Jim Goulart

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 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. *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin Helena DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians *** Weather.com: Great Falls, MT Santo Domingo, DR

Follow Wednesday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Helena DSL Brewers DSL Brewers/Indians

Wednesday's Daily Menu: Helena: 20-year-old Venezuelan RHP Nelson Hernandez at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:45 PM Central pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Mets #2 squad, 9:30 AM DSL Brewers/Indians: at home vs. the DSL Astros "Orange" squad, 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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FYI - The Gazette posts bus ride travel distances and times for Colorado Springs in the Pioneer League. And will the Springs be placed in the "Northern" Division, where Helena is now? Otherwise the two divisions are askew, and the schedule is heavily weighted to division play. For instance, currently Helena and Great Falls are just 90 minutes apart, Billings is under four hours away. Rough, real rough.

Brewers release LHP Andy Oliver, who never found footing with the Sky Sox this season.

Via 2080baseball.com: Scouting reports on Demi Orimoloye and Tucker Neuhaus

Bradshaw sticks with MCC after being drafted by the Brewers By Elton Hayes, MeridianStar.com PHOTOS at the LINK Not long after Davis Bradshaw was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 35th round of the MLB Draft last week, the McLaurin High School alumnus received a phone call. On the other end was Meridian Community College head coach Dillon Sudduth, who dropped a line to speak with his prized recruit who committed to the Eagles in the fall. But Sudduth didn’t call to make his pitch as to why Bradshaw should come to Meridian over trying his hand in Milwaukee’s organization. Rather, Bradshaw said the Eagles skipper genuinely offered his support for whichever decision Bradshaw ultimately made. “He told me that any decision I decide to make, he has my back every step of the way. It meant a lot to know that he wasn’t forcing me to come to Meridian,” Bradshaw said. “Maybe other coaches would have called and said you need to come to our school, we’ll make you better. But he was straightforward and told me my decision is my decision, and that he’s got me.” Bradshaw soon reaffirmed his commitment to MCC, giving the Eagles a key piece to plug into an already-strong outfield. Bradshaw, 19, starred as a shortstop at Florence’s McLaurin High School where his .756 batting average last year ranked third in the nation. His .797 on-base percentage was also good enough to rank No. 3 in the country. Sudduth said he and his coaching staff were able to get a glimpse of Bradshaw during last year’s State Games of Mississippi All-Star baseball tournament. “We saw Davis last year at the State Games but we didn’t get to see a lot of him — he only had a few at-bats,” Sudduth said. “I give a lot of credit to my assistant coach, Justin Brewer, for following up on him and hunting him down and evaluating him correctly. We signed him in the fall, and he had a great senior year and put up unbelievable numbers.” Interest between the two parties was mutual, as Bradshaw said he’s long been impressed with MCC’s baseball history and has always enjoyed visits to the school. “They were really on my radar,” Bradshaw said. “I love the campus, and I definitely love the field. I talked to Coach Sudduth and Coach Brewer a good bit while I was at the State Games, and I just fell in love with the both of them.” Sudduth said Bradshaw’s decision to attend MCC is a testament to the baseball program’s standing in Mississippi and its ability to equip its players for the next level. “I think it shows that high school kids throughout the state believe in us,” Sudduth explained. “They believe in what we’re doing, and they believe in our program and the development phase of our program. Just getting drafted out of high school is a great honor, and it shows that (Davis) has a tremendous amount of talent. But it also shows that he believes in us and in our ability to continue to develop him, where he can earn more money down the road.” Bradshaw will arrive on campus August 14 and said he’s excited to begin his career as a college athlete. “I just want to come in and do like I’ve been doing every year, and that’s giving my team a chance to go as far as we can, and hopefully that’s going to the regionals and winning a championship for Meridian,” Bradshaw said. “I’m ecstatic to be an Eagle.”

One of 13 pitchers for his team, Timber Rattler RHP Braden Webb retired his only batter (strikeout looking in the 4th), but his spot happened to coincide with getting the "W" next to his name. 18-year-old catcher Mario Felicano started, went 0-for-2 (K, groundout) with one stolen base against, but guided five pitchers well through his four innings (one run).

Harrison powers MWL West All-Stars No. 22 Brewers prospect slugs two homers to earn MVP honors By Zach Libby / Special to MiLB.com Monte Harrison is batting .265/.359/.475 with 11 homers and 32 RBIs in 63 games for Wisconsin. (Paul R. Gierhart photo/MiLB.com) Quotes from Monte within...

Wardrobe fun -- *** More traditional jaunt --

Final: Great Falls 13, Helena 1 On the bright side, consider it 9-1 as a position player was called on to take the mound in the 9th. PHOTOS AT THE LINK Helena takes second loss in as many nights, falling to Great Falls Erik C. Anderson, Helena Independent Record Lengthy recap details the rough evening... Helena Box Score Even after just two games, not difficult to see that the original 26-man roster is in need of some reinforcement. Helena Game Log

Final: Colorado Springs 4, Oklahoma City 3 Pitching Leads Sox To Win Cooper drives in three runs to pace Sox offense By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox Taylor Jungmann improved to 4-0 and dropped his Sky Sox ERA to 1.03 in five Triple-A appearances. (Paat Kelly photo) The Colorado Springs Sky Sox pitching staff stranded nine Oklahoma City batters and held on late to secure a series win with a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers in front of 7,314 at Security Service Field Tuesday night. The visitors from Oklahoma City loaded the bases three times in the series finale, but the combination of Taylor Jungmann (4-0, 1.03), Tristan Archer, Wei-Chung Wang, David Goforth and Rob Scahill (4, 0.93) held the potent Dodger offense to three runs and secured the first season-series win over Oklahoma City since 2010. Learn about the offense at the link above - this is mentioned: *** Colorado Springs Box Score Actually, despite the mention above, a rough outing for Wang. Credit where it's due to Taylor Jungmann for his Springs work and adjustments... Colorado Springs Game Log Have we mentioned how much fun this 2017 Sky Sox team is?

Call-up conversation: Sky Sox OF Brett Phillips recounts first stint with Milwaukee Brent Briggeman, Colorado Springs Gazette Phillips' sincerity comes through in every quote, nice read...

Well, you can still enjoy this feature on All-Star LHP/1B Nick Ramirez -- ‘Nick Ramirez, are you kidding me?’ Brewers prospect makes two-way look easy Patrick Ochs, Biloxi Sun-Herald

Biloxi's Chris Harris tells us: "Tropical Storm Cindy cancels the 2017 Southern League All-Star Game tonight in Pensacola." Fudge.

PHOTOS: Additional shots from Monday's opener via the Independent Record

TWEET: Murray State (KY) C/1B Tyler Lawrence inked a non-drafted free agent deal this week.

AUDIO via the Drew Olson Show Tue. 6/20: Bill Schroeder (go to the 72:00 minute mark)

Revisiting Monday's Jake Gatewood HR Derby win -- How about former Brewer farmhand Jose Sermo (released) taking part?

Bid on the Mudcats' Nickelodeon jersey auction

AUDIO via the The Nach On Sports Show Mon. 6/19: Craig Durham and Garrett Greene -- get to know your 2017 Helena Brewers broadcast duo, and some about this year's Opening Day club

The Other Overlooked Cooper (Hummel) by Noah Nofz, BP Milwaukee Highlighting the Mudcats' catcher...

Happy Birthday to Biloxi RHP Jorge Ortega, recovering from Tommy John surgery. Jorge turns 24 today.