Jim Goulart

I apologize...I don't follow everyone that closely. What happened?? Is it public knowledge? Here you go.

Baseball America -- Best tools in High-A You'll see RF Clint Coulter (twice) and RHP Jorge Ortega in the Florida State League section.

Considering he has no options remaining and will need to be on the 25-man roster when camp breaks next April, consider me underwhelmed despite the headlines. But certainly he's worked hard, won't deny that. This via Adam McCalvy: Prospect Hellweg sees boost in velocity Brewers righty touches 98 mph in latest Tommy John rehab start

DVR ALERT! Timber Rattler local TV tonight on TWC SportsChannel, 7:00 airtime

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Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog Brevard County Media Notes - It's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. 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 Pioneer League North Division Arizona League Central Division Dominican Summer League San Pedro de Macoris *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers *** Weather.com: Round Rock, TX Biloxi, MS Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: TBD and RHP Hiram Burgos in a doubleheader at Round Rock (Rangers), 4:35 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings Free Live Audio Link We welcome Dan Karcher, who is the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox; follow him on Twitter @SkySoxKarch 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 Adrian Houser at home vs. Pensacola (Reds), 6:25 PM pre-game, 6:40 gametime Free Live Audio Link We also welcome Chris Harris as the very first play-by-play voice of the Shuckers! Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. 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! All the Biloxi games for the rest of the season are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Brevard County: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at home vs. Dunedin (Blue Jays), 5:05 PM pre-game, 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link Dave Walkovic returns as the play-by-play voice of the 'Tees; follow the Brevard broadcast booth staff on Twitter @BCManateesRadio, as all home games and the "commuter" road games are scheduled to be broadcast in 2015. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Josh Uhen at home vs. West Michigan (Tigers), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime 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. NOTE: Forty-two (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (9) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (34) 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. *** Helena: Idle *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): Idle *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Marlins, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men.

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Read Demi Orimoloye's tweet. I remember we read about this at draft time. Playing his final game tonight with AZ #Brewers before joining the #JNT tomorrow, OF @DemiOrimoloye16 went 3/4 with 2 RBI and 2 SB. #TeamC Off to Japan with the Canadian Junior National Team, but as we all know, nothing is "junior" about Demi. There are 13 regular season games remaining for the A-Crew, plus hopefully a playoff game or two with a second half title (at most, the AZL playoffs consist of two single-elimination playoff games).

VIDEO via KTVH: Helena game highlights

We'll be adding a Michael Reed hometown feature as well. Actually, turns out that's a subscription-only site, oh well....

Well, nothing yet from the Sky Sox, nothing of note in the local press in Round Rock, glean what you wish out of the boxes, Domingo Santana had two hits in the opener, so there's that. Oh, and LHP Mike Strong and RHP Tim Dillard were fantastic in the nightcap.

Colorado Springs Game One Colorado Springs Game Two The Sky Sox were routed in the opener, and then RHP David Goforth was asked to close out a 1-0 game in the nightcap. He didn't, and in hideous fashion -- Round Rock Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: David Goforth replaces Tim Dillard. Ed Lucas singles on a line drive to right fielder Matt Long. Joey Gallo flies out to left fielder Kyle Wren. Ed Lucas to 2nd. Michael Choice walks. With Brett Nicholas batting, wild pitch by David Goforth, Ed Lucas to 3rd. Michael Choice to 2nd. David Goforth intentionally walks Brett Nicholas. Beamer Weems walks. Ed Lucas scores. Michael Choice to 3rd. Brett Nicholas to 2nd. Patrick Cantwell walks. Michael Choice scores. Brett Nicholas to 3rd. Beamer Weems to 2nd. We'll post the full details by mid-morning, thanks for your patience. We'll be adding a Michael Reed hometown feature as well.

Final: AZL Brewers 6, AZL White Sox 1 A-Crew now 8-7, one game out of first place (two games in the loss column)... Maryvale Box Score 19-year-old 9th round RHP Karsen Lindell and 22-year-old undrafted LHP Shawn Clowers combined to walk only one and strike out nine in one of the prettiest combined efforts of the Brewers' organizational year. Wonderfully productive evening for CF Trent Clark, LF Demi Orimoloye, DH Juan Ortiz, SS Gilbert Lara, RF Yerald Martinez, and IF Jorge Quiterio -- enjoy the box score link! Maryvale Game Log Another eventful night, good and bad, on the A-Crew basepaths -- BASERUNNING SB: Martinez, Y (4, 2nd base off Guerrero, Y/Alfaro), Clark (14, 3rd base off Guerrero, Y/Alfaro), Orimoloye, D 2 (19, 2nd base off Guerrero, Y/Alfaro, 3rd base off Done/Cooper). CS: Orimoloye, D 2 (6, 3rd base by Guerrero, Y/Alfaro, 2nd base by McWilliams/Cooper), Quiterio (2, 3rd base by Rocha, J/Cooper). *** First baseman Tyrone Perry left the game after grounding out in the 6th.

VIDEO via KRTV: Helena Brewers' Player-Coach Edwin Maysonet Also posted for archive purposes in our season-long feature Coaching Thread...

VIDEO via KRTV: Helena Brewers' Player-Coach Edwin Maysonet

Final: Ogden 6, Helena 4, 12 innings Raptors sweep the Brewers Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (3-10) lost their third extra-inning contest this week, and for the ninth time in their last ten home games, falling 6-4 to the Ogden Raptors (7-6) in 12 innings. The Raptors would score four runs in the second to open the scoring. Chris Godinez, Deion Ulmer, and Logan Landon each came up with RBI singles in the inning off Conor Harber. Harber would pitch just two innings, giving up four runs on three hits and striking out two. Bubba Blau, J.B. Kole, and Alex Farina (0-2) then combined to shut out the Raptors over the next nine innings. Trailing 4-1 going to the eighth, the Brewers would load the bases on three walks by reliever Corey Copping. Mitch Ghelfi then came up with two outs and cranked a three-RBI double to right-center field. The Brewers' bats went silent after that, however, coming up with just one hit the rest of the way. Matt Jones hit a two-RBI single for the Raptors in the top of the 12th off Farina to complete the win. It was the third time in the week that Helena would lose in extras. They are now 2-3 on the season past regulation. The Brewers now head to Idaho Falls to start a three-game series with the Chukars. First pitch on Friday from Melaleuca Field is set for 7:15 PM (8:15 Central). Helena Box Score Well, great job by the three relievers until the fateful 12th... Only five hits (and six walks) for the H-Crew over 12 innings, as only Mitch Ghelfi had a multi-hit game; LF Malik Collymore finally stumbled, 0-for-6, but did steal a base... Helena Game Log

VIDEO: In addition to the excellent video package linked at the Rattler Radio Blog earlier in this thread, here's a second look at the Timber Rattlers' game via the MyNew32 TV broadcast.

VIDEO via WLOX: More Biloxi highlights

Brett Phillips, Jorge Lopez have huge nights as Shuckers roll, 4-1 Patrick Magee, Biloxi Sun-Herald BILOXI – After a slow start with the Shuckers, Brett Phillips showed Wednesday night why he's considered one of the best prospects in all of minor league baseball. The centerfielder finished 4-of-4 at the plate, including a double and a triple, in a 4-1 victory over the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. He also had a first-inning walk to reach base in all five of his at-bats. He stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth knowing he could achieve the cycle with a homer. Phillips admitted he was hoping to clear the right field fence in his final at-bat, but instead settled for a single to right. “That's been the story of my cycle career,” Phillips said. “I have yet to hit one, but I've been close several times with one hit away - a single, double, triple or homer. I'm always one away. I was definitely thinking about it.” Phillips had by far his best game as a Shucker, tying the team record for hits in a game. He did it in front of his girlfriend and mom who traveled in to watch Wednesday's game. “It was fun putting on a show for them,” Phillips said. Phillips was by no means the only star to shine Wednesday night for Biloxi. Jorge Lopez put in another stellar pitching performance to improve his record to 11-5, including 8-3 in his last 11 starts. He is tied with Birmingham's Myles Jaye for the Southern League lead in victories. A night after the Shuckers' pitchers took a pounding in a 10-3 loss to the Mississippi Braves, Lopez held the Blue Wahoos scoreless in eight innings. He struck out eight and walked two, allowing four hits in front of a crowd of 1,955. “That's what I expect out of him. Not eight innings of shutout baseball, but that quality of pitching” said Biloxi catcher Adam Weisenburger, who finished 2-for-3 at the plate. “(Lopez) has been impressive. Early on, he struggled a little bit in terms of Jorge's standards, but he kicked it up a notch in the third or fourth inning and really took control of the game.” After allowing three hits in the first two innings, Lopez gave up just one over the next six to push his number of quality starts on the season to 13. That consistency is drawing the praise of Biloxi manager Carlos Subero. “It tells you that he keeps closing the gap between here and the next level,” Subero said of Lopez. “Every time out there, even when he struggles, he does something that tells you not only about his physical talent, but his maturity. He keeps closing the gap.” Victor Roache joined Weisenburger and Phillips as Shuckers with multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Phillips ripped an RBI double to right field in the second inning to start the scoring in game one of a five-game home series against the Blue Wahoos. Nick Ramirez drove an RBI double to left center in the bottom of the third to give the Shuckers a 2-0 lead and Weisenburger pushed the advantage to 3-0 later in the inning with a two-out, RBI single through the right side of the infield. Phillips, who entered the game batting .222 with Biloxi, began the fourth with a triple that made its way under the glove of Pensacola right fielder Juan Duran. He later scored on a Roache single to give the Shuckers a 4-0 lead. Phillips, who was recently acquired by the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade with the Houston Astros, raised his batting average to .300 with the Shuckers on Wednesday. Phillips was all smiles outside the locker room after the game. “It feels great,” he said. “Starting off with Lopez, he pitched a great game tonight. Hats off to him. We had timely hitting as well. Tonight was a great team win. Lopez pitched his butt off tonight. That was an awesome eight innings. It feels great to get some hits.”

PHOTO GALLERY: Via the Biloxi Sun-Herald's John Fitzhugh

Phillips nearly hits for cycle for Shuckers Brewers No. 2 prospect goes 4-for-4 for second time in two weeks By Josh Jackson / MiLB.com Everything about Brett Phillips' situation is new, but he was the same old player on Wednesday night. The Brewers' new No. 2 prospect went 4-for-4, reached base five times, drove in one run, scored another and fell a homer shy of the cycle in Double-A Biloxi's 4-1 win over visiting Pensacola. "It feels great, definitely, after struggling quite a bit since I've been here," said Phillips, who came over in the July 30 trade that sent Carlos Gomez to Houston. "I slowed things down tonight. I've been working with hitting coach Sandy Guerrero. Maybe in the beginning, I was trying to do too much, but I've settled down and been swinging at good pitches to hit." The 21-year-old outfielder also had four hits in his final game in the Texas League before the trade. In 109 games across two levels, he's batting .318 with a Minor League-leading 99 runs scored. Phillips has hit safely in four straight games and boosted his Southern League average to .300 after starting out 2-for-10. "It's an adjustment for sure," Philips said. "It's getting called up to a different level. It takes a little bit to get adjusted. In this case, after a trade, I'm meeting all new teammates who are great guys, but it's an adjustment to make on and off the field. It's my first time seeing these pitchers, too. But I'm settling in and getting a feel for it." It showed from the outset on Wednesday. Facing Blue Wahoos starter Daniel Wright in his first three plate appearances, Phillips walked in the opening inning, socked an RBI double to right in the second and again sent right fielder Juan Duran on the run with a line drive in the fourth. "The right fielder dove for it and missed it, so I was cruising around the bases," said Phillips, a left-handed hitter. "Once I saw Duran dive and the ball go past his glove, I turned it on. I knew I was going to be standing up at third." And Phillips immediately realized he might be having a special night. "You get some confidence going," he said. "After the double and the triple, you already have a good night, but you want to keep it going. You're never satisfied. You bring that confidence into the next at-bats and the night ends up being a great night." The 2012 sixth-rounder singled up the middle against Wandy Peralta leading off the sixth and, when he stepped into the box with no outs and one on in the eighth against reliever Kyle McMyne, it wasn't lost on Phillips that he was a homer away from an historic night. "It's been the same story for me when it comes to hitting for the cycle," he said. "I've yet to do it, but I've been close several times -- always a hit away from the cycle. "I had a 3-1 count and I swung at a ball I could have [taken], but I swung at it. I look over at the dugout, and guys are applauding me for swinging at a ball because they want to see me hit for the cycle. But on 3-2, I got a great pitch and was able to line it into right field for a single." Phillips' big night came in support of ninth-ranked Brewers prospect Jorge Lopez (11-5), who allowed four hits and two walks while fanning eight over eight scoreless innings. "He absolutely dealt. It was an amazing performance," Phillips said. "He had a good tempo and he was getting ahead in counts. He was throwing his curve for strikes. That's big wherever you are. "He was getting ahead, but even when he fell behind hitters, he was able to spot a fastball and they'd foul it off and it would go to 2-1. He'd throw the curve for a strike and that's 2-2 right there. If he's got two strikes, he's almost already got [the batter] out. He was that good tonight." Lopez shares the league lead in wins and ranks second with a 2.45 ERA and 119 strikeouts. Top Reds prospect Jesse Winker homered for a second straight game for the Blue Wahoos, going 2-for-4 to get his average up to .271.

VIDEO: Catching up with Helena Tuesday night lowlights in a 9-0 loss Ogden Top of the 2nd Chris Godinez grounds out, second baseman Jonathan Oquendo to first baseman Steven Karkenny. Kelvin Ramos strikes out swinging. Jordan Tarsovich reaches on a throwing error by second baseman Jonathan Oquendo. Ryan Scott pops out to first baseman Steven Karkenny in foul territory. *** Nice stop by Oquendo in the video, but the throw went awry, which the announcer somehow overlooked... H-Crew down again tonight, too, 4-0 after five innings.

Sky Sox were already carrying just 11 position players (and 14 pitchers!) before this -- @BrewersPD tweet: RHP Brandon Kintzler has been reinstated from the 15-day disabled list and optioned to Triple-A @skysox. *** Once he officially arrives, the Sky Sox will need to drop a pitcher in some manner.