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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 - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Des Moines, IA Pearl, MS Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI Missoula, MT

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Colorado Springs: LHP Josh Hader at Iowa (Cubs), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:08 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him 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 Jon Perrin 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. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) 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. ********** Brevard County: RHP Devin Williams at home vs. Daytona (Reds), 5:35 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Daytona feed) Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jordan Desguin 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. ********** Helena: RHP Emerson Gibbs at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:15 PM pre-game, 7:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham on Twitter). ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season completed ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete, recap here

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Bradley began his career as a starter for the Brewers before moving to the bullpen in 2015. He said he welcomed the move back to starting and credited pitching coaches Dennis Lewallyn (Mississippi) and Mike Alvarez (Gwinnett) with helping him improve. “I just try to keep things simple, attack the strike zone,” Bradley said. “Be the best I can be on any given day and not give hitters too much credit.” Yes, that's cliché-ish and generic, just passing it along (from this link). *** My bad on saying "home state" earlier - Jed's a Huntsville, Alabama native, as has been well-documented here over the years; the "home" part refers to Georgia Tech.

Nobody, including myself who kicked off the discussion, thinks this is Boston giving up on future Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell. Everybody who is in the camp that this is no big deal shrugs it off because it's highly unlikely that Bradley will do much in the major leagues. And he probably won't. They also all seem to point to the first half of 2015 when comparing recent numbers, rather than the more relevant first half of 2016. That's fine. But for many of us who painstakingly struggled with trying to put Bradley's performances in middling starts and in insignificant relief appearances for four and a half years into relevance, while balancing the fact he was the 15th pick overall, bouncing up and down (and down) from level to level within the organization, might be frustrated to see three recent consecutive starts that look like these. (And yes, he walked ten in 12 innings over his next two starts...) But as noted by others, no big deal, the Brewers did the best they could with Bradley. Good for those coaches for trying. Yay, Brewers!

Final: Missoula 11, Helena 4 Helena Box Score Ronnie Gideon with one of two team extra base hits, a double - he also walked; Joantgel Segovia with the other double; Gilbert Lara caught stealing in only his third attempt all season... Helena Game Log Tough mound night...

Yamamoto spins gem for Timber Rattlers Milwaukee right-hander fans career-high 11 in six scoreless innings By Michael Avallone / MiLB.com ***

Thanks to Pensacola's come-from-behind win, this is updated: Pensacola, the Southern League's first-half winner, lost Wednesday, which hurts the Shuckers, as Pensacola needs to win the second half. Pensacola (Reds) visits Birmingham (White Sox) for their final series. Birmingham is a miserable 49-86 this summer, including 25-40 in the second half. Pensacola trails Mississippi by 1.5 games (two in the loss column) in the second half. If Biloxi wins 3 of the next four, then Pensacola needs to win 3 of its next four. If Biloxi wins the next four games, then Pensacola needs to win 2 of its next four. Getting tougher, folks...

CWH, I respectfully would say that's just too simplistic. The term "change of scenery" is used most often to describe a swap of veterans, or at least the movement of one. Players who have accomplished something at some point in their pro careers, have fallen on hard times in terms of production, and hope to find it elsewhere. That's not Bradley's case. As part of the previously linked Twitter conversation, I stated "Change of scenery has always implied new staff, new voices, new ideas; doesn't just mean new physical location." This isn't about me tooting the horn for LHP Anthony Banda, either, which I've certainly done. Banda had already turned a significant improvement while with the Timber Rattlers (kudos, Brewers scouting and development), and along with Mitch Haniger, provided value for a legitimate return. Let's also note that I was never sour on the Haniger loss, and have been merely updating everyone on his recent excellent minor league exploits, which, sure enough, have led to a big league stint. Back to Bradley. Obviously this is speculation, but in two scenarios, and I lean towards the latter: The Braves, in particular during Bradley's AA stints against their Mississippi team, saw something in Bradley and also saw a flaw they felt they could address or correction they could make, and reached out to Milwaukee. The Brewers, on the verge of having to release Bradley (don't say we couldn't all see it coming, and soon), basically send out an email blast to 29 other clubs inviting interest. Trading Bradley, a 15th overall pick, even if for a token sum, would allow the Brewers to save face to some extent. The Braves also noted the home state connection and took the flier.

Nice article by Tim Froberg at the Post-Crescent with quotes from Isan Diaz

Scoreboard watching -- Go Pensacola! Go Clinton!

Pensacola, the Southern League's first-half winner, lost Wednesday, which hurts the Shuckers, as Pensacola needs to win the second half. As Biloxi heads to Mississippi for the final five-game series, the Shuckers trail the M-Braves by 1/2 game in the overall standings. So for Biloxi to finish ahead of Mississippi, they need to win the series, that's easy math. But here's why the Shuckers better plan on winning four or even five of these games -- Pensacola (Reds) visits Birmingham (White Sox) for their final series. Birmingham is a miserable 49-86 this summer, including 25-40 in the second half. Pensacola trails Mississippi by 1.5 games (two in the loss column) in the second half. If Biloxi wins its series 3 games to 2, then Pensacola needs to win its series 4 games to 1. If Biloxi wins its series 4 games to 1, then Pensacola needs to win its series 3 games to 2. If Biloxi wins its series 5 games to 0, then Pensacola needs to win two games in their series. There's actually a similar dynamic going on in the Southern League's North Division, between Montgomery (Rays), Chattanooga (Twins), and first half champs Jackson (Mariners). Wild stuff... *** From Chris Mehring's notes: THE CHASE: There are five games remaining in season for the Rattlers. Peoria and Clinton qualified for a playoff spot in the first half. Cedar Rapids has clinched the top playoff spot in the second half. Beloit, Kane County, and Quad Cities have been eliminated from playoff contention. TEAM W-L DIV WC Cedar Rapids 40-25 WISCONSIN 34-31 6.0 Burlington 33-32 7.0 1.0 The Rattlers own the tie-breaker over both Burlington by virtue of winning the season series over both teams. The remaining schedule for each team: WIS: 2 vs. CR; 3 @BEL BUR: 2 @CLN; 3 vs. QC

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 - Florida State League North Division A - Midwest League Western Division Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Pearl, MS Daytona Beach, FL Grand Chute, WI Missoula, MT

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Drew Gagnon at home vs. New Orleans (Marlins), 7:00 PM pre-game, 7:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him 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 Luis Ortiz 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. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) 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. ********** Brevard County: RHP Jon Perrin at Daytona (Reds), 6:05 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Daytona feed) Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jordan Yamamoto 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. ********** Helena: RHP Wuilder Rodriguez at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham (@CraigMDurham on Twitter). ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Season completed ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete, recap here

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Back on topic, I'm taking a bit of heat on the initial Bradley Twitter take (see subsequent replies), maybe why I don't have many "hot" takes . Another reason why we try and accentuate the positive around here within this forum, I suppose. If we can't question the Brewers' PD on Bradley's non-development and subsequent success (even if we can review the actual numbers a bunch of ways to indicate it's not that glaring a failure), then it's almost like the PD system is Teflon, which shouldn't be the case within our discussions either. We don't want to come down too hard on the young men we follow, so if we question the development staff, it can still come across as unfair to the player. A double-edged sword in terms of having legitimate but fair discussions.

Brevard County (to get off on a bit of a tangent) was seemingly the victim of a gap in offensive make-up in the system. Cuas, Collymore, Brandon Diaz and others all would have benefited from more time at low-A. But more prominent prospects needed time there, and AA wasn't so over-stuffed that they could unfairly demote from Biloxi to help stem the tide. I really feel bad for the Manatee bats and staff this year, because they were placed in a no-win situation from the get-go.

Several Brewers included, and love the photos of 21-year-old Jonathan Lucroy and Scooter Gennett

Incredible -- Jed Bradley called up by the Braves after posting phenomenal numbers since the trade (which is being reported by a Braves blogger as for cash, although the Brewers have yet to confirm if a PTBNL could still be involved). Yes, there have been some good mound developments within the Brewers system this year, but there's no sugar-coating that Bradley immediately finding success in another organization is a very large black mark on Milwaukee player development. This isn't a guy rediscovering himself years later in independent ball. This is Atlanta's staff making instant adjustments somehow and seeing results right away. And oh yes, congrats to Jed!

Final: Missoula 15, Helena 11 It was 15-2 before a nine-run Brewer 8th inning... Helena Box Score RHP Rodrigo Benoit has allowed 90 hits in 53.2 innings. Ronnie Gideon, DH'ing in this one, doubled and homered, his league-leading 16th... Helena Game Log Might as well enjoy the garbage-time rally -- Helena Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: Pierce Romero replaces Williams Durruthy. Ryan Aguilar strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Pierce Romero. Ryan Aguilar to 1st. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Johel Atencio replaces Weston Wilson. Johel Atencio walks. Ryan Aguilar to 2nd. Ronnie Gideon walks. Ryan Aguilar to 3rd. Johel Atencio to 2nd. Gilbert Lara singles on a fly ball to right fielder Juan Araujo. Ryan Aguilar scores. Johel Atencio to 3rd. Ronnie Gideon to 2nd. Trever Morrison singles on a fly ball to left fielder Bryan Araiza. Johel Atencio scores. Ronnie Gideon to 3rd. Gilbert Lara to 2nd. Joantgel Segovia singles on a fly ball to right fielder Juan Araujo. Ronnie Gideon scores. Gilbert Lara to 3rd. Trever Morrison to 2nd. Yoel Vasquez strikes out swinging. Franly Mallen doubles (11) on a fly ball to left fielder Bryan Araiza. Gilbert Lara scores. Trever Morrison scores. Joantgel Segovia to 3rd. Pitching Change: Gabe Gonzalez replaces Pierce Romero. Yerald Martinez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Juan Araujo. Joantgel Segovia scores. Franly Mallen to 3rd. Ryan Aguilar homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Franly Mallen scores. Johel Atencio reaches on a fielding error by first baseman Tanner Hill. Ronnie Gideon doubles (17) on a fly ball to center fielder Eduardo Diaz. Johel Atencio scores. Gilbert Lara flies out to center fielder Eduardo Diaz.

PHOTO GALLERY and article quotes - Biloxi Sun-Herald game story

VIDEO via WLOX: More from Biloxi, including a fine Clint Coulter catch in right