Jim Goulart

There was much goodness from Gwinnett, GA, where the Sounds continued their roll with a fifth straight victory, and suddenly, their postseason prospects look as bright as any of the full-season affiliates. The Shuckers and Mudcats stumbled - as of this morning, Biloxi just misses the playoffs while Carolina clings to a two-game advantage. Wrestling Night in Appleton did not produce an over-the-top-rope victory. So, we will break from tradition here and through the weekend, and lead off our report from Maryvale, where gametime first pitch was only 108 degrees. Image courtesy of Biloxi Shuckers and Mike Krebs - Freddy Zamora Pictured TRANSACTIONS: RHP Julio Teheran placed on a rehab assignment at High-A Wisconsin OF Terence Doston placed on High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list SS/3B Eduardo Garcia activated from High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list Final: ACL Brewers 2, ACL D-Backs Red 1, Game One of the Best-of-Three Arizona Complex League Championship Series Box Score / Wrap One. More. Win. Sure would be nice to kick off the next five-to-six-weeks of Brewers farm system action with a banner-clinching effort for American Family Fields of Phoenix. The A-Crew hosted Game One as the lower seed, with the series now moving to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick for the remainder of the set. Just as was the case in Thursday's 3-2 semifinal game win over the Rockies, pitching led the way. RHP Josh Timmerman, the 2023 16th round RHP out of Ohio State, tossed scoreless ball over the first three innings. Timmerman only turned 21 earlier this month, young for a draftee out of a four-year school. 19-year-old LHP Osbriel Mogollon, the 2nd year (1st year stateside) Venezuelan, followed with four shutout frames of his own. Mogollon only walked one, avoiding the control issues that occasionally marred his otherwise very solid season-long work. 2-0 lead going to the 8th for the good guys... Welcome back, RHP Justin Yeager (3rd piece in the amazing Esteury Ruiz trade), first time on the mound since May 11th with Biloxi. One unearned run allowed, and got three outs with the tying run standing on second base with no outs. There was similar drama in the 9th as non-drafted signing RHP Bayden Root got K's swinging on the first two men, before two singles placed runners on the corners. One more swinging K ended the contest, sweet! Kudos to Juan Baez (playing second base here) for his two-run double in the 3rd. Anti-kudos for being thrown out at 3rd with no outs trying to extend to a triple. Review the box and log for not a whole lot in the way of Crew offense outside of seven walks. Two chances for a championship, come back Sunday AM for our next report! Final: Nashville 7, Gwinnett (Braves) 3 Via the Sounds' site, we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of your season-long Link Report routine: Sounds Stay Hot, Win Fifth Straight - Nashville clinches series win with 11th consecutive victory over Gwinnett Box Score / Wrap As a 2021 draft pick by San Diego, LHP Robert Gasser does not need to be protected in Rule 5 this winter, still too early in his career. Unfair for Robert, but Milwaukee is likely not to assign a 40-man roster spot to Gasser until he makes his big-league debut sometime early next season, despite all the success as of late, fueled (get it, fueled?) by his greatly improved command and control. You can bet LHP Ethan Small's buddies let him know about another rough Andrew Chafin outing. I'm not a huge Owen Miller backer, but he is sucking it up and heating up. Must be killer for him to follow the red-hot exploits of his mates in Milwaukee. As always, catch the write-up linked above for all the notes (Black, Hiura, etc.) Voice of the Sounds Jeff Hem checked in for this Nashville media podcast at the 26:30 minute mark here. Final: Pensacola (Marlins) 6, Biloxi 4 Via the Shuckers' site: Early Runs Too Much to Overcome in 6-4 Loss for Shuckers - Pensacola scores five early, Shuckers tally 10 hits in loss Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Wrap It'll require a deep dive into the game log to determine how the Shuckers only scored four runs. Eleven hits (including two doubles), four walks, 5-for-12 with RISP. 1B Ernesto Martinez was 3-for-4 with a double, he's up to 50 plate appearances with Biloxi and is rocking a .922 OPS. This was LHP Adam Seminaris' first non-Maryvale rehab outing since May 17th. The third piece of the Hunter Renfroe trade (Janson Junk, Elvis Peguero) did not walk or K a batter in 3.2 innings (3 ER). RHP James Meeker provided 4.1 innings of quality length. RHP Ryan Brady was the most recent pre-game audio guest on the Biloxi archived audio page. More Shuckers video via their "X" media page here. Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 9, Wisconsin 2 Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Bandits Batter Thirteen Hits to Beat Wisconsin 9-2 - Rattlers drop second straight game to Quad Cities Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Wrap Let's all agree these latest auctioned jerseys are spectacularly vivid. Bidding ends early Sunday evening. Follow up the game summary you just read and then all the video action falls in place: Would not have remembered that Jheremy Vargas has now appeared in nine games at first base this season (the first eight with Carolina), this was his first action there for the T-Rats. Darrien Miller was HBP for the 10th time in 2023 and for the 51st time in 245 pro games. Yes, that's a lot, but it's not like he's sticking his elbow out, he's just a magnet of sorts. Brock Wilken doubled and walked, Mike Boeve an RBI single as the DH. Final: Columbia (Royals) 12, Carolina 4 Bullpen Blasted Late in 12-4 Loss to Fireflies - Jesus Chirinos homered and Tayden Hall extended his hit streak to 14 games in the loss Pregame Media Notes Box Score / Wrap Tagged with the loss here (2 IP, 5 R, 3 ER), 23-year-old RHP Tyler Wehrle gets credit from this camp for plenty of solid work this season - he's pitched a pretty remarkable amount of innings out of the pen (75.2) and 23 of his 24 appearances have been in relief. At 8-6, his 14 decisions indicates he's been in tight games all season long. Every time we see the energizer bunny work of Dylan O'Rae, I'm picturing him with just another two inches and 15 pounds on his listed 5'7", 160 frame, and what that would mean. But darn if he's not something. This was his only knock in this one: That being said, let's just forget about height / weight on MiLB Player Pages. First baseman Jesus Chirinos is listed at 165 pounds. Heck, his butt and thighs weigh that much. Thank you, teams trailing the Muddies in the standings for losing again on Friday night. Go, you Maryvale Brewers! Ignore the listing of Biloxi RHP Jacob Misiorowski for tonight seen at the link below as of post time. He's being put "on pause". Have a nice Saturday, everyone! Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

RHP Julio Teheran placed on a rehab assignment at High-A Wisconsin OF Terence Doston placed on High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list SS/3B Eduardo Garcia activated from High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list

Pensacola at Biloxi is free for all tonight

Thursday 8/24: Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360": GM Matt Arnold Via WTMJ: Dom Cotroneo hosts "Brewers Weekly" Reviewing the Brew's" Cold Brew Podcast: "Co-hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll discuss the Brewers recent hot streak, with sweeps against the Rangers and Twins, Willy Adames finally heating up and the offense putting things together, the trade rumors involving Pete Alonso, and what to do with Jesse Winker." *** Friday 8/25: Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" (download link): Rick Schlesinger Via 97.3's "Steve Czaban Show": Paul Wagner (go to the 01:22:00 hour/minute mark) "Corbin Burnes joins Foul Territory once again to discuss the perfect dome conditions, Rowdy Tellez's nasty finger injury, and more. Watch him react live to the Stephen Strasburg retirement news and watch out for a special appearance from Josh Hader." *** Via our Minor League Forum: Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour One): Timber Rattlers Pitching Coach Josh Spence (go to the 11:45 minute mark) Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour Two): Voice of the Timber Rattlers Chris Mehring (go to the 11:25 minute mark)

Post-Game Interview: Manager Victor Estevez

Thursday 8/24:Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour One): Timber Rattlers Pitching Coach Josh Spence (go to the 11:45 minute mark) Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour Two): Voice of the Timber Rattlers Chris Mehring (go to the 11:25 minute mark)

Don't overlook that Biloxi is fighting for a playoff spot, it'd be nice for Chourio to participate with all the teammates he's spent 2023 with.

ARIZONA LEAGUE SCOREBOARD: Friday will be a 7:00 PM Central gametime vs. the D-Backs, first of a best-of-three Games follow on Saturday, and if necessary, Sunday

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Bench Coach Nick Stanley is the most recent addition to the Biloxi pre-game audio site.

Removed OF Je'Von Ward, added LHP Fernando Abad

Please let's remember to keep all non-transaction discussion out of the Transaction Thread. It's my fault, but I tried to split all the Joe Gray discourse from last night out of here, and somehow merged the entire "Your 2023 Timber Rattlers" thread with the Transaction Thread and am now going to spend the next two hours trying to reverse that. Sigh...

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Post-Game Interview: Manager Victor Estevez

Wednesday 8/23: Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360": Jeff Levering Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Jen, Gabe and Chewy (download link)": Sophia Minnaert Via the Brewers Unfiltered Podcast - Sophia Minnaert, Adam McCalvy, Tim Dillard: "Fifteen years after his legendary run with the Crew, CC Sabathia returns to Milwaukee this weekend to celebrate his time in Brewers Blue. Before his trip, he sat down with the gang to discuss a variety of topics – his favorite teammates, mentors, memories from ’08 and much more. Plus, the gang discusses the Crew’s recent five-game win streak and hot bats." Via 97.3's Drew & KB: Paul Wagner Via the "Barrel Banter Podcast": "Are the '23 Brewers the most fun Brewers team to watch? With Eric Agnew of the Miller Park Minute." *** Postgame Shows for Brewers 8-7 extra-innings heater over Minnesota -- Via 97.3's Baseball Postgame Show - Tim Allen joins Drew & KB to discuss the big Brewers winLocked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "Those Rallying Brewers are still at it!"

To kick off this report, we provide our usual effort in acknowledging those released, and particularly in this case, OF Je'Von Ward. Good luck in the future, Je'Von, pretty sure we'll see you elsewhere on a diamond in 2024.

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The Sounds and Timber Rattlers have to really shine if they hope to make hay in their second half division crown pursuits, and Tuesday's series openers were good starts. Meanwhile Biloxi and Carolina maintain their first place status, but Carolina's lead seems tenuous based on the team's recent play. The transaction wire was busy on this day, and it's where we place much of our focus as we kick things off. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic TRANSACTIONS: DH Jesse Winker's rehab assignment moved to AAA Nashville LHP Adam Seminaris activated from AA Biloxi's 60-day injured list OF Je'Von Ward released by High-A Wisconsin Ward is just 23 years old (24 in October), despite this being his 7th season in the system (the 2020 lost pandemic year counts against service time, thus Ward was set to become a minor league free agent this fall). Drafted in the 12th round out of a California high school in 2017 at age 17, Ward was consistently playing against those nearly three years older in the 2017-2019 seasons in Maryvale, Helena and Wisconsin, respectively. This April 2019 article provides nice early career background. In November 2022, Ward discussed in this MLB.com feature how much his Arizona Fall League assignment meant to him after missing the regular season due to Tommy John surgery. Je'Von was also the subject of our BrewerFanatic interview series last winter (Part I and Part II). SS Eric Brown Jr. activated from High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list RHP Brannon Jordan activated from High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list OF Eduarqui Fernandez activated from High-A Wisconsin's 7-day injured list OF Diego Larez released by ACL Brewers Larez, 20 years old out of Venezuela, did not play in 2023, spending the year on the injured list. He appeared in 79 games over the past two seasons in the Dominican and Maryvale, posting a .213/.375/.357 line, with his OBP fueling a .732 OPS. His K rate was 23.3%. We wish both Ward and Larez well in their life and baseball journeys. We imagine Ward in particular will be able to pursue opportunities on the field should he wish. Final: Nashville 12, Gwinnett (Braves) 5 Via the Sounds' site, we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of your season-long Link Report routine: Sounds Slug Their Way Past Stripers - Owen Miller a perfect 4-for-4 as Nashville romps Gwinnett to begin road trip Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Wrap As is always the case, so many nuggets within the meat of that summary along with the post-breakdown notes. He's not grabbing headlines in his middle relief role, but we can at least acknowledge that 40-man roster LHP Ethan Small has been quite effective in 2023 with a 1.20 WHIP over 40 innings of work. Yes, Tyler Black homered (off old friend infielder Daniel Robertson). He also drew two walks. Hard to fathom that all of Mike Brosseau, Luis Urias and Owen Miller are out of the Crew's infield mix here in August. Notably, of course, Miller remains in the organization and firmly on the 40-man roster. Miller, Patrick Dorrian, Keston Hiura, and Abraham Toro also all went deep, but with a road game and no Gwinnett video grabbed, take the box score's word for it. Final: Pensacola (Marlins) 10, Biloxi 3 Via the Shuckers' site: Shuckers Fall in Series Opener Against Blue Wahoos - Felix Valerio becomes ninth Shucker of the year with multi-double game Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Wrap Jackson Chourio singled in five trips, did not strike out. In fact, the Shuckers only fanned twice but stranded ten within a 3-for-17 RISP effort. The three runs RH reliever James Meeker allowed in the 6th were unearned, but it still wasn't a good frame, as Meeker very uncharacteristically walked the first two men he faced. Despite the five doubles among the ten Shuckers hits, between the middling pitching lines (including starting RHP Carlos Rodriguez) and the four errors, this was a downer for the listed 1,227 in attendance, with Biloxi down 7-0 entering the bottom of the 6th. Felix Valerio has walked once since June ended (95 at-bats). It's been a tough 2023, but we'll acknowledge him here: Final: Wisconsin 4, Quad Cities (Royals) 3 Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Wood Knocks Back on Bandits - Catcher’s two-out, two-run double is the hit the Rattlers needed Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Wrap Only five hits for the Timber Rattlers, but timeliness and at the plate and solid pitching proved a good combination. He only faced one batter, but RHP Miguel Guerrero stranding two of RHP Brannon Jordan's baserunners with a strikeout in the 7th was huge. Good to see Jordan return after just over a month on the IL. That's a pretty sweet Wisconsin top of the lineup when you combine a returning Eric Brown Jr. with the newbies in Brock Wilken and Mike Boeve, along with promoted Luis Lara. I'm typing just as I recovered from a brief power outage, so let's just get right to the game highlights: Matinee on Wednesday, so no Postgame Podcast Tuesday night. Final: Columbia (Royals) 8, Carolina 5 Early Deficit Too Much in 8-5 Loss to Fireflies - Jadher Areinamo and Dylan O'Rae both had two doubles in first-place Carolina's series opening loss to Columbia Pregame Media Notes Box Score / Wrap Enough losing, Mudcats. 3-7 in their last ten and now dropping a third consecutive game, Carolina is fortunate to maintain a two-game lead in the standings, as the game summary notes. Just a 2nd straight disaster start from 21-year-old RHP Alexander Vallecillo. Stinks when your win probability is 5.3% after the top of the first, and even that seems generous. Fans hadn't even found their seats yet. Vallecillo allowed nine runs in three innings in his prior effort. Talk about blowing up reasonable seasonal numbers prior. Keep your head up, young man. Don't overlook this note: "Gerson Calzadilla pitched through four innings in his relief outing before leaving with an apparent injury while in a 1-0 count against Werner in the fifth." This was only Calzadilla's 2nd Mudcat appearance since his callup from Maryvale. Quite the effort from those not named Vallecillo on this night to make the final tally and box score presentable. Please peruse said box for the offensive lines. Catch multiple videos from the Mudcats' home game here. The Dominican Summer League seasons are over for the two Brewers clubs, with inclement weather wiping out Tuesday's finales. Here's your final statistics for each team (you'll see the DSL links to click on when you reach this page, click on the DSL Brewers 1 link and both teams' numbers will be visible). Batting Pitching As we await a Brewers-Rockies playoff battle in Arizona's Rookie League Thursday evening, Wednesday's slate includes the early start T-Rats' game competing for your attention with the big-league club. Have a nice day, thanks again for visiting. Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

OF Terence Doston interview:

Tuesday 8/22: Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" (download link): Craig Counsell VIDEO via MLB Network's "MLB Central": Corbin Burnes Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Wilde & Tausch" (download link): Sophia Minnaert Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky (Hour One): Jack Stern from "BrewCrewBall" (go to the 28:20 minute mark) Via WSSP's Steve "Sparky" Fifer: Tim Dillard Via 97.3's Drew & KB: Bill Schroeder *** Postgame Shows for Brewers 7-3 home win over Minnesota --WTMJ with Bob Brainerd: - Jerry Augustine is the guestVia 97.3's Baseball Postgame Show - Tim Allen hostsLocked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "The Brewers take advantage!"