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Thursday's Australia game (a 5-4 Sydney walkoff loss) is available in its entirety online. CF Malik Collymore was 0-for-3 but did walk twice. 2B Tucker Neuhaus was 2-for-5, R, one K. Sydney Top of the 4th Malik Collymore walks. Joshua Dean flies out to center fielder Cody Jones. Stone Garrett strikes out swinging. Tucker Neuhaus singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuna. Malik Collymore to 2nd. Zac Shepherd pops out to second baseman Jared Cruz. That sequence begins at the 56:45 minute mark. *** Sydney Top of the 7th Tucker Neuhaus singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Ryan Dale. Go the 01:34:50 hour mark for that. *** Here's the game log if you wish to track down anything else from that game.

Australia Doubleheader Game One: Sydney falls, 5-0, although both Brewers reached twice. Collymore was 2-for-4 with a double, he also stole two bases and is now 8-for-10 in that category. Neuhuas was 1-for-3 (K, HBP).

Via Jon Heyman: In minors Brewers deal Andy Oliver can opt out 6/15 if not on MLB roster. Also; foreign team inquiry clause, spring invite

Friday -- Dominican box: Jonathan Villar 1-for-5, K, picked off and subsequently caught stealing *** Puerto Rico box: Dueling shortstops - Ivan Dejesus, Jr. 1-for-3, K, and Yadiel Rivera 0-for-3, BB, R *** Puerto Rico box: C Rene Garcia 2-for-4, R, also threw out lone attempted basestealer in a 5-2 win *** Venezuela box: SS Orlando Arcia, leading off, 1-for-5, RBI *** Venezuela box: SS Gabriel Noriega, 1-for-3, double *** Venezuela box: 3B Hernan Perez, 2-for-5, R, K *** Venezuela box: C Manny Pina, 0-for-1, K Pina exited after this half-inning: La Guaira Top of the 4th Jose Martinez grounds out, second baseman Ildemaro Vargas to first baseman Jesus Montero. Jose Castillo doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Rangel Ravelo. Carlos Arroyo singles on a bunt ground ball to catcher Manny Pina. Jose Castillo to 3rd. Alberto Gonzalez flies out to right fielder Rangel Ravelo. Yonathan Daza singles on a ground ball to first baseman Jesus Montero. Jose Castillo scores. Carlos Arroyo to 2nd. Miguel Rojas lines out to center fielder Paulo Orlando. Maybe, just maybe, that was a play at the plate, although you see Pina remained in for the final out. *** Australia Doubleheader Game One: CF Malik Collymore 0-for-3, BB, RBI groundout, first error of the winter; 2B Tucker Neuhaus played both second and third base, was 0-for-4 Notice the name Mike Walker, 28, Brewers 14th round 2010 draft pick, has played in six games (his mother is an Aussie). Walker was released by the Crew in the spring of 2014. Details on Game Two once complete... *** NOTES: Unsure of RHP David Goforth's Venezuela status, he has only appeared once in December, back on the 9th Although Brewers 2016 3rd round catcher Mario Feliciano only just turned 18 years old in November, he suited up for his Puerto Rico League team on Wednesday and grounded out in his sole at-bat before seeing a bit of time behind the plate.

Posted November 17th -- New article (with a few quotes) posted Friday 12/16

O'Connor cleared waivers and was outrighted by the Rays.

Jon Heyman: Tommy Milone has $2M in incentives in addition to $1.25M base

Catcher Michael McKenry signs with Tampa Bay. Rays add catching depth by signing Michael McKenry At this point in the offseason, the easiest way for us to track the remaining unsigned Brewer minor league free agents is via Baseball America's handy tool.

RHP Ben Rowen signed a minor league deal with Mets, big league camp invite.

Thursday -- Venezuela: 3B Hernan Perez, 1-for-5, K *** Venezuela: C Manny Pina 1-for-4, R, RBI, nobody dared to run *** Puerto Rico: Ivan Dejesus, Jr. has played two games since his Brewers signing, and 30 winter games thus far. In that sample size, he's at .291/.372/.400 (.772 OPS). On Thursday, he played shortstop, 2-for-4, double, R, one K. *** Puerto Rico: RHP Hiram Burgos celebrated his renewal with the Brewers with a quality start and win - 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 3:6 GB/FO. As you'll see at the link, Burgos has carried over his August/September success into the winter with fine results after eight starts. Teammate Yadiel Rivera was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the game. On the other side of the box, C Rene Garcia was 0-for-4, but did pick off a runner at second base. *** Australia: Sydney lost in walkoff fashion, 5-4. CF Malik Collymore was 0-for-3 but did walk twice. 2B Tucker Neuhaus was 2-for-5, R, one K.

AUDIO via WSSP's Big Show Wed. 12/14: GM David Stearns

Puerto Rico box: Yadiel Rivera 0-for-4, one K *** Venezuela box: Orlando Arcia - does his stint end Friday as scheduled - 2-for-5, R, K; Gabriel Noriega 1-for-4, R, K *** Venezuela box: Hernan Perez, a rare 0-for-4

The first update from Wednesday's action is all about Jonathan Villar, who made his Dominican debut (box score) - 1-for-4, played second base, and ended the game with this walkoff sacrifice fly. Other updates later this AM...

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Via Halo's Heaven: Jett Bandy and Martin Maldonado: a lesson in asset allocation Cool your Jetts, everyone. Let’s take a second look

Congratulations, Malik Collymore, named to the Australian Winter League All-Star Team.

Only six organizations had a longer trade drought with the Brewers before this Angels deal was replaced by the Jett Bandy trade: Angels (07/27/12) -- Acquired SS Jean Segura and RHP's Johnny Hellweg and Ariel Pena in exchange for RHP Zack Greinke Kind of goes to show how many deals are indeed made, even though it may not seem so at times. As the initial post shows, many are very minor in nature.

Tuesday's action -- Puerto Rico box: RHP Jorge Lopez is fine, and nine days after his two-inning start, he makes another (again scoreless, just not as dominant). Lopez has now allowed only three runs in 27.2 winter meetings, gorgeous. In that same game, teammate SS Yadiel Rivera was 2-for-3 (double, BB, two R, RBI, K, E). Aguadilla Top of the 1st Alexis Pantoja lines out to left fielder Danny Ortiz. Jack Lopez singles on a line drive to right fielder Benji Gonzalez. Ruben Gotay singles on a line drive to center fielder Henry Ramos. Jack Lopez to 2nd. Juan Centeno flies out to left fielder Danny Ortiz. Noel Cuevas singles on a ground ball to second baseman Jesmuel Valentin. Jack Lopez to 3rd. Ruben Gotay to 2nd. Yariel Gonzalez grounds out, shortstop Yadiel Rivera to first baseman Kennys Vargas. Aguadilla Top of the 2nd Jorge Jimenez strikes out swinging. Wilfredo Rodriguez grounds out, second baseman Jesmuel Valentin to first baseman Kennys Vargas. Ricardo Bautista called out on strikes. *** Puerto Rico box: Now that he's re-signed with Milwaukee, we can tell you how catcher Rene Garcia's winter has been going through 24 games (.613 OPS). Here, he was 0-for-3, but threw out both baserunners attempting to steal (36% in his long minor league career). Plus, Daisuke Matsuzaka has randomly shown up in Puerto Rico recently, which is cool in and of itself. *** Venezuela box: Hernan Perez, leading off and playing third base, 1-for-4, two stolen bases (now 4-for-5 in that regard). He's batting .439 in his last ten games (1.087 OPS in that span). *** Venezuela box: Dueling shortstops, as Gabriel Noriega was 0-for-4 for the 5th time in six games. At least he was sure-handed, as Orlando Arcia committed two errors, and now has five in 16 games. Arcia was also 0-for-4, but added a walk, run, and RBI as his team won 8-5.

He's "in the house", because you can always believe everything you see on Reddit Career stats

Nice article from August -- Angels catcher Jett Bandy likes to mix in fun with success *** Nice tweet -- Energetic, uplifting, leader

Seriously, 2016? Alan Thicke, actor and dad on '80s sitcom 'Growing Pains,' dies at 69 He also wrote the Different Strokes, Facts of Life, and Charles in Charge theme songs, which bring back even more classic 80's memories. Darn it, mortality...

AUDIO via WTMJ's Sports Central with Greg Matzek Tue. 12/13: GM David Stearns

As I pointed out on overnight Twitter, Webb was on mound for this memorable Caleb Gindl extra-inning moment & unique celebration --

As per Baseball America's Minor League Free Agent Tracker, maintained by their transaction guru Matt Eddy and staff, the Brewers have signed veteran reliever Ryan Webb (Baseball Reference career stats) to a minor league deal. Webb, who turns 31 in February, has seen big league action with five teams in parts of eight seasons (SD, MIA, BAL, CLE, TB), covering 375 big league appearances. Webb opened 2016 with Tampa Bay, where he had signed a one-year, $1 million deal, but missed a month starting in late May with a right pectoral injury, struggled upon his June return, and was released shortly thereafter. The White Sox picked him up, but he only saw action in three games at AAA for Chicago prior to the end of the season. Webb's biggest payday was his $2.75 million 2015 season, in which the Dodgers ended up paying nearly all of the tab, despite Webb never throwing a pitch for them. The Indians ended up benefiting from his services that year. So yes, Webb has had quite the transaction odyssey in his career. One would think Webb will receive an invitation to big league camp, but the Brewers haven't announced the signing yet. Webb and his agent likely recognize the opportunities to be added to the 25-man roster for Opening Day. This is a minor league deal, but we'll leave this thread here in the Major League Forum. It wouldn't be surprising to learn down the road that Webb negotiated an opt-out team decision date to be added to the 40-man roster near the end of spring training, but again, that's speculation only.

Monday -- Venezuela box: Catcher Manny Pina 1-for-5, 2B, R, K; second baseman Javier Betancourt 1-for-4, R, two K's. Pina's team won, 6-2.