Jim Goulart

Good for him - veteran RHP Chris Leroux, traded from Brewers to Phillies last May, is killing it for Team Canada in Premier 12, two awesome starts thus far...

Dominican Box Saturday 11/14 1B Jason Rogers 0-for-3 (walk, K) and RF Domingo Santana 1-for-4 (walk, two K's) in a 7-4 10-inning loss. *** Puerto Rico Box 11/14 SS Angel Ortega flied out in his lone at-bat.

Saturday Box 11/14 Can't be "on" every time out, as RHP Damien Magnifico learned Saturday. Brought in to protect a 5-1 9th inning lead, this will blow up a fall ERA real quick: Salt River Bottom of the 9th Pitching Change: Damien Magnifico replaces Luis Ortiz. Defensive switch from third base to first base for Patrick Wisdom. Defensive Substitution: Yadiel Rivera replaces first baseman Mike Ohlman, batting 8th, playing third base. Daniel Palka doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Charlie Tilson. With Rowdy Tellez batting, wild pitch by Damien Magnifico, Daniel Palka to 3rd. Rowdy Tellez walks. Raimel Tapia singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Charlie Tilson. Daniel Palka scores. Rowdy Tellez to 2nd. Emilio Guerrero strikes out swinging. Jack Reinheimer singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Bubba Starling. Rowdy Tellez to 3rd. Raimel Tapia to 2nd. Oscar Hernandez walks. Rowdy Tellez scores. Raimel Tapia to 3rd. Jack Reinheimer to 2nd. Pitching Change: Robby Rowland replaces Damien Magnifico. Chris Rabago flies into a force out, right fielder Bubba Starling to catcher Gary Sanchez. Raimel Tapia out at home. Jack Reinheimer to 3rd. Oscar Hernandez to 2nd. Chris Rabago to 1st. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Jeff McNeil replaces Oscar Hernandez. Roemon Fields singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Charlie Tilson. Jack Reinheimer scores. Jeff McNeil scores. Chris Rabago to 2nd. With Chris Bostick batting, wild pitch by Robby Rowland, Chris Rabago to 3rd. Roemon Fields to 2nd. Chris Bostick grounds out, pitcher Robby Rowland to first baseman Patrick Wisdom. *** This game was on MLB Network Saturday night, so some of you may have seen it. (Thankfully for Damien, they are not re-broadcasting it Sunday). Yadiel Rivera did not get a late at-bat, but the good news? Magnifico's club won on an unearned run in the 10th. Here's the GameDay with pitch-by-pitch, Magnifico sitting 96-98. Get 'em next time, Damien!

Watching @USABaseball live this Sunday AM, but Brewers Brett Phillips not in starting lineup for 2nd straight game (LHP today, but RHP Sat.) #Bummed *** Friday Box Score -- 3B Brandon Macias 1-for-3, run scored in Mexico's loss

Using some deductive reasoning on this one -- apologies if it proves incorrect: We all know our own "agent 39", Joshua Kusnick, who has had a long-standing relationship with the Brewers, that now seemingly extends beyond the Doug Melvin era. His early Sunday AM tweets: TWEET: Brewers fans owe me a party or something for the amount of guys I send there. I swear I crossed them off months ago and it still happened TWEET: Cant wait til news breaks by @Hau or @AdamMcCalvy And yet another Priority 6 year fa sent to MIL by Joshua Kusnick *mis-type of @Haudricourt above TWEET: Leaving LA after mlbpa meeting. Saw family, @TherealAsuaje20 got traded and headed to mlb camp and 3 am est finished another fa deal. #Mil In that last tweet, the conversation includes this from Josh: TWEET: Guy w more than year mlb time. 6 year fa. Ive now sent the jeffress chapman herndon t green player x im sure more So if we sort MLB Trade Rumors Agent Data Base by agency, then search on Josh's Double Diamond Sports Management (that's not all Josh's clients, but ones with big league connections), then cross-reference against Baseball America's List of MiLB Free Agents, we do get a match. 33-year-old RHP Jim Miller (Baseball Cube page, which shows major and minor league stats on same page), nice 2012 big league season with Oakland, very strong 2015 AAA numbers with AAA Durham (Rays) Add another reason for Josh to be excited? Josh penned this last March, learn how the cool agent-player relationship came about. It was picked up by Fox Sports and posted here: Jim Miller has a dream -- and now has a deal Joshua Kusnick Be sure to click on that link -- it's a fine read. The Tampa Bay Times followed up with their own version of events. I've sent a message to Josh asking for a confirmation, he may not be able to, waiting instead for the Brewers to announce the signing. Also not sure if the signing includes a big league camp invite, or what the Brewers consider an "early minor league camp invite", as RHP Jaye Chapman just received (another Kusnick client, as noted in Adam McCalvy's November 2014 article here). Miller would make sense for the Brewers, in that he, like Chapman, would be a fine choice to stabilize a Colorado Springs bullpen while other young arms develop. And if he shines, a big league shot (again, to bide time for younger arms - Magnifico, Barnes, etc.) isn't out of the question. *** Disclaimer -- I'm not a professional journalist (despite the hefty Brewerfan salary ), so unlike Adam or Tom, I'm not left to uphold all the formal confirmations and bells and whistles. If the situation here has been completely mis-read, again, my apologies. But this is all part of the fun of "Fan Forum" and Hot Stove season, right? And if it's all correct -- Welcome Aboard, Jim!

She talks fast!

Friday Box 11/13 Yadiel Rivera, playing second base, 0-for-4, 2 K's; the .852 OPS is still pretty, though Saturday night's Surprise game is live at 7:00 Central on MLB Network. Hopefully Rivera will play, although it's unlikely any of the four Brewers pitchers will see action.

Dominican Box Friday 11/13 Friday the 13th a night to forget for RF Domingo Santana (0-for-4, three K's, error) and 1B Jason Rogers (0-for-4, two K's). Santana has struck out in eight of 17 AB's thus far, but is 5-for-9 when he doesn't K. Their club lost, 7-4. *** Young Angel Ortega made his second Puerto Rico appearance, but only for a defensive 9th inning at third base.

Courtesy of Eric Longenhagen -- LHP Josh Hader looking wonderfully dominant in these two extended videos from his four-inning scoreless start Thursday --

Unfortunately a K --

If watching 2.5 minutes of Brett Phillips taking BP earlier in the AFL season is up your alley, enjoy -

Buck Rogers resigns as Biloxi Shuckers General Manager Best wishes to Buck from all of us here at Brewerfan.

Baseball America' John Manuel: TWEET: Yeah, as if the rest of us at BA never have input in these things ... give me a break! Full twitter conversation

Phillips is so personable it's off the charts. Best part of this interview is when he discusses his epic "embrace the culture" HR bat flip.

Hey folks, it's not necessarily a Brewers feed, but be aware the Sirius/XM posts snippets of many (not all, but several) of its interviews with the most pertinent sound bites. Add this link to your favorites if you wish.

OF Brett Phillips and RHP Adrian Houser via Minor League Forum links *** No problem, I'm listening and watching, might as well pass along the links, which has always been my philosophy here...

Brett Phillips interview (49:03 minute mark) Brewers No. 2 prospect Brett Phillips is in Taiwan representing Team USA at the Premier12 tournament, where Tyler is as well to call the international baseball showcase. The two talk about how Phillips got involved in this year's Premier12 tourney, overseas bat flips, his experience in the Arizona Fall League and what he took away from a 2015 season in which he broke out at the plate and was traded from the Astros. *** Phillips is so personable it's off the charts. Best part of this interview is when he discusses his epic "embrace the culture" HR bat flip.

Former farmhand catcher & current Maryvale Rookie Brewers manager Nestor Corredor is managing a team in Columbia this winter. #ObscureNote

AUDIO via WTMJ - New Brewers bench coach Pat Murphy

Hopefully passing along 19th birthday wishes will help $800,000 bonus bay Dominican OF Nicolas Pierre bounce back in 2016. After slugging an impressive .401 as a 17-year-old in the DSL in 2014, we probably didn't touch enough on how rough his 40-game 2015 Maryvale stint was (.200/.227/.234 - .461 OPS).

Brewer talk begins at the 5:15 minute mark --

Dominican Box Thursday 11/12 Their club lost 5-0, but Brewers contributed, as Jason Rogers was 2-for-3 with a walk (one K) and Domingo Santana, DH'ing here, tripled in four AB's (one K). Rogers is batting .291 through 79 AB's (23 hits, five for extra bases). Watch as Rogers threads the needle on this 3-6-3 double play, flashing a wry smile at the very end. *** Venezuela Box Thursday 11/12 RHP Gian Rizzo allowed one run (unearned) in his first inning since November 1st, 9th appearance overall -- Lara Top of the 5th Pitching Change: Gian Rizzo replaces Eric Marzec. Rubi Silva grounds out, shortstop Erick Salcedo to first baseman Mike Jacobs. Maikol Gonzalez doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Jose Pirela. Ildemaro Vargas reaches on a throwing error by second baseman David Adams. Maikol Gonzalez scores. Ildemaro Vargas to 2nd. Jairo Perez flies out to center fielder Franklin Barreto. Ildemaro Vargas to 3rd. Rangel Ravelo grounds out, pitcher Gian Rizzo to first baseman Mike Jacobs. So Rizzo replaced old friend Eric Marzec, and on the other staff, look for the name Rob Bryson (Sabathia trade), soon to be 28 years old, hasn't pitched in affiliated ball since 2013 (52 games in indy ball in 2015).

Thursday 11/12 Box Surprise wins, 3-1 SS Yadiel Rivera, the Brewers lone position player remaining in the AFL, didn't start, but replaced the Yankees' Tyler Wade for unspecified reasons in the 4th. Rivera would go 2-for-3 with an RBI (one K, one caught stealing). Three Brewer pitchers (starting LHP Josh Hader, and RHP's Jacob Barnes and Damien Magnifico combined to allow only one run (Magnifico, who got the save) over seven innings. The trio combined to strike out seven with Hader issuing the only walk over his four innings. Unfortunately, no PitchFx via this Gameday, but enjoy the game log of their outings. Enjoy those ERA's in the box linked above as well! After more stellar work today, Brewers hurlers (the three above, plus RHP Adrian Houser) a combined 3-1, 1.47 ERA, 49 IP, 31 H, 8 ER, 18 BB, 53 SO this AFL season.

Update via Adam Rygg (@BrewerNation) -- A source tells me that Orf had "minor surgery" now in order to be ready for Spring Training. And now Tom H. indicates the minor surgery was abdominal in nature, 6-8 week recovery time, should be fine for spring training.