Jim Goulart

VIDEO TWEET: Josh also recorded this Kodi Medeiros pitch

See how the debut went (with quotes)

More Sky Sox videos via @BrewerProspect -- Brandon Woodruff Ivan De Jesus, Jr.

He didn't play in either games of the double header Watch and listen to our old friend Jeff Hem in Nashville, and thanks @BrewerProspect

VIDEO TWEET via the Mudcats: Trent Clark's Oppo-Bomb *** PHOTO TWEET: Josh Norris of Baseball America saw that blast *** VIDEO TWEET via the Mudcats: Lucas Erceg's go-ahead double *** VIDEO TWEET via the Mudcats: LHP Kodi Medeiros strikes out the side *** VIDEO TWEET via the Mudcats: RHP Jordan Yamamoto's strong outing

Woodruff flirts with no-no for Sky Sox Brewers No. 8 prospect yields one hit over six scoreless innings By Michael Avallone / MiLB.com Brandon Woodruff leads the Pacific Coast League with six wins and ranks fourth with a 1.10 WHIP. (Bobby Stevens photo/MiLB.com) Features quotes from Brandon...

Final, Game Two: Nashville 2, Colorado Springs 1 Colorado Springs Drops Game Two, 2-1 Blazek strikes out seven in no-decision By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox Michael Blazek struck out seven and allowed three hits in 5.2 innings. (Paat Kelly photo from prior home game) Short and sweet at the link above, but learn which pitcher took the walkoff loss... *** Colorado Springs Game Two Box Score RHP Oliver Drake can't afford many more appearances like Sunday's (didn't retire any of five batters), because RHP Michael Blazek is primed to be re-added to the 40- and 25-man rosters based on his work this spring. Colorado Springs Game Two Game Log

Isan Diaz wasn't a fan of the ump here -- Diaz just 4-for-his-last-34 (.118)

AUDIO via the Biloxi Soundcloud: "Radio highlights from the Shuckers' 6-5 loss at Tennessee in game four of the series (Saturday)."

Here's the lone base hit Brandon Woodruff surrendered today, immediately followed by video of the full at-bat that followed: Did you notice how first baseman Garrett Cooper towered over the Sounds at the end of that clip?

Final, Game One: Colorado Springs 8, Nashville 0 De Jesus, Garcia homer to back Woodruff's gem By Robby Veronesi / Colorado Springs Sky Sox Brandon Woodruff tossed six one-hit innings to earn his second win against the Sounds in as many starts. (Paat Kelly photo from prior home game) Brandon Woodruff allowed one hit in six innings, and the bottom third of the order combined for five RBI to lead the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to an 8-0 shutout over the Nashville Sounds in game one of Sunday's doubleheader at First Tennessee Park. Rest of Robby's always-thorough recap at the link above... *** Colorado Springs Game One Box Score Nate Orf batting .350 in May, 24 of 28 hits are singles, his career SLG is only .380, it's .400 thus far in 2017. On the other hand, Brett Phillips is making loud contact -- slugging .605, with over 50% of his knocks going for extra bases. But 53 K's in in 152 AB's is tough on the overall line. I think we've learned the kind of pro Maverick is going to be. Will Phillips make the kind of strides Domingo Santana is making once he reaches the big league level? Colorado Springs Game One Game Log Adjustments, baby! Well, we assume so, right? In Brandon Woodruff's three prior starts, he allowed 22 hits in 16 innings. On Sunday, one hit in six frames.

Dan Acheson's excellent Colorado Springs pre-game media notes, which we link to each day in the Link Report, told us Sunday AM about Saturday's suspended game -- Hiram Burgos then climbed the hill and gave up a leadoff single, tried to pick the man off of first and came up lame with a leg injury… It was just the day before when Dan wrote this -- Burgos is in 9th season in professional baseball, all of which have been in the Milwaukee system. Last season he notched 10 wins, which marked the first time a Sky Sox pitcher got to double digit wins since Alan Johnson won 10 in 2010. He was also proficient at picking runners off of first base, nabbing 13…13! Impressive for a right-handed pitcher. Now we learn Burgos' injury lands him on the Sky Sox DL, and Tim Dillard returns from the Helena paper roster/taxi squad to fill the roster spot.

Re: Lara Initial post was based on MiLB's transaction pages. While on Helena roster, still possible for Lara to remain with the Rattlers. Looks like Adam McCalvy is following up with an update later this afternoon, so we will await a more official note from him.

They will pick up from where they left off. And again, that's Tuesday. Sunday's doubleheader is two fresh seven-inning games.

Congratulations to 30-year-old RHP Arcenio Leon, who was briefly on the Brewers' 40-man roster after they claimed him from the Astros in November 2012. Leon spent 2013 at AA Huntsville, and split AAA/AA time at Nashville and Huntsville for the Crew in 2014. A professional since 2005 and now in his 13th professional season, Leon just had his minor league contract purchased by the Tigers and should debut for them shortly. Leon will be the second-oldest Venezuelan-born pitcher to make his debut in the big leagues, according to Baseball Reference. Ubaldo Heredia made his debut when he was 31 years old, while Leon is 30 years and 237 days old. (Junior Guerra was 30 years, 147 days when he debuted with the White Sox in June of 2015.)

Biloxi Press Release -- all text via Chris Harris KODAK, TN – The Milwaukee Brewers announced the following roster moves prior to this afternoon’s series finale at Tennessee: • OF Michael Choice reinstated from the 7-day DL • INF Wendell Rijo transferred to the Rookie Helena roster Choice, 27, was placed on the 7-day DL on May 11 with a hamstring strain and was batting .240 with two doubles and three RBI in six games since being signed by the Brewers on May 5. Choice began the 2017 season with the Baltimore Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate Norfolk Tides where he played 10 games collecting a .038 batting average and two RBI. The former first round pick (10th overall) of the Oakland A’s has amassed a .271 average over eight professional seasons in the minors with 95 home runs and 394 RBI. Choice was named Oakland’s Minor League Player of the Year in 2013 by Baseball America and was also a Pacific Coast League All-Star with Sacramento. Choice ranked among PCL leaders in RBI (T-2nd, 89), hits (4th, 154), runs (T-4th, 90), at bats (7th, 510), and total bases (T-7th, 227). He also placed second among all A's minor leaguers in runs and hits and ranked third in average (.302). Choice played in the Triple-A All-Star Game in 2013 and was listed as the A's' No. 2 prospect by Baseball America entering the season. Choice has his contract purchased by the A's on September 1, 2013, appearing in nine games the rest of the season, registering his first MLB hit on September 3 vs. Texas, a single off Martin Perez. After the season, Choice was acquired by Texas from Oakland, along with IF Chris Bostick, in exchange for OF Craig Gentry and RHP Josh Lindblom. The 27-year-old outfielder spent 2016 in the Indians organization, batting .246 with 14 home runs and 39 RBI in 71 games for the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. Rijo, 21, has appeared in five games for the Shuckers batting .143 with a run scored. Rijo appeared in 15 games for the Carolina Mudcats earlier this season, batting .238 (10x42) with five doubles, four RBI, and three stolen bases. Rijo was acquired from Boston, along with Aaron Wilkerson, in exchange for Aaron Hill on July 7, 2015. The La Romana, DR native began the 2016 season with Double-A Portland and transferred to Class-A Salem on June 20. Over 50 games with Brevard County after the trade Rijo batted .202 with one home run, 15 RBI, and six stolen bases. The Red Sox originally signed the 21-year-old as a minor league free agent on July 6, 2012.

Well, the Brewers have seen enough of 19-year-old Gilbert Lara in a Timber Rattlers uniform, at least for now, and they've sent him back to extended spring training in Maryvale, technically on the Helena paper roster. Helena opens its season on June 19th, we'll see if Lara is in the lineup there on that date. As you can see at the link above, it's been an absolute mess of a go from an offensive perspective in 2017 for Lara. Overmatched to the point of a .435 OPS (.154/.187/.248 line), with 45 K's in 117 AB's. He did run into three pitches for home runs. Despite nine errors in 29 games at short (none in five games at third base), defensive reports have been generally positive. Before folks panic too much about the $3 million Lara signing, remember the struggles of both Jake Gatewood and Monte Harrison in their initial full-season Timber Rattlers campaigns, and the progress and maturity each of those young men has attained in the season and a half since. At the same time, Lara is undoubtedly, more than ever, a work in progress. In fact, unless Lara had surprised and absolutely shined this spring, perhaps this was the plan all along, to transition Lara back to Arizona a couple of weeks prior to the Pioneer League season, again, similar to what happened to Gatewood and Harrison. Taking his place on the Wisconsin roster is 23-year-old infielder Trey York, the Crew's 9th round pick in 2016 out of East Tennessee State, up from extended spring training.

AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's "Big Show" Fri. 5/26: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Pregame Show Sat. 5/27: Adam Rygg (@BrewerNation) at the (07:15 minute mark); Craig Counsell's pregame comments including the telling Jonathan Villar mentions (22:20); Nick Franklin at 31:30 *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Postgame Show Sat. 5/27: Bench coach Pat Murphy (go to the 57:45 minute mark)

Final: Wisconsin 3, Clinton 1 Wisconsin Holds on for 3-1 win at Clinton Rattlers win second straight game By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers CLINTON, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the sixth inning against the Clinton LumberKings Saturday night at Ashford University Field. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Clinton had runners at second and third with one out. But, the Rattlers escaped and picked up a 3-1 win for their second straight victory to get back to .500. Rest of the recap at the link above... Wisconsin Box Score Rattlers reached five time via walk or HBP (Mario Feliciano one of each), but also struck out 17 times... Wisconsin Game Log VIDEO TWEET: Final out of the game

No MiLB.TV for Wisconsin for this series in Clinton, nor the next in Peoria.

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Carolina Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Nashville, TN Kodak, TN Zebulon, NC Clinton, IA

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP's Michael Blazek and Brandon Woodruff in a doubleheader at Nashville (Athletics), 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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 Aaron Wilkerson at Tennessee (Cubs), 12:40 PM pre-game, 1:00 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 Jordan Yamamoto at home vs. Myrtle Beach (Cubs), 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:00 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 Miguel Sanchez at Clinton (Mariners), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 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.

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AUDIO highlights from the Timber Rattlers' 7-4 win on Friday night -- Tucker Neuhaus 2RBI double Ronnie Gideon Solo Homer Tucker Neuhaus RBI double *** AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Souncloud: "Aaron Myers, who picked up the save for the Timber Rattlers in Friday's game at Clinton, is the guest on the pregame show for May 27. Discussion topics include his changeup, playing summer baseball in the Coastal Plain League & Northwoods League, and physics." http://www.milb.com/images/665411/t572/180x270/665411.jpg *** As also archived in our season-long Timber rattlers feature thread --