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Here's your final Link Report from Tuesday 4/26

Tuesday 4/26: Via WTMJ's "First Pitch": Craig Counsell Brewers Unfiltered Podcast: Latest episode with Adam McCalvy and Tim Dillard Via WSSP's Bart Winkler Show: WSSP's Tim Allen Via WSSP's "Big Show": MLB Network's Jon Heyman Via WSSP's "Big Show": Tim Dillard Via WSSP's "Sparky's Midday Madness": CBS 58's Kevin Holden (go to the 14:20 minute mark) Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Homer and Tony": Sophia Minnaert Via WTMJ: Matt Pauley's "Extra Innings" postgame show after the 12-8 win in Pittsburgh Via WSSP: Tim Allen hosts his postgame show after the series-opening slugfest at Pittsburgh *** Wednesday 4/27: Locked on Brewers: "The Willy Adames game! Brewer bats are alive in a slugfest win over the Pirates"

Via Jeff Hem's Blog - The six pre-game interviews from Week Two (at home vs. Charlotte) - Boushley, Jackson, White, Accardo, Strzelecki & Sweet

Monday 4/25: Via WTMJ's "First Pitch": Matt Pauley Via WSSP's "The Ramie Show" (with host Tobi Altizer): WSSP's Tim Allen (go to the 07:00 minute mark) Via WTMJ: Matt Pauley's "Extra Innings" postgame show with Craig Coshun after the 4-2 loss to the Giants Via WSSP: Tim Allen hosts his postgame show after the tough 4-2 loss to San Francisco *** Tuesday 4/26: Locked on Brewers: "Giants escape Burnes's dominance, outslug the Brewers in the one-off"

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Here's your final Link Report from Sunday 4/24

Sunday 4/24: Locked on Brewers: "ZOOM BALL! Eric Lauer Shoves and the Brewers win the series in Philly, despite poor offense" Via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast: Kyle Lobner from the Shepherd Express and the Timber Rattler website is the featured guest Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: Todd Rosiak (w/JR Radcliffe)

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Here's your final Link Report from Saturday 4/23

Saturday 4/23: Via "Reviewing the Brew's" Cold Brew Podcast - Brief Interviews With SS/CF Brice Turang RHP Luke Barker

Friday 4/22: "Reviewing the Brew's" Cold Brew Podcast: "Road Trip To Nashville" Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Jack Stern of BrewCrewBall (go to the 32:15 minute mark) Via WTMJ: Matt Pauley's "Extra Innings" postgame show with Vinny Rottino after the 4-2 loss in Philadelphia Via WSSP: Tim Allen hosts his postgame show after the 4-2 defeat in PHI *** Saturday 4/23: Via WTMJ: Matt Pauley's "Extra Innings" postgame show with Vinny Rottino after the 5-3 bounceback win over the Phillies Via WSSP: Tim Allen hosts his postgame show after a 5-3 victory in the City of Brotherly Love

Luis Urias began his formal minor league rehab with the Shuckers in Birmingham, the Sounds and Timber Rattlers maintained their winning grooves, and the ultra-youthful Mudcats continue to experience growing pains, especially on the mound. Let's dive into Saturday's action on the Brewers' farm. Image courtesy of our new Link Report header Luis Urias began his formal minor league rehab with the Shuckers in Birmingham, the Sounds and Timber Rattlers maintained their winning grooves, and the ultra-youthful Mudcats continue to experience growing pains, especially on the mound. Let's dive into Saturday's action on the Brewers' farm. Transactions: None *** Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville 9, Charlotte (White Sox) 1 Box Score / Game Log Via the Sounds' site, game details, and we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Sounds Clinch Series Win Over Charlotte in Front of Sellout Crowd - Pair of Homers, Pablo Reyes Web Gems Highlight Nashville’s 9-1 Win There were 17 Nashville baserunners with Abraham Almonte, Tyler White, and Alex Jackson each reaching three times. Three others (Brice Turang, Mark Mathias, and Andruw Monasterio) reached twice. The depth on this club is apparent -- David Dahl, Weston Wilson, Jon Singleton and Corey Ray were on the bench here. Speaking of depth, the big league Brewers are likely in trouble if Pablo Reyes sees regular time in left field, but Pablo's a fun player capable of this -- Whether by design or not, like the fact that Nashville relievers are regularly coming in mid-inning, whether men are on base or not, even in blowout wins. Nice touch if planned, preparedness for future big spots. Glorious ballpark, wonderful fanbase (another sellout), fantastic city. The organization is really going to miss this set-up when the eventual big league fruition comes to Music City somewhere towards the end of the Crew's ten-year MiLB lease agreement (have to build a new stadium after all). For more visuals from this one (Mathias, starter Caleb Boushley), visit the Sounds' Twitter media feed. Via "Reviewing the Brew's" Cold Brew Podcast - Brief Audio Interviews With SS/CF Brice Turang RHP Luke Barker *** Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes via the Shuckers' Virtual Press Box Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 5, Biloxi 4 Box Score / Game Log Via the Shuckers' site, game details, please review: One Run Again? Shuckers and Barons Play Fifth Straight One-Run Contest - Wiemer Homers In 5-4 Defeat Luis Urias got in four at-bats, lining a double in his second plate appearance (two K's swinging, one groundout). He also got one throwing error out of his system, on the very first Birmingham batter of the game. Urias would start a 5-4-3 double play later in that frame. The ball kept finding Urias, as he successfully handled two grounders in the 2nd, and another in the 5th, so good to have him tested often, can't exactly game-plan for that. It's too easy a comp, and Felix has indicated that Jose Altuve is a big motivation for him, but how can we not see it, night in and night out? This gapper's power somehow came off the end of the bat. Yeah, this was pretty. Looking to find proper balance within the report and not flood with video tweets, but on this next one, like "How? Wow!) LHP Nick Bennett is giving the team length, but just seven K's in 14 IP will be a tough pace to overcome. Both of Garrett Mitchell's base hits were described as ground balls to the outfield, but he'll take them (line drives in the box score, as they say). Mitchell played right field in this one (Wiemer in center). We've been seeing plenty of evidence of amazing changes in both pace and length of game throughout minor league baseball given new pitch clock enforcements, and Voice of the Shuckers Garrett Greene provides another example here. That being said, when some level of speed-up application comes to the big leagues (and it will), hopefully there is a happy middle ground, otherwise I can certainly understand Adam Rygg's point of view. *** Final, Game One: Wisconsin 7, Quad Cities (Royals) 3 (seven innings as scheduled) Box Score / Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers' site, game details, please review: Timber Rattlers Take Game One 7-3 - Kelly Ks seven over five scoreless innings for the win And yes, you'll find all the Timber Rattlers video, both from Twitter and YouTube, within each of the Wisconsin site game summaries linked here. Maybe it's just me, but it feels like it's been the year of the sacrifice fly throughout the organization. Yay, situational hitting! Two more here, which aren't reflected in the 3-for-10 with RISP. So even nicer than the .300 mark there. The two teams combined for seven stolen bases in as many attempts. Ernesto Martinez leads the club with six and has yet to be caught, but the box score reveals other impressive individual SB totals also. By the way, Martinez also leads the club in walks with eleven in his 13 games played. See beyond the .216 early batting average! LHP Antoine Kelly has expressed a preference for pitching in relief, but at this point, the Brewers are having none of that, and rightfully so. Final, Game Two: Wisconsin 5, Quad Cities 2 (seven innings as scheduled) Box Score / Game Log Via the Timber Rattlers' site, game details, please review: Five-Run Fifth Sends Rattlers to Win #5 in a Row - Wisconsin takes game two 5-2 from Quad Cities for twinbill sweep Three players in need of a multi-hit game managed to do so even though Wisconsin only came up to bat in six innings - Joe Gray, Jr., Zavier Warren and Carlos Rodriguez. All the RISP magic (4-for-11) came in one inning, but 5 is a very crooked number, nice! Don't you enjoy the added emphasis on southpaws the organization has placed in recent years within drafting (or signing, as in Brandon Knarr's case after the truncated five-round 2020 draft)? For several years prior, it was a bit of a wasteland. And we're not talking LOOGY's here - Aaron Ashby, Ethan Small, Nick Bennett, Antoine Kelly, Knarr, Russell Smith - we have not seen that translate (yet) to the international efforts, but good to see. Though listed on the active roster from the start, we've yet to see 22-year-old switch-hitting Australian catcher Alex Hall. Hopefully back soon... *** Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Lynchburg (Guardians) 9, Carolina 2 Box Score / Game Log Via the Mudcats' site, game details, please review: Hillcats Take Third Straight 9-2 in Zebulon - The Mudcats once again scored first, but again failed to hold an early lead in the 9-2 loss First of all, congratulations to 2003 Carolina Mudcat Miguel Cabrera on his 3,000th hit. Though clearly not associated with Milwaukee, Carolina was a AA outpost at the time and Miggy never looked back upon his promotion from Carolina to the Marlins (never played at the AAA level). Not the series for late-game drama save for Carolina's 2-1 win Wednesday. The 7-7 Muddies opened the series with a big 10-1 win on Tuesday, but have now been outscored 27-6 in three losses and need a win Sunday to salvage a split. Third baseman Jheremy Vargas, not quite 19 years old yet (soon), reached base three times and thus gets the shoutout here. Longtime Brewerfan followers will appreciate this -- Words of inspiration to LHP Jakob Brustoski, the undrafted free agent signee out of Texas Tech, who missed the 2021 college season working his way back from Tommy John surgery. Brustoski has a WHIP of 5.18 (not a misprint) through his first five appearances, with 14 walks and three HBP's in 3.2 innings. In 2006, a young Dominican RHP named Santo Manzanillo made 14 Maryvale relief appearances (no Dominican academy). He walked 47(!) and hit four others in 16.1 IP. As Manzanillo developed - you really should click on that MiLB.com Player Page link -- he began to reward the faith the organization showed in him. Though he would not be a big leaguer, Manzanillo would spend two full seasons on the Milwaukee 40-man roster. So there you go, Jakob, keep plugging away! *** As for Sunday's action, you'll notice by the gametime start times listed, you can space out your Sunday prospect sampling, and the big league Crew was conveniently scheduled for their lone (so far) ESPN appearance tonight. Enjoy your Sunday, everyone! damuelle will have your Monday morning Link Report for you. 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Here's your final Link Report from Friday 4/22

Minor league coaches always remind players that as long as they have a uniform on, they have their chance to contribute at the big-league level for their organization. That is true, but clubs need to hit on their premier draft picks in order to maximize their talent base at the game's highest plateau. While Mother Nature slowed down red-hot 2021 1st round OF Sal Frelick Friday night, the Brewers other most recent top picks (OF Garrett Mitchell. LHP Ethan Small, and SS Brice Turang) had tremendous evenings. Image courtesy of our new Link Report header Minor league coaches always remind players that as long as they have a uniform on, they have their chance to contribute at the big-league level for their organization. That is true, but clubs need to hit on their premier draft picks in order to maximize their talent base at the game's highest plateau. While Mother Nature slowed down red-hot 2021 1st round OF Sal Frelick Friday night, the Brewers other most recent top picks (OF Garrett Mitchell. LHP Ethan Small, and SS Brice Turang) had tremendous evenings. Transactions: None *** Nashville Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Nashville 12, Charlotte (White Sox) 2 Box Score / Game Log Via the Sounds' site, game details, and we encourage readers to review each of the affiliate write-ups as part of their Link Report routine: Alex Jackson's Inside-The-Park Grand Slam Leads Sounds Past Knights - Brice Turang Ties Franchise Record with Five Hits in Win (And yes, there is video of the odd grand slam within the summary.) It's always a good sign when MiLB tasks an overnight assignment editor to get some quotes and put together a feature on your favorite club. That was the case Friday. 'It just clicked': Turang finds rhythm during 5-hit night by Manny Randhawa, MiLB.com My goodness, we spend enough time in April parsing over batting and pitching lines, because let's face it, it's in our nature as fans and in particular, prospect watchers. Brice Turang's batting average jumped 71 points in one night, and his OPS vaulted from .591 to .750. Just a tremendous reminder to consider early-season patience when diving into stat line analyses. As for prime southpaw Ethan Small and all his other eye-popping numbers, he can't expect to walk just under six per nine innings (as he has through four starts here, it was 4.9 per nine for all of 2021), and find big league success, no matter what all the other raw figures say. Still some work to do, but my goodness, still so impressive. And now for the videos that weren't embedded in the articles linked above -- Weston Wilson > Mike Brosseau For his minors career, Mario Feliciano gets hit by a pitch once every 53 plate appearances, but it seems like more. Hello to 3rd string catcher Brian Navarreto, who made a cameo appearance and first since April 7th. Season (and AAA debut) for 26-year-old Matt Hardy, sixth year in the system (lost 2020 season counts for service time). All that Sounds offense, and hot players Mark Mathias, Tyler White and Garrett Whitley were idle. *** Biloxi Pre-Game Media Notes via the Shuckers' Virtual Press Box Final: Biloxi 6, Birmingham (White Sox) 5 Box Score / Game Log Via the Shuckers' site, game details, please review: Mitchell Hits Go-Ahead Homer In Ninth To Send Biloxi To 6-5 Victory - Castaneda Tosses Five One-Run Innings Garrett Greene with his usual banner write-up - Freddy Zamora, Joey Wiemer, Gabe Holt, and Felix Valerio all featured prominently. In video form, nice job in capturing this much for us from the home Birmingham feed (hence not quite the announcer excitement one might expect) - RHP Victor Castaneda was just 18 years old in 2017 when he appeared in nine games (four starts) in the Mexican League, close to AAA-equivalent, just prior to Milwaukee signing him. This marks just his second season dedicated to a starter's role. Still no sign of reliever Taylor Floyd, bummer. *** Friday’s Rattlers Home Game with Quad Cities Rained Out - Teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday with game one starting at 1:10pm It's going to be a banger of a Saturday in Grand Chute with expected glorious weather. Southpaws Antoine Kelly and Brandon Knarr slated to toe the slab. *** Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes Final: Lynchburg (Guardians) 10, Carolina 3 Box Score / Game Log Via the Mudcats' site, game details, please review: Carolina Wastes Early Lead in 10-3 Loss - The Carolina bullpen combined to allow nine runs and 11 hits over the final four innings in Friday’s loss So apparently a "Hillcat" is a fictitious cousin of the bobcat, with some lynx mixed in. This Hillcats - Mudcats matchup doesn't feature any actual cats, then. We haven't made much mention of 2021 8th round second baseman Zack Raabe, who had a nice night here, on base three times via base on balls, now sporting a .483 OBP through the seven games in which he's appeared. Raabe's dad Brian appeared briefly in "the Show" with three organizations between 1995 and 1997. One can imagine how much Spanish Zack Raabe is picking up this year given the Latin-heavy makeup of the Carolina roster. Hendry Mendez must be part super-hero as he appeared as the designated hitter (and in the cleanup spot, no less) within 48 hours of a violent collision while sliding into second base. Good news to be sure. Somebody appears to be heating up... *** It's a 1:10 PM Central start for the Timber Rattlers twinbill as you plan your Saturday on the farm: Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Links for affiliate audio Standings and sortable stat pages Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

Friday 4/21: Via WTMJ's "First Pitch": Craig Counsell

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Here's your final Link Report from Thursday 4/21

Thursday 4/21: Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Timber Rattlers' President Rob Zerjav (go to the 16:45 minute mark) *** Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Timber Rattlers' Manager Joe Ayrault (go to the 12:50 minute mark) We learn that Tyler Black's week-long absence was due to a sprained finger; Ayrault with praise for OF Tristan Peters

Thursday 4/21: Via WSSP's "Sparky's Midday Madness": Tim Dillard (go to the 15:10 minute mark) Via 97.3's Drew & KB (Ted Davis and Dan Needles hosting): Andrew Wagner of Forbes Via WTMJ: Matt Pauley hosts "Brewers Weekly" From our Minor League Forum: Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Timber Rattlers' President Rob Zerjav (go to the 16:45 minute mark) Via WSCO's "The Show with Leo and Balky: Timber Rattlers' Manager Joe Ayrault (go to the 12:50 minute mark) *** Friday 4/22: Locked on Brewers: "13 games in, compared to one year ago: Can the Brewers win 95 again?"

Media Notes: Nashville Biloxi Wisconsin Carolina

Wednesday 4/20: Via WTMJ's "First Pitch": Jeff Levering Via ESPN Wisconsin's "Jen, Gabe and Chewy": Sophia Minnaert Via 97.3's Drew & KB: Former Brewers RHP Paul Wagner Via WSSP: Ramie Makhlouf hosts the station's postgame show following the 4-2 win over Pittsburgh to sweep the series *** Thursday 4/21: Locked on Brewers: "Woodruff makes it four in a row - Brewers sweep the Pirates!" Via WTMJ's "First Pitch": David Stearns