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Mudcats' Harrison headlines week's top hitters Brewers No. 14 prospect builds on breakout campaign in Carolina By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com Monte Harrison's .828 OPS this season between Wisconsin and Carolina is 108 points higher than his career high. (Carl Kline photo/MiLB.com) Quotes from Monte within...

AUDIO via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast Sun. 8/6: "As the Brewers play the first week of August, they have closed the gap on the Cubs in the NL Central. Might we see them make substantial moves at the waiver-trade deadline at the end of the month? Matt is joined by Kyle Lobner to discuss that and many other things. Brew Crew Ball's Brad Ford joins the conversation to talk about some of the top prospects in the entire organization." *** The entirety of the podcast is worth your time -- in terms of this particular forum, Kyle wraps up by talking Timber Rattlers for a bit, and Brad's discussion is all prospect-driven.

AUDIO via Matt Pauley's Brewers Extra Innings Podcast Sun. 8/6: "As the Brewers play the first week of August, they have closed the gap on the Cubs in the NL Central. Might we see them make substantial moves at the waiver-trade deadline at the end of the month? Matt is joined by Kyle Lobner to discuss that and many other things. Brew Crew Ball's Brad Ford joins the conversation to talk about some of the top prospects in the entire organization." *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Mon. 8/7: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Morning Show Mon. 8/77: Ed Sedar

Happy 30th Birthday, Kirk Nieuwenhuis!

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Carolina League Southern Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division Dominican Summer League North Division NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link. NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Pearl, MS Grand Chute, WI Orem, UT Santo Domingo, DR

Follow Monday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Wisconsin Helena DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Michael Blazek at home vs. Round Rock (Rangers), 7:10 PM pre-game, 7:40 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson) MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup. ********** Biloxi: RHP Freddy Peralta at Mississippi (Braves), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Erik Bremer (@Erik_Bremer) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them. Only games in Chattanooga and Mobile won't be available. ********** Carolina: Idle ********** Wisconsin: RHP Thomas Jankins at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available. In 2017, fifteen games will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports in Wisconsin, available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332. We'll keep you posted with our "DVR Alerts" days in advance. *** Helena: RHP Nelson Hernandez at Orem (Angels), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017 *** Maryvale: Idle *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Tigers, 9:30 AM DSL Brewers/Indians: at the DSL Indians, 9:30 AM For each DSL contest, game data won't be available until later in the day We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men. You can also use that link to differentiate between Brewer and Indians' prospects on the co-op team.

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Keep in mind the posting date to listen to these interviews in context -- after a couple of weeks off from this thread, we'll be efforting daily updates going forward to avoid falling behind. *** AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central Tue. 8/1: "Brewers GM David Stearns joins Greg Matzek to talk about the team's action at the trade deadline and what August might bring to the roster." AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central Tue. 8/1: "Newly re-acquired reliever Jeremy Jeffress joined Greg Matzek on Sports Central following his trade from Texas back to Milwaukee." AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central Fri. 8/4: Baseball writer Joe Sheehan joined Greg Matzek to look at the last couple months of the Brewers season and what they need to do to make the postseason." AUDIO via WTMJ Fri. AM 8/4: GM David Stearns AUDIO via WTMJ Mon. AM 8/7: Tom Haudricourt *** More will be posted into this evening...

Final: Grand Junction 6, Helena 2 Hernandez' Quality Start Spoiled In Pitchers Duel Brewers All-Star right-hander outdone by Rockies Ocando in battle of undefeated starters By Garrett Greene / Helena Brewers RHP Nelson Hernandez in a battle of top Pioneer League pitchers, lots of detail in the game summary linked above. *** Helena Box Score H-Crew really muffled, just six singles and no walks, no one reached base more than once. RHP Gabe Friese made his Helena debut after 20.1 scoreless Maryvale innings, and the Pioneer League got to him. He tossed a scoreless 7th to extend his streak, but a leadoff home run in the 8th led to three runs (two earned). Helena Game Log Helena Top of the 8th Franly Mallen hit by pitch. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Nick Roscetti replaces Franly Mallen. Hopefully just a precaution...

Final: Colorado Springs 4, Salt Lake City 2 Sky Sox Sweep Salt Lake De Jesus' blast backs Jungmann's quality start By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox *** Other tidbits from the game in the Salt Lake Tribune game story. *** Colorado Springs Box Score Triple and double for Brett Phillips. Taylor Jungmann turns 28 in December, and he must be thrilled that he's out of options. With the way he's pitched since his May 29th move to AAA, he would have been in the big leagues for at least 15 other organizations by now. Colorado Springs Game Log

The Anthony Swarzak acquisition with the White Sox replaced a trade that was tied for the longest current team pairing drought, replacing this memorable deal: White Sox (12/13/04) -- Brewers acquired OF Carlos Lee in exchange for OF Scott Podsednik, RHP Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named (INF Travis Hinton) In terms of trade partners, the longest current gap is now solely with the Rockies (12/13/04). *** Easier to recognize the latest trade with Texas, as the Jeremy Jeffress re-acquisition replaces the big Lucroy/Brinson (plus) deal of last summer on our "Last Trade With" tracker.

Saturday's game --

Now available -- Ventura Leads Sox To Series Win, 8-1 Five Colorado Springs batters record at least one RBI in third straight win By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Carolina Media Notes - Linked on the Mudcats official blog Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog *** STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League South Division High-A - Carolina League Southern Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division Dominican Summer League North Division NOTE: Divisional standings for the two DSL teams point to the same shared page link. NOTE #2: The Standings Links above will reflect second-half standings for Biloxi, Carolina, and Wisconsin. You can easily then click on "Overall Standings" once you've reached the initial link. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: Salt Lake City, UT Pearl, MS Zebulon, NC Grand Chute, WI Grand Junction, CO Mesa, AZ

Follow Sunday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena Maryvale MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Taylor Jungmann at Salt Lake (Angels), 1:35 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson) MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup. ********** Biloxi: RHP Hiram Burgos at Mississippi (Braves), 4:40 PM pre-game, 5:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Erik Bremer (@Erik_Bremer) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast. MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them. Only games in Chattanooga and Mobile won't be available. ********** Carolina: RHP Conor Harber at home vs. Buies Creek (Astros), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link We look forward to Mudcats audio with Greg Young (@gregyoungjr), especially after going without gameday audio for much of the Brewers' stay in Brevard County. MiLB.TV - Yes, Carolina home games will be on MiLB.TV, sweet. It appears three other Carolina League teams (Salem, Myrtle Beach, and Winston-Salem) broadcast as well. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Josh Pennington at home vs. Cedar Rapids (Twins), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available. In 2017, fifteen games will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports in Wisconsin, available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332. We'll keep you posted with our "DVR Alerts" days in advance. *** Helena: RHP Nelson Hernandez at Grand Junction (Rockies), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link Garrett Greene (@Garrett_Greene) has your H-Crew coverage for 2017 *** Maryvale: at the Cubs' complex in Mesa, 7:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: Idle DSL Brewers/Indians: Idle For each DSL contest, game data won't be available until later in the day We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men. You can also use that link to differentiate between Brewer and Indians' prospects on the co-op team.

VIDEO TWEET via @BrewerProspect: Tristen Lutz HR

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Final: Grand Junction 12, Helena 6 First of all, there's nothing worse than when one of the three browsers I sample prematurely eats a perfectly-crafted Link Report post -- Helena Drops High Scoring Affair Brewers and Rockies combine for 24 hits and 16 runs on rainy night in Grand Junction By Garrett Greene / Helena Brewers Another well-detailed summary from Garrett, not all the news is gory... *** VIDEO TWEET via @BrewerProspect: K.J. Harrison double VIDEO TWEET via @BrewerProspect: Yeah, the umpires are rookie level as well! *** Helena Box Score CF Tristen Lutz (stats), listed at 6'3", 210, is straight out of central casting, isn't he? Photo from this brief draft-day article, worth your time: Man, are we going to hype this young man over the next few years -- fun for us! HR, double, two walks in this game, by the way... Helena Game Log RHP Braulio Ortiz made his first appearance since July 22nd, and was one of four H-Crew pitchers in this game, each victimized in some way. Not sure if we'll ever learn what the plan was behind signing the 25-year-old 7th-year pro and placing him in Helena.

Final: Colorado Springs 8, Salt Lake 1 *** AUDIO via Friday's Sky Sox Pre-Game: First baseman Chris Colabello (Part One) High words for the organization... *** No formal summary from the Sky Sox as of yet, here's some text out of Salt Lake newspapers: Following a script eerily similar to Friday’s contest, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox roughed up Bees starting pitcher Luis Diaz early, scoring three runs on four hits during the first two innings Saturday night. The onslaught continued in the sixth and eighth as Ivan De Jesus and Chris Colabello launched a pair of home runs. The Bees’ bats, on the other hand, were silenced by Colorado Springs starting pitcher Angel Ventura, who pitched a stellar six innings of shutout ball. A single run was all the Bees could muster as the visitors dominated their hosts for the third straight evening, 8-1. Salt Lake committed three errors on the night and couldn’t get a lot going offensively, going 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position and leaving seven on base. The Bees only had two extra-base hits. On the defensive side, starting pitcher Luis Diaz was handed his 10th loss of the season, dropping his record to 4-10 on the year. Diaz gave up seven hits, five runs (all earned), walked two and struck out six in five innings pitched. *** Colorado Springs Box Score LF Kyle Wren a home run shy of a cycle; every spot in the lineup contributed a hit, run, RBI, or walk, as this team just kicks butt in a fun way over and over again, home or road, regardless of specific roster makeup. We've discussed several times that RHP Angel Ventura is scheduled for minor league free agency at age 24. While not necessarily a candidate for 40-man roster placement under normal circumstances, the Brewers need to sweeten a 2018 minor league offer and entice with a big league camp invite in order to retain Ventura. That type of extension is never announced until after the regular season. Colorado Springs Game Log Ejections: Colorado Springs Sky Sox third baseman Ivan De Jesus ejected by HP umpire Nestor Ceja (7th) It was after a called 3rd strike.

Final: Wisconsin 6, Cedar Rapids 2 Rattlers Rally Past Cedar Rapids Hiura has the key hits & Diplan works four scoreless innings of relief By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers *** *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "The Rattlers won 6–2 over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Saturday night and the Papa John’s Postgame Podcast has comments from Nattino Diplan, Keston Hiura, Dallas Carroll, and Matt Erickson" *** Wisconsin Box Score Demi Orimoloye, listed at 6'4", 225, now 26-of-34 in SB attempts. The slash line is still not pretty to the eye, but he's been doing what he can as of late to finish with respectability in that regard. Wisconsin Game Log

RHP Tom Wilhelmsen was let go shortly after his transfer to Biloxi was announced. Perhaps he balked at that and asked for the release. *** RHP Bubba Derby placed on the Helena roster to help ease the AAA number crunch amongst moundsmen.