Jim Goulart

Already posted given the early start times today, each has audio, with Wisconsin pitching coach Gary Lucas being the most Brewer-relevant.

LINK includes a video interview with several of the quotes below -- Clint Coulter brings power bat, arm to Milwaukee Brewers David Dorsey, Fort Myers News-Press Clint Coulter, owner of the highest-rated throwing arm in the Florida State League and wielder of his team’s most powerful bat, hopes to bring that skill set to the Milwaukee Brewers in the near future. Coulter’s future also could include an appearance in the Florida State League All-Star game, to be played June 18 at Hammond Stadium, home of the Fort Myers Miracle and spring training home of the Minnesota Twins. The 6-foot-3, 222-pound Coulter, 22, joined the Brewers as a first-round draft pick, 27th overall, in 2012 out of Union High School in Camas, Washington. Coulter starts at right field for the Brevard County Manatees and is ranked the No. 7 prospect in the Brewers organization. “I’m from Washington state,” Coulter said. “Hopefully I can continue to prepare myself until I’m ready for the next level. “It was definitely a big jump from low A to high A. It was probably the biggest jump I’ve had to make. The pitching is definitely a lot better. And the environment is a lot different from what I’ve ever played in. I came from the northwest. We didn’t have the humidity. We didn’t have these storms coming in.” Prior to Florida, Coulter played in Helena, Montana, and Appleton, Wisconsin in the lower level minor leagues. He played in all but three of Brevard County’s 140 games last season. He hit .246 (123-for-499) with a team-best 13 home runs and 59 RBI. He had a .329 on-base percentage, drawing 46 walks with 92 strikeouts. “I’m going to come out every day,” Coulter said. “If there are 140 games, I’m going to play 140 games. I’ll be ready to play every day. I’ve got some power. I led the team in homers last year. I’ve been hitting in the middle of the order. Hopefully, I’ll put the ball in play.” For every base Coulter stole last season – six – he was caught that many times, too. But Coulter is what he is. “I think with a lot of things, you either have it or you don’t,” Coulter said. “It’s kind of like speed. I wasn’t blessed with that. But I’ve got a good arm.” Manatees manager Joe Ayrault said Coulter should be a candidate for the Double-A Biloxi (Mississippi) Shuckers later this season. “He’s big and with a powerful swing,” Ayrault said. “He just has to work on the little things. He’s got to work a little bit on his outfield play. He’s doing a good job. Hopefully he’ll be off to a great start the next couple of months.”

Via Chris Mehring's Media Notes: IN A PINCH: Troy Stokes, Jr. reached base by legging out a grounder to short in the top of the third, but had to leave the game with an injury. Monte Harrison entered the game as a pinch runner for Stokes. TRANSACTIONS: Stokes was placed on the DL this morning. Elvis Rubio has been transferred from the Helena roster to Wisconsin and is active for today’s game.

Have a great time down in Fort Myers, suggested reading to help you out: Miller Park Prospects -- 2016 Preview: Brevard County Manatees

Miller Park Prospects -- Game Notes: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4/10/16 First-hand observations from Brad Krause...

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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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Nashville, TN Biloxi, MS Fort Myers, FL Burlington, IA

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

Wednesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Junior Guerra at Nashville (Athletics), 11:30 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM 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 Javier Salas at home vs. Mobile (Diamondbacks), 6:20 PM pre-game, 6:40 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 Angel Ventura at Fort Myers (Twins), 6:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link (Fort Myers 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 Freddy Peralta at Burlington (Angels), 11:10 AM pre-game, 11:30 gametime; expect RHP Marcos Diplan to pitch in a tandem role Free Live Audio Link - WNAM 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. 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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And here's the quick turnaround on the extra-inning victory Tuesday night --

Via the Shuckers -- catching up on Monday's 3-1 win --

Was the 2016 Home Opener last week the final one for the Brevard County Manatees franchise? If so, photographer/videographer Tim Holle captured the entire day in this very well-done presentation. Sure, there are a lot of fan shots, but also dozens of great photos of Manatee ballplayers --

We'll probably get an MiLB.com official video later, but for now, here's the Nottingham walkoff.

Clint Coulter's Monday night throw getting national attention.

Final: Colorado Springs 4, Nashville 3 Sky Sox Hold On To Defeat Sounds 4-3 Michael Reed drives home winning run in eighth inning to help Sky Sox even series By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox We're lucky to have the timely game summaries from our affiliates, detailed and well-written; are you still thrown off by all the Nashville mentions? Don't worry, you're not alone... *** Colorado Springs Box Score 68 pitches for RHP Zach Davies in his tune-up for Sunday's big league start; when you add his big league camp work (remember this post) to his 2016 AAA efforts thus far, shaggy minor league phase Rule 5 find LHP Mitch Lambson has allowed all of one baserunner to reach in six innings. Congratulations Damien Magnifico on that first AAA save. RHP Chris Smith still around... Colorado Springs Game Log Michael Reed, batting third, stole his 3rd base of the young season, and is off to a fantastic start -- Keon Broxton needs to show something soon, he's looked overmatched, as you big league followers now. All eight of Orlando Arcia's hits have been singles, but his early line is still pretty.

Final: Biloxi 2, Mobile 1, 13 innings Nottingham delivers walk-off homer in 13th inning Tuesday Shuckers win third straight and improve to 5-1 on young season BILOXI, MS. - Jacob Nottingham launched the first pitch of the bottom of the 13th inning into the netting over MGM Park's left-field wall to send the Biloxi Shuckers home winners on Tuesday night, 2-1 over the Mobile BayBears. The Shuckers' victory puts them at 5-1, matching the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for the best start in the Southern League. Click the link above for much more... *** VIDEO via WLOX: Action from the early innings *** Nottingham rips 13th-inning homer to give Shuckers dramatic win over Mobile Patrick Magee, Biloxi Sun-Herald BILOXI – When Shuckers catcher Jacob Nottingham stepped to the plate to lead off the bottom of the 13th Tuesday night, he had one hit in his first 18 at-bats of the year – a 2-run home run in the second game of the season. Make that two hits and two homers for Nottingham in 2016. The power-hitting catcher ripped the first pitch he saw in the 13th well over the left field fence to hand the Shuckers a 2-1 win over the rival Mobile BayBears at MGM Park Tuesday night. The big blast capped nearly four hours of baseball before a crowd of 1,280 on a damp night. “I was just trying to put the ball in play,” Nottingham said. “I've been struggling a little bit, just trying to do too much. I just tried to believe in myself, get a good pitch and put it in play. I tried, did it and everything came out good.” The homer pushed Nottingham's batting average to just .105, but it's obvious that the former Houston Astros and Oakland A's minor leaguer is as talented as any player on the Shuckers roster. He's hit three homers at MGM Park this year, one of them coming in an April 2 exhibition game against the Major League parent club Milwaukee Brewers. “I think he's just been pressing a little bit,” Shuckers manager Mike Guerrero said. “We've just played six games. It's a long season. I think he's going to be fine. He knows he's got pop. He just stayed within himself. He's going to be awesome. He's going to be a pretty good player. He's just learning to take it one day at a time.” Five Shuckers pitchers combined to hold Mobile to one run on nine hits in 13 innings. Josh Hader had a nice showing in his second start of the season, giving up one run on four hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked none as he did a good job of keeping the ball in the strike zone. Of his 87 pitches, 64 were for strikes. Steve Peterson (2-0) picked up his second win in relief this season by throwing two perfect innings. Tristan Archer, Drew Gagnon and Hobbs Johnson each pitched two scoreless innings to keep the Shuckers alive. “Everybody threw the ball well,” Guerrero said. “They followed the game plan. That's an accomplishment. You've got to praise the bullpen. They held out. There wasn't much left out there, but they did a pretty good job.” While Nottingham has had some struggles at the plate early, he's proven solid behind the plate. “This pitching staff is awesome,” Nottingham said. “I can't ask for a better pitching staff. They're easy to work with, just a bunch of good guys. It's easy to be around them. They make my job better.” The Shuckers (5-1) will close out their seven-game home stand at 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday against Mobile. Biloxi will go with right-hander Javi Salas (1-0, 1.59) and Mobile will counter with right-hander Yoan Lopez (0-0, 1.50). There were a lot of swings and misses by both teams Tuesday night as they combined for a total of 30 strikeouts. Mobile starting pitcher Anthony Banda, kept the Shuckers off balance early. He gave up one run on five hits, striking out nine in five innings. Garrett Cooper kept up his early-season clutch performance at the plate, knocking in the first run of the game for the Shuckers in the third inning. Tyrone Taylor singled and Nate Orf walked to begin the bottom of the third. Brett Phillips and Nottingham followed with strikeouts, putting the pressure on Cooper to deliver. He responded with a hard hit grounder through the right side of the infield to bring home Taylor for the 1-0 lead. Mobile tied the game in the fifth when Ronnie Freeman led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch in the dirt by Hader with Dan Rohlfing at the plate. Rohlfing brought home Freeman with an RBI single up the middle to make it 1-1 through five innings. The game moved to extra innings and the Shuckers seemed in good shape to finish off the BayBears when Taylor reached to lead off the 10th on a throwing error by third baseman Gabriel Noriega. Mobile right-hander Matt Stites retired the next three batters to keep the BayBears alive. Mobile also had a chance in the top of the 11th after Kevin Cron doubled to lead things off, but Shuckers lefty Hobbs Johnson retired the next three men to end the threat. Biloxi made a mistake on the base paths in the bottom of the 11th when Cooper tried to take home from second on a single to left by Chris McFarland. Cooper was easily gunned down at home by Rohlfing from left field and Kyle Wren struck out swinging to end the inning. Nottingham's blast in the 13th made up for what was far from a perfect night for the Shuckers. “I feel a little better,” he said. “I've still got a lot of work to do. This is just a good start. I can't wait to keep going.” Taylor was the only Biloxi player with multiple hits, going 3-for-6 with a run scored out of the lead-off spot. *** Biloxi Box Score Shucker pitchers combined to walk one and strike out 15 in the 13 innings -- wow! Nate Orf, playing third base in this one, was 0-for-3 but walked three times, lifting his line to .350/.481/.450 (.931 OPS). We had mentioned Brevard County catcher Dustin Houle as a projected 40-man roster add earlier this week; look for the versatile Orf to be added September 1st and get his big league debut then. 1B Garrett Cooper (1.193 OPS) reached base three more times, it's not helping the cause to have he and Nick Ramirez on the same roster, especially in non-designated hitter series like this one. Not just old friend Anthony Banda, but trade buddy OF Mitch Haniger in town, 0-for-5 with a walk. Haniger is plateauing at the AA level, while Banda, in his age 22 season, continues to thrive. Darn you, Ray Montgomery, who plucked the lefty Banda away in the Gerardo Parra deal while with the Diamondbacks. Biloxi Game Log Early Biloxi futility in the first two innings, then this later on -- Biloxi Bottom of the 8th Tyrone Taylor singles on a fly ball to left fielder Dan Rohlfing. Nate Orf walks. Tyrone Taylor to 2nd. Pitching Change: Daniel Gibson replaces Nick Sarianides, batting 5th. Brett Phillips out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Daniel Gibson to first baseman Kevin Cron. Tyrone Taylor to 3rd. Nate Orf to 2nd. Daniel Gibson intentionally walks Jacob Nottingham. Tyrone Taylor out at home, catcher Ronnie Freeman to pitcher Daniel Gibson. Nate Orf to 3rd. Jacob Nottingham to 2nd. Garrett Cooper walks. Victor Roache strikes out swinging.

Whether it was a big league or minor league departure, clicking on the following links will make it hopefully easier for you to check in on 2014-2015 Brewers now elsewhere, MLB page for big leaguers, MiLB page for minor leaguers -- bookmark or favorite this page for future reference, for now it's pinned to the top of our Major League forum. If we end up with too many pinned threads and release it, your bookmark will come in handy. MAJORS: RHP Jonathan Broxton (St. Louis) OF Khris Davis (Oakland) LHP Zach Duke (Chicago White Sox) RHP Marco Estrada (Toronto) RHP Mike Fiers (Houston) RHP Yovani Gallardo (Baltimore) OF Carlos Gomez (Houston) RHP Jim Henderson (New York Mets) 1B Adam Lind (Seattle) LHP Franklin Morales (Toronto) OF Gerardo Parra (Colorado) 1B/3B Mark Reynolds (Colorado) RHP Francisco Rodriguez (Detroit) IF Luis Sardinas (Seattle) IF Jean Segura (Arizona) RHP Tyler Wagner (Arizona) 2B/LF Rickie Weeks (Arizona) MINORS: C Nevin Ashley (New York Mets, AAA) RHP Barrett Astin (Cincinnati, AA) LHP Anthony Banda (Arizona, AA) C Juan Centeno (Minnesota, AAA) LHP Neal Cotts (Los Angeles Angels, AAA) 3B Nicky Delmonico (Chicago White Sox, AA) C Robinzon Diaz (Toronto, AAA - since released) 3B Matt Dominguez (Toronto, AAA) RHP Rodolfo Fernandez (Oakland, High-A disabled list) OF Daniel Fields (Chicago White Sox, AAA) LHP Tom Gorzelanny (Cleveland, AAA) RHP Preston Guilmet (Detroit, AAA) OF Mitch Haniger (Arizona, AA) RHP Johnny Hellweg (San Diego, AA) UT Elian Herrera (Los Angeles Dodgers, AAA) RHP Brandon Kintzler (Minnesota, AAA) RHP Chris Leroux (Toronto, AAA) RHP Zach Quintana (Atlanta, High-A) IF/OF Jason Rogers (Pittsburgh, AAA) LHP Trevor Seidenberger (San Diego, High-A) RHP Kevin Shackelford (Cincinnati, AA disabled list) RHP Cy Sneed (Houston, AA) LHP Mike Strong (Minnesota, AA) RHP Rob Wooten (Atlanta, AAA disabled list) C Shawn Zarraga (Los Angeles Dodgers, AAA disabled list)

Here's the big two-run triple from Garrett Cooper in Biloxi Monday night --

From Monday's Link Report -- Brewers announce that Middlebrooks lands on the DL, Tom Haudricourt indicates it's an oblique injury. From a position player swap, OF Ben Guez has been rescued from taxi squad "Helena" status. The current Sky Sox OF mix is Reed - Presley - Peterson - Young, Jr. - Guez. *** Also, the Brewers added Ariel Pena to the Sky Sox pitching staff, as Pena accepted his outright assignment rather than minor league free agency. To make room, RHP Tim Dillard has been placed on the Helena "taxi squad" roster.

AUDIO via WTMJ Tue. 4/12: Craig Counsell's regular Tuesday AM appearance *** AUDIO via MLB.com Tue. 4/12: "Milwaukee's off to an encouraging start to the season. MLB.com's Matt Waymire caught up with Brewers reporter Adam McCalvy to spotlight the team's 3-3 start, the bullpen's performance and update Rymer Liriano's status and when he could return." *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Tue. 4/12: Adam McCalvy *** AUDIO via the Bill Michaels Show Tue. 4/12: Ed Sedar *** AUDIO via 540 ESPN Milwaukee: Bill Schroeder

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AUDIO via the Sky Sox Mon. 4/12: RHP Jacob Barnes *** Via the Sky Sox blog -- Quick Hits: Sky Sox Run into Sounds, Fall 7-1 *** Via the Brewers: Their own Minor League Report from Monday's games

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