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Outfielder Lamar Sparks is the most recent addition to the Biloxi pre-game audio site.

Released on April 25th -- INF Luis Watter turned 20 years old this past January. The Dominican native was part of the July 2019 signing class but then had to delay his pro debut until 2021 due to the pandemic. Over the past two summers, Watter posted a .649 OPS and was successful in 21 of 23 stolen base attempts. Watter only slugged .300, but one of his ten XBH's in 230 pro AB's was a home run. Watter had signed for $35,000. He was listed at 5'8", but that was at the time of his contract signing as a 16-year-old. *** UPDATE: Congrats to Luis! Signed on 5/23 by the Tigers, still at the DSL level for now.

Most recent additions to the Biloxi pre-game audio site - RH reliever Cam Robinson Development Coach Christian Correa OF Tristen Lutz LHP Nick Bennett

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Tuesday 5/23: Via the Brewers Unfiltered Podcast - Sophia Minnaert, Adam McCalvy, Tim Dillard: "Over the last week, the Brewers lost two members of their starting rotation – Eric Lauer and Wade Miley. How will the Crew cover those losses? In S2E11 of Brewers Unfiltered, the gang covers pitching depth, Owen Miller’s hot streak, Jefferson Quero’s rise through the prospect rankings, stat of the week and much more!" Via the "Foul Territory" Podcast: Bench Coach Pat Murphy Via 97.3's "Nine2Noon Show": Jeff Levering (go to the 22:20 minute mark)

Monday 5/22:Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Homer & Tony" (download link)": Sophia Minnaert *** Tuesday 5/23: Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Jack Stern from "BrewCrewBall" (go to the 35:45 minute mark) Via 97.3's Drew & KB: Bill Schroeder *** Wednesday 5/24: Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Jen, Gabe and Chewy (download link)": Sophia Minnaert

Playing catch-up over several posts: Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" - Monday: Sophia Minnaert Via WTMJ's Afternoon News - Monday (download link): Lane Grindle Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" - Tuesday: Craig Counsell Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" - Wednesday: N/A Via WTMJ's "Brewers 360" - Thursday: GM Matt Arnold

VIDEO Report via WXXV: RH starter Justin Jarvis wasn't happy with the strike zone in Biloxi

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You'll notice our headline focuses on two of the four Milwaukee affiliates, and you'd be correct in assuming things didn't go quite as well for their counterparts as Biloxi and Carolina fell. There are always individual performances to highlight, however, and you'll see that happen throughout this latest version of our daily recap. Here we go! Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic TRANSACTIONS: - INF Luis Urias sent to AAA Nashville on rehab assignment - RHP Kaleb "Bo" Bowman promoted to AA Biloxi from High-A Wisconsin - RHP Harold Chirino placed on AA Biloxi's 7-day injured list - SS Daniel Guilarte placed on Low-A Carolina's 7-day injured list - RHP Patricio Aquino placed on Low-A Carolina's 7-day injured list - 2B/3B Alexander Perez promoted to Low-A Carolina from ACL Brewers Final: Nashville 13, Iowa (Cubs) 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 Torch I-Cubs For 13 Runs - Nashville rides big nights from Dorrian, Singleton to 13-2 win Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log It's our daily review of the Brewers' minor league system, but these major league rehab assignments are of importance. As was noted in the game summary you just reviewed: Luis Urias went 0-for-4 in his first game on rehab assignment and made a great sliding play at third base. Luke Voit reached three times in the fourth game of his rehab assignment. Voit is hitting .100 (1-for-10) with a .500 on-base percentage for Nashville. Seven walks and a HBP get Voit to the .500 OBP. In 19 games this month, Jon Singleton's line is .284/.398/.554 (.952 OPS). Singleton's status in the organization remains hinged on Rowdy Tellez' health, but he'd be a very suitable fill-in if needed, 40-man roster spot necessary. It hasn't been glamorous, but OF Blake Perkins' Nashville tenure has been subtly effective through 30 games, .292/.377/.425 (.802 OPS). RHP Pedro Fernandez celebrated his last day of being 28 years old with the quality start. A reminder that his only professional regular season outings between 2019 and 2022 were 13 Mexican league games (unaffiliated) in 2019, a very unique success story this season. LHP Clayton Andrews has a strong rooting following among Brewers' prospect-watchers, but there's such a long line of 40-man roster relievers at this time, and Andrews isn't among them. The Brewers still have another year of control in 2024 over the plucky and talented southpaw. Final: Montgomery (Rays) 7, Biloxi 3 Via the Shuckers' site: Lamar Sparks Smashes First Homer of Year in 7-3 Loss to Biscuits - Shuckers, Biscuits split first two games of a six-game set at MGM Park Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log A reminder to frequent the archived pre-game interview page - Development Coach Christian Correa and OF Tristen Lutz are recent additions. LHP Nick Bennett's chat will be added by end-of-day Thursday. Biloxi bats fanned 16 times, and we all look forward to the return of traditional muddied baseballs in the season's second half. So frustrating not being able to get accurate scouting reads on both sides of the ball. There are six players on the big-league 40-man roster by way of the 60-day IL, including fairly-soon-to-return Luis Urias. That means players will have to come off the 40-man as players return, and RH reliever Cam Robinson is not aiding his own cause in making sure his spot is secure. Robinson's performance prompted a bit of discussion posts within our nightly gameday thread. Despite just one walk and one HBP, Biscuit batters drove RHP Justin Jarvis' pitch count to 97, limiting him to five innings. RH reliever Robbie Baker's age 28 season has been strong through 12 appearances. Jackson Chourio is 0-for-14 (three walks) in his last four games, .675 OPS on the season. Final: Wisconsin 4, Cedar Rapids (Twins) 2, ten innings Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Gray’s Homer Lifts Rattlers Past Cedar Rapids in Extras - Wisconsin wins 4-2 over Kernels in ten innings for second straight win Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Game Log Everyone in the starting lineup reached base at least once. Catcher Alex Hall singled twice and walked. All four hurlers were effective as the box (and final score) indicate. This was a much-needed performance for 21-year-old RHP Alexander Cornielle, flashing the form from a few of his April starts. It is so easy to overlook just how young the international signings still are when they make their way to full-season affiliates. RH reliever Brannon Jordan turns 25 in July and should have no difficulty moving into the closer role vacated by promoted Kaleb "Bo" Bowman. Jordan (2021 9th round, University of South Carolina) has a sub-1.00 WHIP and was among the Crew prospects in Australia this past winter. Final: Down East (Rangers) 5, Carolina 4 Early Error Proves Costly in 5-4 Loss to Down East - Jose Sibrian hit his first home run of the season in the loss Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log The Wood Ducks are the Mudcats' Lex Luthor. Our playoff-starved affiliate needs to bounce back in this series to avoid losing ground in the first-half division race. Switch-hitting 18-year-old CF Luis Lara doubled, singled, and walked, and as one of our thread posters astutely noted, has an eye-popping K-to-BB ratio, or as we should note, BB-to-K ratio. If you rundown that position player lineup in the box score, you'll see that once again (harking back to 2022), nine are natives of Venezuela. RF Kay-lan Nicasia was born in the Netherlands and drafted out of a Florida high school. Of all the healthy position players currently on the Carolina roster, only 3B Luke Adams and OF Jace Avina were born in the U.S. On the flip side, among the 15 healthy pitchers, only five are products of the international scene (three Dominican Republic, two Venezuela). Eight oft-injured years in the system for catcher Jose Sibrian (includes losing the pandemic season), yet the defensive stalwart is only in his age-24 campaign. This was career home run #7: It's all about young guns on the mound Thursday - Robert Gasser for Nashville, still-just-24-year-old Tobias Myers in Biloxi, Edwin Jimenez and his shiny Midwest League ERA for Wisconsin, and Jacob Misiorowski before the home crowd in Zebulon. We're going to welcome back our @Joseph Zarr for the next two evenings after a brief stint on the inactive list (he's fine, his internet wasn't!). 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Archived media links are delayed while I enjoy some time away. However, if you click on prior links, it's fairly easy to navigate to the "latest" of each podcast via the prior posts in this thread. Should be back to normal sometime Thursday.

Saturday 5/20:Postgame Shows for Brewers 8-4 loss at the Rays--Via 97.3's Baseball Postgame Show - Tim Allen is fired upLocked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "The Brewers are Headed in the Wrong Direction" WTMJ with Dom Cotroneo: - Jeff Cirillo is the guest

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If you're settling in to relieve yourself from Brewer big-league woes by checking in on what happened Saturday down on the farm, then well, you can probably tell you're about to be disappointed via the subject line here. Apparently misery does love company. We strive to highlight the positive within each and every day's collection of games. Saturday's contests proved particularly challenging. That being said, don't give up now, it's still a worthwhile visit. So enjoy! (Not the right word choice...) Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic TRANSACTIONS: - RHP Colin Rea recalled to MLB Brewers from AAA Nashville (replacing injured JB Bukauskas)- 1B Luke Voit sent on rehab assignment to AAA Nashville Final: Durham (Rays) 5, Nashville 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 Come Up Short in Durham - Despite Sounds comeback, Bulls walk off Nashville 5-3 Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Was able to watch LH reliever Darrell Thompson's performance live, he is incredible, doing this on just 20 pitches! (I realize there is no video included here, but it's posted to note that Devin Williams' Twitter handle is @DTrainn_23 - future bullpen mates.) Then, for the just the 2nd time this year (once in Biloxi), Thompson was asked to pitch into a 3rd inning. So this was the result, on the very first pitch following a walk on a 3-2 count. Yeah, it was crushed, but the fact remains, Thompson is going to be a key member of this organization for some time to come. Hey, Luke Voit is in Nashville within days of his, "clears throat", neck strain. So it becomes a work-out-the-kinks rehab assignment, and Voit reached base three times on two walks and a HBP. He only had one at-bat vs. a LHP, and sure enough, he K'd. The HBP occurred in the 9th, and Voit was pinch-run for, no indication of further injury. You'll enjoy this interview with LHP Ethan Small. I did. Final: Chattanooga (Reds) 12, Biloxi 2 Via the Shuckers' site: Lookouts Tally Six Extra-Base Hits, Defeat Shuckers 12-2 - Jason Lopez smashes his first home run of the year in the loss Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log 7th consecutive loss. SS Freddy Zamora's defensive struggles tend to come in bunches (three errors here). However, that only brings his total to seven on the season. Off night. Speaking of errors, though the game summary indicates Jackson Chourio was charged with one in the 4th, the box score doesn't reflect that. The camera work disappoints on this throw, and thankfully Zavier Warren reconsidered cutting it off: We have to refer to it at some point. The Shuckers struck out 20 times. 20! Sticky Southern League baseballs doing funky things or not, that's not good. We have notified the awesome authority on such madness, The Athletic's Jayson Stark. Just-turned 24-year-old RHP Christian Mejias' starting pitcher line is marred even further when you factor in the three HBP's embedded in the box score. Rough outing. As promised yesterday, the pre-game audio with Manager Mike Guerrero is available, and by mid-day Sunday, look for RH reliever Cam Robinson's chat via the same link. Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 5, Wisconsin 4 Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Bandits Hold on to Beat Wisconsin - Rattlers fall just short in comeback attempt Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Game Log 6th consecutive loss, T-Rats now 11-26 despite a noble effort here. Despite the loss, the always-worthwhile postgame podcast with Voice of the Rattlers Chris Mehring, Kyle Lobner, and Manager Joe Ayrault can be found here. On the surface, LHP Russell Smith's one earned run allowed in three innings of relief looks fine, but there were five walks and three wild pitches within. I've personally been harsher than I usually comment on Smith, but we have yet to see anything in his pro career that gets us excited about being a 51st overall pick (Texas Christian, 2021). And sorry, 51st overall picks get less slack. WHIP is 1.85, Smith turns 25 in September, yet to sniff AA Biloxi. But no cigar below... Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 3, Carolina 2 Carolina Drops Second Straight 3-2 in Kannapolis - Logan Henderson struck out seven over three innings in Saturday’s loss Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Let's not fret on the still-in-first-place Mudcats with their effort here. Speaking of high 2021 draft picks (see Russell Smith, above), this is our best look yet at RHP Logan Henderson, the 4th round JUCO who has starred primarily in the glowing pre-draft reports but not on actual Milwaukee affiliate mounds. This was only the 9th appearance by Henderson, all short starts, spread between Maryvale and Carolina, and just the second this year. Listed at 5'11" (maybe?), Henderson's lower base is notable, there is some heft to those thighs and backside. That's fine, we look forward to a healthy stretch-out and a bright future. Congrats to 3B Jheremy Vargas on his 2nd inning RBI double. Across 29 at-bats with RISP across the entire night of MKE affiiate games, Vargas had the only base hit. Read that sobering last sentence again. For the first time in 32 games of full-season ball, second baseman Daniel Guilarte failed to reach base. This Link Reporter is heading out on a needed getaway (happy wife, happy life!), hoping the Shuckers and Timber Rattlers can snap their combined 0-for-13 losing ways Sunday, when all four contests have traditional afternoon start times. I'll be lurking, but until next time, thanks for visiting. Please spread the word among your baseball buddies about our efforts here.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

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Nashville tops our report with a decisive win, but that was the extent of the victory bounty on Friday night. We have long referred to our daily online journey as the "Link Report", harkening back to 2001. Rightly so, as this very interactive edition will prove. So read and click along with us, and thanks as always for checking in! Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic It's rare we kick off the report with an alumni note, but here's the MLB.com article with quotes from Lucas Erceg on his MLB debut night. Congratulations, Lucas! Erceg makes MLB debut with childhood team TRANSACTIONS: None Final: Nashville 10, Durham (Rays) 4 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 Score Early and Often Against Bulls - Early offensive explosion backs Robert Gasser’s gem in 10-4 win Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log The Jon Singleton Show, in more ways than one in this one -- as is the norm, an excellent write-up from the Sounds. Although we provide tidbits and thoughts beyond the affiliate game summaries, if you are to maximize your daily visits with us, continue to maintain the game summary clicking habit! The active position player side of the Sounds' roster is currently a workmanlike collection of veterans, considering Sal Frelick's injured thumb status. Frelick went on the injured list April 20th, exactly one month ago today. There's really not a healthy position player prospect in the truest sense of the word on the active roster. Struggling infielder Cam Devanney, idle on Friday, who turned 26 last month, would be a fringe candidate. Speaking of prospects, LHP Robert Gasser threw 101 pitches, 60 strikes, fanned eight, walked four, and the first six frames were scoreless. This tweeter in attendance in Durham was impressed: Gasser netted 16 swinging strikes. All in all, he is trending in the right direction. He'll turn 24 years old eleven days from now. For you minor league transaction mavens, can you name the six Sounds currently on the Nashville injured list? The roster page will answer your question. How many did you get? Final: Chattanooga (Reds) 6, Biloxi 4 Via the Shuckers' site: Shuckers Fall to Lookouts, 6-4, in Chattanooga - Bullpen continues dominance with five scoreless innings, 10 strikeouts in loss Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Who are these Shuckers? Six consecutive losses? We were spoiled early on. RHP Tobias Myers has drifted into lesser efforts as of late. Here's another example of why it's so dangerous to trade with Tampa. The Dominican Summer League lottery ticket the Rays acquired from Cleveland when dealing Myers to the Guardians in the 2021-2022 offseason is now a 19-year-old raking in High-A, and the infielder is having a monster season and sits at #5 on Tampa's MLB Pipeline list. Because of course, Tampa. 25-year-old RH reliever Harold Chirino is putting it together in his 8th pro year. Thankfully his IL stint this month was the minimum seven days. The 2023 numbers are eye-popping, as Chirino's player page shows. We'll go with a theme today. Can you name the only Shucker on the roster currently on an injured list? Don't forget the Biloxi pre-game interview page. Jeferson Quero recently added, and by end of Saturday Manager Mike Guerrero's Friday chat will be available as well. There are four video highlights on the Shuckers' Twitter media feed. In choosing which to feature here, this Zavier Warren web gem impressed these eyes, in only Warren's fifth start of the year at the hot corner: Final: Quad Cities (Royals) 4, Wisconsin 2 Via the Timber Rattlers' site: Bullpen Gives Rattlers a Chance, but Bandits Win 4-2 - Cross homers in fourth straight game for Quad Cities as Wisconsin can’t recover from early deficit Pre-Game Media Notes (Download Link) via the team's Virtual Press Box Box Score / Game Log Additional themes for today's report -- falling behind early, outstanding bullpen work, and losing streaks. Despite the loss, Chris Mehring's writeups do not disappoint. Three Rattlers currently on the IL as we continue that exercise. Invest the four-and-a-half minutes, the crack production crew paints the game story wonderfully. Yay, Venezuela (again!). RHP Edwin Jimenez is exactly what you want to see in a 21-year-old import from Carolina: From Wednesday 5/17:Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Timber Rattlers RHP Cameron Wagoner (go to the 09:10 minute mark) Wagoner is so personable and impresses the staff behind the scenes: "tremendous interview, this guy's welcome back any time" Final: Kannapolis (White Sox) 6, Carolina 0 Mudcats Stifled in 6-0 Loss to Kannapolis - Daniel Guilarte walked in the loss while extending his season-opening on-base streak to 31 straight games Pre-Game Media Notes Box Score / Game Log Don't blame CF Luis Lara - he singled twice and walked twice out of the leadoff spot, stole his 7th base in nine tries, and yet the Mudcats were held off the scoreboard. And that was all AFTER this was tweeted Friday AM: It was not a shining moment for starter Jacob Misiorowski, whose name isn't all that hard to spell once you break it down (J-A-C-O-B). 😄 The Athletic's Keith Law was in Durham, and gave subscribers four full paragraphs on Misiorowski's performance. Here's a brief excerpt, the full report is a bit sobering but it's not a full-blown downer: Misiorowski’s delivery, however, is going to make it hard for him to stay in the rotation. His arm swing is very long, and he’s got a lot of effort and head-whack at release. Our injured list exercise wraps up. First, remember that the Carolina roster is home to 60-day and season-ending injuries galore, nine pitchers and one position player. There are several Maryvale players there, yet to debut for a full-season affiliate, it's part of a paperwork shuffle that allows the Brewers to maximize minor league player count, it seems. But there are also three traditional seven-day IL players on that roster page. The Timber Rattlers, the lone home team here, kick off at 1:10 Central with the above-audio'd Cam Wagoner on the bump. The other affiliates have Saturday evening dates with their dance partners. I'll be back Sunday AM to fill you in on how things went. Until then, enjoy your day!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