Jim Goulart

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 5:30 PM pre-game, 6:05 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 Taylor Jungmann at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 4:50 PM pre-game, 5:10 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: LHP Kodi Medeiros at Tampa (Yankees), 12:00 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Tampa 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: LHP Jake Drossner at Quad Cities (Astros), 12:55 PM pre-game, 1:15 gametime; expect RHP Matt Smith to pitch in a tandem role 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. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: RHP Aaron Myers at home vs. Billings (Reds), 1:45 PM pre-game, 2:05 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): Idle ********** DSL Brewers: Season complete, recap here

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Despite their loss, a Pensacola win and Mississippi loss means good news for Biloxi, while Wisconsin remains just one game out of the playoffs, although another day came off the schedule.

VIDEO via WLOX: Biloxi game *** MORE VIDEO: Shuckers' tattoo tale (Brett Phillips cameo)

Excellent work here by Patrick Magee and John Fitzhugh of the Biloxi Sun-Herald chronicling Brandon Woodruff's baseball journey, and Brandon speaks on camera for the first time about the loss of his brother Blake and the impact he had on his life.

As also archived in our season-long Biloxi archive thread -- Excellent work here by Patrick Magee and John Fitzhugh of the Biloxi Sun-Herald chronicling Brandon Woodruff's baseball journey, and Brandon speaks on camera for the first time about the loss of his brother Blake and the impact he had on his life.

Final: Arizona Mariners 10, Arizona Brewers 6 Only one game left for the 23-29 A-Crew... Maryvale Box Score It was 10-1 after five innings, young RHP Michael Gonzalez fared poorly, defense didn't help. The interesting task of being an undrafted free agent, like RHP Jake Smith of Nicholls State - you head to the desert in front of no fans and basically pitch one inning every six days. Hope to impress in workouts and otherwise, and make your mark next spring. Two singles for rehabbing (finger) Tucker Neuhaus, and impressive Gabriel Garcia (DH'ing here) had two knocks inclucing a double. Maryvale Game Log

Final: Billings 9, Helena 5 Ten losses in eleven games... Four photos at link, along with game summary Brewers falter late, drop sixth straight game Helena Box Score 12th round Oregon State SS Trever Morrison's glove had a rough night, four errors (only six prior to Saturday) Helena Game Log

On Friday, catcher Nathan Rodriguez was promoted from Helena to Wisconsin; catcher Natanael Mejia was placed on the DL. To backfill with the H-Crew, catcher Johel Atencio returned to Helena from Maryvale.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, WV Brew, for your Dominican Summer League Link Reporting!

Sky Sox release 2017 schedule 2 months early amid falling attendance, confusion over team relocation Includes these notes, but see the full article for more... ON-FIELD IMPROVEMENTS The Sky Sox’s drop in attendance can’t be blamed on the team’s performance, as fans have been treated to one of the most exciting teams in the minor leagues. The Sky Sox lead all full-season baseball teams across all levels in come-from-behind victories after the sixth inning. They are second in the 16-team Pacific Coast League in home victories, and they’ve sent 16 players to Milwaukee through this season. The team hasn’t yet been eliminated from playoff contention, but it would be a stretch to the say second-place Colorado Springs (64-64) is in a pennant race as it trailed first-place Oklahoma City by 6.5 games entering Saturday with just 11 games remaining. Still, that’s a major improvement for a club that had gone a combined 66 games under .500 over three straight losing seasons.

From Friday's Link Report, so enjoy tonight's scoreboard watching! Southern League Scoreboard Midwest League Scoreboard

From Saturday 8/27's Link Report -- The DSL Brewers finish 26-44. See how they compared in league pitching and league batting. As for any individual hopefuls, it seems to be a lean year. Individual Stats First-year RHP Miguel Sanchez, who will be 23 in December, made just two DSL appearances, was bumped to Maryvale, and is now helping Wisconsin in their playoff push. Another first-year pro, RHP Johan Dominguez, faded a bit late, but had a fantastic season (1.05 WHIP). Really like the fact the Brewers are giving chances to slightly older pitchers who may not have debuted earlier for family or other reasons. Not every future big league contributor needs to be signed at 17 and added to the 40-man at 22. The Brewers seemed to do well identifying those who would do well as starters. Including Dominguez, RHP's Joaquin De La Cruz, Harold Chirino, and Henry Medina fared well with nice WHIP's and BB/K ratios, although no Brewer pitcher showed strikeout dominance and innings from LHP's were few and far between. No star like 2015's Carlos Luna (now rehabbing Tommy John). *** Offensively, corner OF Jay Feliciano made his way to Maryvale early on, which was expected. Second-year infielder Javier Castillo, just 18 years old, posted a fine .677 OPS. Despite hitting just .226, 17-year-old Venezuelan catcher Moises Perez slugged ten doubles and seven home runs among his 33 hits. He outshined more heralded newcomer Jose Sibrian (.562 OPS in 32 games, who was slowed by various injuries, it seemed). A few others showed some OBP savvy despite anemic batting averages, so there may be something to build on. But otherwise, and please chime in if a particular player or stat stands out to you, it didn't seem to be a particularly fruitful season at the academy on the island.

The DSL Brewers finish 26-44. See how they compared in league pitching and league batting. As for any individual hopefuls, it seems to be a lean year. Individual Stats First-year RHP Miguel Sanchez, who will be 23 in December, made just two DSL appearances, was bumped to Maryvale, and is now helping Wisconsin in their playoff push. Another first-year pro, RHP Johan Dominguez, faded a bit late, but had a fantastic season (1.05 WHIP). Really like the fact the Brewers are giving chances to slightly older pitchers who may not have debuted earlier for family or other reasons. Not every future big league contributor needs to be signed at 17 and added to the 40-man at 22. The Brewers seemed to do well identifying those who would do well as starters. Including Dominguez, RHP's Joaquin De La Cruz, Harold Chirino, and Henry Medina fared well with nice WHIP's and BB/K ratios, although no Brewer pitcher showed strikeout dominance and innings from LHP's were few and far between. No star like 2015's Carlos Luna (now rehabbing Tommy John). *** Offensively, corner OF Jay Feliciano made his way to Maryvale early on, which was expected. Second-year infielder Javier Castillo, just 18 years old, posted a fine .677 OPS. Despite hitting just .226, 17-year-old Venezuelan catcher Moises Perez slugged ten doubles and seven home runs among his 33 hits. He outshined more heralded newcomer Jose Sibrian (.562 OPS in 32 games, who was slowed by various injuries, it seemed). A few others showed some OBP savvy despite anemic batting averages, so there may be something to build on. But otherwise, it didn't seem to be a particularly fruitful season at the academy on the island.

Saturday's Farmhand Birthday's: Two 2016 Draft Picks -- 8th round Maryvale SS Francisco Thomas is 18 34th round RHP Matt Smith, scheduled to go moundward for Wisconsin, turns 23

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: Oklahoma City, OK Biloxi, MS Tampa, FL Davenport, IA Helena, MT Maryvale, AZ

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

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Junior Guerra and LHP Josh Hader in a doubleheader at Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 4:00 PM pre-game, 4:35 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 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 home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 6:50 PM pre-game, 7:10 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 Cody Ponce at Tampa (Yankees), 5:00 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Tampa 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 Quad Cities (Astros), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; expect RHP Matt Smith to pitch in a tandem role 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. NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity. ********** Helena: RHP Wuilder Rodriguez at home vs. Billings (Reds), 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): at home vs. the mini-Mariners, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: Game cancelled (rain), season is over, see below

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Yes, the personal aspect is the priority. That being said, Jeffress is on the brink of his first arbitration hearing (or a contract settlement/extension with the Rangers if the parties agree), so the fact he's so close to his first substantial payday, and could be contributing to a division-leading playoff club while continuing to establish that value down the stretch, makes this alleged major transgression all the more disappointing for all parties.

Final: Arizona Dodgers 7, Arizona Brewers 6, 16 innings Heck, four hours and 14 minutes seems reasonable.... Maryvale Box Score Four Brewer pitchers combined to strike out 21 and walk only one; Dodger pitchers fanned 22 and walked five. LHP Boanerges Nova walked none and fanned nine in five scoreless innings, wow. The DSL product will be 24 in February, look for him to be a Timber Rattler next April. Second baseman Tucker Neuhaus tripled and singled twice in his 2nd rehab game, showing that he'd like to be added to the Wisconsin playoff push. 18-year-old big bonus 3B Chad McClanahan was 1-for-7, but the "1" was his 3rd home run of the summer. Normally productive RF Jay Feliciano was 0-for-7 with five K's, ouch. 18-year-old Dodgers 1st round SS, Gavin Lux of Kenosha, has been solid but not spectacular. Maryvale Game Log Ejections: AZL Brewers Manager Tony Diggs ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon (8th); AZL Brewers catcher Payton Henry ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon (8th) Maybe Henry was chirping? AZL Brewers Top of the 8th Chad McClanahan grounds out to first baseman Dylan Cook. Jay Feliciano grounds out, third baseman Cristian Santana to first baseman Dylan Cook. Tyrone Perry strikes out swinging. AZL Dodgers Bottom of the 8th AZL Brewers Manager Tony Diggs ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon. AZL Brewers catcher Payton Henry ejected by HP umpire Chad Dixon. *** Game ended on one swing within RHP Jeremy Newton's second inning of relief work -- AZL Dodgers Bottom of the 16th Cristian Santana strikes out swinging. Carlos Rincon homers (7) on a fly ball to left field.

My January 23rd, 2014 post -- We also linked that week to the video of that event in which Doug Melvin spoke as well. Unfortunately, the video link is no longer valid. *** From Friday's Link report:

By the way, Nashville Sounds ownership got what they were looking for in Year 2 of the Brewers break-up; A's give them 78-56 & an early playoff clinch. Oh, and it was the Sounds' first playoff clinch since 2007. That was the year Ryan Braun played 34 games there before his callup. 2007 Nashville Sounds stats It's why the Brewers are with the Sky Sox now, folks.

Final: Great Falls 7, Helena 2 Gee, remember when Helena started the season 5-1? They are an ugly 18-38 since. Brewers Drop Fifth Straight HELENA, MT - The Great Falls Voyagers and Helena Brewers met for the final time in 2016 on Friday night at Kindrick Legion Field. The Voyagers scored three times in the second inning, and went on to defeat the Brewers 8-5, handing the Brewers their fifth straight defeat. The Brewers' Nash Walters left the game after the first inning, and Santos Saldivar came on in the second, riding a streak of five straight scoreless outings. The right-hander allowed a two-run home run to Max Dutto after giving up an RBI single to Anthony Villa, and the Voyagers cruised from there. The Brewers did not record a hit until the sixth, and they got on the board in the seventh when Gilbert Lara scored on a wild pitch. The Voyagers scored two more in the eighth and a Ronnie Gideon home run in the ninth inning brought the final score to 7-2. Rodrigo Benoit worked his longest outing of the season, 5.2 innings, and Colton Cross finished the game for the Brewers with 1.1 scoreless innings. The Brewers finished the regular season series by dropping 11 of 13 to Great Falls, and they have lost nine of their last 10 games, having been held to two runs or less in seven of the last 10. Helena welcomes Billings to town for a two game series beginning Saturday night. First pitch is set for 7:05 (8:05 Central) at Kindrick Legion Field. THREE MORE PHOTOS (Thanks, James Ridle, for the great shots all home season long) *** Helena Box Score No word on the reason for the extra-brief Nash Walters start; Ronnie Gideon homered, because, well, because of course he did, #15... Helena Game Log