Jim Goulart

Love this translation -- Restriction Despite its great layout, Orlando Arcia is in Extreme Fatigue list by the Commissioner of the majors, so you will have a time constraint to act Caribbean. "I will play until the last game of December. I would continue after that date, but I must talk to my lawyer to see if you can get permission to Milwaukee and thus extend my stay. "

Puerto Rico Box Wednesday 11/18 Congrats to young OF Omar Garcia, it was a 13-5 loss for his team, but he entered his 4th game of the winter but got his first at-bat and made the most of it -- Santurce Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: J. Romero replaces Adam Kolarek. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Christian Vazquez replaces Edgardo Baez. Christian Vazquez flies out to center fielder Johneshwy Fargas. Juan Centeno grounds out to first baseman Jonathan Rodriguez. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Omar Garcia replaces Ian Miller. Omar Garcia doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Dayron Varona. Ruben Sosa strikes out swinging. Batting 1.000, baby! *** Venezuela Box Wednesday 11/18 RHP Gian Rizzo pitched briefly in a 6-1 loss -- Caracas Top of the 8th Pitching Change: Leonel Campos replaces Alex Torres. Jesus Aguilar grounds out to first baseman Mike Jacobs. Henry Urrutia strikes out on a foul tip. Aguilas del Zulia pitcher Leonel Campos left the game due to an injured leg. Pitching Change: Gian Rizzo replaces Leonel Campos. Daniel Mayora walks. Jesus Guzman singles on a line drive to center fielder Franklin Barreto. Daniel Mayora to 2nd. Cleuluis Rondon grounds out to first baseman Mike Jacobs. *** Venezuela Box Wednesday 11/18 SS Orlando Arcia's club lost 5-1, and Arcia had a mixed-bag game, 1-for-2 with two walks (one K, one caught stealing, one fielding error). *** Venezuela Box Wednesday 11/18 Hernan Perez, playing SS and batting 3rd, was 1-for-5, run, SB, K in his club's 13-7 win. His team was up 13-1 after three innings. *** By the way, for those calling for the Brewers to sign RHP Jhoulys Chacin, he debuted in fine fashion tonight.

Dominican Box Wednesday 11/18 1B Jason Rogers blasted two solo shots in a 10-3 win, and you can watch each below -- Elian Herrera, playing 2B for the losing squad here opposite Rogers' squad, was 0-for-5 with two K's in his second winter game. Rogers' teammate RF Domingo Santana was 1-for-5 (run, two K, SB, error -- 14 K's in 34 AB's).

AUDIO via WSSP: GM David Stearns discusses the K-Rod trade in a conference call (go to the 5:45 minute mark) *** VIDEO via JSOnline: The Brewers sent Francisco Rodriguez to the Tigers for Javier Betancourt and a player to be named. The Journal Sentinel’s Tom Haudricourt tells CineSport’s Brian Clark why the trade made sense.

AUDIO via DetroitSports1051: Radio announcer and Michigan native Joe Block joined the show to talk about the Tigers trading Javier Betancourt for Milwaukee Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez and what this will mean for the team going forward.

As far as the Tigers / Brewers go, the last trade before this: Tigers (11/18/15) -- Acquired 2B Javier Betancourt and a PTBNL in exchange for RHP Francisco Rodriguez was this: Tigers (07/01/07) -- Acquired LHP Chris Cody in exchange for RHP Jose Capellan

This all appears to be a done deal now -- nice move among all involved: agent, player, team. VIDEO: Chapman on why he heads home to Panama City, FL for his offseason work in this news clip

Can somebody do us a favor and please simply transcribe, 1-30, the list of names for MLB Pipeline in a follow-up post to this? Their archiving is weak, and we never know who got bumped or moved when they update their list. For instance, Javier Betancourt enters at #20, who got bumped? My goodness, they still foolishly have Cody Ponce so low at #30.

Arcia leads Milwaukee's best prospects Club's top hitter, Lopez ascend at upper level of Brewers organization By Kelsie Heneghan / MiLB.com

Asked this question today to Bill Mitchell, doing the Baseball America Top 10 Diamondbacks list *** Remember, I love Zach Davies, thank you Gerardo!

From Last May -- Tigers prospect scouting report: Javier Betancourt (detailed write-up)

Link to Major League Forum for the full K-Rod / Javier Betancourt trade thread *** From that thread and elsewhere, tips and nuggets: Baseball Reference Page MLB Pipeline Baseball Prospectus From Last May -- Tigers prospect scouting report: Javier Betancourt (detailed write-up)

Frosty Microbrews: Jake Gatewood's Experience By Kyle Lobner / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Great job, Kyle (and Jake!)

Tuesday Box 11/17 SS Yadiel Rivera, 0-for-4, one K LHP Josh Hader gets the start Wednesday afternoon.

Venezuela Box 11/17 Look who made his winter debut Tuesday -- Mr. Orlando Arcia He singled in four AB's here, scoring one run. Stay healthy, kid, and enjoy the accolades in your homeland. *** Venezuela Box Tuesday 11/17 So our mini-break from Hernan Perez updates is over, welcome back! His team is 19-14, but lost 7-2 here. Perez has played in 29 of those 33 games, getting a sizable 110 AB's. He was 1-for-4 (one K) in this one, playing third base. His line is now .264/.308/.464 (.771 OPS), 12 of his 29 hits going for extra bases. Five walks vs. 110 AB's, sigh. He's 4-for-6 in SB attempts. *** His Tweet: INF Luis Sardinas about to join in the Venezuelan Winter League fun soon. *** Puerto Rico Box Tuesday 11/17 Young RHP Joshua Torres made his 2nd appearance of the winter, closing out an 8-2 win Carolina Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Joshua Torres replaces Hoby Milner. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Jobduan Morales replaces Jonathan Rodriguez. Jobduan Morales grounds out to first baseman Kennys Vargas. Ozzie Martinez grounds out, second baseman Jesmuel Valentin to first baseman Kennys Vargas. Jan Vazquez walks. Jesus Feliciano grounds out, shortstop Elmer Reyes to first baseman Kennys Vargas *** Dominican Box Tuesday 11/17 Domingo Santana with a night off, but teammate Jason Rogers returned to action as the DH, and he singled and walked in four plate appearances (two runs scored, one RBI). *** Dominican Box Tuesday 11/17 As he promised earlier in the week, Elian Herrera made his winter debut, playing second base, 1-for-4 (double, two K's).

From the Josh Kusnick DDSM thread on Sunday AM -- Adam McCalvy with the confirmation article.

Came upon this interview live Friday, and had been waiting for an archive link -- NOTE: I personally had a devil of a time successfully loading this interview properly via IE, Chrome, or Firefox, but had no problem on my mobile device (iPhone); perhaps you'll fare better. AUDIO via doxnjox.com: New Brewers Pitching Coach Derek Johnson You'll want to go to the November 13th podcast, and then the 15:45 minute mark. It does look like the interview will eventually stand on it's own on this page later this week: Individual Guests Page at DoxNJox Discussion obviously doesn't focus on current Brewers as Johnson is so new to the job, but much else is discussed regarding pitching / health philosophies.

Dominican Box Monday 11/16 DH Domingo Santana 0-for-4 in a 5-3 win Jason Rogers idle for a second game... *** Elian Herrera tweeted he begins play on Tuesday.

*** Here's video of that Sunday single --

Monday Box 11/16 Surprise clinches a spot in Saturday's championship game with a 7-3 win. Someone important was on hand to watch. Perhaps RHP Adrian Houser will get the start, he went today: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 73 pitches (42 strikes), GB:FO 4:0 Scottsdale Bottom of the 1st Clint Frazier singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Patrick Wisdom. Mike Gerber grounds into a force out, first baseman Ronald Guzman to shortstop Yadiel Rivera. Clint Frazier out at 2nd. Mike Gerber to 1st. Sam Travis grounds into a force out, shortstop Yadiel Rivera to second baseman Aledmys Diaz. Mike Gerber out at 2nd. Sam Travis to 1st. Austin Slater strikes out swinging. Scottsdale Bottom of the 2nd Yandy Diaz called out on strikes. Todd Hankins lines out to center fielder Dustin Fowler. Adam Brett Walker II strikes out swinging. Scottsdale Bottom of the 3rd Stuart Turner singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Dustin Fowler. Tzu-Wei Lin grounds into a double play, shortstop Yadiel Rivera to second baseman Aledmys Diaz to first baseman Ronald Guzman. Stuart Turner out at 2nd. Clint Frazier hit by pitch. Mike Gerber singles on a pop up to third baseman Patrick Wisdom. Clint Frazier to 2nd. Sam Travis singles on a sharp ground ball to shortstop Yadiel Rivera. Clint Frazier to 3rd. Mike Gerber to 2nd. With Austin Slater batting, wild pitch by Adrian Houser, Clint Frazier scores. Mike Gerber to 3rd. Sam Travis to 2nd. Austin Slater grounds out, second baseman Aledmys Diaz to first baseman Ronald Guzman. Scottsdale Bottom of the 4th Yandy Diaz homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Todd Hankins walks. Adam Brett Walker II strikes out swinging. Stuart Turner lines out sharply to left fielder Jairo Beras. Pitching Change: Chaz Hebert replaces Adrian Houser. With Tzu-Wei Lin batting, Todd Hankins picked off and caught stealing 2nd base, pitcher Chaz Hebert to first baseman Ronald Guzman *** TWEETS: Tom Haudricourt (and the follow-up tweet from Eric Longenhagen) discuss the next Brewer pitcher on the mound for this game. Scottsdale Bottom of the 6th Sam Travis doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Bubba Starling. Austin Slater triples (1) on a line drive to left fielder Jairo Beras. Sam Travis scores. Pitching Change: Jacob Barnes replaces Chaz Hebert. Yandy Diaz walks. Austin Slater out at home, catcher Gary Sanchez to second baseman Aledmys Diaz to first baseman Ronald Guzman to catcher Gary Sanchez. Yandy Diaz to 2nd. Todd Hankins strikes out swinging. Adam Brett Walker II strikes out swinging. Scottsdale Bottom of the 7th Stuart Turner strikes out swinging. Tzu-Wei Lin called out on strikes. Clint Frazier flies out to right fielder Bubba Starling in foul territory. *** Oh yeah, have a day, Yadiel Rivera. Two singles, a walk, two stolen bases, and see these two tweets. *** Will we see LHP Josh Hader Wednesday? Not likely, as he is starting on Wednesday.

Instagram VIDEO via @DornLovan: RHP's Devin Williams and Jon Perrin literally getting the jump on offseason workouts

Premier 12 Box Score Updates: It'll be OF Brett Phillips (USA box, includes triple) vs. 3B Brandon Macias and RHP Martin Viramontes (Mexico box) in the Tokyo Dome Friday semi-final.

Puerto Rico Box Score 2015 Brevard County SS Angel Ortega 0-for-3, one K, caught stealing *** Ortega's Manatee teammate OF Omar Garcia saw brief defensive action (no AB) in another Puerto Rico game *** Venezuela Box Score RHP Junior Guerra got a win with his first non-start, a scoreless two-inning relief outing Magallanes Bottom of the 5th Pitching Change: Junior Guerra replaces Tyler DeLoach. Carlos Maldonado singles on a line drive to left fielder Ronnier Mustelier. Humberto Arteaga strikes out swinging. Kevin Garcia singles on a line drive to center fielder Jose Martinez. Carlos Maldonado to 2nd. Luis Antonio Rodriguez flies out to center fielder Jose Martinez. With Ronny Cedeno batting, wild pitch by Junior Guerra, Carlos Maldonado to 3rd. Kevin Garcia to 2nd. Ronny Cedeno flies out to right fielder Brian Burgamy. Magallanes Bottom of the 6th Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Luis Arraez replaces Adonis Garcia. Luis Arraez singles on a line drive to left fielder Ronnier Mustelier. Adron Chambers lines into an unassisted double play, first baseman Raul Padron. Luis Arraez doubled off 1st. Abel Nieves flies out to center fielder Jose Martinez. *** Dominican Box Score DH Domingo Santana 1-for-4, R, RBI, two K's in a wild 9-8 ten-inning win *** On Hiram Burgos in Puerto Rico (Facebook translation) -- The General Manager of the Indians, Frankie Thon, announced that the Puerto Rican pitcher, Hiram Burgos, will join the team on November 20 and will be active for 10 days. Then it will go to finish his studies and return to the tribe on 15 December.

Ed Asner is 86 today, all 5'7" of him! http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/theregularshow/images/1/10/InfoboxEdAsner.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140820090535

Happy 96th birthday to the judge who started it all -- The People's Court's Joseph Wapner! http://tvseriesfinale.com/assets/peoplescourt09a.jpg Wow -- 96!