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VIDEO 12/10: MLBPipeline.com's Jim Callis discusses the Brewers' acquisition of Garin Cecchini from the Red Sox and more promising Milwaukee prospects *** VIDEO 12/11: Adam McCalvy joins Scott Braun to talk about the future of Jonathan Lucroy and options for the outfield in 2016 and beyond *** AUDIO via MLB.com 12/14 - MLB.com's Dave Raymond and Brewers reporter Adam McCalvy reflect on the Brewers offseason moves so far and which minor league players could have a shot at the big stage in 2016. *** AUDIO via WSSP's Hot Stove Weekly: Tim and Sparky talk with Brewers assistant GM Matt Arnold in this hour. Also, hear from WSSP Insider Adam McCalvy.

Signs with Atlanta, although Brewers were in on the bidding apparently

Venezuela Box Monday 12/14 On one of the quietest nights of the winter season thus far, SS Orlando Arcia the only player in action, 0-for-3 (one K) in a 6-1 loss.

Via 2080baseball -- AFL Team Review: Surprise Saguaros (Hader and Houser in particular)

Venezuela Box Sunday 12/13 RHP Jim Miller took the loss - he was trusted late in a tight game and pitched a scoreless 9th, but his fellow reliever couldn't strand a runner in the 10th for him -- Caracas Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Jim Miller replaces Kyler Newby. Jesus Guzman walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Yhoxian Medina replaces Jesus Guzman. Brock Stassi flies out to right fielder Jose Martinez. Yorvit Torrealba singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jose Martinez. Yhoxian Medina to 3rd. Danry Vasquez pops out to shortstop Heiker Meneses. Cleuluis Rondon pops out to second baseman Carlos Sanchez. Caracas Top of the 10th Harold Castro singles on a fly ball to left fielder Yonathan Daza. Trayvon Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Jim Miller to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Harold Castro to 2nd. Pitching Change: Gregory Infante replaces Jim Miller. Daniel Mayora grounds out, second baseman Carlos Sanchez to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Harold Castro to 3rd. Gregory Infante intentionally walks Felix Perez. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Alex Gonzalez replaces Yhoxian Medina. With Alex Gonzalez batting, wild pitch by Gregory Infante, Harold Castro scores. Felix Perez to 2nd. Alex Gonzalez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Odubel Herrera. Felix Perez scores. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Javier Betancourt replaces Alex Gonzalez. With Brock Stassi batting, Javier Betancourt steals (1) 2nd base. Brock Stassi strikes out swinging. Young Javier Betancourt did not get an AB, but was quick as seen above. Member of Wisconsin's 2015 coaching staff -- La Guaira Bottom of the 7th Jorge Alfaro called out on strikes. Heiker Meneses hits a ground-rule double (4) on a fly ball to right field. Yonathan Daza strikes out swinging. Pitching Change: Victor Garate replaces Loiger Padron. Carlos Sanchez called out on strikes. Caracas Top of the 8th Tiburones de La Guaira Third Base Coach Liu Rodriguez ejected by HP umpire Jorge Teran. Trayvon Robinson grounds out, second baseman Carlos Sanchez to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Daniel Mayora strikes out swinging. Felix Perez flies out to center fielder Odubel Herrera. *** Venezuela Box Sunday 12/13 Another big night for 3B Hernan Perez - 3-for-4, two runs (one K). Up to a .790 OPS in 47 games, impressive. *** The Dominican League had their All-Star Game, but no current Brewers took part. *** Puerto Rico had their game as well, but there's no box score currently available (RHP Hiram Burgos named earlier).

Happy 90th -- Wow! 3:15 minute mark for Dick's participation

Venezuela Box Saturday 12/12 In a 4-3 loss, Javier Betancourt's team was 0-for-15 with RISP. The 20-year-old made an appearance for the first time in nine days, flying out as a pinch-hitter. On the other side of the box score, RHP Jim Miller stranded two inherited runners and earned a hold for his one-batter stint -- Caracas Top of the 8th Cleuluis Rondon walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Harold Castro replaces Albert Cordero. Harold Castro bunt pops out to catcher Miguel Gonzalez in foul territory. Trayvon Robinson walks. Cleuluis Rondon to 2nd. Pitching Change: Sergio Escalona replaces Ryan Kussmaul. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Javier Betancourt replaces Danry Vasquez. Javier Betancourt flies out to left fielder Ronnier Mustelier. Pitching Change: Jim Miller replaces Sergio Escalona. Alex Gonzalez pops out to shortstop Heiker Meneses. *** Venezuela Box Saturday 12/12 Well, their team lost a 16-3 home game, and 3B Hernan Perez was 0-for-4, but Ben Guez, playing center field, had a nice game, hitting a two-run HR in the 5th that made it a 4-2 game at the time. Guez finished 1-for-2 (walk, K). So "Ben Guez" is a short name, right? But the announcer stretches out the pronunciation here a bit -- Sweet play by Hernan Perez at third base -- *** Venezuela Box Saturday 12/12 In a 3-0 win, SS Orlando Arcia was 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored (.320/.384/.440 in 21 games). Swoon... *** No Dominican or Puerto Rico games Saturday...

Ariel Pena was saddled with the loss despite only allowing the one unearned run in this 2-1 loss. Jason Rogers, playing left field, was 0-for-2 with two walks, and completed his winter work. Safe travels home, Jason! Rogers finishes his 38-game stint batting .273 (40-for-147, ten XBH's, including three HR's). Seven walks a bit low -- overall, certainly nothing spectacular, but a decent stay, and Jason pocketed some coin along the way . *** Dominican Box Friday 12/11 SS Jonathan Villar 0-for-3 in a 7-3 loss *** Puerto Rico Box Saturday 12/11 Catcher Rene Garcia 2-for-4 with two RBI in a 7-3 loss; nobody dared run against him. *** Venezuela Box Friday 12/11 SS Orlando Arcia 1-for-4 (one K) in a 5-2 loss *** Venezuela Box Friday 12/11 Third baseman Hernan Perez is slugging .477 (!) and did this in his 1-for-5 night in an 11-6 win -- Aragua Bottom of the 6th Pitching Change: Sergio Escalona replaces Jake Hale. Alex Nunez flies out to right fielder Jose Martinez. Pitching Change: Ramon A. Ramirez replaces Sergio Escalona. Hernan Perez homers (7) on a line drive to center field. Perez' teammate, Ben Guez, saw late action in center field, had one successful at-bat -- Aragua Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: Rafael Cova replaces Kyler Newby. Wuilmer Becerra reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Heiker Meneses. Ben Guez singles on a line drive to left fielder Ronnier Mustelier. Wuilmer Becerra to 3rd. Translated reporting gives an indication of how big a microscope American players come under in Venezuela -- Outfielder Ben Guez, one of the last imported join the cause of the Tigers this season, is under fire from high command, because of low numbers and a tendency to add a high amount of strikeouts. Guez has two doubles and a homer in 11 games, but with 21 strikeouts in 41 innings. That figure is almost triple his 9 hits, as of Friday. "We still hope that can hit, but it works, we must do something," said the manager Eduardo Perez to journalist Gabriel Molina. Guez has a line of .238 / .256 / .357, with a .613 OPS. O'Koyea Dickson, with a .687 OPS had to be fired, a couple of weeks ago.

Catching up with Baseball America's write-up of the Adam Lind deal

Nice surprise Friday night in the Dominican -- Box / Game Log (Game still in progress as of this post time, follow-up later) RHP Ariel Pena debuted for Licey, and posted a fine line: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, only 32 pitches needed (24 strikes), GB:FO 5:2 Remember, Pena has no minor league options remaining. Estrellas Top of the 1st Elian Herrera pops out to shortstop Marco Hernandez. Junior Lake strikes out swinging. Tyler White walks. Audy Ciriaco grounds out, second baseman Taylor Featherston to first baseman Sean Halton. Estrellas Top of the 2nd Aneury Tavarez singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Engel Beltre. Michael Martinez pops out to shortstop Marco Hernandez. Pedro Florimon strikes out swinging. Aneury Tavarez steals (4) 2nd base. Audry Perez grounds out, third baseman Diory Hernandez to first baseman Sean Halton. Estrellas Top of the 3rd Gustavo Nunez grounds out, third baseman Diory Hernandez to first baseman Sean Halton. Elian Herrera walks. Junior Lake called out on strikes. With Tyler White batting, Elian Herrera steals (2) 2nd base. Tyler White flies out to right fielder Mel Rojas Jr. Estrellas Top of the 4th Audy Ciriaco singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jason Rogers. Aneury Tavarez reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by second baseman Taylor Featherston. Audy Ciriaco to 3rd. Aneury Tavarez to 2nd. Michael Martinez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Mel Rojas Jr. Audy Ciriaco scores. With Pedro Florimon batting, wild pitch by Ariel Pena, Aneury Tavarez to 3rd. Pedro Florimon strikes out swinging. Audry Perez grounds out, shortstop Marco Hernandez to first baseman Sean Halton. *** All the rest of the Winter updates by the AM, as per usual...

Im pretty sure it was Woodruff who was bumped out. MLB Pipeline Top 30 1) Orlando Arcia 2) Brett Phillips 3) Trent Clark 4) Tyrone Taylor 5) Gilbert Lara 6) Clint Coulter 7) Devin Williams 8) Jorge Lopez 9) Kodi Medeiros 10) Zach Davies 11) Monte Harrison 12) Jake Gatewood 13) Nathan Kirby 14) Josh Hader 15) Tyler Wagner 16) Taylor Williams 17) Michael Reed 18) Yadiel Rivera 19) Demi Orimoloye 20) Javier Betancourt 21) Marcos Diplan 22) Victor Roache 23 Kyle Wren 24) Miguel Diaz 25) David Goforth 26) Tyler Cravy 27) David Denson 28) Adrian Houser 29) Hobbs Johnson 30) Cody Ponce Now as of 12/10/15 (Cecchini in at 20, LHP Hobbs Johnson out, everyone after Cecchini drops down one spot). Johnson listed at 5'11, 230. As the videos show, while he's not a traditionally lanky lefty, he's not late-career David Wells, either. And as has been noted by MLB.com's Pipeline guys, these rankings are due for a thorough self-assessment by the Pipeline team, as since the draft they've only been plugging in and out for transaction purposes, not truly shifting the list based on talent.

It would be interesting if an analysis could be done indicating how many pitchers in the three respective leagues of the teenagers (Midwest, Arizona, and DSL) met the standards set in terms of K:BB, K/IP, and WHIP that this Mariner trio did. Guessing that it's in single digits in each case. If you're going to put your analytical trust in those parameters, and then trust actual boots on the ground for velocity and body projectibility, that seems to be a good combo.

Venezuelan Box Thursday 12/10 David Stearns' very first 40-man roster move continues to look just fine as soon-to-be 31-year-old RHP Junior Guerra spun another four shutout innings -- Guerra sure looks like a perfect swingman option for the big league club, which has a bunch of one-inning bullpen guys on the 40-man... 4 IP, I H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 WP, 4 K, 59 pitches (38 strikes), GB:FO 5:1 Guerra was also staked to a 12-0 lead after three innings. He was scheduled to go that distance (or 60 pitches). Zulia Top of the 1st Levi Michael grounds out, third baseman Sean Burroughs to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Ali Castillo grounds out, shortstop Heiker Meneses to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Alex Romero singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ronnier Mustelier. With Jose Pirela batting, wild pitch by Junior Guerra, Alex Romero to 2nd. Jose Pirela grounds out, shortstop Heiker Meneses to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Zulia Top of the 2nd Mark Minicozzi grounds out softly, second baseman Alberto Gonzalez to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Tyler Austin strikes out swinging. Francisco Arcia walks. David Adams grounds out softly, second baseman Alberto Gonzalez to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Zulia Top of the 3rd Ray Olmedo lines out to first baseman Cesar Suarez. Levi Michael strikes out swinging. Ali Castillo called out on strikes. Zulia Top of the 4th Alex Romero lines out to shortstop Heiker Meneses. Jose Pirela flies out to center fielder Odubel Herrera. Mark Minicozzi strikes out swinging. Teammate RHP Jim Miller pitched well in his one frame, but boy, that's some category of vulture win, tossing the 5th inning with that big lead -- Zulia Top of the 5th Pitching Change: Jim Miller replaces Junior Guerra. Tyler Austin strikes out swinging. Francisco Arcia grounds out, second baseman Alberto Gonzalez to first baseman Cesar Suarez. David Adams strikes out swinging. *** Venezuelan Box Thursday 12/10 SS Orlando Arcia 0-for-4 in a 7-3 loss *** Dominican Box Thursday 12/10 SS Jonathan Villar was 1-for-3 (R, RBI, one K) in a 4-2 win. He did commit his 10th error in 30 games, ouch. On the other side of the box score, Jason Rogers, playing first base, was 1-for-4 (run). Rogers has a nine-game hit streak, although only one of those games has been with more than a single base hit. Jason wraps up his winter season Friday in what will be his 38th winter game. Rogers' teammate, RF Domingo Santana's winter-to-forget continued, as he was 0-for-4 (one K). Translated -- Isn't there anyone who give away a trip to CHINA to Domingo Santana? Tough crowd, Dominican twitter fans, and that's like the mildest... *** Puerto Rico was idle Thursday.

Gil is only mentioned once in this article, but as you'll read, his base hit actually freed the concept of what would become "Bernie Brewer". Gil was an original Seattle Pilot as well as an original Brewer, that will become, of course, a dwindling number in time over the next decade. Darn time marching on...

AUDIO via WTMJ: Taylor Jungmann on Brewers Weekly Thursday Night *** AUDIO via MLB Network Radio: New Mariners 1B/DH Adam Lind talks about his role with Seattle *** VIDEO via MLB.com: Director of professional scouting Zack Minasian looks at two of the Brewers' Rule 5 Draft picks, infielder Colin Walsh and righty Zack Jones

Pina was not on the Tigers' 40-man, but he was Rule 5 eligible. That's why they had to wait.

Newcomers in winter ball-- New minor league free agent signee RHP Daniel Tillman has made 12 appearances in the Puerto Rico Winter League, the most recent on December 1st (stats). Super impressive in the small winter sample. *** 22-year-old Minor League Phase Rule 5 RHP Kender Villegas (Cardinals) made two appearances in Venezuela back in October. They were brief and rough (19.29 ERA).

On Lambson -- May 2015 -- Prospect Spotlight: Mitch Lambson is locked in June 2015 Self-Scouting Video Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx7dTMcQh2M June 2014 Q&A Interview -- Worth your while... More video -- October 2014 March 2013 -- In 2015, Lambson faced the Sky Sox once and the Shuckers twice. If you wish, dig into the game log links here to see those matchups. *** Not a lot from a scouting perspective available on the 22-year old RHP, Kender Villegas. Please contribute should you come across anything, thanks.

December 2013 -- Scout.com Prospect Report Tillman has made 12 appearances in the Puerto Rico Winter League, the most recent on December 1st (stats). Super impressive in the small winter sample. http://www.milb.com/images/534581/generic/180x270/534581.jpg From earlier this season --

Not saying the Brewers never regretted losing a player via minor league free agency (or release or trade) in the Melvin era, just specifically the 20 players lost on waivers when Melvin pared down the 40-man roster.

We say goodbye today to this trade -- Red Sox (11/22/13) -- Acquired LHP Luis Ortega in exchange for RHP Burke Badenhop and replace it with the one atop the initial post in this thread.

Jeff Levering with a mega-post on his Minor Details Blog, where he has a familiarity via his work in Pawtucket with Garin Cecchini in particular. Since Cecchini has an option left, we can post the link in this forum, "Minor" Details, after all...

Wei Chung Wang? He was already selected in the Rule 5...so I think the understanding was that he couldn't be then. Wang was certainly available to be plucked today...

BrewCrewBall's Kyle provides more info on catcher Manny Pina.

More on the day's minor league signings, including this one, during the overnight tonight, but here's the latest, courtesy of Baseball America -- Brewers sign 26-year-old (27 in March) RHP Daniel Tillman, he spent the past two years in the Dodgers' system after being drafted by the Angels in the 2nd round in 2010. Reliever with a record of high K rate, BB rate, and WHIP.