Jim Goulart

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Fangraphs Update: Final sentence -- All in all, then, the significance of Thursday’s ruling for MLB cannot be understated. The league won a huge victory in the minor-league wage litigation, one that significantly reduces the chances that MLB will be forced to change its minor-league pay practices in any appreciable way.

Man, does Brett Phillips need a bloop, bleeder, squibber, anything -- his last ten games.

Final: Helena 4, Idaho Falls 3 Brewers Back on Track with 4-3 Win Desguin Improves to 2-0 By Craig Durham / Helena Brewers HELENA, MT - Another strong start from Jordan Desguin set up another home victory for the Helena Brewers, 4-3 over the Idaho Falls Chukars in the opening game of a four game series at Kindrick Legion Field. Desguin improved to 2-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.75 with six innings of four hit, one run ball. The righty struck out four and did not walk a batter. The Brewers scored single runs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings to carry a 3-1 lead into the 5th. Helena added another in the 6th on a pair of Idaho Falls errors to make it 4-1. Jonathan Oquendo led the offense with a 2-for-2 night and Franly Mallen recorded a pair of RBI's. The Chuckars scored a pair off Wuilder Rodriguez in the top of the 8th to make it 4-3 going into the 9th, but Colton Cross was waiting. Cross worked around a leadoff single to record his third save of the season, striking out a pair including Angelo Castellano to end the ballgame. The Brewers are now 8-5 at home, and will look to make it two in a row when the Chukars return on Friday night. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central) and Nash Walters will make the start for the Brewers opposite Matt Portand for the Chukars. *** Desguin, defense lift Brewers to kick off home stand with win Ryan Collingwood, Helena Independent Record Three PHOTOS at the link It's been a forgetful month for the Helena Brewers. But while July -- where the Brewers have posted a shoddy 4-14 mark -- has made capturing a first-half Pioneer League North crown a pipe dream, hard-throwing right-hander Jordan Desguin has continued to deal. Desguin impressed again Thursday night in a 4-3 edging of the Pioneer League South-leading Idaho Falls Chukars at Kindrick Legion Field. The former Florida Gulf Coast University hurler went six innings, giving up just one run, four hits, struck out four and didn't register a walk. Desguin's ERA improved to a team-best 2.75 after the win, which snapped the club's three-game losing streak. "I've mainly just been focusing on throwing strikes with all four of my pitches," said Desguin, who also has a team-high 37 strikeouts. "And the way my defense has been playing behind me, it just gives me a lot of confidence." Last-place Helena (12-20) didn't commit an error behind Desguin, reliever Wuilder Rodriguez or closer Colton Cross. Conversely, the Chukars (19-13) tallied four, which ultimately dictated the outcome. The Brewers played small ball early, scoring their first two runs by way of fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly before a Franly Mallen RBI single in the fourth inning. When Mallen reached first by way of a throwing error in the sixth inning, Jonathan Oquendo crossed home to give the Brewers their final tally. With second-round draft pick and Brewers hits and average leader Lucas Erceg promoted to Low-A Wisconsin on Tuesday, the Brewers didn't have the same pop in their lineup. Fortunately for Helena, a clean defense -- and pair of hustle run-down pop-outs by Joantgel Segovia that would have likely tied the contest in the late innings-- coupled with a conservative offensive approach was enough. The Brewers improved to 8-5 at home but are 5-15 on the road. Desguin believes the Brewers can shore things up. "It's nice to throw well, obviously, but it'd be sweeter to be like where we were at the beginning of the season," he said. "But I have no doubt we'll get back to that." *** Helena Box Score Leadoff man Ryan Aguilar, playing RF, made his Helena debut after five games with Maryvale (1-for-4, one K). Helena Game Log

Final: Reno 7, Colorado Springs 2 Sky Sox End Road Trip With 7-2 Loss Reed homers as Sky Sox are swept in Reno By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox Colorado Springs Box Score Mitch Haniger dominated, the very latest he'll make his Diamondbacks big league debut is September 1st, it seems; three Orlando Arcia errors in two games, no worries there; Keon Broxton caught stealing for the 8th time in 25 AAA attempts... Colorado Springs Game Log Based on the audio link in the prior post, sounds like Rick Sweet's mustache may be coming off today due to the 0-8 road trip.

AUDIO via Thursday's Sky Sox Pre-Game: Manager Rick Sweet From the 17th in Tacoma -- Tacoma Bottom of the 5th D. J. Peterson homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Dario Pizzano hit by pitch. Colorado Springs Sky Sox Manager Rick Sweet ejected by HP umpire Sean Ryan. Pitching Change: Tyler Cravy replaces Jorge Lopez. Colorado Springs Sky Sox pitcher Jorge Lopez ejected by HP umpire Sean Ryan. Sweet discusses the five-game suspension Lopez is serving, as well as the fine Lopez received.

Wet grounds postpones the Maryvale game. Dodgers return to Maryvale August 6th, unless they decide to play two at the Dodgers' complex Friday night.

Ah, the nuances of save chances. Brevard's Jon Olczak was presented a none-out, bases-loaded situation behind Freddy Peralta and only allowed one run (on his wild pitch, as you read). Yes, a blown save, but karma's good here, and Olczak gets the win after the top of the 10th Manatee run.

WeAreGreenBay.com: Lucas Erceg makes a splash in Timber Rattlers debut

Via Zach Weber's Notes -- OF Kyle Wren drew three free passes yesterday and has safely reached base in 28 of his last 30 games. He has recorded a .504 OBP in that span. Overall in 34 games at Triple-A this year, Wren owns a .363/.463/.468 slash line with nine steals. Much more at the link...

AUDIO via Thursday's Bill Michaels Show (no Bill, WSSP's Tim Allen is the host) -- Colorado Springs Manager Rick Sweet Biloxi Manager Mike Guerrero

Timber Rattlers DVR Alert (tonight!) THURS, July 21, vs. Fort Wayne TinCaps, 7:00 PM, TWC SportsChannel

Former 2016 Sky Sox RHP Jim Miller is going the independent Atlantic League route.

Remember this guy? Happy 25th Birthday to Tommy John-rehabber RHP Taylor Williams

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: Reno, NV Pensacola, FL Port Charlotte, FL Grand Chute, WI Helena, MT Maryvale, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Aaron Wilkerson at Reno (Diamondbacks), 8:30 PM pre-game, 9:05 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 Pensacola (Reds), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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: TBD at Charlotte (Rays), 5:35 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link (Charlotte 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 Miguel Diaz at home vs. Fort Wayne (Padres), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime; expect LHP Jake Drossner 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 Jordan Desguin at home vs. Idaho Falls (Royals), 7:50 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 ([b@CraigMDurham[/b] on Twitter). ********** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the not-so-artful Dodgers, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league ********** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Rockies, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day; one is a completion of the July 2nd game (scoreless after one inning) We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men.

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Earlier today I sent Todd Rosiak a request to ask about Luna in his next session with Tom Flanagan. In March I was told "not Tommy John" (wasn't told if it was even arm-related), and 2-3 month rehab.

I posted this back in March, and now we can add Adrian Houser to the list. Did we miss anyone in-between Gomez and Houser? We may have if their status was not made public. We can now add another name to the Tommy John list, as RHP Milton Gomez underwent the procedure this week (Friday 3/25). The Brewers had scored very well in "Tommy John avoidance" in recent years. Daniel Missaki's surgery took place on the Mariners' watch, and six others may be par for the MLB course these days, but is still cause for concern. Diaz, if you're a Link Report follower will have noticed, has begun his road back with Maryvale rehab stints.

Final: Arizona Royals 10, Arizona Brewers 5 Maryvale Box Score Brewer pitchers walked 13, thankfully that hasn't happened often this summer; uncharacteristic for RHP Carlos Herrera (three walks and two HBP's in 1.2 IP) - the Lind deal arrival is listed at 6'2", just 150. All six pitchers struggled with control here. Maryvale Game Log Consistent CF Jose Gomez reached three more times. This was pre-game via the Brewers' Zach Weber: 2016 9th round pick Trey York has reached base in 22 of his 23 games and owns a .316/.454/.447 slash line. York doubled in five at-bats here.

Final: Reno 5, Colorado Springs 4, ten innings Sky Sox Stunned 5-4 By Late Reno Rallies Peralta strikes out 11, but Sky Sox drop seventh straight By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox *** Colorado Springs Box Score Be sure to read the story linked above, but here's the Wily Peralta summary line -- In his best start since joining the Sky Sox, Peralta pitched five and two thirds innings, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out 11 and walking just one batter. The 11 strikeouts are the most by a Sky Sox pitcher in a game this season. Nate Orf doubled twice and walked. Colorado Springs Game Log Yes, the two Aces 9th inning runs were unearned, but Damien Magnifico had a "terrible" hitless outing -- Reno Bottom of the 9th Pitching Change: Damien Magnifico replaces Tyler Cravy, batting 9th. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Ed Lucas replaces Alexi Ogando. Ed Lucas walks. Dan Rohlfing reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by shortstop Orlando Arcia. Ed Lucas to 2nd. Sean Jamieson walks. Ed Lucas to 3rd. Dan Rohlfing to 2nd. Chris Owings walks. Ed Lucas scores. Dan Rohlfing to 3rd. Sean Jamieson to 2nd. Ildemaro Vargas lines out to third baseman Nate Orf. Mitch Haniger grounds into a force out, shortstop Orlando Arcia to second baseman Yadiel Rivera. Dan Rohlfing scores. Sean Jamieson to 3rd. Chris Owings out at 2nd. Mitch Haniger to 1st. With Gabriel Guerrero batting, Mitch Haniger advances to 2nd on defensive indifference. Gabriel Guerrero walks. Kyle Jensen strikes out swinging

Ghelfi keeps rattling off hits for Wisconsin Brewers catcher goes 4-for-5, continues hot stretch from No. 2 spot By Michael Peng / MiLB.com Extensive quotes from Mitch in this overnight feature via MiLB.com...