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AUDIO: A follow-up 22-minute interview with Gatewood via ESPN 940 in Fresno.

Ten Brewers in John Sickels' Top 200: 33) Lewis Brinson, OF, Brewers, Grade B+ 37) Josh Hader, LHP, Brewers, Grade B+ 48) Corey Ray, OF, Brewers, Grade B+ 90) Isan Diaz, INF, Brewers, Grade B/B+ 118) Mauricio Dubon, SS, Brewers, Grade B 120) Luis Ortiz, RHP, Brewers, Grade B 121) Brandon Woodruff, RHP, Brewers, Grade B 124) Phil Bickford, RHP, Brewers, Grade B 181) Marcos Diplan, RHP, Brewers, Grade B/B- 200) Lucas Erceg, 3B, Brewers, Grade B-

AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM Sun. AM 2/12: Tim & Sparky's "Hot Stove Weekly Show" includes an Adam McCalvy interview AUDIO: Here's the McCalvy interview as a stand-alone NOTE: The WSSP download links are being a bit fussy, but seems to be playing well within the WSSP app, if you have access to that. *** AUDIO via WTMJ's Matt Pauley Sun. 2/12: "Brewers Extra Innings | Ep. 2: with Kyle Lobner (@BrewFrostyMug) and Voice of the Timber Rattlers Chris Mehring"

@BrewersPD tweeted a list of the pitchers and catchers at early Maryvale mini-camp: Bickford, BrownZ, Burnes, DiplanM, Drossner, Harber, Jankins, Kirby, Medeiros, Olczak, OrtizL, Peralta, Perrin, Ponce, Salas, Supak, Walters, Wang, Webb, WilliamsD, Woodruff, Yamamoto, FelicianoM, Ghelfi, Henry, Hummel, McDowell, RodriguezN, Sibrian

Via the Minor League Forum -- AUDIO via WNSR in Nashville Sat. 2/11: 43 Minutes with Tim Dillard, discusses his career-to-date with his adopted hometown radio station

AUDIO via WNSR in Nashville Sat. 2/11: 43 Minutes with Tim Dillard, discusses his career-to-date with his adopted hometown radio station

New version of the Miller Park Prospects Mailbag

AUDIO via Brewers.com Fri. 2/10: "Can Eric Thames be a difference maker for the Brewers in 2017? MLB.com's Matt Waymire and Brewers reporter Adam McCalvy discuss the reasons why Thames was signed after putting up big numbers in Korea and what would have to happen to qualify as a perfect season for the team."

Both via the Minor League Forum -- AUDIO: Fangraphs podcast with Jack Moore on the Brewers (go to the 47:40 minute mark if you wish to avoid the Cubs portion of the two-team podcast) *** VIDEO via CBS47 in California: Catching up with Jake Gatewood this offseason

AUDIO: Fangraphs podcast with Jack Moore on the Brewers (go to the 47:40 minute mark if you wish to avoid the Cubs portion of the two-team podcast)

A Tale of Two Toolsy Prospects: Brinson & Harrison By Jake Covey, Disciples of Uecker

VIDEO via CBS47 in California: Catching up with Jake Gatewood this offseason

Via BrewCrewBall: PECOTA Projects 76 Wins for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017 That’d be an improvement over last year! by Kyle Lesniewski *** Will Leitch has a concise team-by-team easy-to-digest look with his over/under takes.

One last article with some new tidbits, worth your time again. By the way, after reading, you'll wonder how "Vern" reacted to his first-ever presence in an actual blizzard up here yesterday - conditions were insane! Why the Brewers' Andrew Vernon moved from North Carolina to New Bedford (MA) to prepare for Spring Training By Brendan Kurie, SouthCoastToday.com

Elmore to Toronto on a minors pact.

2016 3rd round RHP Braden Webb, still waiting to make his pro debut, as the Brewers showed caution last summer, is featured in this local Oklahoma report and accompanying photo gallery.

My lunch chat with "Vern" proved to be one of the most enjoyable baseball conversations I've ever had. There has been a follow-up brief interview podcast with Comcast SportsNet New England's Nick Friar in which Vernon's personality shines through, and you learn more about life in Maryvale. As the link shows, go the 24:51 minute mark.

Ironically, with active rosters of 35 players and no travel issues, the two rookie complex-based leagues (Florida and Arizona) have none of the concerns expressed by Joe Torre and others in the MLB article. It appears this notion is already getting bounceback from MLB players, and hopefully doesn't see the light of day beyond the complex leagues. We want Chris Mehring calling all 19 Timber Rattler innings!

AUDIO via MLB Network Radio Wed. 2/8: Scott Boras goes on air to plead Wieters' case

No, not in this case.

Read about what MLB has planned for the Maryvale Brewers this year. MLB plans to test new extra-innings rules in rookie ball, with Joe Torre's approval Jeff Passan, Yahoo

More rankings! We demand more rankings! And the guys at Miller Park Prospects oblige us.

First, if you're arriving via my Twitter link today, just take a moment to review the earlier updates on this topic, posted just above in this thread. *** The Brewers have filled these two Area Scouting positions. Wynn Pelzer, the former Padre and Oriole farmhand who had been formally listed as a Junior Scout on their organizational roster, is now listed as the Southern California scout. New to the organization, Mike Burns replaces Shelby in Central Florida. Burns had been a scout for the Blue Jays for the past five years. Here are some additional updates on the amateur scouting front: Congrats to Dan Nellum, former mid-Atlantic area scout, he gets promoted and is now one of five Regional Supervisors. New to the position, but not the organization, James Fisher takes over the mid-Atlantic role. His LinkedIn profile shows past ties to the Brewers, Baseball Prospectus, and the now-defunct MLB Scouting Bureau's "Scout School". Fisher retired from Twitter with this cool tweet. Another former "Junior Scout", Taylor Frederick, has been promoted to Area Scout in a newly aligned region for both North and South Carolina. Finally from the amateur scouting front, newcomer Craig Smajstrla, henceforth known as "Consonants :)", takes the reigns of the Southern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana area, where Brian Sankey had previously been promoted to Regional Supervisor. Smajstrla had also been associated with the MLB Scouting Bureau, and was featured in the nice "The Greatest 21 Days" series. *** For the pro scouting side of things, the Brewers newly published organizational chart confirms the previously mentioned additions of Jeff Bianchi, Pete Orr, and Pete Vuckovich, Jr., and former #1 overall draft pick (2002) Brian Bullington is also now on board, with Bullington's focus to be overseas pro scouting, as Adam McCalvy had referred to last year. Bullington pitched from 2011-2015 in Japan. The latest new name is Paul Mirocke, a scout with 16 years of experience, including several with the Scouting Bureau. *** Here's that link to the updated Brewers organizational chart.

Matt Pauley of WTMJ kicked off Episode 1 of what will be a year-round weekly podcast. This week's guest for a segment was Adam Rygg (@BrewerNation). The audio is embedded with this Tweet, and here is the direct download link.

Puerto Rico edges Mexico for Caribbean Series title Island secures first championship since 2000 by winning in 10 innings By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com Final: Puerto Rico 1, Mexico 0, ten innings (box score) This tweet contains the embedded video of the 10th inning rally which kicked off with SS Yadiel Rivera's leadoff double, smoked to right field. It was Rivera's 2nd hit of the night (2-for-4, two K's, one error). Ivan De Jesus, Jr. was 1-for-4 as the designated hitter and posted a 1.242 OPS in the six games of the tournament. Rivera also caught the final out as the celebration commenced. RHP Hiram Burgos and catcher Rene Garcia enjoyed the party as well as team members, although idle on Tuesday. Since we'll have a separate World Baseball Classic thread elsewhere on our forums, this does indeed conclude our winter league thread for 2016-2017.