Jim Goulart

Will Sammon of The Athletic on Brewers prospects - December 30th via WSSP's "Sparky's Midday Madness" (go to the 33:00 minute mark)

Catching up on other January audio -- still relevant considering lack of MLB / MLBPA movement: Will Sammon of The Athletic on Brewers prospects - December 30th via WSSP's "Sparky's Midday Madness" (go to the 33:00 minute mark) Tom Haudricourt - January 6th via 97.3's Heller & Davis (go to the 01:42:20 hour/minute mark) Will Sammon discusses his Devin Williams feature story - January 7th via WSSP's "Ramie Show" Tom Haudricourt - January 12th via 97.3's Drew & KB

1/22/22: Happy 28th Birthday, OF Tyrone Taylor! MiLB Player Page (Baseball Reference page always linked above in the birthday greeting) Taylor had a scholarship offer from Cal State-Fullerton before Milwaukee persuaded him with an above-slot signing bonus of $750,000 to begin his professional career after drafting him in the 2nd round in 2012, a round with only LHP Alex Wood poised to have a more significant career WAR value than Taylor. *** Primed for a big 2022, particularly if a designated hitter role allows for shared at-bats among the outfielders, please enjoy a wonderful four minutes of Taylor highlights from 2021 (video found at NicksHighlights) *** We have brought this up previously, but the Brewers maintain (barring an unexpected change in free agency eligibility in the next CBA) an amazing 15 years of control over Taylor since he signed that initial contract. How so? Well, due to the uneven progress of Taylor's minor league journey, which included sub-par OPS figures in 2015 and 2016 at AA Biloxi (yes, in only his age 21 and 22 seasons), Taylor broke out and earned his 40-man roster spot at the last possible moment, after his 7th season in the Brewers system. Years 2019, 2020, and 2021 were Taylor's option years, and the organization certainly utilized those options. So seven + three, we're already up to ten years of control. In those three years, Taylor has garnered one year, 93 days' worth of MLB service time. So to reach the six MLB seasons needed for MLB free agency, Taylor is under Brewers' control for five more seasons through the end of the the 2026 season when he'll be 32. If it weren't for the extra 93 days of big league time so far, Taylor would have been maxed out at 16 years of control, as much as possible. Did Taylor know he'd be tied to the Brewers by that initial contract for 15 years? Perhaps not, but he's certainly pleased to be where he is now, as are the Brewers to have him, and in peak year form at age 28, this birthday boy may just be on the breakout stage (RotoBaller sure thinks so). He's a popular name on other team's message boards regarding trade targets. Don't, Milwaukee braintrust, don't. And Tyrone can always fall back on his FEDEX career after his baseball days are done. *** The birthday thread takes a couple of days off but returns on Tuesday the 25th. If you're joining us via our Twitter link for the first time today, scroll up to the top to see what you've missed thus far.

1/22/22: Happy 28th Birthday, OF Tyrone Taylor! MiLB Player Page (Baseball Reference page always linked above in the birthday greeting) Taylor had a scholarship offer from Cal State-Fullerton before Milwaukee persuaded him with an above-slot signing bonus of $750,000 to begin his professional career after drafting him in the 2nd round in 2012, a round with only LHP Alex Wood poised to have a more significant career WAR value than Taylor. *** Primed for a big 2022, particularly if a designated hitter role allows for shared at-bats among the outfielders, please enjoy a wonderful four minutes of Taylor highlights from 2021: *** We have brought this up previously, but the Brewers maintain (barring an unexpected change in free agency eligibility in the next CBA) an amazing 15 years of control over Taylor since he signed that initial contract. How so? Well, due to the uneven progress of Taylor's minor league journey, which included sub-par OPS figures in 2015 and 2016 at AA Biloxi (yes, in only his age 21 and 22 seasons), Taylor broke out and earned his 40-man roster spot at the last possible moment, after his 7th season in the Brewers system. Years 2019, 2020, and 2021 were Taylor's option years, and the organization certainly utilized those options. So seven + three, we're already up to ten years of control. In those three years, Taylor has garnered one year, 93 days' worth of MLB service time. So to reach the six MLB seasons needed for MLB free agency, Taylor is under Brewers' control for five more seasons through the end of the the 2026 season when he'll be 32. If it weren't for the extra 93 days of big league time so far, Taylor would have been maxed out at 16 years of control, as much as possible. Did Taylor know he'd be tied to the Brewers by that initial contract for 15 years? Perhaps not, but he's certainly pleased to be where he is now, as are the Brewers to have him, and in peak year form at age 28, this birthday boy may just be on the breakout stage (RotoBaller sure thinks so). He's a popular name on other team's message boards regarding trade targets. Don't, Milwaukee braintrust, don't. And Tyrone can always fall back on his FEDEX career after his baseball days are done. *** The birthday thread takes a couple of days off but returns on Tuesday the 25th. If you're joining us via our Twitter link for the first time today, scroll up to the top to see what you've missed thus far.

Infielder Hayden Cantrelle continues to update his YouTube channel video collection.

Here's 2021 Biloxi infielder Cam Devanney, the Crew's 15th round pick in 2019. Devanney struggled last season, no doubt -- but he also bypassed both Low-A and High-A ball immediately after the lost 2020 year.

OF/INF Korry Howell Apple Link Spotify Link ***

Thursday 1/20: "Reviewing the Brew's" Cold Brew Podcast Episode 71 *** Locked on Brewers Games of the Year Countdown -- #10 and #9 *** WTMJ's Brewers Weekly with Matt Pauley - Guest is Matt Erickson, former Timber Rattlers manager, now a big league coach *** Garrett Greene with Korry Howell via our Minor League Forum

Extended video/audio chat with LHP Nick Bennett

1/20/22: Happy 18th Birthday, RHP Daurys Mora! Just signed on January 15th out of the Dominican Republic, Mora is listed at 5'10", 180. EDIT: $10,000 bonus *** Happy 19th Birthday, RHP Reybert Reyes! EDIT: $5,000 bonus Just signed on January 15th out of Venezuela, Reyes is listed at 6'3", 183. If you're on Facebook, you can see recent photos from Reyes' signing here. "I thank God for this blessing that I dreamed and worked for so long! There were hard times, days of frustration, there were many drops of sweat and tears shed. But it was all worth it, thank you to @brewers @academiaabar @jgpitchersacademy for believing in me and helping me achieve this goal, Thank you to my family who were supporting me all the time. I just ask God to give me health to continue doing what I love! And thank God I now officially belong to the Milwaukee Brewers. #nopainnogain Once Reyes takes to a pro mound, he'll be the first "Reybert" in the history of professional baseball. If you're wondering about Daurys Mora, he'll be the 2nd "Daurys" . *** Our next post will be Saturday as we send a big leaguer birthday greetings.

1/20/22: Happy 18th Birthday, RHP Daurys Mora! Just signed on January 15th out of the Dominican Republic, Mora is listed at 5'10", 180. *** Happy 19th Birthday, RHP Reybert Reyes! Just signed on January 15th out of Venezuela, Reyes is listed at 6'3", 183. If you're on Facebook, you can see recent photos from Reyes' signing here. "I thank God for this blessing that I dreamed and worked for so long! There were hard times, days of frustration, there were many drops of sweat and tears shed. But it was all worth it, thank you to @brewers @academiaabar @jgpitchersacademy for believing in me and helping me achieve this goal, Thank you to my family who were supporting me all the time. I just ask God to give me health to continue doing what I love! And thank God I now officially belong to the Milwaukee Brewers. #nopainnogain Once Reyes takes to a pro mound, he'll be the first "Reybert" in the history of professional baseball. If you're wondering about Daurys Mora, he'll be the 2nd "Daurys" .

One of the best ways to learn about the players - audio interviews. Here's Andy Otero with Nashville's Jeff Hem from last July.

LHP Andy Otero (Biloxi / Nashville in 2021) has been excellent in his Dominican Winter League stint. Otero, a native of Panama, tossed at least 5.0 innings in all eight starts of the combined regular and round-robin seasons, and in nine of his 11 overall starts, including the postseason. The pre-playoff numbers are reflected in the Baseball Reference page linked above, including his 1.79 ERA in 40.1 frames. He started Game One of the Dominican Final Series Monday and received a no-decision - 5.0 IP, allowed 3 hits, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K. His team would grab a walk-off win in 11 innings. Overall in those three postseason starts, Otero has only allowed two earned runs over 15.1 IP in three starts, a 1.17 ERA. Brief VIDEO from Monday night

1/19/22: Happy 18th Birthday, INF Richard Rojas! MiLB Player Page (Baseball Reference page always linked above in the birthday greeting) Rojas was signed out of Venezuela four days prior to his 17th birthday in January of 2021, bonus information is not available, but it is not believed that he was a prominent signing. In his 2021 debut season, the infielder started twelve Dominican Summer League games at third base, eight at second base and two at shortstop. In the 22 games, he committed nine errors. Things did not go much better at the plate, where all ten of Rojas' base hits in 76 at-bats were singles, as he posted a .132/.267/.132 line (.399 OPS). He fanned in 32% of those 76 at-bats, though he did draw 12 walks and was HBP twice. Rojas was successful on one of three stolen base attempts. Certainly we do try and focus on the positive within this forum, and in particular this thread. Hard to do here, so it is better a reminder that we are often discussing young men, yet to reach legal adulthood, and in this case, in a foreign country away from family. Rojas' game log reveals the inconsistent playing time he received. He did manage two two-hit games, including his 2nd game as a pro. With a big influx of new talent in the 2022 signing period poised to begin careers, we'll eventually learn what an offseason of growth might do to afford Rojas a chance at being coached up this coming season. We do know that few have ever rocked a neon blue sportscoat as well as Richard did on his signing day. *** On Thursday the 20th, we'll very briefly acknowledge birthdays for two of the just-signed international players. Our next more formal post will be Saturday the 22nd.

Bonus information (thus far) provided by Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com: Johan Barrios, SS, Venezuela ($1,385,000) Jhonny Severino, SS, Dominican Republic ($1.23 million) Luis Lara, OF, Venezuela ($1.1 million) Gery Holguin, SS, Dominican Republic ($450,000) Fabricio Valera, OF, Venezuela ($400,000) Angel Pereira, SS, Venezuela Misael Tejada, C, Dominican Republic Jose Peña, SS, Dominican Republic Anthony Flores, LHP, Venezuela Justin Caceres, RHP, Nicaragua Ranwell Smith, RHP, Nicaragua Bryan Rivera, RHP, Nicaragua Juan Baez, SS, Dominican Republic Jhofez Mejias, LHP, Venezuela Roman La Torre, C, Venezuela Reminton Batista, OF, Dominican Republic Royer Cabrera, RHP, Dominican Republic Roman Perez, RHP, Dominican Republic Edwin Tamoy, C, Venezuela Luis Garcia, C, Venezuela Felipe de los Santos, RHP, Dominican Republic Yorman Galindez, RHP, Venezuela Deylin Gomez, RHP, Dominican Republic Jose Meneses, LHP, Venezuela Osbriel Mogollon, LHP, Venezuela Daurys Mora, RHP, Dominican Republic Francisco Nina, OF, Dominican Republic Breijher Subero, RHP, Venezuela Reybert Reyes, RHP, Venezuela Edgardo Reyes, 3B, Venezuela Donis Rodriguez, SS, Dominican Republic Wande Torres, LHP, Dominican Republic Jeral Vizcaino, RHP, Dominican Republic

Sunday 1/16: Via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast: This week's show features a conversation with Brandon Sneide of "Dairyland Express" and "Game On Wisconsin". Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast *** Monday 1/17: Locked on Brewers: Mailbag episode *** Tuesday 1/18 Locked on Brewers: Dale Sveum is the interview guest

1/19/22: Happy 18th Birthday, INF Richard Rojas! MiLB Player Page (Baseball Reference page always linked above in the birthday greeting) Rojas was signed out of Venezuela four days prior to his 17th birthday in January of 2021, bonus information is not available, but it is not believed that he was a prominent signing. In his 2021 debut season, the infielder started twelve Dominican Summer League games at third base, eight at second base and two at shortstop. In the 22 games, he committed nine errors. Things did not go much better at the plate, where all ten of Rojas' base hits in 76 at-bats were singles, as he posted a .132/.267/.132 line (.399 OPS). He fanned in 32% of those 76 at-bats, though he did draw 12 walks and was HBP twice. Rojas was successful on one of three stolen base attempts. Certainly we do try and focus on the positive within this forum, and in particular this thread. Hard to do here, so it is better a reminder that we are often discussing young men, yet to reach legal adulthood, and in this case, in a foreign country away from family. Rojas' game log reveals the inconsistent playing time he received. He did manage two two-hit games, including his 2nd game as a pro. With a big influx of new talent in the 2022 signing period poised to begin careers, we'll eventually learn what an offseason of growth might do to afford Rojas a chance at being coached up this coming season. We do know that few have ever rocked a neon blue sportscoat as well as Richard did on his signing day. *** On Thursday the 20th, we'll very briefly acknowledge birthdays for two of the just-signed international players. Our next more formal post will be Saturday the 22nd.

Looks like in addition to Jackson Chourio's $1.8M from the 2021 pool, these were the other prominent bonuses, had been looking for these $ figures for some time now, somehow had overlooked this Jesse Sanchez mlb.com article. Guilarte yet to debut. Barrios struggled (still so young), but Chourio, Mendez, and Serrano look to be money very well spent after their debut seasons. Daniel Guilarte, SS, Venezuela -- $1,000,000 Gregory Barrios, SS, Venezuela -- $1,000,000 Hendry Mendez, OF, Dominican Republic -- $735,000 Ney Serrano, SS, Dominican Republic -- $360,000

Placeholder on Roman Perez (10/26) - Sammon said can hit 95, but will have to work on command.

Regarding all the players signed on Day One of the January 15th International Signing Period (all 33 of them), they will be noted on the birthday thread although for nearly all, there will be no additional information until Dominican Summer League play for 2022 begins. If you scroll up above, you'll see that Gabe Holt and Zavier Warren now have company on January 7th and 8th, respectively, including one of the more prominent Brewer signings.

1/16/22: Happy 20th Birthday, RHP Andy Garcia! MiLB Player Page (Baseball Reference page always linked above in the birthday greeting) Signed in September 2020 at age 18 out of the Dominican Republic, Garcia, like RHP Jose Chavez (detailed last week), made his debut in Maryvale rather the Dominican Summer League. Outside of striking out 36 in 32 innings, it was a fairly rough age 19 debut campaign, as the linked numbers will attest. But Garcia was mainly enlisted as a starter (eight of ten outings), so the organization at least initially sees him fitting a starter's profile. Garcia's line was impacted by two rough starts - (3 IP, 5 ER and especially his next-to-last start, 1.2 IP, 7 ER). However, unlike a couple of young pitchers already profiled above who closed their debut pro years on sour notes, Garcia saved his finest moment for his season-ender and his first professional win. September 14th Box Score: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 5 K, 1 WP VIDEOS: For those of you on Instagram, there are two collections of effective Garcia pitches. *** Two more days off, then back on Wednesday the 19th with one of the several players coming off their age 17 debut season.

Photo Tweets: Severino Lara Barrios Pena Flores Valera Caceres, Smith, Rivera Holguin Tejada Pereira Baez Batista, Cabrera Perez Meneses, Reyes Galindez

Baseball America list as of late Sat. afternoon 1/15: Johan Barrios, SS, Venezuela Jhonny Severino, SS, Dominican Republic Luis Lara, OF, Venezuela Gery Holguin, SS, Dominican Republic Fabricio Valera, OF, Venezuela Angel Pereira, SS, Venezuela Misael Tejada, C, Dominican Republic Jose Peña, SS, Dominican Republic Anthony Flores, LHP, Venezuela Justin Caceres, RHP, Nicaragua Ranwell Smith, RHP, Nicaragua Bryan Rivera, RHP, Nicaragua Juan Baez, SS, Dominican Republic Jhofez Mejias, LHP, Venezuela

Posted 1/14/22: AUDIO: Via the Walkin' Off Podcast: Recently-signed big-league camp non-roster invitee Hobie Harris "We discuss his journey from JUCO to the Brewers. Harris shares stories from his time grinding in JUCO and the minors. We discuss getting traded to the Blue Jays, signing as a free agent with the Brewers, and more!"