Jim Goulart

Twitter follows: @Brett_Phillips8 @AdrianHouser12

J.J. Cooper of Baseball America -- Brett Phillips ranked 21st on @BaseballAmerica 's midseason Top 50 Prospects list.

Brewers announce -- RHP Adrian Houser, LHP Josh Hader & OF Brett Phillips assigned to Double-A @BiloxiShuckers. OF Domingo Santana assigned to Triple-A @skysox. *** No corresponding moves will be announced until actual roster space is needed upon arrivals.

Copied from trwi7's post elsewhere on the forum -- From MLB.com Brett Phillips Hitting .320/.372/.548 between A+ and AA this year. Hitting .320/.426/.582 in AAA this year. Has 39 at bats in the big leagues hitting .256/.310/.462 Josh Hader In AA this year he's thrown 65.1 IP, 3.17 ERA, 24 BB, 69 K Adrian Houser Between A+ and AA this year he's thrown 83 IP, 5.10 ERA, 35 BB, 78 K

We'll set up this separate thread to discuss the new Brewers farmhands via the Astros -- more to come shortly.

We'll set up this thread to discuss the new Brewers farmhands via the Astros.

Thursday's Farmhand Birthdays -- Happy 22nd to Brevard's Clint Coulter! Happy 24th to Wisconsin's Dustin DeMuth!

Remember, Sky Sox have a no-no through four innings of the suspended game!

Biloxi's Nick Shaw doubles in a run in the Shuckers' 3-2 Wednesday loss to Jackson

Look for these just prior to the respective game times -- 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 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: New Orleans, LA Biloxi, MS Jupiter, FL Grand Chute, WI Great Falls, MT Goodyear, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

Follow Thursday's action as it happens with box score / game log links: Colorado Springs Completion of Suspended Game Colorado Springs Regularly Scheduled Game Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin Helena Maryvale DSL Brewers MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

Thursday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: First, it's LHP Nick Additon picking up where they left off in Wednesday's scoreless suspended game at New Orleans (Marlins) - top of the 5th, review the game log here, and TBD in the regularly scheduled nightcap, 5:00 PM pre-game, 5:30 gametime; nightcap is 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 Tyler Wagner at home vs. Jackson (Mariners), 6:55 PM pre-game, 7:10 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! ********** Brevard County: RHP Brandon Woodruff at Jupiter (Marlins), 5:35 gametime Free Live Audio Link - This is the Hammerheads' feed No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Jon Perrin at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 11:45 AM pre-game, 12:05 PM gametime; expect LHP Luis Ortega 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. 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. So, for the $49.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sky Sox games, most Shuckers games, and all Timber Rattlers home games and some road games. *** Helena: RHP Joshua Torres at Great Falls (White Sox), 7:40 PM pre-game, 8:00 gametime Free Live Audio Link We welcome back and again look forward to hearing second-year Voice of the H-Crew Dustin Daniel (@dustin__daniel on Twitter). MiLB.TV -- When the H-Crew makes their way to Idaho Falls in August, those games will be available to watch online. *** Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Indians' complex in Goodyear, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Yankees #2 squad, 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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Final: Missoula 10, Helena 4 Osprey win it 10-4 to split series Helena Brewers The Missoula Osprey (1-1) picked up a 10-4 win on Wednesday to split their two-game series with the Helena Brewers (1-1) to start the second half. Bo Takahashi (5-0) sent his winning streak to five games, pitching a sloppy five innings, giving up four runs and five hits. He would walk four and strike out five. It would be enough for the victory, however, as the Brewers surrendered nine runs in the first four innings. It was the third and fourth frames that would allow the Osprey to run away with this one, as they scored four runs in each. Milton Gomez (2-1) was dealt his first loss of the season, giving up five runs in three innings on eight hits. Jake Gatewood added his 15th double of the year for Helena. He is just two off the league lead which belongs to Missoula's Austin Byler. Marcus Wilson went 3-for-4 for the O's, picking up his eighth double of the year and scoring three runs. Luke Lowery would also add two triples for Missoula, scoring two runs and batting in two. Conor Harber was solid in relief for the Brewers, pitching two shutout innings and facing just one over the minimum. The Osprey pitching staff stymied the Brewers down the stretch, having a streak of eight consecutive batters retired on strikeouts. They would strike out 14 in the game. The Brewers now head to Great Falls to take on the Voyagers in a four-game series. First pitch on Thursday from Centene Stadium is set for 7:00 PM (8:00 Central). *** Birds beat up on Brewers, 10-4 By A.J. Mazzolini, The Missoulian Everyone's heard of rally caps, baseball's form of good juju from the fans to stoke an offensive fire. Some, perhaps, are even familiar with the rally monkey from a few years back. Well, make way for the rally duck. After a loss to open the second half of the Pioneer League schedule against the Helena Brewers on Tuesday, a four-run third inning that featured stray waterfowl sparked the Missoula Ducks – err, make that Osprey – to a 10-4 victory. Moments after Luke Lowery clubbed a triple to the right gap in Helena's outfield, a long drive that scored Marcus Wilson all the way from first base, a lost duck buzzed the diamond and went beak-first into the netting behind home plate, fluttered to the backstop dirt. After a brief timeout called by home plate umpire Ryan Thacker to allow the bird to soar away – it refused, settling comfortably into the foul (fowl?) territory grass – play resumed. On the very next pitch, Lowery scampering home on a wild pitch. "Tough little duck," Lowery said. "That was a little bizarre start, but it worked well I guess. We scored some runs." The bird was shooed away in between innings – after another run-in with the net, sparkling in Missoula's setting sun – but the Osprey had more work to do up 5-1. The O's added another four-spot in the fourth with a few more wacky bounces. With the bases loaded, Lowery struck out swinging, but the pitch in the dirt rode Helena catcher Mitch Ghelfi's shinguard like a ramp and sailed over the backstop net to keep them juiced and move all the runners up a slot. Austin Byler promptly cleared them with a double, the third run on the aid of an error in left field. The O's led by a whopping 9-1 margin. "It's been a bizarre summer," Osprey manager Joe Mather began. "We've seen some things that we hadn't seen in baseball in, oh, however many years we've all been around. "I think that's somewhat normal for this level, though. They kind of surprise you every day." Helena wasn't without offense, though. The Brewers got their first run in the top half of the third on a nifty double steal play. Troy Stokes drew a walk then went all the way to third on Joantgel Segovia's single. When Segovia took off for second, drawing a throw from Lowery, the Missoula catcher, Stokes broke for home and scored easily. "We were up 1-nothing at the time and it was early, so we were going to let Luke try and throw that guy out," Mather said. "It kind of ended up being the worst scenario for us with both guys safe, but we were going for the out." Helena also put together a quick three-run rally in the fifth when O's starting pitcher Bo Takahashi briefly lost his command. Takahashi, who moved to 5-0 by pitching the first five innings, served up three hits and a wild pitch and another passed ball to give Helena the smallest glimmer of hope. The Osprey bullpen was having none of it, though. Starting in the sixth inning, three O's pitchers combined to strike out eight straight Helena batters. Austin Mason had a pair to end the sixth and then Cody Clark and Gabriel Moya struck out the side, respectively, in the seventh and eighth. "We just got into a rhythm right there," said Clark, whose team racked up 14 Ks in all. "You hope (to pass it on), and we did. Great night for the bullpen." Missoula totaled 12 hits with four batters each clubbing at least two, Wilson tops among them with three. Lowery smacked a pair, both going for triples to the same deep section of Ogren-Allegiance Park. "I'd be honest with you, I was a little tired," Lowery joked about his second three-bagger, completing his first two-triple game since maybe Little League. "But I'll never be ashamed to hit a triple." To go with all those hits from their batters and strikeouts from their pitchers, the Osprey also stole four bases, turned a double play and got an outfield assist from Jake Peevyhouse. The left fielder smoked Helena's Steven Karkenny at second trying to stretch a single in the first inning. "Clean game and bullpen was lights out," Mather said. "It's how they come to the yard. They don't like losing." The Osprey improved to 1-1 in the second half, 24-15 overall with a first-half title in tow. Helena is 1-1 as well, 17-21 overall. Helena Box Score Helena Game Log

Rattler Radio Blog Postgame Entry -- Multiple photos, multiple audio interviews, multiple videos -- yeah, you'll click... *** MORE VIDEO: Another look at the Rattlers game via the MyNew32 TV broadcast

AUDIO: RHP Mark Williams joins the Manatees Radio Network to talk about the keys to his recent success out of the bullpen

Suspended: Colorado Springs 0, New Orleans 0, top of the 5th in New Orleans Wednesday's game suspended by rain MILB.com Severe weather forced the suspension of Wednesday's game between the New Orleans Zephyrs and Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the fifth inning. The Zephyrs and Sky Sox will resume the game on Thursday at 5:30 PM. Colorado Springs will have runners at first and third with two outs in the top of the fifth. The game will be played a full nine innings, to be followed by the night's regularly scheduled game, which will last seven innings. Colorado Springs Partial Box Score No-hitter jinx update! RHP Hiram Burgos allowed zero hits through four innings, and thanks to a lineout double play in the 4th, has faced the minimum. Colorado Springs Partial Game Log So Logan Schafer's a three-hole hitter now, well he could be a big leaguer again soon (Gomez trade). EDIT: Gomez trade, guess not...

One of the biggest under-the-radar disappointments of the 2015 season has been infielder Gregory Munoz' struggles in his first crack at full-season ball with Wisconsin. Munoz jumped from the DSL to Helena in 2014, and while pedestrian for the Pioneer League, his .708 OPS with 21 steals in 27 attempts as a middle infielder (primarily second baseman) gave some hope for an OK age 21 season with the Rattlers. But an ugly line of .193/.293/.219 (four XBH's in 187 AB's, along with just 12 steals in 23 attempts) has him back down to Maryvale for now. RHP Josh Uhen, the 2013 5th round UW-Milwaukee pick, comes off the DL. To be honest, Uhen's career has been underwhelming considering his draft status, as he has, at age 23, languished in middle relief at Wisconsin, neither in a tandem nor a clear back-end guy.

VIDEO: Jake Gatewood's RBI double within the brief highlight package from Tuesday's game in Missoula

Taylor Green hits a two-run homer in Biloxi's 7-5 Tuesday loss to Jackson

Colorado Springs' Yadiel Rivera smacks an RBI double as the Sky Sox fall, 5-2, Tuesday, to New Orleans

Latest on LHP Anthony Banda (MiLB Player Page) Two most recent starts -- 14.1 IP, 12 H, 1 ER 1 BB, 16 K Thrown to the wolves of California League ballparks in his age-21 season, Banda (pronounced Bonda) is 2nd in the Cal League in innings (114.2) and K's (107 strikeouts, only 30 walks). Of the 25 pitchers who have thrown enough innings to qualify among Cal League pitching leaders (link), Banda is 8th in ERA and tied for 12th in WHIP, tied for 5th in fewest HR's allowed. And apparently, the Diamondbacks just love Banda, and won't it be fun to see him going up against the Biloxi Shuckers next spring with Mobile. FYI -- Former #1 draft pick Dylan Bundy (2010, 14th overall), a year older than Banda, is among the qualifying pitchers you'll see on that leaderboard list. It will be interesting to see what the perceived value is of this week's Gerardo Parra deal acquisitions, and to determine if Banda (even minus Mitch Haniger, demoted to High-A six weeks ago) would provide a more desirable benefit.

DVR ALERT! Timber Rattlers on local MyNew32 TV tonight, airtime 7:00 PM, dessert after your big league afternoon meal

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: New Orleans, LA Biloxi, MS Viera, FL Grand Chute, WI Missoula, MT San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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