Jim Goulart

Box: DSL Brewers/Indians 6, DSL Red Sox #2 Squad 2 Good enough - the three Brewer pitchers are the first three you see in the box score. They combined for six scoreless innings (despite seven walks). Check out the 2-3-4 spots in the co-op order, all Brewers - combined 8-for-13, and HR and double within a 3-for-4 day for infielder Elian Gonzalez (who DH'd here). Lesson learned for the co-op team as of late -- pop somebody in the DH spot for a day and watch the production.

Box, Game Two: DSL Red Sox #2 Squad 3, DSL Brewers/Indians 2 No Brewers pitched (again). 19-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who has played all over the infield but DH'd here, doubled and walked. He drove in both co-op runs in the 5th of this seven-inning game. Red Sox immediately scored two to take the eventual game-winning lead. The co-op lost despite clean defense and three Red Sox errors.

Box, Game One: DSL Red Sox #2 Squad 4, DSL Brewers/Indians 3 No Brewers pitched. The combined team scored two in the top of the 7th in this seven-inning opener, only to see an unearned run lead to a walk-off loss immediately thereafter (Indians error). 17-year-old Angel Bautista, playing second base here, continued a strong stretch of games with a 3-for-3 effort.

Box: DSL Pirates #1 Squad 16, DSL Brewers/Indians 3 The first three pitchers used were Brewers, 18-year-old 2nd-year-pro RHP and converted outfielder Francis Casado stranded two inherited runners, but RHP's Leony Rosario and in particular Ronnald Rojas were not effective. Rojas only turned 17 in April. He now has a 19.96 ERA in 16 appearances. Rojas is from Venezuela, far from home. We need to remember the human side of some of these journeys to fulfill their dreams. We use the term "kid" often, but here's a case in Rojas' where it's true. Rooting for him in coming years. What does Rojas say when he calls home after this? DSL Pirates1 Bottom of the 6th Pitching Change: Ronnald Rojas replaces Leony Rosario. Rafael Escalante hit by pitch. Eliazer Montero hit by pitch. Rafael Escalante to 2nd. Omar Matos walks. Rafael Escalante to 3rd. Eliazer Montero to 2nd. Wild pitch by pitcher Ronnald Rojas. Rafael Escalante scores. Eliazer Montero to 3rd. Omar Matos to 2nd. Sergio Campana doubles (4) on a line drive to center fielder Alan Meza. Eliazer Montero scores. Omar Matos to 3rd. Defensive Substitution: Henyer Gomez replaces left fielder Bryan Nino, batting 2nd, playing left field. Defensive switch from left field to second base for Henyer Gomez. Defensive switch from second base to left field for Francisco Gonzalez. Jose Berroa grounds out to first baseman Elian Gonzalez. Luis Tello singles on a line drive to left fielder Francisco Gonzalez. Omar Matos scores. Sergio Campana scores. Darwin Baez hit by pitch. Luis Tello to 2nd. Pitching Change: Francis Casado replaces Ronnald Rojas. Orlando Chivilli grounds into a double play, shortstop Jose Baez to second baseman Henyer Gomez to first baseman Elian Gonzalez. Darwin Baez out at 2nd. Orlando Chivilli out at 1st. *** OF Bryan Nino (see departure above) returned to action the next day.

Box: DSL Brewers/Indians 3, DSL Pirates #1 Squad 2 Celebrate! DSL Indians/Brewers Bottom of the 9th Henyer Gomez walks. Missed catch error by first baseman Omar Matos on the pickoff attempt, assist to pitcher Luis Peralta. Henyer Gomez to 2nd. Luis Valderrama flies out to center fielder Fleury Nova. Lahiorne Diaz pops out to first baseman Omar Matos in foul territory. Francisco Gonzalez doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Luis Tello. Henyer Gomez scores. *** Only Brewer pitcher was 18-year-old RHP Deybi Arias, three innings of one-run ball, charged with a blown save but also the beneficiary of the win on his ledger. 17-year-old 2B/3B Angel Bautista, DH'ing here, was 2-for-3 with a walk. His triple was only his 2nd extra-base hit (35 singles). Bautista is a young 17 (last April), and the overall numbers and ratios in that context look pretty darn good. 18-year-old C/1B (1B here) Luis Valderrama 3-for-4 on the day with two RBI.

Box: AZL Padres #2 Squad 4, AZL Brewers Gold 2 RHP Braden Webb continues his rehab from an undisclosed injury -- AZL Padres 2 Top of the 1st Junior Perez strikes out swinging. Anthony Nunez walks. Angel Solarte strikes out swinging. Anthony Nunez steals (1) 2nd base. Cristian Heredia grounds out, shortstop Odrick Pitre to first baseman Ashton McGee. AZL Padres 2 Top of the 2nd Luis Almanzar walks. Jared Alvarez-Lopez strikes out swinging. Mound Visit. Pitching Change: Jian Yi replaces Braden Webb. Jarryd Dale strikes out swinging. Vladimir Echavarria called out on strikes. *** Padres scored two in the top of the 9th off of RHP Cam Robinson, it's been a tough 2019 for Cam. Very little offense, although second baseman Felix Valerio (Broxton trade) reached twice.

Box: AZL Brewers Blue 4, AZL Dodgers "Mota" Squad 3 Four-run 8th for the Baby Bluey's, all on just two hits, thank you very much: AZL Brewers Blue Top of the 8th Darrien Miller hit by pitch. Andre Nnebe grounds into a force out, shortstop Alex De Jesus to second baseman Albert Suarez. Darrien Miller out at 2nd. Andre Nnebe to 1st. Danny Casals walks. Andre Nnebe to 2nd. Mound Visit. Pitching Change: Daniel Cruz replaces Igor Avila. Wild pitch by pitcher Daniel Cruz. Andre Nnebe to 3rd. Danny Casals to 2nd. Anderson Melendez walks. Jackie Urbaez strikes out swinging. Kevin Hardin singles on a line drive to center fielder Ismael Alcantara. Andre Nnebe scores. Danny Casals scores. Anderson Melendez to 3rd. Luis Silva reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Luis Yanel Diaz. Anderson Melendez scores. Kevin Hardin to 2nd. Victor Vargas singles on a ground ball to shortstop Alex De Jesus. Kevin Hardin scores. Luis Silva to 3rd. Victor Vargas to 2nd. Throwing error by first baseman Imanol Vargas. Mound Visit. Pitching Change: Axel Acevedo replaces Daniel Cruz. Reidy Mercado pops out to first baseman Imanol Vargas. *** Three Brewer pitchers combined to fan eight and walk only one. Clean defense. All but one batter reached base at least once. Five batters reach at least twice, including three times each for catcher Darrien Miller (two HBP's) and middle infielder (DH'ing here) Danny Casals. Coaches pleased, the reports they like to file.

San Antonio Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: New Orleans 4, San Antonio 2 Not the return from the injured list RH reliever Miguel Sanchez was hoping for; Troy Stokes a .927 August OPS. Strong Pitching Not Enough as Missions Doubled Up by Baby Cakes San Antonio's Losing Streak Extended to Eight Games *** Returning to haunt an old friend Rivera beats Sweet in back-to-back games at Wolff By Jerry Briggs / San Antonio Missions Quotes and notes... *** PHOTO GALLERY via 210Gameday.com: Tyler Austin makes Missions debut

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: Cedar Rapids 4, Wisconsin 0 Rattlers Homestand Ends with a Shutout Loss to Cedar Rapids Kernels hold Rattlers to two hits in the game By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "In Friday's postgame podcast, Chris Mehring teaches Kyle Lobner a made-up word from his history that encapsulates the Friday's loss. There is a recap of the game, a look at the two high draft picks that were the starting pitchers in the game, an update on the playoff race, a little levity with a report on Pitchers' BP from this afternoon, and a few other tidbits. Hear clubhouse comments from Reese Olson and Matt Erickson, too." *** Nothing against LG Castillo, that has to be a really cool flight he's making to Lynchburg. But with a .499 OPS in 222 AB's, Castillo (who just recently turned only 20 years old) can join a struggling Mudcats team while others remain with the Rattlers, who are three games out of a wild card spot. We've seen this type of promotion in years past.

On a better note -- Box: Biloxi 8, Mobile 4 Biloxi Slugs Their Way To Tenth Consecutive Win Wilson, Caldwell, Hinojosa and Thomas All Homer For Shuckers in 8-4 Win Over Mobile By Garrett Greene / Biloxi Shuckers You know, just because this team is older and not "prospect-laden", didn't necessarily mean they would gel and produce all these wins. Kudo guys, and coaching staff, too. *** VIDEO via WLOX: *** Clayton Andrews is absolutely fascinating, hope he gets a Fall League slot. 2019 numbers: WHIP of 1.10 in 50 IP, batting line of .392/.446/.451 in 51 AB's. And all in a solid but 5'6" package.

Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: Lynchburg 6, Carolina 5 Errors Prove Costly in 6-5 Series Opening Loss in Lynchburg The Mudcats wasted an early 5-1 lead while losing their sixth straight game *** From Greg Young Jr.'s game summary linked above: "Tristen Lutz, meanwhile, went 1-for-3 with a run and RBI before leaving the game in the fifth after landing awkwardly on a diving catch attempt in center during the fourth. Morrison ended up moving to center to replace Lutz in the outfield after originally starting the game at second." You can see that catch as part of Lynchburg TV's highlight package here. *** We learn later in the evening that Wisconsin OF LG Castillo has been transferred to Carolina. With Zach Clark on the injured list, only Wes Rogers and Rob Henry are true outfielders on the Mudcat roster. *** Regardless of the Lutz situation, bad loss. Big early lead wasted, sloppy play, losing streak extended.

One catch-up move: Biloxi All-Star 1B Patrick Leonard is on the IL, retroactive to 8/9.

At San Antonio -- RHP Miguel Sanchez activated from the 7-day IL after a two-week stay. Catcher Tuffy Gosewisch to the Vibes' paper roster (again). The rumored signing of first baseman Tyler Austin, the 27-year-old former big league Yankee, Twin, and Giant, became official.

RHP Carlos Herrera, who turns 22 in October, has been placed on the 60-day IL, ending his season. Herrera, acquired alongside Freddy Peralta in the Adam Lind deal with Seattle, will end up with only one appearance in 2019, a rough one-third of an inning appearance in this rehab game in Maryvale on July 8th. No official word on the nature of his apparently pretty serious injury.

The Brewers have signed, we'll call him IF/OF, Carlos Moreno, a 20-year-old Dominican native and RH-bat who was released by the Yankees after his rookie season of 2018. Moreno primarily saw action as a corner infielder last year, but made his DSL Brewers debut in left field today (Friday 8/16 box score, 1-for-3, two K's)

Turns out there was a stateside debut on Thursday - details in this Transaction Thread post.

From Thursday's Link Report, Maryvale portion: Just remembered, Hernandez is back from a PED suspension, so the transaction is activation from the Restricted List: Adam McCalvy tweet details - August 24, 2018 *** Two members of the DSL Brewers have been brought stateside to Maryvale's Blue Squad -- Only 18 years old, Panamanian RHP Ariel Vega debuted very late in 2018 with two DSL appearances. RHP Junior Montero, a Dominican native who turns 21 in September yet is still a rookie pro, and he made his stateside debut Thursday: 3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K AZL Rangers Top of the 4th Pitching Change: Junior Montero replaces Jhoan Cruz. Osleivis Basabe flies out to center fielder Arbert Cipion. Injury Delay. Defensive switch from left field to center field for Reidy Mercado. (This was the Arbert Cipion departure we highlighted in Friday's Link Report.) Defensive Substitution: YongKang Kou replaces center fielder Arbert Cipion, batting 2nd, playing left field. Heriberto Hernandez grounds out, third baseman Luis Silva to first baseman Kevin Hardin. Randy Florentino flies out to left fielder YongKang Kou. AZL Rangers Top of the 5th Yenci Pena singles on a line drive to center fielder Reidy Mercado. Keyber Rodriguez singles on a line drive to center fielder Reidy Mercado. Yenci Pena to 2nd. Angel Aponte grounds into an unassisted double play, third baseman Luis Silva to first baseman Kevin Hardin. Yenci Pena out at 3rd. Keyber Rodriguez to 2nd. Angel Aponte out at 1st. Stanley Martinez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Reidy Mercado. Keyber Rodriguez scores. Stanley Martinez to 2nd. Stanley Martinez advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by center fielder Reidy Mercado. William Jeffry grounds out, shortstop Jackie Urbaez to first baseman Kevin Hardin. AZL Rangers Top of the 6th Cody Freeman grounds out, third baseman Luis Silva to first baseman Kevin Hardin. Osleivis Basabe flies out to center fielder Reidy Mercado. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Zion Bannster replaces Heriberto Hernandez. Zion Bannster singles on a ground ball to second baseman Danny Casals. Randy Florentino singles on a ground ball to right fielder Anderson Melendez. Zion Bannster to 2nd. Yenci Pena grounds into a force out, fielded by third baseman Luis Silva. Zion Bannster out at 3rd.

From Thursday's Link Report, Maryvale portion: Just remembered, Hernandez is back from a PED suspension, so the transaction is activation from the Restricted List: Adam McCalvy tweet details - August 24, 2018

We figure the minor league diehards found most of their info via the initial post links this week, we appreciate you and thanks to those who posted some key items and statistical notes each day. Clearly "real life" impacted myself and Toby ("And That") this week, but we'll muster on. That was a rare five-day stretch in Link Report history. Quite a lot of back-fill took place today, going back to Sunday's Link Report right through Thursday. Included are several video and audio links for you to catch up on, so please revisit the tail ends of those threads. The plan is to back-fill on Rocky Mountain and the Dominican boxes Friday evening, and then be back to normal Saturday AM as we work our way through the final two-plus weeks of the regular season, and then hopefully postseason games for Biloxi (guaranteed for them), and hopefully others. Thanks for hanging in there with us. -- Jim

http://www.brewerfan.net/images/store/dailylinkreport.jpg Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Dominican Summer League Scoreboard (includes DSL Brewers/Indians game) *** Links for affiliate audio *** Standings and sortable stat pages *** MiLB.TV options: San Antonio, Biloxi and Wisconsin home, Carolina unavailable; Rocky Mountain idle.

Box: AZL Brewers Gold 4, AZL Indians Blue 2 Tough to put a real rise in their winning percentages, but nice to see some Maryvale success as of late. LHP Franklin Hernandez (37th round, 2018) made his season debut with two scoreless innings, good for him. Don't believe we know what held him back in 2019. Clutch pitching by the Gold Crew when they needed it: Indians Team RISP: 3-for-18. Indians Team LOB: 16. All nine Brewer hits were singles, but nine is a good number. Only two walks and 15 K's, not good numbers. A win is a win, though.

Box: AZL Brewers Blue 9, AZL Rangers 8 The multitude of fans on hand got their free money's worth -- 28 combined hits, 35 baserunners (not including any from the game's seven errors) and this walk-off: AZL Brewers Blue Bottom of the 9th Andre Nnebe homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. *** Been waiting for the stateside breakout game from OF Reidy Mercado since his promotion from the DSL. Triple as part of a three-hit game here. *** Must have been a quality but costly catch here: AZL Rangers Top of the 4th Osleivis Basabe flies out to center fielder Arbert Cipion. Injury Delay. Defensive switch from left field to center field for Reidy Mercado. Defensive Substitution: YongKang Kou replaces center fielder Arbert Cipion, batting 2nd, playing left field. Heriberto Hernandez grounds out, third baseman Luis Silva to first baseman Kevin Hardin. Randy Florentino flies out to left fielder YongKang Kou. Cipion had hit his 2nd pro home run in his first at-bat. *** 36th round RHP Keegan McCarville with a 0.00 ERA over his last 11 innings (five outings, 15 K's). Still waiting on the flight to the Pioneer League.

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: Cedar Rapids 2, Wisconsin 1 Effort is there, of course, but just not a high-octane lineup... Late Rally Can't Save Wisconsin Kernels beat Rattlers 2-1 By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "In Thursday's postgame podcast, Chris Mehring & Kyle Lobner go over the Rattlers late rally, the performance of Kernels starter Luis Rijo, sing the praises of the bullpen, and take a look at what this 2–1 loss means to the playoff standings. Hear clubhouse comments from Jake Cousins, the newest Timber Rattler, and Matt Erickson, the Timber Rattler manager." *** AUDIO via WSCO: "2019 Brewers 1st round pick and Timber Rattlers lefty Ethan Small joins The Show to talk about the method he uses to mess up hitters’ timing, how he changed as a pitcher after Tommy John surgery and more." (Go to the 28:00 minute mark.) *** Fun videos to compare via the Timber Rattlers:

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: Wisconsin 3, Cedar Rapids 2 Justin Jarvis / Max Lazar tandem box scores rarely disappoint... Coca's RBI Single in Ninth Gets Wisconsin Past Cedar Rapids Rattlers celebrate a 3-2 walkoff win over the Kernels By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "In Wednesday's postgame podcast, Chris Mehring and Kyle Lobner recap the Rattlers fourth walkoff win of the 2019 season. They will detail the performances that gave the Rattlers the early 2–0 lead and allowed them to maintain the advantage. Then, there is the disappointment of the Kernels comeback before the exhilaration of the game-winning rally capped off with a two-out RBI single by Yeison Coca. Hear clubhouse comments from Justin Jarvis, Coca, Jim Henderson, and LG Castillo."

Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes *** Box: Winston-Salem 6, Carolina 4 Mudcats Swept After 6-4 Series Finale Loss to Dash The Mudcats lost their fifth straight while going 1-5 in their penultimate home stand *** VIDEO Tweets via the Mudcats: Devin Hairston shows some pop Brice Turang slide magic A gift from the opposing shortstop Turang with the extension