Jim Goulart

Off former #Brewers farmhand Barrett Astin (Jonathan Broxton deal) --

"Rockin' the smurf-blue UnderArmour cleats" -

Tweets via ESPN's Eric Longenhagen: Brewers RHP Devin Williams also 88-92, t93, slider flashing average and working to back foot of LHH. Change moves, 79-84. Brewers RHP Nash Walters 91-93, threw a cutter at 90, CRV 76 with avg depth. Command an issue. Stuff has taken a step forward from 2015.

Enjoy the Jon Perrin vines from the Twitter timeline of @BrewerProspect

AUDIO from Friday's Pre-Game: Sky Sox Warmup with Manager Rick Sweet

Friday's game --

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Pensacola, FL Viera, FL Comstock Park, MI

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

BROADCAST NOTES for this evening -- Note that tonight's Timber Rattlers road game is available on MiLB.TV (the West Michigan feed, naturally). Also, at AA, Pensacola is among the Southern League teams to broadcast on MiLB.TV.

Saturday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: LHP Brent Suter at home vs. Oklahoma City (Dodgers), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:05 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 Javi Salas 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: RHP Bubba Derby at home vs. Lakeland (Tigers), 5:35 PM gametime Sorry, no audio is available for this series... 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 Drake Owenby at West Michigan (Tigers), 5:40 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime; expect RHP Miguel Diaz 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.

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AUDIO via ESPN 540 Milwaukee Fri. 5/6: Tom Haudricourt *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show: Tim Allen of WSSP *** : Adam Rygg (@Brewer Nation) - go to the 22:10 minute mark *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM Fri. 5/6: Adam McCalvy on "the Big Show" *** AUDIO via WSSP 105.7 FM's Postgame Show: The "roundtable" discussion is at the 4:00 minute mark, including Brew Crew Ball's Kyle Lesniewski

Final: Colorado Springs 3, Oklahoma City 1 Sky Sox Pitching Powers Past Dodgers 3-1 Five scoreless innings from the Sky Sox bullpen led the way to victory on Friday night By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/2/9/4/176692294/cuts/05_06_1663sm_pk_33bhrri9_3d3us1y0.jpg Tim Dillard pitched two scoreless innings to earn his first victory of the season. (Paat Kelly photo) *** Colorado Springs Box Score Most probably just rolled their eyes when catcher Manny Pina was the PTBNL in the K-Rod trade - ten of his 24 hits have been fr extra bases (.990 OPS), and the printed and audio quotes have been glowing... BASERUNNING SB: Broxton, K 2 (9, 2nd base off Kehrt/Murphy, Ja, 3rd base off Kehrt/Murphy, Ja); Orf (3, 2nd base off Kehrt/Murphy, Ja); Young Jr. 2 (5, 2nd base off Bawcom/Murphy, Ja, 3rd base off Bawcom/Murphy, Ja); Elmore (6, 2nd base off Bawcom/Murphy, Ja). Colorado Springs Game Log

Final: Lakeland 7, Brevard County 3 Lakeland uses long ball to drown Manatees Donald Rieber, Jr., Manatees Examiner *** Brevard County Box Score CF Johnny Davis on base four times, OBP now .393... Brevard County Game Log

Link includes VIDEO interview -- Yamamoto off to strong start for Rattlers Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/70090a74ab7567d806c365a59938ed2d059a4a52/c=836-498-2106-2191&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2016/05/06/Appleton/B9322016140Z.1_20160506195936_000_GPKE9N9FK.1-0.jpg Timber Rattlers pitcher Jordan Yamamoto has a 3.96 ERA in 25 innings this season. (Photo: Courtesy of Ann Mollica/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers)

Link includes VIDEO interview, several of the quotes included below -- Yamamoto off to strong start for Rattlers Tim Froberg, Appleton Post-Crescent http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/70090a74ab7567d806c365a59938ed2d059a4a52/c=836-498-2106-2191&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2016/05/06/Appleton/B9322016140Z.1_20160506195936_000_GPKE9N9FK.1-0.jpg Timber Rattlers pitcher Jordan Yamamoto has a 3.96 ERA in 25 innings this season. (Photo: Courtesy of Ann Mollica/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers) Jordan Yamamoto Position: Pitcher. Age: 19. Residence: Pearl City, Hawaii. Height/weight: 6-0, 195. Bats/throws: Right/Right. Acquired: Selected by Milwaukee in the 12th round of the 2014 draft. GRAND CHUTE - Kodi Medeiros wasn’t the only pitcher on Milwaukee’s radar when Brewers scouts searched the Hawaiian Islands for talent a few years ago. Jordan Yamamoto also drew their interest. When Yamamoto outdueled Medeiros in a high school state quarterfinal game, Yamamato eliminated any questions about whether he was a draftable player. Milwaukee made Medeiros their first-round pick in the 2014 draft and then selected Yamamoto in the 12th round of the same draft. The 19-year-old right-hander is off to a solid start for the Rattlers and has shown promise as a starting pitcher. In 25 innings of work, Yamamoto has a 3.96 earned run average with 23 strikeouts and just five walks. His best outing came April 24 against Peoria when he allowed one earned run on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings. Q&A Q: What’s your MO as a pitcher? A: “I’m not a pitcher who is going to throw it by you. I’ll throw 90, 91, sometimes 93 (mph), but I’m more of a guy to throw strikes and get outs, quick outs. I don’t want to be out there any longer than I have to.” Q: As a native Hawaiian, how tough has it been adjusting to Wisconsin’s cold spring temperatures? A: “It’s a change. It’s totally different coming from 85 degrees every day to 45 every day. Here it seems like you have to do everything twice as much just to break a sweat. But you have to learn to adapt and change to your environment. If you make it to the big leagues, I mean, you’re playing in Chicago and all these outdoor stadiums in April. That’s what baseball is all about: learning how to change and adapt to your environment. Pitching here in the cold weather has helped me a lot.” Q: Prior to getting drafted by Milwaukee, what was the coldest temperature you had pitched in? A: “Oh, 65, maybe 70.” Q: Just a few weeks before being drafted by the Brewers, you outpitched Kodi Medeiros in a 2-0 victory for your Saint Louis High School team in a state tournament game. How much do you think that impacted your draft status? A: “Well, I feel like it made a difference, but then again, maybe it didn’t. Going into that game, we were already known as the top two pitchers coming out of Hawaii that year. So, it helped having all the scouts there. But it wasn’t the first time I had pitched in front of scouts. I was at the Arizona Fall Classic when I was 16 and that’s when the scouts started talking with my parents. Then I got invited to the Area Code (Baseball Games) in California and I started to get call after call from professional and college scouts. This whole ride from high school to now has been a blessing.” Q: Are you and Kodi friends? A: “We’re good friends. We were roommates this past spring training and during our first year of pro ball in the Arizona League. We still joke about that game. We’ve had that connection from the beginning, being from Hawaii, and being in the same draft class and drafted by the same organization. We’ve grown a little closer as the years have passed. We talk a lot.” Q: What did he tell you about pitching in Wisconsin? A: “He said to find warm gear because it’s going to be really cold. It was a pretty good heads-up.” Q: So what was it like growing up in Hawaii? A: “Growing up in Hawaii is great. I kind of miss it. Being able to call what some call paradise my home is an amazing feeling. I grew up in Pearl City, a suburb 10 or 15 minutes from Honolulu. What I loved about it was that I got to play baseball year-round. You can play baseball 24-7 if you want to. And I always loved going to be the beach and being outdoors.” Q: Did you play any other sports growing up? A: “I never really played too many other sports because my parents were very cautious about my health. I wanted to play football, but they wouldn’t let me because they were worried about me getting hurt. I had some cousins who played football and they ended up with torn labrums and shoulders torn so bad there was barely anything left in them. I gave my parents a hard time about it back then, but now I thank them. Had I played football and gotten hurt, I wouldn’t be here today.” Q: Do you come from a baseball family? A: “Not really. My sister was a volleyball player and my mom danced the hula. My dad played Little League, but he was a dirt-bike racer when he was in high school. He was one of the best in the state. In our office at home, he has like 50 trophies for dirt-bike racing. My dad didn’t let me do that, either. I’ve only been on a dirt bike three or four times.” Q: How big is baseball in Hawaii? A: “It’s getting up there. Football is huge in Hawaii. It’s the top sport. You might get 15,000 fans for a high school game. It’s just crazy. I remember when our school played in the state championship game at Aloha Stadium. The place was just packed. One side of the stadium was all red, and the other side was all blue and white. It was pretty cool to see. Baseball is an up-and-coming sport in Hawaii, and more and more scouts are coming to see the talented players we have.” Q: You went to the same high school as (Tennessee Titans quarterback) Marcus Mariota. How big of a deal was he at your school? A: “He was a senior when I was a freshman and that was the year they won state. It was pretty cool seeing him throughout his high school career and just following his career. We take a lot of pride in our schools. That’s just how we are. The fans, the alumni and the community are so close. It’s kind of a brotherhood, and it’s an amazing feeling? Q: Water sports are huge in Hawaii. Do you do any of those? A: “I got into spear fishing this past offseason and went with my dad a lot. It’s a totally different world underneath the water. Everything is so quiet. I’ve done body surfing, but I’ve stopped because it’s kind of dangerous with the waves we have. It’s all shore-break where the waves break right on the sand. Some of the beaches we have are known for breaking necks and I don’t want to risk my career. I’ll stop for now. Maybe when I finish baseball, I’ll go back to it.” The tool box “Jordan comes to us with some really good tools for a youngster. He’s got a real good fastball. He spins the ball really well. It’s a true curveball most of the time, but every once in awhile it looks like a slurve, kind of in between a slider and a curve. As a potential future starter in the big leagues, at 19 years old he projects really high right now. He’s able to throw his fastball on both sides of the plate and can get a breaking ball over. It’s a swing and miss pitch when he gets it in the right location. He changes speeds really well. In fact, he has two different speeds on his change-up. He’s pitched beyond his years at times. He’s been a real pleasant find for us, no doubt about it.” — Gary Lucas, Timber Rattlers pitching coach FAVORITES MLB team growing up: “Boston Red Sox. My Little League team was always the Red Sox, so I always liked the Boston Red Sox.” MLB player: “You know, I never really had a favorite player growing up. I never really watched a lot of TV. I was more of an action type kid, out in the yard every day playing baseball.” Food: “Poke. It’s raw fish, fresh fish from Hawaii. You just cut it up and eat it just like that.” Musical group/artist: “Has to be any Hawaiian group. Iration, Revolution, Common Kings, SOJA.” Hobbies outside baseball: “I like to draw. I’m big into art, drawing, painting, graphic design. I can do a lot of that.” Best advice: “It was from my dad. He would say, ‘Don’t take anything for granted. God has given you the gift and opportunity to play baseball. You don’t want to take that for granted because he could take that away at any time.’ ”

*** Update via Chris Harris tweet: Just got great news from Garrett Cooper. Nothing broken after getting beaned in the hand last night in the 1st inning.

From Thursday --

Latest Prospect Hot Sheet via Baseball America A Brewer farmhand appears at #14, give it a think, then a click, keep it post-free here... Remember, this feature simply recognizes what the hottest prospects in the minors did in the past week—it’s not a re-ranking of the Baseball America Top 100 Prospects.

Toolshed: Hader showing starter capability Left-hander thriving in rotation, though many believe future is in relief By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com An excellent read, the comments from Biloxi pitching coach Chris Hook worth the read all on their own...

AUDIO: Jacob Nottingham and Manager Mike Guerrero via Chris Harris' "Inside the Shuckers" podcast

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Colorado Springs, CO Pensacola, FL Viera, FL Comstock Park, MI

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