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MUDCATS NOTEBOOK: New rule played a factor in Wednesday's win Samuel Evers, Rocky Mount Telegram Praise from Manager Joe Ayrault for RHP Conor Harbor within... *** After "mental break," Mudcats' Webb finding a groove Patrick Mason, Rocky Mount Telegram Adding to the Braden Webb talking points earlier in this thread...

VIDEO via the MLBPA's "Infield Chatter": A reflective Tim Dillard

AUDIO via the Sky Sox Soundcloud: "Dan Karcher gets to know Erik Davis, who has provided valuable innings out of the Sky Sox bullpen" How fragile are extended pro baseball careers? Davis acknowledges the Brewers were the only organization to have formal interest in him this past offseason.

Wednesday's Birthday: Sky Sox RHP Jon Perrin is 25

As indicated on his stats page linked above, Moore began his pro career in 2015. Minor leaguers need to complete seven pro seasons before qualifying for minor league free agency. When the Brewers picked up Moore, they assume the seven-year initial pro contract Moore signed with the Braves. Should Moore reach the big leagues, your point is well taken, in that a new type of "own his rights" clock begins, which is a reminder that a team really owns a player's rights for up to 13-14 years combined minor/major league service time.

PRE-GAME TUE. 5/22: AUDIO via WTMJ's Morning News: Craig Counsell (go to the 37:25 minute mark) *** AUDIO via ESPN Milwaukee's "Bryan and Dan": Sophia Minnaert *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show: Dave Carney, co-host of “Dave and Skradie” on 96.7 FM/580 AM WKTY in La Crosse makes his debut on the show NOTE: I almost never editorialize on linked audio, but thankfully the conversation steers away from the Brewers before the five-minute mark. When a sports host (Carney) starts delving into the "trade Braun" discussion, just so painful. *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show: Adam McCalvy *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Chase Anderson on MLB Network's "High Heat" with Chris Russo *** AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Bill Schroeder *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Pre-Game Show: Craig Counsell dugout media quote, followed by the roundtable discussion with Tim Allen and Bill Michaels, then Travis Shaw and Corey Knebel quotes from Monday night *** AUDIO via the Mike Heller Show (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 97:00 minute mark) *** VIDEO via Brewers'com: "Stephen Vogt and Craig Counsell discuss Vogt's season-ending surgery and recovery" *** VIDEO via Brewers'com: "Ryan Braun, Chase Anderson and Christian Yelich teamed up to help Habitat for Humanity build a home in the Milwaukee area" *** VIDEO via Fox Sports Wisconsin: Darnell Coles discusses Travis Shaw *** POST-GAME TUE. 5/22: VIDEO via Fox Sports Wisconsin: Corey Knebel on the field *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Craig Counsell presser *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: "Domingo Santana, Josh Hader and Corey Knebel discuss the Brewers' 1-0 victory over the D-backs" *** VIDEO via Tom Haudricourt: Corey Knebel locker room chat *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM: Their full "Post-Game" Show

Roegner rolling for Mudcats Brewers prospect has thrown 22 2/3 straight scoreless innings By Damien Sordelett / Special to MiLB.com

Multiple quotes within -- Roegner rolling for Mudcats Brewers prospect has thrown 22 2/3 straight scoreless innings By Damien Sordelett / Special to MiLB.com A 22nd-round pick in 2016 out of Bradley, Cameron Roegner leads the Carolina League with a 0.76 ERA. (Carolina Mudcats photo)

No quotes within, but a good sense of what Jake's been up to... Shuckers' Gatewood keeps swinging hot bat Brewers No. 18 prospect doubles three times in perfect showing By Vincent Lara-Cinisomo / MiLB.com Jake Gatewood has five multi-hit games in the past eight contests, raising his average 41 points in that span. (Brian McLeod photo / MiLB.com)

Corbin Burnes can't replicate dominant road form in loss Brent Briggeman, Colorado Springs Gazette Perhaps Corbin Burnes' massive home vs. road disparity can be chalked up to sample size as much as the altitude and massive outfield at Security Service Field. Burnes wasn't bad on Tuesday, but he wasn't his usual dominant self on the road as he gave up three runs in a 4-2 Sky Sox loss at Nashville. Burnes, a consensus top-100 prospect in baseball, was perfect through three innings before giving up a pair of runs in the fourth and allowing another to cross in the sixth. He gave up just four hits in 52/3 innings, striking out five while walking four. Before Tuesday, Burnes had largely dominated on the road, posting a 2.70 ERA in four starts with a 37-to-8 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 30 innings while allowing just 22 hits. At home, however, he had an 8.64 ERA in four starts with 12 strikeouts, 11 walks and 25 hits allowed in 162/3 innings. "He's got a very good curveball, and that's the pitch that I think is more affected here than any other pitch," Sky Sox manager Rick Sweet said after Burnes' most recent home start on Thursday, "But he also has a slider and a change-up that he uses well, too." Over his last two road starts, Burnes has come down to earth a bit in allowing seven runs over 10 2/3 innings. Of course, maybe that's because of matchup issues with Nashville, which was the opponent both times. Point is, nine starts into Burnes' Triple-A stint is probably too early to notice any definitive patterns, even if stats were leaning heavily that direction. "I look more at how he pitched," Sweet said last week. "I thought he battled. I thought he competed. "It's tougher to dominate (in Colorado Springs). You have to battle here the whole time. That's why we're out of here. That's why they're moving, finally."

Moore has discovered something, that's for sure. Nine-for-12 in SB attempts, too. Will be 26 in August, Rule 5 eligible in the fall, but Brewers own his rights through 2021, which is nice. In the same sample size, he has nearly doubled his 2017 OPS at AA with the Braves (1.032 to .584). Well, not quite, but you get the picture (stats).

Final: Nashville 4, Colorado Springs 2 SKY SOX FALL TO SOUNDS 4-2 ON NASHVILLE'S FOUR HITS NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Sky Sox lost the second game of their road trip and fifth-straight with their 4-2 loss in Nashville Tuesday night. Despite outhitting the Sounds nine to four, the Sky Sox would only go one for 10 with runners in scoring position. Nashville combined for a team cycle with four total hits, plating their four runs on a single, double, triple, home run with the assistance of six walks. With the loss, the Sky Sox fall to three-and-a-half games back in the American North behind Oklahoma City. Rest of the summary and notes at the link above... *** Box Score / Game Log Jacob Barnes stranded two inherited runners, but did walk two in an inning and a third. Big league jobs are not guaranteed, especially on talented clubs.

Also from Eric: "Phil Bickford sitting 83-85, topping out at 87. Can still spin it, though."

Via Fangraphs Eric Longenhagen: "More Brewers extended st stuff: Mario Feliciano is playing again. Working back from a shoulder issue. Je'Von Ward doubled off of a piped 94mph fastball to OPPO gap. Jean Carmona looks leaner and twitchier than last summer, hooked one 1b to right, hit another back through the box."

RHP Thomas Jankins placed on the Biloxi DL (injury undisclosed) *** To make room for RHP Braulio Ortiz (up from Wisconsin to Carolina), RHP Nattino Diplan hits the Mudcats DL

Tuesday Birthdays: Yeison Coca - 19 (Thornburg PTBNL) Eric Sogard - 32

Mudcat videos (Monday's game): CF Ryan Aguilar - Part One CF Ryan Aguilar - Part Two Rob Henry RBI single Dallas Carroll RBI single

Includes news on a jersey auction -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qth4soP6_bw&feature=youtu.be

AUDIO via the Sky Sox Soundcloud: "Erik Bremer gets to know Sky Sox bullpen catcher Charlie Meyer" NOTE: Meyer formally remains a farmhand within the organization, despite the unique role for now.

Braulio Ortiz and the Curse of One Great Tool Noah Nofz, BP Milwaukee ***

As also posted in our season-long Timber Rattlers feature archive thread -- Braulio Ortiz and the Curse of One Great Tool Noah Nofz, BP Milwaukee ***

More catching up from Monday -- *** VIDEO: Via the Shuckers, here's the full Biloxi highlight package from Monday's high-scoring affair *** VIDEO via WXXV: Enjoy again *** VIDEO via WLOX: And just a bit more - minus the big Shuckers rally...

Monday's game --

SKY SOX OPEN ROAD TRIP WITH LOSS IN NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Sky Sox lost the first game of their road trip and their four-game series versus the Nashville Sounds 5-4 Monday night. The Sky Sox are now 5-3 against the Sounds this year. After having won five games in a row against Nashville initially, Colorado Springs has now dropped three in a row to the Sounds. After going three up and three down in the bottom of the first inning, the home team found their way onto the scoreboard first in the bottom of the second. Anthony Garcia became the Sounds first baserunner of the evening after drawing a walk, advancing to third on a Christian Bethancourt throwing error on a pickoff attempt from behind the dish. Jake Smolinski drew a four-pitch walk to put runners on the corners, and a Ramon Laureano sacrifice fly brought home Garcia for Nashville's first run of the evening. A Sheldon Neuse double in the next at-bat would score Smolinski to give Nashville a 2-0 lead. The Sounds tacked on another pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth frame to double their lead. With one out on the board, Smolinski walked for the second time tonight, and with two outs on the board Laureano singled to move Smolinski to third, advancing to second himself on the throw. Neuse walked to load the bases, and a Jorge Mateo brought home Smolinski and Laureano to make it 4-0 Nashville. The Sky Sox rebutted in the top of the next inning with three hits in a row. Dylan Moore hit a bunt single on the first pitch he saw, followed by a Kyle Wren single to right. Still with no outs in the inning, Gabriel Noriega doubled to score Moore and push Wren to third. Nate Orf made the first out of the frame in productive fashion, flying out to left to score Wren from third and make it a 4-2 ballgame. Eric Sogard followed suit with a double to score Noriega and cut the deficit to one. Tristan Archer retired five Nashville batters in a row for the Sky Sox between the fifth and sixth innings, but with two outs in the bottom of the sixth Laureano hit a solo jack for his second hit and RBI of the night to extend Nashville's lead to 5-3. That score would hold until the top of the ninth inning, when the Sky Sox rallied late in an eventful inning. Down to their final two outs, Wren drew a walk, followed by a Noriega single. Quintin Berry then came into the game to pinch-run for Noriega at first and represent the tying run, but a double-steal attempt ended with Wren being thrown out at third and Berry safely taking second. The Sky Sox regained a little momentum when Orf was hit-by-pitch right on the hands to once again give Colorado Springs two baserunners with the tying run on first and the winning run at the plate. Down to his final strike, Sogard would single to score Berry and give Colorado Springs a fighting chance, but a Tyrone Taylor strikeout would strand Orf and Sogard and bring the game to an end with a final score of 5-4, as the Sounds won their third victory in a row over the Sky Sox. The Sky Sox are in the midst of a nine-game road trip. First, Colorado Springs will take on the Nashville Sounds for four games before heading to Memphis to play the Redbirds for five more games. The Sky Sox head back home for a five-game homestand beginning May 30 against the Iowa Cubs. Tomorrow's Expectation: In the second game of the four-game set against the Nashville Sounds, the Sky Sox are sending righty Corbin Burnes to the mound to face righty Chris Bassitt for the Sounds. The last time the Sky Sox faced the Sounds was in Nashville on their last road trip, splitting the series at two games apiece. Orf on the Rise: The sacrifice fly by Nate Orf in the fifth inning Monday night was his 16th career sacrifice fly with the Sky Sox, passing Garrett Atkins for 9th place on the sacrifice fly list. Next up at tied for 7th: Matt Miller and Ben Petrick with 17 sacrifice flies each. Shut Out, I think Not: The Sky Sox, who were shut out nine times in 2017, including three straight games against Iowa (8/16-17), avoided their potential first shutout of 2018 Sunday as the Memphis Redbirds took them through six innings scoreless. However, in the seventh, Kyle Wren knocked a sacrifice fly with bases loaded to break the shutout bid. Ke-Boom: Keon Broxton knocked his sixth home run of the season in game two of Saturday's doubleheader and second of the homestand. His home run Saturday marked his third leadoff home run with the Sky Sox and the first, first-pitch leadoff home run since Eric Young, Jr. on April 21, 2010 in Colorado Springs against the Tacoma Rainiers. Broxton's first four home runs came within the first seven games of season when he hit one on Opening Day (April 5) and hit home runs in three straight games between 4/10 and 4/14. On-Base Hacker: On Sunday, Kyle Wren continued his on-base rhythm. Wren has only recorded three instances in 2018 where he did not get on base, and they have been all recorded in the month of May. His one hit Sunday gave him 329 hits, tying Eric Young, Jr. for 11th place on the all-time hits list.

PRE-GAME SUN. 5/20: VIDEO via Fox Sports Wisconsin: Craig Counsell pre-game media discussion *** AUDIO via the Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast: J.P. is busy grading papers, so Paul Noonan joins Steve and Ryan to discuss the Milwaukee Brewers successful 10-game road trip and how the team is on the cutting edge of managing a pitching staff." *** POST-GAME SUN. 5/20: AUDIO via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast: "The Brewers just completed a 7-3 road trip where they played without starters Chase Anderon and Zach Davies and without position players Ryan Braun and Eric Thames. It was a remarkable performance led by the best run of hitting so far this season and strong pitching especially out of the bullpen. On this week's program, Matt is joined by Kyle Lobner (@BrewFrostyMug), who produces the Daily Frosty Mug in addition to contributing to both the Timber Rattlers website and the Shepherd Express. Kyle will give his take on the 7-3 road trip and all aspects of the team. Brewers Minor League analyst Nolan Bratt (@BrewersFarm) will also join the program to give a comprehensive look at the Brewers minor league system." *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Craig Counsell press session *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM: Their full "Post-Game" Show *** PRE-GAME MON. 5/21: AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show: Adam McCalvy would love to see what Jesus would do with 600 AB's *** AUDIO via the Journal-Sentinel Brewers' Podcast: "Tom Haudricourt joins host JR Radcliffe and chats about the first-place Brewers. *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show: Andrew Wagner of the Sports Xchange (go to the 29:45 minute mark) *** AUDIO via WSCO's "One and Done with BJ and The Bear": Kyle Lobner (@BrewFrostyMug) - go to the 15:30 minute mark *** AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 72:30 minute mark) *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show": "National baseball insider Seth Everett discusses the Brewers recent road trip." *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Craig Counsell discusses Rays pitcher Sergio Romo becoming the first pitcher to make consecutive starts since 2012 *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Craig Counsell discusses the club's decision to option pitcher Freddy Peralta down to the Minors following two impressive starts *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show": "Sports Info Solutions Senior Research Analyst Mark Simon talks about Josh Hader, Ryan Braun and defensive runs saved." *** VIDEO via Fox Sports Wisconsin: Chase Anderson on being reinstated from the 10-day disabled list *** POST-GAME MON. 5/21: VIDEO via Fox Sports Wisconsin: Travis Shaw on the field *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Craig Counsell press conference *** VIDEO via Brewers.com: Chase Anderson, Travis Shaw and Corey Knebel comment on the win