Jim Goulart

AUDIO via MLB.com Fri. 1/26: "Anthony Castrovince, Richard Justice and Joe Posnanski look at the Brewers acquiring Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain and discuss the remaining free-agent outfielders on this edition of the Morning Lineup Podcast." *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Fri. 1/26: Tim Allen *** VIDEO via MLB Network's "Hot Stove" Show Fri. AM 1/26: Ken Rosenthal discusses Milwaukee's busy Thursday *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Fri. 1/26: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Fri. 1/26: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Fri. 1/26: WSSP's Tim Allen *** AUDIO via ESPN Milwaukee's "Bryan and Dan" Fri. 1/26: "Fox Sports Wisconsin's Sophia Minnaert reacts to the Brewers' trade for Christian Yelich & signing of Lorenzo Cain." *** AUDIO via Brewers.com Fri. 1/26: "The Brewers have added Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain to their outfield. MLB.com's Dani Wexelman and Brewers reporter Adam McCalvy talk about the team signing Lorenzo Cain to a five-year deal and discuss if Ryan Braun could be moved to a new position in 2018." *** AUDIO via MLB Network Radio Fri. 1/26: Small portion of Craig Counsell's interview, if you are a Sirius/XM full subscriber, check the "Inside Pitch" archives. *** AUDIO via the Baseball America Podcast Fri. 1/26: J.J. Cooper and Kyle Glaser open their Top 100 Prospects discussion with a breakdown of the Yelich trade, beginning at the 00:50 second mark through the 15:45 minute mark *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 1/26: "Our good friend Josh Vernier, Kansas City Royals Reporter for 610 Sports Radio, joins the boys he used to share the studio with. How good can Lorenzo Cain still be at 31?" *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 1/26: "Our baseball insider Seth Everett joins the boys after David Stearns turns the Brewers into contenders." *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 1/26: "Craig Mish of SiriusXM joins the show to give us more insight on Christian Yelich." *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 1/26: "Our baseball insider Adam McCalvy of MLB.com joins the guys after the Lorenzo Cain press conference." *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 1/26: "Former Brewers 1st and 3rd baseman Jeff Cirillo joins the boys before Brewers On Deck this Sunday." *** AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show Fri. 1/26 (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 71:00 minute mark) *** AUDIO via the Mike Heller Show Fri. 1/26 (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 42:50 minute mark) *** AUDIO via Wayne Larivee's "The Play-by-Play Podcast" via WTMJ Fri. 1/26: Tom Haudricourt (go to the 19:30 minute mark)

Detailed scouting report on 11th round Maryvale RHP Max Lazar The 18-year-old's report is based on one night, last August 10th

Thursday's action: Dominican Box -- It was an extra-inning walk-off loss for Jonathan Villar and Christian Bethancourt's club, now up two games to one in the best-of-nine League Championship Series. Villar was 1-for-5 (triple, K), Bethancourt 1-for-3 (BB, R, K). *** Australia Box (Friday's game there) -- In a 10-9 win, catcher Alex Hall was 3-for-4, two R, RBI, K. Jesse Williams, playing second base, was 0-for-4, K. *** Venezuela Box -- Despite an OK start from Junior Guerra (5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K), his Lara club lost 5-2 when the bullpen allowed three eighth-inning runs. You can see his batter-by-batter log here. I believe this is a best-of-nine series as well, and Guerra's club now trails three games to two.

AUDIO via the Mike Heller Show Thurs. 1/25: "Brewers pitcher Chase Anderson talks about why 2017 was his best season, what he's working on for 2018 and his thoughts on the trade of Christian Yelich to Milwaukee." *** AUDIO via 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Thurs. 1/25: Brewers Pitching Coach Derek Johnson joins the boys after the Christian Yelich trade *** AUDIO via 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Thurs. 1/25: WSSP's Tim Allen *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Sports Central" Thurs. 1/25: "Greg checks in with Brewers' Catcher Stephen Vogt to talk about the team's move for Christian Yelich, getting ready for another season and life as a veteran player." *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Sports Central" Thurs. 1/25: "A big day for the Brewers as they acquire two Major League outfielders. One of them, Christian Yelich, joins Greg to talk about the move, playing in Miller Park and his thoughts on the team." *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Sports Central" Thurs. 1/25: "Hernan Perez hops on the line with Greg to talk about his offseason, the Brewers moves for outfielders and where that puts him and more." *** AUDIO via WLW 700 in Cincinnati (where he went to high school) Thurs. evening 1/25: Brent Suter -- there is a podcast player within the tweet *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Brewers Weekly" Thurs. 1/25: "Matt Pauley is joined by Brewers pitcher Jacob Barnes to talk about the day full of trades for the Crew, what he does to get ready for the season, contracts for relievers and more!" *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Brewers Weekly" Thurs. 1/25: "Following the big news of the day that the Brewers trade for outfielder Christian Yelich, Matt is joined by Marlins beat reporter Tim Healey." *** AUDIO via MLB Network Radio Thurs. 1/25: Small snippet of Lewis Brinson (who killed it on the full interview, if you are a Sirius/XM full subscriber, check the "MLB Roundtrip" archives).

Guess the Yelich trade eclipses the most recent deal with the Marlins

No word yet if Jeff is the announcer to be named in the Yelich deal.

Thursday's Australia game is streaming now, it will archive as well. As I type this, the two Brewers' kids, Hall and Williams, are due up in the 6th as Perth is getting no-hit. Hopefully you will watch a break-up of that, courtesy of one of the young men. *** Box Score

Wednesday's action: Dominican Box -- An 8-4 win for Jonathan Villar and Christian Bethancourt's team, now up 2-0 in their Dominican Winter League Championship series. Villar, playing shortstop, was 2-for-4, run, two K's. Bethancourt, 1-for-3, run scored. Of course, Villar, did produce several cringe-worthy tweets with this choice on the basepaths -- Aguilas Bottom of the 4th Jonathan Villar singles on a ground ball to left fielder Julio Borbon. Aguilas challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Junior Lake grounds into a double play, third baseman Donovan Solano to first baseman Yamaico Navarro to third baseman Donovan Solano. Jonathan Villar out at 3rd. Danny Santana homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Felix Perez lines out to left fielder Julio Borbon.

AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Wed. 1/24: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Wed. 1/24: MLB Network's (and longtime Brewer) Dan Plesac *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Wed. 1/24: RHP Aaron Wilkerson *** AUDIO via the Mike Heller Show Wed. 1/24 (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 26:30 minute mark) *** AUDIO via the Mike Heller Show Wed. 1/24: Travis Shaw *** AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central Wed. 1/24: RHP Jhoulys Chacin *** AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central Wed. 1/24: LHP Brent Suter *** AUDIO via MLB Network Radio Wed. 1/24: A small portion of their chat with Corey Knebel

2016 Brewer Andy Wilkins just signed with the Twins organization. In 2017, Wilkins had to begin in independent ball before the Reds came calling to have Wilkins fill a void at AA for them. *** 2009 18th round LHP Caleb Thielbar, with 109 big league games under his belt, but also had to play indy ball the last two years, is back in affiliated ball with the Tigers. Detailed press release here.

Craig Mish, who also was the main media person on top of all the Giancarlo Stanton updates from a Miami perspective, on the 2:00 PM Eastern Wednesday "Sirius/XM Fantasy Baseball Show" -- subscribers to the app can also listen to the archive, these are not direct quotes, but me summarizing his comments from an 11-minute conversation. Several of the comments come from "sources Mish trusts". *** The Brewers absolutely have made an offer to Miami for Christian Yelich. As many as 25 teams have shown interest, but there are only a handful of serious suitors, and the Brewers offer is the very first offer the Marlins consider a serious offer. The Marlins are hoping to leverage this info to pit clubs against each other in bidding (perhaps that is why Mish has this information, to get the word out). Mish thinks the Marlins would be playing this info off two-to-three other teams to increase trade value. Miami is becoming much more serious about trading Yelich, they see limiting positives in having him remain, considering Yelich's stated case of not wanting to be there any longer (irreparable). Back in December, when the Marlins went to Yelich to give him a heads-up that Stanton would not be here, Yelich privately "lost it". His public comments came later, mainly via his agent. Other chips likely need to fall in free agency before a trade becomes a reality (maybe Lorenzo Cain in a short-term settle deal). There was an interesting discussion about holding on to Yelich, because invariably when someone goes down elsewhere (see Adam Eaton, A.J. Pollock, circa 2017), Yelich could be worth even more by around the All-Star Break, but that only works if Yelich performs this April/May/June, and the pressure on Yelich to perform in front of Marlins fans within a reduced lineup, in a uniform he's denounced, may actually de-value him.

Catcher Max McDowell -- getting his reps in and helping youngsters at the same time -- looking forward to seeing Max in Biloxi in 2018.

Tuesday's action: Venezuela Box -- In an opening game of a new series (no longer just round-robin), Jonathan Villar and Christian Bethancourt's club enjoyed an 8-1, scoring seven runs over the final two innings. Villar was 1-for-4 (BB, R, two K, caught stealing again) while Bethancourt was 3-for-4, R, threw out Erick Aybar trying to steal.

AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show Tue. 1/23 (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Brian Anderson discusses Matt Vasgersian's hire for Sunday Night Baseball

AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Tue. 1/23: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Tue. 1/23: RHP Brandon Woodruff *** AUDIO via ESPN 540 Milwaukee Tue. 1/23: Sophia Minnaert (go to the 7:00 minute mark for Brewers talk) *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Sports Central" Tue. 1/23: "Brewers Manager Craig Counsell joins Greg Matzek on the show to talk about his feud with Garth Brooks, why the hot stove hasn't been so hot throughout Major League Baseball, what he expects in Spring Training and more." *** AUDIO via WTMJ's "Sports Central" Tue. 1/23: "Greg is joined by Brewers closer Corey Knebel to talk about his new life as a Dad, getting back in the swing of things, what he thinks of this Yu Darvish rumor and life with Craig Counsell as Manager."

The first tidbit -- Erickson Returns to Manage Timber Rattlers

AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show Mon. 1/22 (You will need to create a free iHeart Radio account to listen): Tom Haudricourt (go to the 97:15 minute mark)

RHP Michael Blazek to the D-Backs on a minor league deal, as noted in the initial post in this thread.

AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM Mon. 1/22: Hot Stove Weekly -- Bill "Baby Tausch" Schmid and Tim Allen break down the latest Brewers news. Brewers pitcher Josh Hader and Milwaukee baseball insider Adam McCalvy join the show. You can click on the names to hear the individualized interviews as well.

Agent Josh Kusnick with plenty of specifics regarding the Jeremy Jeffress re-signing this fall.

From our earlier post on the players released in December: Gomez has signed with the Sussex County Miners (Frankford Township, New Jersey) of the independent Can-Am Association. Congrats and good luck to Jose!

"THE Joshua Kusnick Experience #22 continues with our new format and this episode responds directly to a question from the audience – Why do some players go to arbitration and others choose to sign long-term? The conversation begins with Josh briefly explaining the arbitration process, the expense of preparing for the hearing and the cost/benefit analysis of signing a contract verses going to a hearing. Next Josh specifically discusses his client Jeremy Jeffress, the mechanics behind his contract he signed a few months ago and the thought process behind him signing this deal before reaching arbitration. This show gives a tremendous insight into the work agents do for their clients."

AUDIO via the Jon Arias Show on the Big 1070 Mon. 1/22: Adam Rygg (@BrewerNation) - Brewers talk begins at the 13:20 minute mark

AUDIO via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast Sun. 1/21: "As the off-season starts to wind down, it seems like maybe the hot stove is finally going to warm up a bit. After reports on Sunday that the Brewers were in on a high-profile free-agent pitcher and closing in on some trades, could the off-season movement, that many have been expecting, finally start to happen this week? Matt gets into those possibilities and gets the thoughts of Tim Muma from Brew Crew Ball on this week's podcast." *** AUDIO via the Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast Sun. 1/21: "The slow off season continues and with the lack of activity, Steve, Ryan and J.P. discuss the labor issues facing the players and what the Player's Association will need to fight for in the next collective bargaining agreement."

VIDEO via KAUZ in Texas: Chase Anderson