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VIDEO via WLOX in Biloxi: Extended chat with Shuckers' middle infielder Ethan Murray

Sunday 7/2:Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast - "This week the guys discussed the hugely successful road trip, that frustrating loss on Friday, the trade deadline and whether or not the Brewers are boring."Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: "We knew Devin Williams was going to be an all-star in 2023, but should Christian Yelich also be on that list? Brewers reporter Curt Hogg discusses the resurgent outfielder with host JR Radcliffe and more from a 7-3 road trip that has the Brewers and Reds in a two-horse race (with the Reds coming to town next weekend). Colin Rea keeps doing work. The Brewers bid Matt Bush farewell after yet another big fly ball. Corbin Burnes flirts with perfection (and Remembrew When riffs on it briefly), Luis Urías finds himself back in the minors, Brice Turang is back and Brandon Woodruff's timeline keeps getting nudged backward.***Postgame Shows for Brewers 6-3 roadtrip-ending win in Pittsburgh --Via 97.3's Baseball Postgame Show - Tim Allen hostsWTMJ with Dom Cotroneo: - Craig Coshun is the guest

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Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Sunday, lineup updates, etc.Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

Right on target, the LHP was activated at Carolina today.

The young Mudcats eked out a much-needed win to avoid a 1-6 start to the 2nd half. The Sounds are now 4-0 to begin their own 2nd half playoff push. The Shuckers fell hard, and the Timber Rattlers were overturned and upended in a walkoff loss - no, really, prized prospect Eric Brown was literally overturned and upended as the game ended. Is Brown OK? We wait, but it seems tenuous, as you'll read below. Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic TRANSACTIONS: LHP Clayton Andrews' Nashville Sounds contract was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers RHP J.B. Bukauskas was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds C Payton Henry reinstated from the Nashville suspended list (mini-brawl against Norfolk last Sunday) RHP Johan Zapata assigned to DSL Brewers 1 from DSL Brewers 2 Final: Nashville 7, Memphis (Cardinals) 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 Clip Redbirds in Memphis - Two-Out Hitting Leads Nashville to Fourth Straight Win Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Things are good in Nashville despite the big-league roster churn. Manager Rick Sweet is so much more than "folksy". He's legendary in status for navigating the tumult of AAA clubhouse emotions and roster challenges. Year in and year out, we're treated to more than our fair share of Sounds' victories and the organization avoids the drama (or at least suppresses it) thanks to Sweet's steady hand. His Sunday pre-game interviews with Voice of the Sounds Jeff Hem are a must listen (we link to them each week via Jeff's blog archives) in our Sounds-specific thread on our Minor League Forum. You'll find two recent interviews here. We were fortunate to stumble upon this one pitch from Robert Gasser, the lone Sounds-centric video on the interwebs this AM. Gasser threw 91 pitches over 5.2 innings, walking only one with the eight K's. He allowed just four hits, two of those home runs - if you wish to see where those pitches missed to the Redbirds' (Cardinals') 1B Luken Baker, look here and here. Home runs have not been an issue for the Brewers' prized southpaw, now just seven in 80 innings. Back-to-back games with errors at short for Cam Devanney, and his 7th inning fielding miscue led to three unearned runs that tied the game at 5-5, JC Mejia the mound victim. Devanney can handle short in an ultra-utility role, but we've seen his best work at third base. How does Tyrone Taylor work his way back into the Brewers plans after this rehab stint? It's not for Blake Perkins' sake. Raimel Tapia? It's an awkward decision given Taylor's lack of minor league options. Days off for Sal Frelick and Keston Hiura. Final: Mississippi (Braves) 11, Biloxi 5 Via the Shuckers' site: Shuckers Drop Slugfest To M-Braves, 11-5 - Teams combine for 27 hits and seven home runs at MGM Park Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Here's something that will surprise many of you. Recently promoted to AA, RHP Max Lazar is due to become a minor league free agent at season's end. That despite Lazar turning 24 years old just a month ago. It'll happen when you're a youthful high school pick, who lost the 2020/2021 seasons to Covid and Tommy John surgery. Perhaps the Brewers entice him to come back for an 8th season with the organization in 2024, otherwise Lazar will be a popular target across baseball for a minor league deal elsewhere. In his AA debut here, Lazar entered with the score already 9-4 Braves (rough going for RH starter Tobias Myers), so the pressure factor was low. Lazar allowed only one hit and no runs over 2.1 innings, though he did walk three (four K's). Day off for Tyler Black. Three true outcomes? At .212/.368/.407, Wes Clarke's 2023 line nearly mirrors that of his career marks since his debut in 2021. This is who he is. He's been behind the plate for 16 games this year, 32 at first base. Strong dude: Despite the lopsided loss, with the Shuckers the lone home series this weekend, we're short on video elsewhere so here's another - power isn't what enticed the Brewers to pick up Isaac Collins in the minor league phase of Rule 5 last December. The soon-to-be 26-year-old is listed at 5'7", and it's his INF/OF versatility that brought the Crew to him. This poke was his 6th in 480 AA at-bats, and as the game summary noted, his first with Biloxi. Jeferson Quero singled and walked twice as the DH, and Jackson Chourio was 1-for-5 with a K. I imagine those two names are the first ones you box-score clickers check out. Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 5, Wisconsin 4 Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Bandits Steal a Win from Wisconsin - Quad Cities scores two runs in ninth for 5-4 win Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Game Log We don't have to tell you twice what a craftsman Voice of the Rattlers Chris Mehring is behind the microphone and in his game summaries. Make sure you read the one linked above, which includes this text: "(Eric) Brown ranged over from short to field the ball and step on second for the force play to end the game. However, the ball glanced off the heel of Brown’s glove and deflected towards first base. There was no play anywhere and the tying and winning runs scored to give the River Bandits the walkoff win." I heard Chris' call, and he does such a great job at conveying his disappointment in the result and the loss yet maintaining his professionalism throughout. The Quad Cities video production online is non-existent (outside of the MiLB TV feed that subscribers can access). To see this critical play, go to the 03:52:40 time stamp at the subscriber link here. Now please visit what I and a few others with eyes on the game typed as it all happened here. There is a distinct reason Chris did not include any injury details on Brown in his game summary. He doesn't know, none of us know! But Brown was tended to in the right-field bullpen area for what seemed to be 10-15 minutes or so after the game as his teammates waited in their dugout before retreating to the clubhouse. Will Brown at minimum miss Sunday's game? Is this going to be a day-to-day situation (which, ironically his recent thumb injury was for three weeks, no injured list stint). Or, hope not, will this be a major setback for the 2022 1st rounder? But at least now you have some background on this. The electric Brown had singled twice, walked and stolen his 27th and 28th bases in this game. Be OK, Eric. What becomes of this roster? Eduardo Garcia left Friday's game as we detailed yesterday with a leg injury, so the left-side of the infield is now absent. Jose Acosta has played 12 games at shortstop in his career, but there's no one else for that spot. Acosta was acquired by the Brewers via trade with Texas May 30th of last year. This feels like one of those situations where the organization has to make a similar quick acquisition from outside the system. Final: Carolina 3, Down East (Rangers) 2 Sibrian Homers as Mudcats Snap Losing Streak - Pitchers Will Childers, Quinton Low and Miguel Guerrero combined to allow just three hits in the losing streak snapping victory Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Congrats to RHP Will Childers on his first big league win, nice start. A reminder that Childers is the son of Matt and nephew of Jason as you look back on the late 90's - early 2000's Childers Brewers' bloodlines. Baseball America staff had eyes of RHP/1B Quinton Low for this one: Rooting for all the Muddies here, but it's still hard to squint and see candidates for immediate promotion to Wisconsin to address the roster needs at High-A. Final: ACL Reds 11, ACL Brewers 10Box Score / Game LogNot only did the Maryvale Crew score five runs in the top of the 9th, they had the tying run on 2nd base with no outs! Then look for what sadly happened via the game log. How crowded is this roster? Seventeen position plyers saw action, yet five more remained on the bench (Tayden Hall played and is on rehab from Carolina). The pitching staff is much more condensed at only 13, which doesn't count rehabbing LHP Justin Wilson or yet-to-debut former position player Alberis Ferrer. Look for some of the more impressive DSL pitchers to get opportunities at stateside action. Two 19-year-old 6'3" Dominican-born pitchers, RHP Henrison Mota and LHP Anfernny Reyes, combined for four innings of scoreless ball with eight K's among all the madness elsewhere. The 1st and 9th innings were not as successful, as the box score will show you. I did not dig deep enough into the log to hazard a guess if any of the eight substitutions were cause for concern, but there's no mention of injury delays. Infielder Juan Baez, who just turned 18 years old last week, but is in his 2nd season and first stateside, is already 9-for10 is SB attempts (was 17-for-23 on the island last summer). Final: DSL Dodgers Mega 9, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 7, ten innings (scheduled for seven)Box Score / Game LogIt was a ghostrunner-palooza, surely the managers were pleased (or perhaps not) with the unplanned extra work over three bonus innings. Check out the linescore within the box score - talk about matching efforts! In the 10th, a Dodger double and subsequent wild pitches plated the final two runs of the game, as all three Brewer batters struck out swinging to end it. Feel free to utilize the game log link to see how all six half-innings in the tail end of the game transpired. What to make of Venezuelan rookie corner OF Brian Sanchez? LH bat, listed at 6'3", 170, turns 19 on the 4th of July. We keep waiting for the small sample bubble to burst, as it remains a tiny 43 plate appearances, but my goodness, .387/.535/.581 (1.116 OPS). Sanchez doubled, singled and walked in this one. 17-year-old infielder Gery Holguin (all four INF spots in brief career) played in 53 games in his age-16 season last summer. Sixteen games into 2023, his OPS sits at .804 (vs. .585 in 2022). A double and two singles Saturday padded his numbers to that .804 mark. This was corner OF Argenis Aparicio's 2nd mound stint as he is being allowed to two-way it for now. Like his first effort, he tossed a scoreless inning and has yet to walk a batter (two K's). Final: DSL Dodgers Bautista 8, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 6, seven innings as scheduledBox Score / Game LogA 20-0 record! Like seriously, 20-0! It's not like the other Dodgers' entry in the league, is chump change at 13-7. Brewers Dos scored three runs in the top of the final inning to make the final score more respectable. The tying runs were on base, 1st and second with just one out, before a popout and strikeout ended hopes. Made the Bautista Boys sweat, though! Starting on June 10th when the season "rivalries" began, the two Brewer teams have lost to the two LA clubs each and every time, all eleven contests. Second-year RHP Justin Caceres of Nicaragua was the most effective of the three Cerveceros pitchers, two perfect innings, three K's. Regular notable box score filler-upper Filippo Di Turi is hoping for as many future Link Report mentions (1.3 million) as he has dollars. At this pace, he may make that quota. As the DH here, Di Turi singled three times and drove in two. Catcher Eric Martinez clubbed his 3rd HR, pulled to left, but also committed his 4th error (throw). As for Sunday's schedule, all the rookie clubs are off, as is the norm. Except for a noon Central start for Carolina (at Down East with no video/audio regardless), the other full-season affiliates are playing later in the afternoon and evening than usual, so some firework displays are likely in the mix. Have a Katy Perry day, everyone, be safe! 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Saturday 7/1: Via ESPN Milwaukee: "State of the Brewers, Hour One" (Download Link): "Alex Strouf and Dominic Cotroneo break down all things happening with the Brewers live from Summerfest. A tale of two days, a thrilling win followed by a heartbreaking loss, the guys give their breakdown on the Brewers current road trip. Brewers president Matt Arnold joins the show to discuss life as the new GM, the trade deadline, the draft and all other things Brewers. The guys look around the NL Central and talk about the Brewers chances in the division." The 12-minute interview with Matt Arnold is available as a stand-alone here. Via ESPN Milwaukee: "State of the Brewers, Hour Two" (Download Link) Postgame Shows for Brewers 11-8 win in Pittsburgh --Via 97.3's Baseball Postgame Show - Tim Allen hostsWTMJ with Dom Cotroneo: - Craig Coshun is the guest

Yeah, I know I'm coming off all over the place on this, but this summary of the play hits the mark.

Brown is finally making his way off the field, cart not needed, as per Chris' postgame show update. Here's the game link for that time stamp Joseph provided above. And yes, I agree, if Brown had fielded the ball cleanly, it's (probably) a game-ender and none of the injury drama happens. But yeah, just an awkward play all around. Other than we know Brown won't play Sunday, it could take a few days before definitive word makes its way to us.

Still listening to Chris Mehring, who is conducting his postgame show while still monitoring the situation within his line of vision on the field. Trainers still tending to Brown, who "appears to be in a lot of pain". Some sort of lower body injury. Like Chris also says, still way too early to speculate. Maybe Quad Cities will provide a replay of their walkoff, but it's not a strong production effort on their Twitter. So once the game archives, we'll provide a time stamp for MiLB.TV subscribers.

Brown injured on the play, still being tended to in the Rattler bullpen down the right-field line, several minutes after the game.

Oh, what a brutal loss for the Rattlers, bases loaded, two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Rattlers up 4-3. Lightly hit ground ball up the middle brought shortstop Eric Brown towards second base, the ball awkwardly dinged off his glove, there was extra traffic around the bag, interference was questioned. Play was ruled a two-run single. Chris Mehring on the online radio call for this road game is about 15 seconds ahead of the MiLB.TV video, so I knew what was coming, but yeah, what a bummer.

Will be incorporated into Sunday AM's Link Report:Final: ACL Reds 11, ACL Brewers 10Box Score / Game LogNot only did the Maryvale Crew score five runs in the top of the 9th, they had the tying run on 2nd base with no outs! Then look for what sadly happened via the attachment below. How crowded is this roster? Seventeen position plyers saw action, yet five more remained on the bench (Tayden Hall played and is on rehab from Carolina). The pitching staff is much more condensed at only 13, which doesn't count rehabbing LHP Justin Wilson or yet-to-debut former position player Alberis Ferrer. Look for some of the more impressive DSL pitchers to get opportunities at stateside action. Two 19-year-old 6'3" Dominican-born pitchers, RHP Henrison Mota and LHP Anfernny Reyes, combined for four innings of scoreless ball with eight K's among all the madness elsewhere. The 1st and 9th innings were not as successful, as the box score will show you. I did not dig deep enough into the log to hazard a guess if any of the eight substitutions were cause for concern, but there's no mention of injury delays. Infielder Juan Baez, who just turned 18 years old last week, but is in his 2nd season and first stateside, is already 9-for10 is SB attempts (was 17-for-23 on the island last summer).

Will be incorporated into Sunday AM's Link Report:Final: DSL Dodgers Bautista 8, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 6, seven innings as scheduledBox Score / Game LogA 20-0 record! Like seriously, 20-0! It's not like the other Dodgers' entry in the league, is chump change at 13-7. Brewers Dos scored three runs in the top of the final inning to make the final score more respectable. The tying runs were on base, 1st and second with just one out, before a popout and strikeout ended hopes. Made the Bautista Boys sweat, though! Starting on June 10th when the season "rivalries" began, the two Brewer teams have lost to the two LA clubs each and every time, all eleven contests. Second-year RHP Justin Caceres of Nicaragua was the most effective of the three Cerveceros pitchers, two perfect innings, three K's. Regular notable box score filler-upper Filippo Di Turi is hoping for as many future Link Report mentions (1.3 million) as he has dollars. At this pace, he may make that quota. As the DH here, Di Turi singled three times and drove in two. Catcher Eric Martinez clubbed his 3rd HR, pulled to left, but also committed his 4th error (throw).

Will be incorporated into Sunday AM's Link Report:Final: DSL Dodgers Mega 9, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 7, ten innings (scheduled for seven)Box Score / Game LogIt was a ghostrunner-palooza, surely the managers were pleased (or perhaps not) with the unplanned extra work over three bonus innings. Check out the linescore within the box score - talk about matching efforts! In the 10th, a Dodger double and subsequent wild pitches plated the final two runs of the game, as all three Brewer batters struck out swinging to end it. Feel free to utilize the game log link to see how all six half-innings in the tail end of the game transpired. What to make of Venezuelan rookie corner OF Brian Sanchez? LH bat, listed at 6'3", 170, turns 19 on the 4th of July. We keep waiting for the small sample bubble to burst, as it remains a tiny 43 plate appearances, but my goodness, .387/.535/.581 (1.116 OPS). Sanchez doubled, singled and walked in this one. 17-year-old infielder Gery Holguin (all four INF spots in brief career) played in 53 games in his age-16 season last summer. Sixteen games into 2023, his OPS sits at .804 (vs. .585 in 2022). A double and two singles Saturday padded his numbers to that .804 mark. This was corner OF Argenis Aparicio's 2nd mound stint as he is being allowed to two-way it for now. Like his first effort, he tossed a scoreless inning and has yet to walk a batter (two K's).

Manager Mike Guerrero latest Friday evening interview is the most recent addition to the Biloxi pre-game audio site.

A reminder that Zapata is a minor at 17 years old. Apparently his parents have joint/split custody:

Friday 6/30: Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" (download link): Rick Schlesinger Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Homer & Tony" (download link)": Jerry Augustine Reviewing the Brew's" Cold Brew Podcast: "Hosts David Gasper and Matt Carroll get you ready for the upcoming month of July and go through where the Brewers stand halfway through the year. There's horrible trade proposals out there already, plus the infield gets shaken a little with the return of Brice Turang while Luis Urias gets optioned down. Orlando Arcia is now an All Star with the Braves? What does this mean for the Brewers and their ability, or lack thereof, to develop talent?"***Postgame Shows for Brewers 8-7 gut-punch in Pittsburgh (aka the Matt Bush game) --Via 97.3's Baseball Postgame Show - Tim Allen hostsWTMJ with Dom Cotroneo: - Jeff Cirillo is the guest

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Thank you, Nashville Sounds (and the Maryvale bunch) for providing Friday night wins for us. We can't fault the Timber Rattlers for a stumble, as they've played very well for several weeks now. Our beloved Mudcats are digging a second-half hole, sad to say. Speaking of holes, we look into everything in the action detailed below with insights and perspectives mixed in that go the proverbial "beyond the box score". Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic TRANSACTIONS: - OF Monte Harrison activated from AAA Nashville's Development List - RHP Justin Jarvis assigned to AAA Nashville from AA Biloxi - RHP Max Lazar assigned to AA Biloxi from High-A Wisconsin - OF Eduarqui Fernandez placed on High-A Wisconsin’s 7-day injured list, retroactive to 6/29 Final: Nashville 6, Memphis (Cardinals) 2 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 Power Past Redbirds, Take Fourth Straight - Patrick Dorrian and Abraham Toro launch homers as Nashville clinches at least share of series at Memphis Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Plenty of worthwhile notes within said summary above, let's see what we can point out that may not have been included there. Eddy Alvarez handled a very easy grounder to shortstop to end the Memphis 5th, he picked it up and stepped on second base for a force-out. Alvarez didn't come back out to play defense in the 6th. Watching with an MiLB TV subscription (only $3.99 a month at this point in the season should you wish to jump in), the play is at the 02:29:00 hour/minute mark here. It's barely perceptible but Alvarez is moving slightly gingerly as he walks off, and a tiny mini grimace on his face appears when in the dugout. For all I know, he passed gas. No real injury insight, but he did exit. By the way, the HD quality for MiLB TV from some of the locales is tremendous. Alvarez stole his 16th base in 18 tries earlier in the game, that kind of snuck up on us, didn't it? He hadn't approached anything nearing that volume nor success rate since 2019. Cam Devanney was just 1-for-5 at the plate, but how many starting first basemen become your in-game replacement shortstop? Goodness, we love us some Cam Devanney. In terms of the bats the parent club are monitoring, RF Sal Frelick (single) and LF Keston Hiura (HBP) combined to go 1-for-9. LHP Darrell Thompson has righted his early AAA call-up ship and had a wonderful June, as his splits show here. RHP Trevor Megill fanned three in the 9th, hitting one batter, which must have hurt based on likely velocity. Batter stayed in the game, good. The mix of bullpen talent both from a 40-man roster perspective and a non-40-man perspective is really strong. Matt Arnold could and likely should rotate someone in and out to begin each big-league series. Step in, step up, or step out. Let the "what do you do with Matt Bush" discussion continue to light the interwebs afire. Final: Mississippi (Braves) 4, Biloxi 1 Via the Shuckers' site: Bennett Sets New Season-High with Five Relief Innings in Shuckers' Loss to M-Braves - Quero, Black both tally multi-hit games in 4-1 loss at MGM Park Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log If you're going to score only one run, at least two of your prime prospects - Tyler Black (double, single) and Jeferson Quero (three singles) had productive nights. RHP James Meeker walked a man over a three-inning stint. His amazing command still shines, five walks and 49 strikeouts over 40.1 IP in '23. This was the first time he has issued a free pass in consecutive outings this season (18 appearances) and he has yet to walk more than one batter in any outing. You have to go back to July 2nd of 2022 to locate a Meeker effort with more than one base on balls. LHP Nick Bennett's brief video postgame interview is here, Don't forget about the Shuckers' pre-game interview archive page, Freddy Zamora the latest. Jackson Chourio walked to reach base, then you can see just the slightest hesitation by Tyler Black here rounding second base. Worthwhile gamble with one out. Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 10, Wisconsin 5 Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Bandits Break Wisconsin Win Streak - Quad Cities blitzes Rattlers in 10-5 win Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Game Log Whenever you read in the game summary "emotions ran very high in the top of the seventh inning", you know that's prompting a visit to the MiLB TV archive. Go to the 02:47:00 hour/minute mark here to see that while very close, Manager Joe Ayrault was definitely in the right. Tough call for the home plate umpire, if this game were at the AA level or above with a three-man umpiring crew, bet they get that one right. Can't quite remember a box score with pitching lines for only two pitchers, where they could not be more diverse. A completely uncharacteristic Tyler Woessner performance, and Ryan Brady remains solid and was outstanding here. Back to the archive: this time go to the 01:14:30 hour/minute mark. After completing a 5-3 putout on defense for the 2nd out of the River Bandits first inning, 3B Eduardo Garcia was removed from the game as he was grabbing at his hamstring. He was able to walk on his own to the Rattlers dugout (first base side), and while he started off walking very gingerly he was a bit more brisk as he reached the bench, but it didn't look great regardless. Expect an absence for the soon-to-be 21-year-old, hopefully brief. Rare you see that type of injury while fielding a ground ball on a slight backhand. The Rattlers bench is very shallow right now, but the Carolina roster isn't overflowing with promotion candidates. Once Ernesto Martinez entered after an infield shuffle post-Garcia injury, only INF/OF Jose Acosta and catcher Darrian Miller remained available. Final: Down East (Rangers) 11, Carolina 0 Mudcats Allow Season Highs in Runs & and Hits in 11-0 Loss - Carolina lost its fifth straight game after Friday's lopsided loss Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log MVP of this game? Voice of the Mudcats for putting together the game summary for us. As for this post, less is more. Go get 'em Saturday. Final: ACL Brewers 12, ACL Guardians 8 Box Score / Game Log Entertaining box score and linescore. Even if it was just a camera-view from high above home plate, it'd be nice to have some video access to complex league games in Arizona (and Florida). It seems that particularly in these big-league capable spring training ballparks, that could be a reality. I'm betting we see some semblance of this within three-to-five years. Make it happen, MLB. Doesn't even need audio play-by-play, though what better training ground for perspective announcers would there be. Third-year RHP Edrian Robinson's 2022 was cut short after just two outings, and it's been a tough early go on the comeback trail in 2023. The A-Crew trailed 4-0 after one inning, but tied it at 4-4 after five innings, and scored eight runs between the 7th and 8th. I am this close to tossing the word phenom onto 2nd-year-pro 17-year-old (18 in August) RHP Manuel Rodriguez, the Mexico signee. Five innings of one-run middle relief here. It's just the age and that he's been brought stateside that impresses beyond the small-sample 2023 numbers. Remember when we discussed that Timber Rattler short bench above? Get OF Hendry Mendez up pronto, he's clearly beyond dominating Maryvale for rehab. Fellow corner outfielder Luis Castillo should be back in full-season ball soon as well, and a leap directly to High-A for the first time can't be ruled out after a .696 Carolina OPS in 2022 (28 games). The duo combined to reach base seven times here, including three doubles. For good measure, each added an outfield assist. Take that, young Guardians. Gee, the ACL Central standings look a bit like the NL Central standings, don't they? Final: DSL Guardians Red 19, DSL Brewers #1 Squad 10Box Score / Game LogThe Ceveceros Prime Number scored in five different innings, including a five-run 5th. The Guardians "Rojo" only scored in three innings. Unfortunately, they pushed across eight runs in the 4th and then ten runs in the 8th. The Crew went from one run up to nine runs down after that fateful frame.18-year-old Nicaraguan native RHP Nestor Mena salvaged mound respectability. Although he allowed his inherited runner to score, Mena managed to toss 2.2 scoreless. The final 8th inning pitches were tossed by C/1B Brayan Oropeza (three runs allowed), forced into action when 16-year-old Saul Sanchez, another Nicaragua native, could not retire any of the seven men he faced to start the inning. Ironically, Sanchez pitched a 1-2-3 7th inning. All three Cerveceros errors in the game came in that eight-run Guardians 4th.Top 2023 $$ signing LF Yophery Rodriguez finished only 1-for-4 with three K's, but he drove in four on a three-run HR (2nd of his brief career) and a sacrifice fly. Congratulations to 19-year-old C/1B Yannic Walther (DH'ing here) on the first professional homer for the young man from Germany.I continue to be mesmerized by the lines posted by 17-year-old (thus far utility INF/OF) Dominican native Tyler Rodriguez. Batting in the 9-spot, Rodriguez reached all four plate appearances (single, two walks, HBP). Rodriguez' line through 36 plate appearances is .182/.472/.182. Eight walks, five plunkings, a reasonable six K's. Mix in four stolen bases in six attempts.After a fast start, this Brewers club has fallen to 10-9, and have dropped their last four games. Final: DSL Dodgers Mega 6, DSL Brewers #2 Squad 2Box Score / Game LogThis isn't a loss to the still-undefeated Dodgers Bautista team, which is remarkably now at 19-0! (DSL Standings) You'll notice Team Dos has now lost six in a row at that standings link. Only four base knocks for the good guys, but one was the first professional home run (and RBI) for 19-year-old 2nd year Colombian C/1B Estefano Lozano, who has seen limited time. Youngster (aren't nearly all of them?) SS Filippo Di Turi, 17 years old, continues to show patience, walking thrice in this one. Impressive numbers in Di Turi's first 19 games - .338/.453/.408 (.861 OPS, 13 RBI, more BB's than K's). Not so impressive - two SB in nine attempts! Hopefully Filippo builds his skills in that regard in future years and laughs about this SB stretch when he's standing in Am-Fam for the first time. The pitching efforts were non-descript. The one true rookie was starting RHP Linbel Jimenez, an 18-year old Dominican. Seven Saturday games on tap. Calling in now - the 7-12 DSL Cerveceros 2 club will knock off the 19-0 Dodgers behemoth in late-morning action. Come back and see how that prediction went when we (and I) return for Sunday AM's report. Thanks for reading, enjoy your July 1st! Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scoresCurrent Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and DepthCurrent Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article