemeth, Rivera 3B: McMahan, Rogers IP H R ER BB SO TP Strong 4 4 2 2 2 3 59 Peterson 2 4 1 1 0 0 35 Toledo 1 2 2 2 1 1 28 Shackelford 1 1 0 0 0 1 13

High-A: San Jose 10, Brevard County 2 Jed Bradley cuffed around a bit, didn't walk anyone, though; Hiram Burgos four scoreless; Eric Arnett, oh well; Cody Hawn a two-run HR, the extent of the team RBI's... R H E Brevard County 2 4 0 San Jose 10 17 0 BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI Shaw 2 0 0 0 Dhanani 1 0 0 0 Vucinich 3 1 1 0 Hawn 3 1 1 2 Krieger 3 0 0 0 Mittelstaedt 3 0 0 0 Walker 4 0 0 0 Berberet 3 0 1 0 Velazquez 3 0 1 0 Romero 2 0 0 0 HR: Hawn IP H R ER BB SO TP Bradley 3 8 4 3 0 4 57 Burgos 4 3 0 0 0 3 52 Arnett 0.2 3 3 3 3 1 29 WilliamsAl 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 21

AA: Huntsville 11, Richmond 1 Oh yeah, Tyler Thornburg, that'll do just fine; six extra-base hits for the Stars; basically, if you were wearing a Huntsville uniform Tuesday, you had a good day... R H E Richmond 1 6 0 Huntsville 11 14 1 HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI Gennett, 2b 5 0 1 1 Cline, 3b 5 1 1 0 Morris, 1b 5 2 3 0 Kjeldgaard, lf 4 1 1 2 DavisKe, rf 3 2 2 1 Bolivar, ss 4 2 2 3 Zarraga, c 3 1 2 1 Pechek, c 1 0 1 2 Haydel, cf 3 1 1 1 Reed, cf 1 0 0 0 Thornburg, p 1 0 0 0 Arcia 1 1 0 0 Harris 2 0 0 0 2B: DavisKe, Bolivar, Kjeldgaard, Haydel 3B: Pechek, Zarraga IP H R ER BB SO TP Thornburg 4 3 0 0 0 6 64 Mercedes 2 3 1 0 1 3 29 Manzanillo 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 Holle 2 0 0 0 0 2 20

Tuesday box scores vs. the Giants' organization -- AAA: Fresno 2, Nashville 1 Nashville Site with the game summary -- read me... R H E Fresno 2 9 0 Nashville 1 2 0 NASHVILLE AB R H BI Gomez 4 0 0 0 Sanchez 3 0 0 0 Farris 3 0 0 0 Wheeler 4 1 1 0 Halton 3 0 0 0 McFarland 1 0 0 0 Gibbons 2 0 1 1 Gonzalez 2 0 0 0 Caufield 2 0 0 0 Buller 1 0 0 0 Rogers 1 0 0 0 Almonte 1 0 0 0 2B: Wheeler, Gibbons Rogers 4 6 2 2 1 3 62 Wooten 2 0 0 0 0 2 16 Blanks 2 3 0 0 0 1 30 Garate 1 0 0 0 0 1 14

A-Ball: Kannapolis 5, Wisconsin 4 The two shortstops who saw action, Yadiel Rivera and Carlos George, combined to go 4-for-4; the rest of the team: 2-for-30; John Dishon homered... R H E Kannapolis 5 12 Wisconsin 4 6 0 WISCONSIN AB R H BI Allison 4 1 0 0 Dishon 4 1 1 2 Rogers 4 0 0 0 McMahan 3 0 0 0 Hopkins 3 0 0 0 Paciorek 4 0 0 0 Weisenburger 3 1 1 0 Rivera 2 1 2 1 George 2 0 2 0 Macias 1 0 0 0 Nemeth 1 0 0 0 Mejia 1 0 0 0 Williams 2 0 0 0 3B: Rivera HR: Dishon IP H R ER BB SO TP Williamson 3 5 1 1 0 4 64 WilliamsAl 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 42 Harvey 1.2 3 3 3 0 2 33 Glynn 2 2 0 0 1 1 25

High-A: Winston-Salem 7, Brevard County 2 Taylor Jungmann with four scoreless innings despite just one K -- can't wait to follow him this season; he was the sole box score highlight in this one... R H E Winston-Salem 7 13 0 Brevard County 2 6 1 BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI Shaw 4 1 1 0 Vucinich 3 1 1 0 Dhanani 1 0 0 0 Hawn 2 0 1 0 Berberet 1 0 0 0 Krieger 3 0 0 0 Velazquez 1 0 1 0 Walker 4 0 1 1 Mittelstaedt 4 0 0 0 Keen 3 0 0 0 Neda 2 0 0 0 Dean 1 0 0 0 Romero 3 0 1 0 2B: Romero IP H R ER BB SO TP Jungmann 4 4 0 0 2 1 65 Keeling 1.1 4 4 4 1 0 36 Whalen 1.2 5 3 3 0 1 25 Francisco 1 0 0 0 0 1 8

AA: Huntsville 8, Birmingham 5 15 hits for the Stars, and defense has been overwhelmingly clean in these Brewer box scores this spring; Jeff Bianchi homered among his three hits, five others with two-hit efforts... R H E Huntsville 8 15 0 Birmingham 5 10 4 HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI Sanchez, 2b 5 1 0 1 Bianchi, ss 5 1 3 3 Morris, 1b 5 0 0 0 DavisKe, rf 5 1 1 0 Prince, cf 5 1 2 0 Haydel, lf 5 0 2 0 De La Rosa, c 2 2 2 1 Zarraga, c 2 0 2 0 Cline, 3b 4 1 2 0 Merklinger, p 2 1 1 1 Reed 2 0 0 0 2B: De La Rosa HR: Bianchi IP H R ER BB SO TP Merklinger 4 4 2 2 3 4 78 Sanchez 2 2 0 0 0 2 25 Seidel 2 4 3 3 1 3 37 Marzec 1 0 0 0 0 0 6

These are Monday's box scores vs. the White Sox organization: Final: Charlotte 7, Nashville 4 Game summary from the Sounds' site Just one inning for Amaury Rivas? Still scheduled to be in the rotation? R H E Nashville 4 6 0 Charlotte 7 9 2 NASHVILLE AB R H BI Patterson 3 0 0 0 Caufield 1 0 0 0 Farris 4 2 1 0 Wheeler 3 1 1 1 Almonte 3 0 0 2 Gibbons 3 0 1 0 Halton 4 0 1 0 Statia 4 0 0 0 Arlis 3 0 1 0 Buller 1 0 1 0 Fiers 1 0 0 0 Gonzalez 3 1 0 0 2B: Farris 3B: Gibbons SF: Almonte IP H R ER BB SO TP Fiers 4 5 5 5 2 4 71 Rivas 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 Hand 2 3 2 2 2 1 38 Byrd 2 1 0 0 0 2 20

Always puzzled as to how the Brewers make their affiliate announcers and affiliate front office staffs dance around any injury updates for HIPPA reasons (primarily those that aren't necessarily in-game, hard for the announcers to avoid those), yet will detail each player's injury status the following spring in their media guide, regardless of rehab status.

Always puzzled as to how the Brewers make their affiliate announcers and affiliate front office staffs dance around any injury updates for HIPPA reasons (primarily those that aren't necessarily in-game, hard for the announcers to avoid those), yet will detail each player's injury status the following spring in their media guide, regardless of rehab status.

Plenty here to digest, so we'll do things alphabetical --player names link to career stat pages: RHP Sean Albury -- man, this is such a bummer to start us off, because we grew to love the "Mad Bahamian" in Helena last year. First, here's what prospects guru John Sickels had to say recently, on February 17th: The Brewers got a bargain when they drafted Mike Fiers out of Nova Southeastern University a few years ago, so they went back to the well with Sean Albury in 2011 in the 31st round. He has a low 90s fastball and posted a 27/5 K/BB in 20 innings in the Pioneer League, with a 0.90 ERA. He could move fast as a reliever. What Sickels didn't know at the time was that Albury underwent rotator cuff surgery on his pitching shoulder just after Christmas. We imagine 2012 is lost, that's just a shame. Get well, Sean. *** LHP Dane Amedee -- 28th round 2010 pick, now 21, did not pitch in 2011, yet to appear in a spring training box score; sorry, no update - unclear if absence is injury-related. Still listed in the 2012 media guide, still with the organization, hopefully seen soon in a box score. *** RHP Blake Billings -- It's been a rough pro career for the now 22-year-old drafted out of an Alabama high school in 2008's 19th round. After pitching in all of one inning in 2010, Billings missed all of 2011 with a right shoulder strain and surgery was performed by Dr. William Raasch last July. Yet to appear in any of the non-rookie league box scores we have access to for 2012. *** INF Juan De Leon -- The tall (6'4") DSL corner infielder has struggled in two pro seasons, and 2012 seems lost as he underwent offseason ACL surgery on his left knee this past January. *** RHP Jameson Dunn -- The now 25-year-old undrafted free agent out of Oral Roberts was sidelined for his rookie pro season as of last June 26th with what the Brewers termed "right shoulder impingement syndrome". We've yet to see him in a spring box score. *** Not injury-related, but the Brewers media guide now lists Dominican OF Jose Garcia, who has struggled in four pro seasons after being signed for a hefty $550,000 in September of '07, as a catcher. Unlike our update about Hitaniel Arias converting to pitcher, which was specifically spelled out by the Brewers, this may or may not be a typo. Well, at least Garcia has hit like a weak catcher thus far... *** C Cameron Garfield -- Garfield, 2009's 2nd rounder, missed most of 2011 with a dislocated patella in his left knee, but he's pretty excited about his current status. *** SS Carlos George missed the majority of the 2011 season (played only 26 games) with three stints on the DL (left hamstring strain). Offseason must have helped, he's appeared in spring box scores. *** C Dustin Houle -- Only 17 years old when drafted in the 8th round of last year's draft, the Canadian never made his pro debut because of a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. We imagine he's good to go now, but you wouldn't see him listed in this spring's boxes regardless because we don't get the rookie level games. *** RHP R.J. Johnson -- Drafted in the 36th round out of a Mississippi high school in 2010, Johnson missed all of 2011 with, again as the Brewers term it, "right shoulder impingement syndrome". Google tells us that "this condition is closely related to shoulder bursitis and rotator cuff tendonitis. These conditions may occur alone or in combination." As with Jameson Dunn, difficult to determine if surgery took place; we'll know more when the June rookie league seasons begin. *** RHP Andre Lamontagne -- Many of us would love to see this 11th round 2009 pick back in action, but the just-turned 26-year-old (already!) missed all of 2011 with what the Brewers identified as right shoulder bursitis. No box score appearances as of yet... *** C Rafael Neda -- Nice to see the 2010 10th rounder appearing in games this spring, including cameo appearances in the big league contests. Neda missed all but 20 games of 2011 with a right thumb injury. *** RHP Pedro Peguero -- Peguero is a 6'6", 215 lb Dominican 18-year-old who made four relief appearances in the Dominican Summer League in '11. This past January, he underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right elbow, according to the club. *** LHP Mike Ramlow -- Entering his 7th year in the Brewers' system, the 26-year-old 2005 24th round pick has had it tough injury-wise. In 2009, he missed nearly all season with elbow inflammation in his pitching arm. After a successful return to action in 2010 at Brevard, Ramlow then missed all of 2011 with "left shoulder impingement syndrome", which is the southpaw cousin of, well, you get it. We're glad to link to another positive tweet, however. *** LHP Jose Ramos -- We remeber the 2009 DSL season when it seemed Ramos was up and hurling multiple bullpen innings four days a week, or so it seemed. He had Tommy John surgery in 2010, was still recovering from it last year, and missed both seasons altogether. Now 22, good luck to him persevering for 2012. *** Ending on a non-injury note, learned that SS Hainley Statia's first name is pronounced HINE-lee. So there you go...

Plenty here to digest, so we'll do things alphabetical --player names link to career stat pages: RHP Sean Albury -- man, this is such a bummer to start us off, because we grew to love the "Mad Bahamian" in Helena last year. First, here's what prospects guru John Sickels had to say recently, on February 17th: The Brewers got a bargain when they drafted Mike Fiers out of Nova Southeastern University a few years ago, so they went back to the well with Sean Albury in 2011 in the 31st round. He has a low 90s fastball and posted a 27/5 K/BB in 20 innings in the Pioneer League, with a 0.90 ERA. He could move fast as a reliever. What Sickels didn't know at the time was that Albury underwent rotator cuff surgery on his pitching shoulder just after Christmas. We imagine 2012 is lost, that's just a shame. Get well, Sean. *** LHP Dane Amedee -- 28th round 2010 pick, now 21, did not pitch in 2011, yet to appear in a spring training box score; sorry, no update - unclear if absence is injury-related. Still listed in the 2012 media guide, still with the organization, hopefully seen soon in a box score. *** RHP Blake Billings -- It's been a rough pro career for the now 22-year-old drafted out of an Alabama high school in 2008's 19th round. After pitching in all of one inning in 2010, Billings missed all of 2011 with a right shoulder strain and surgery was performed by Dr. William Raasch last July. Yet to appear in any of the non-rookie league box scores we have access to for 2012. *** INF Juan De Leon -- The tall (6'4") DSL corner infielder has struggled in two pro seasons, and 2012 seems lost as he underwent offseason ACL surgery on his left knee this past January. *** RHP Jameson Dunn -- The now 25-year-old undrafted free agent out of Oral Roberts was sidelined for his rookie pro season as of last June 26th with what the Brewers termed "right shoulder impingement syndrome". We've yet to see him in a spring box score. *** Not injury-related, but the Brewers media guide now lists Dominican OF Jose Garcia, who has struggled in four pro seasons after being signed for a hefty $550,000 in September of '07, as a catcher. Unlike our update about Hitaniel Arias converting to pitcher, which was specifically spelled out by the Brewers, this may or may not be a typo. Well, at least Garcia has hit like a weak catcher thus far... *** C Cameron Garfield -- Garfield, 2009's 2nd rounder, missed most of 2011 with a dislocated patella in his left knee, but he's pretty excited about his current status. *** SS Carlos George missed the majority of the 2011 season (played only 26 games) with three stints on the DL (left hamstring strain). Offseason must have helped, he's appeared in spring box scores. *** C Dustin Houle -- Only 17 years old when drafted in the 8th round of last year's draft, the Canadian never made his pro debut because of a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. We imagine he's good to go now, but you wouldn't see him listed in this spring's boxes regardless because we don't get the rookie level games. *** RHP R.J. Johnson -- Drafted in the 36th round out of a Mississippi high school in 2010, Johnson missed all of 2011 with, again as the Brewers term it, "right shoulder impingement syndrome". Google tells us that "this condition is closely related to shoulder bursitis and rotator cuff tendonitis. These conditions may occur alone or in combination." As with Jameson Dunn, difficult to determine if surgery took place; we'll know more when the June rookie league seasons begin. *** RHP Andre Lamontagne -- Many of us would love to see this 11th round 2009 pick back in action, but the just-turned 26-year-old (already!) missed all of 2011 with what the Brewers identified as right shoulder bursitis. No box score appearances as of yet... *** C Rafael Neda -- Nice to see the 2010 10th rounder appearing in games this spring, including cameo appearances in the big league contests. Neda missed all but 20 games of 2011 with a right thumb injury. *** RHP Pedro Peguero -- Peguero is a 6'6", 215 lb Dominican 18-year-old who made four relief appearances in the Dominican Summer League in '11. This past January, he underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right elbow, according to the club. *** LHP Mike Ramlow -- Entering his 7th year in the Brewers' system, the 26-year-old 2005 24th round pick has had it tough injury-wise. In 2009, he missed nearly all season with elbow inflammation in his pitching arm. After a successful return to action in 2010 at Brevard, Ramlow then missed all of 2011 with "left shoulder impingement syndrome", which is the southpaw cousin of, well, you get it. We're glad to link to another positive tweet, however. *** LHP Jose Ramos -- We remeber the 2009 DSL season when it seemed Ramos was up and hurling multiple bullpen innings four days a week, or so it seemed. He had Tommy John surgery in 2010, was still recovering from it last year, and missed both seasons altogether. Now 22, good luck to him persevering for 2012. *** Ending on a non-injury note, learned that SS Hainley Statia's first name is pronounced HINE-lee. So there you go...

A-Ball: Wisconsin 7, Cedar Rapids 0 Have fun watching LH Dominican Manuel Ruiz this season, Appleton fans; this was the Greg Hopkins inside-the-park grand slam game Chris Mehring detailed so well (see previous post in thread) R H E Wisconsin 7 7 0 Cedar Rapids 0 4 1 WISCONSIN AB R H BI WilliamsAd 5 0 0 0 Dishon 4 1 2 1 Hopkins 4 1 1 4 Rogers 3 0 1 0 Nemeth 4 0 0 0 Allison 2 0 0 0 Franco 2 0 0 0 Weisenburger 1 2 0 0 Moscatel 1 0 0 0 Rivera 2 0 1 1 Arcia 2 2 1 0 Elmore 2 1 1 0 3B: Rivera HR: Hopkins IP H R ER BB SO TP Ruiz 3 1 0 0 0 2 34 Goforth 3 3 0 0 0 3 34 Toledo 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 Francisco 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 Whalen 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 Lintz 1 0 0 0 0 0 11

High-A: Brevard County 13, Inland Empire 2 Fear the Sea Cows! Brooks Hall built up to four innings, looks like Eric Arnett will be a reliever this year (early read on things); while trying not to read too much into OF Miguel Velazquez getting only one AB before departing -- this is spring training box score madness after all... R H E Brevard County 13 13 0 Inland Empire 2 6 2 BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI Shaw 5 1 2 0 Keen 5 2 2 2 Hawn 3 0 0 0 Berberet 2 1 2 1 Walker 3 0 0 0 Dhanani 2 1 1 3 McMahan 5 1 2 0 Mittelstaedt 4 2 1 0 Velazquez 1 0 0 0 Ozuna 3 2 2 2 Neda 3 1 0 0 Pharr 1 1 1 3 George 1 0 0 0 Macias 2 1 0 0 2B: Berberet, Keen 3B: Ozuna HR: Pharr, Dhananni IP H R ER BB SO TP Hall 4 5 2 2 1 1 61 Anundsen 2 1 0 0 1 1 29 Arnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Marzec 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 Holle 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 Cravy 1 1 0 0 0 0 12

AA: Arkansas 3, Huntsville 1 Notice that Brooks Conrad is listed as "EH" (extra hitter) in the ten-man lineup -- why not have him lead off? Kyle Heckathorn can hopefully learn to conquer AA bats this season, as last year's jump from Brevard did not go well; want a sleeper to watch -- LHP Alan Williams will be the Joe Thatcher the Brewers keep... R H E Arkansas 3 6 1 Huntsville 1 6 2 HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI Bianchi, ss 4 1 2 0 Cline, 3b 2 0 0 0 Kjeldgaard, lf 4 0 1 1 Prince, cf 4 0 1 0 Bolivar, 2b 4 0 0 0 Vucinich, 3b 2 0 0 0 Romero, rf 3 0 1 0 Pechek, c 3 0 1 0 Roberts, dh 2 0 0 0 Dean, dh 1 0 0 0 Conrad, eh 2 0 0 0 2B: Bianchi, Kjeldgaard IP H R ER BB SO TP Heckathorn 4 5 3 2 1 0 58 WilliamsAl 2 1 0 0 0 2 25 Blanks 2 0 0 0 0 1 24 Byrd 1 0 0 0 1 0 13

Now we're getting up-to-date with Saturday's boxes vs. Anaheim affiliates: AAA: Nashville 4, Salt Lake 2 RHP's Wily Peralta and newcomer Brian Baker posted pretty lines -- have you considered how many veteran arms the Brewers have to filter through to fill out the Nashville bullpen? Even if a couple sift down to AA, there's just no way to avoid some tough releases in a week or so. 1B Sean Halton with a big spring, triple among his two knocks here... R H E Salt Lake 2 8 0 Nashville 4 11 0 NASHVILLE AB R H BI Patterson, lf 3 0 2 0 Farris, 2b 4 0 0 0 Mejia, ph 1 0 0 0 Wheeler, dh 3 2 1 0 Halton, 1b 3 1 2 2 Almonte, 3b 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez, ss 3 1 3 1 Caufield, rf 4 0 1 0 Buller, c 3 0 1 1 Arlis, c 1 0 0 0 Sanchez, cf 3 0 1 0 2B: Wheeler, Gonzalez 3B: Halton IP H R ER BB SO TP Peralta 4 4 1 1 0 3 44 Baker 3.2 2 0 0 0 7 59 Wooten 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 24

A-ball: Wisconsin 8, Great Lakes 3 Chris Mehring covered this game in detail (with pictures) in his 3-25 report linked a few posts above... R H E Great Lakes 3 6 1 Wisconsin 8 11 0 WISCONSIN AB R H BI Reed, rf 3 0 1 0 Dishon, rf 1 1 1 3 Arcia, ss 2 1 0 0 Rivera, ss 2 0 0 0 Nemeth, 1b 4 0 0 0 Hopkins, dh 4 1 2 2 Allison, lf 5 0 0 0 Moscatel 1 0 0 0 Roberts, c 2 1 0 0 Weisenburger, c 1 0 0 0 Ozuna, cf 2 1 1 0 Stang, cf 2 0 2 0 Berard, 3b 2 0 1 1 Williams, 2b 3 2 2 0 Elmore, 2b 2 1 1 1 2B: Hopkins 2, Ozuna, Dishon IP H R ER BB SO TP/K Gagnon 3 4 2 2 1 4 47 Moye 3 1 1 0 0 2 36 Harvey 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 Shackelford 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 1 10

High-A: Rancho Cucamonga 6, Brevard County 2 Wow, haven't typed Rancho Cucamonga since the High Desert days -- actually, probably did last spring training; Kameron Loe got two innings of work as the starter; sweet line for Jed Bradley, yee-hah; lineup pretty representative of what Manatees roster will likely see; this was the Max Walla dive-and-break-finger game... R H E Rancho Cucamonga 6 10 0 Brevard County 2 6 0 BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI Keen 3 0 1 0 Mittelstaedt 3 0 0 0 Hawn 3 0 1 0 Rogers 3 1 1 0 Walker 2 0 0 0 Dhanani 1 0 0 0 Walla 1 0 0 0 McMahan 1 0 1 0 Velazquez 3 1 1 0 Berberet 2 0 0 0 Paciorek 1 0 0 0 Macias 2 0 1 0 George 0 0 0 0 2B: Keen, Rogers, Velazquez IP H R ER BB SO TP Loe 2 2 2 2 0 2 21 Bradley 3 2 0 0 0 4 35 Pokorny 1 3 2 2 0 3 26 Garman 1 2 2 2 1 0 18 Keeling 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 Peterson 1 1 0 0 1 2 20

AA: Chattanooga 8, Huntsville 2 Lookouts did a lot more with their ten hits than the Stars did; Scooter Gennett warmed up for his big league cycle today with two hits here; Cody Scarpetta -- ouch, this game aside, does anyone picture a scenario where Scarpetta would be on the big league club to stay in 2013, as his option situation requires? If the Brewers carry him, he'll by like their own Rule 5 self-pick... R H E Huntsville 2 10 1 Chattanooga 8 10 2 HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI Gennett 5 1 2 1 Bianchi 5 0 1 0 Kjeldgaard 4 0 2 0 Krieger 3 0 1 1 Dean 2 0 0 0 DavisKe 4 0 1 0 Prince 5 1 1 0 Vucinich 4 0 2 0 Romero 5 0 0 0 Pechek 1 0 0 0 2B: Vucinich IP H R ER BB SO TP Scarpetta 2.1 4 6 6 4 0 52 Mercedes 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 26 Seidel 2 4 2 2 0 3 30 Manzanillo 1 1 0 0 1 1 21 Medlen 1 1 0 0 0 1 16

These are Friday games vs. Dodgers' affiliates -- AAA: Nashville 7, Albuquerque 1 Four Sounds had multi-hit games, led by Sean Halton's three; 12 of 13 Nashville hits singles; strong pitching... R H E Nashville 5 13 1 Albuquerque 1 7 3 NASHVILLE AB R H BI Haydel 6 0 0 0 Miranda 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 2 0 0 0 Patterson 4 1 2 0 Caufield 1 0 0 0 Halton 4 3 3 0 Almonte 5 0 2 0 Gibbons 5 0 1 2 Wheeler 4 0 2 2 Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 Statia 4 0 1 0 De La Rosa 2 1 1 0 Zarraga 2 0 1 0 2B: Gibbons IP H R ER BB SO TP McClung 3 2 1 1 0 4 46 Rivas 2 1 0 0 1 0 19 Garate 2 3 0 0 0 5 41 Hand 2 1 0 0 0 1 28

Hopefully you've been enjoying the wonderfully detailed reports Voice of the Rattlers Chris Mehring has been providing from spring training this week. If not, they're linked here, including Sunday's just-filed report: http://rattlerradio.mlblogs.com/2012/03/23/timber-rattlers-spring-training-march-22-2012/ http://rattlerradio.mlblogs.com/2012/03/24/timber-rattlers-spring-training-march-23-2012/ http://rattlerradio.mlblogs.com/2012/03/25/timber-rattlers-spring-training-march-24-2012/ http://rattlerradio.mlblogs.com/2012/03/25/timber-rattlers-spring-training-march-25-2012/

21-year-old Hitaniel Arias (career stats), who signed as a 16-year-old outfielder out of the Dominican for a hefty $450,000 in July of '07, has been converted to pitcher for the 2012 season by the Brewers. Listed at 6'6", 238, this could prove to be an exciting career path change. Let's hope, love the creativity. Arias spent 2011 in the Maryvale Brewers outfield, no word on whether Arias will pitch in the DSL or state-side this summer.

Baseball America's Ben Badler wrote about the Brewers' new DSL kids in his NL Central International Review. It's a subscription piece well worth your time, and we can only present just a very few tidbits here. You understand. Again, these names were introdcued a couple of posts above... Carlos Belonis signed for $550,000 and is considered the top signing. He'll probably get a chance at SS but his size may move him to an OF spot eventually, above-average runner. Juan Ortiz signed with the Brewers for $375,000; smooth, easy lefthanded swing, corner OF, arm should allow for RF. Yunior Santana ($110,000) -- raw RH power, athletic, likely another corner OF. Ben's piece also discusses two of our favorite DSL rookies from 2011 -- 3B Sthervin Matos and RHP Orlando Torrez, with several details on each we can't share here, but as the diehard readers could have surmised last summer, both highly thought of.

Looks like at least four DSL Brewers were released this past offseason, their names link to career stat pages: 20-year-old RHP Javier Belen walked 36 in 40 relief innings in 2010-11. 19-year-old 3B Jorge De La Cruz had a miserable 2011 after a promising 2010, even so, only 107 AB's combined. The pro career of Yheris Mateo, a 5'9" RHP, now 21, lasted all of four relief appearances. At least he can be known as the only "Yheris" ever to appear in a pro baseball game. Soon-to-be 21-year-old catcher Julio Sotelo appeared in 30 games the past two seasons, missing most of last season due to an injury he suffered in a home plate collision. On very rare occasions, the Brewers have accidentally left players off the media guide listings. That's unlikely, but possible, here.

In addition to LHP Brandol Perez (see above), look for these four new names on the DSL squad. We have no news as to how highly-regarded these players are nor their signing bonus info, but we'll ask our Baseball America friends, who may have more information: 17-year-old infielder Carlos Belonis is listed at 6'3", 175 (so we'll guess corner infielder), bats/throws R; signed last November; DOB 08/19/94; he was born in NYC but was signed out of Santo Domingo in the D.R.; the Brewers media guide tells us his father played ever-so-briefly with the San Francisco Giants in 1990: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santaan01.shtml *** RHP Miguel Diaz -- 6'1", 175 out of the Dominican, 17 years old (11/28/94), signed last December *** Another 17-year-old Dominican native, OF Juan Ortiz, 6'1", 175; bats L, throws R, signed a 2012 contract last July *** OF Yunior Santana, 18 years old (09/10/93); 6'3", 210; B/T Right; signed last November *** These players will be added to the sortable Brewerfan Player Index this week: http://www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerIndex.do