Jim Goulart

Tuesday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Hiram Burgos at New Orleans (Marlins), 5:30 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime 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 Johnny Hellweg 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: LHP Wei-Chung Wang at home vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 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. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: RHP Cody Ponce at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 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. 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: LHP Jake Drossner at Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 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 home vs. the smallish Padres', 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at the DSL Pirates, 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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Voice of the Sky Sox reinforces what we know about AAA travel

Final: AZL Brewers 6, AZL Angels 3 Maryvale Box Score A-Crew played clean defense; Angels committed five errors and allowed two unearned runs. Outfield assists: Orimoloye, D 2 (Bayardi at home, Torres at home), Clark (Blumenfeld at 2nd base). AZL Angels Bottom of the 1st Franklin Torres grounds out, second baseman Jorge Quiterio to first baseman Juan Ortiz. Jahmai Jones grounds out, third baseman Beau Wallace to first baseman Juan Ortiz. Brandon Bayardi singles on a ground ball to shortstop Gilbert Lara. Gabriel Santana singles on a ground ball to right fielder Demi Orimoloye. Brandon Bayardi to 2nd. Jordan Serena singles on a ground ball to right fielder Demi Orimoloye. Brandon Bayardi out at home on the throw, right fielder Demi Orimoloye to catcher Max McDowell. AZL Angels Bottom of the 5th Izaak Silva grounds out, shortstop Gilbert Lara to first baseman Juan Ortiz. Dalton Blumenfeld singles on a line drive to center fielder Trent Clark. Dalton Blumenfeld out at 2nd, center fielder Trent Clark to second baseman Jorge Quiterio. Angel Almao called out on strikes. AZL Angels Bottom of the 7th Izaak Silva doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Demi Orimoloye. Dalton Blumenfeld singles on a ground ball to center fielder Trent Clark. Izaak Silva to 3rd. Dalton Blumenfeld out at 2nd, catcher Max McDowell to second baseman Jorge Quiterio. Angel Almao walks. Franklin Torres grounds into a force out, third baseman Beau Wallace to second baseman Jorge Quiterio. Izaak Silva scores. Angel Almao out at 2nd. Franklin Torres to 1st. Jahmai Jones doubles (4) on a fly ball to right fielder Demi Orimoloye. Franklin Torres out at home on the throw, right fielder Demi Orimoloye to first baseman Juan Ortiz to catcher Max McDowell. Maryvale Game Log Two singles and a walk for 20-year-old 1B Juan Ortiz (.822 OPS), lost in the shuffle here among the more highly-touted position players; Beau Wallace, again playing third base, doubled twice. SS Gilbert Lara has hit a pretty serious wall here, folks, as his last ten games will show at the link. Youngster RHP Gentry Fortuno is a ground ball machine, seven of them here in three scoreless innings, 3.75 ratio, 1.59 ERA over 17 innings. RHP David Lucroy is giving the team innings this summer, not always clean, but solid enough, and undrafted RHP Aaron Myers finsihed up nicely with two scoreless.

Final: Colorado Springs 2, Omaha 1 Eighth-Inning Rally Sparks Sox Comeback Win Late Herrera and Rogers RBIs Save Roenicke from Tough-Luck Loss By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/9/6/135437096/cuts/07_07_033sm_pk_2_zpvrqwlr_zklrgzxy.jpg Elian Herrera's second hit of the night knotted the ballgame at one in the eighth in the Sox eventual 2-1 win. (File photo from prior game by Paat Kelly) The Sky Sox salvaged the final game of their four-game set with the Omaha Storm Chasers with a dramatic 2-1 come-from-behind victory before a Monday night crowd of 3,057 at Werner Park. Sox starter Josh Roenicke gave his squad just what they needed coming off of three straight losses in Omaha, holding the potent Storm Chasers offense to just one run on six hits and two walks over 5.2 innings of work. The lone blemish on the right-hander's evening came in the second when former big league first baseman Casey Kotchman drove home Jose Martinez with a one-out RBI single for the game's first run. Omaha's 1-0 lead would stand until the eighth as righty Yohan Pino held the Sox offense scoreless through 6.2 innings of work, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out five in an excellent performance. Michael Kirkman (3-1, 3.18) and Rob Wooten (H, 4) kept Omaha off the board for 2.1 perfect frames in relief of Roenicke to keep Colorado Springs within a run of tying it up late. Reliever Casey Coleman (2-3, 4.42) got the final out of the seventh before coming back out for the top of the eighth. After being held to just three hits through seven, the Sox offense broke out against the Storm Chasers right-hander to double their hit total in the eighth. Yadiel Rivera led off the frame with a base knock before coming around to score the equalizer on a one-out Elian Herrera RBI single. Logan Schafer followed with a fly out to center, bringing Jason Rogers to the plate in a pivotal, two-out situation. The slugging first baseman doubled on a ball that got by left fielder Brett Eibner, plating Herrera with the go-ahead run. Rogers would be thrown out at third trying to stretch the knock to a triple, ending the inning with Colorado Springs now leading 2-1. After an uneventful inning of play, Omaha came to the plate in the ninth looking to, at the very least, send the game into extras. Jaye Chapman would close the door however, walking just one batter in a scoreless effort to lock down the exciting 2-1 victory for the Sox. Chapman's eighth save of the season helped the Sox improve to 41-59 in 2015 as Omaha fell to 58-45. After sweeping them in their last visit, the Sox travel to New Orleans to take on the Zephyrs in the first of a four-game set on Tuesday. Hiram Burgos (2-2, 3.66) will look to make it two-in-a-row for Colorado Springs as he matches up against top Marlins prospect Adam Conley (8-3, 2.58) with first pitch set for 5:00 PM MDT (6:00 Central) at Zephyr Field. Colorado Springs Box Score Colorado Springs Game Log

Shaky first half in the books for inconsistent Brewers Ryan Collingwood, Helena Independent Record It was just ten days ago when the Helena Brewers hit the .500 mark after Jake Gatewood's three-run, walk-off homer downed the Orem Owlz 4-3 in a Saturday afternoon tilt at Kindrick Legion Field. That swing of the bat -- capping off a stretch that saw the Brewers win 10 of 16 games while winning the season series against the South Division leaders -- was the apex of the their first half of Pioneer League play. Monday, however, as the first of half of Pioneer League concluded with a slew of rain-caused cancellations, the Brewers (16-20) are sitting in the North Division cellar. The same club that hasn't boasted a winning record since 2013 when it advanced to the championship series. When the Brewers started their 2015 campaign with a 3-8 mark back in June, though, it evoked memories of its 2014 struggles. Third-year manager Tony Diggs, whose team is 12-12 this July, believes he has a solid group that just hasn't been very consistent. "We've been flirting with over .500 for a while," Diggs said. "But we just haven't been able to get over the hump. It can be one of those things where you can put things together in all three facets, then there's other times we struggle and aren't very consistent." The Milwaukee rookie affiliate is just 2-6 since it got back to the .500 mark. A recent injury bug that hit a pair of the top prospects in the organization in that span hasn't helped. Monte Harrison, the 50th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft, broke his tibia and dislocated his left fibula while rounding third base last Tuesday and is now out for the season. He was having the most productive month of his career, too, hitting after hitting .400 in the month of July with a team-leading 14 stolen bases. The shortstop Gatewood, the Brewers' first pick in the 2014 MLB Draft, was hit by a pitch on Thursday night and sat out the next couple of games. The Helena Brewers have also had six players promoted during the first half, which Diggs dubbed as "a little more than usual." Five -- sure-fire hitters Blake Allemand, a shortstop, and utility man Luis Aviles, speedy base-runner Omar Cotto and pitchers Cody Ponce and David Carver -- were sent to the Single A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Catcher Dustin Houle, who was on the team for all of two weeks after injury rehab in the Arizona League, was sent to the Double A Brevard County Manatees in Florida. "You obviously like to keep your core players," Diggs said. "But the idea is to develop them. So if there is a need [on Milwaukee's organization] team above of us or below us, we need to accommodate them. On the plus side of that, though, it lets a guy come up here [from AZL] and get the chance to prove himself." The Brewers are leading the Pioneer League in steals once again with 80 thefts on the year. That and his team's defense in the field is what has impressed Diggs the most as the team heads into the rookie league and Single A All-Star break. The Single A Northwest League and Pioneer League's best square off in an All-Star game on Aug. 4 at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Washington. Helena had a combined 29 errors in 36 games. "I've been impressed with our defense and the bats have been solid," Diggs said. "Our pitching is what's been up and down." The Brewers rank last in all over the Pioneer League in batting average (.263) and are second-to-last in ERA (6.01). Jordan Yamamoto leads the league in strikeouts with 39 in 38 innings. Trio of Brewers named All-Stars The Northwest League vs. Pioneer League All-Star Game features three selections from the Brewers. Only two of them, however, are able to play. Harrison, out for the season due to his broken leg, was selected along with pitchers Christian Trent (2-1, 1 save, 4.18 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, three walks) and Marcos Diplan (2-1, 3.81 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 28 strikeouts). The game begins at 7:30 p.m. PST, following the home run derby set for 5:30 p.m.

Yikes, Helena... Folks, we're underwater here at Kindrick Legion Field. Tonight's game against the Missoula Osprey has been CANCELLED. It will not be rescheduled as it is the last game of the first half of the season.

As per Dustin Daniel, Voice of the H-Crew: RHP Marcos Diplan (Gallardo trade) and LHP Christian Trent (Ole' Miss, 24th round) will represent Helena in the Pioneer League All-Star Game against All-Stars from the Northwest League August 4 in Spokane, Washington. OF Monte Harrison also selected, but will miss the game (season-ending ankle surgery).

Via the Helena staff -- Today's game has been CANCELLED due to rain. Not making this one up as it is the last game of the first half. In Missoula tomorrow at 7:05 PM (8:05 Central).

Initial post bumped for the Aramis Ramirez trade, moving the Hunter Morris / PTBNL trade off the board. So two of the last three Brewer trades have been with Pittsburgh, with only the minor league deal sending RHP Chris Leroux to the Phillies for cash in between.

Here it is.

Catching up with former Brewer farmhand, RHP Seth Harvey - nice story about his independent ball host family relationship

DVR ALERTS! Timber Rattlers on local TV Tuesday and Wednesday night this week, airtime 7:00 PM each evening, nice pre-game for the big league broadcast Tuesday - Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (RHP Cody Ponce scheduled starter) Wednesday - MyNew32 TV (RHP Devin Williams scheduled starter)

Congratulations to Biloxi's Victor Roache on his Southern League Player of the Week Award. We'll link to the Shuckers' press release once available. *** Really hopeful RHP Angel Ventura of the Timber Rattlers gets a nod this week as well...

From Sunday's Link Report -- The bad news is that its a strikeout for Demi. The good news is that VIDEO exists of the at-bat in its entirety. EDIT: Just realized there is some NSFW language towards the end of the video. We can add to that list these additional videos by Eric Longenhagen, you may wish to add his YouTube page to your favorites, particularly if you have interest across the baseball prospect landscape, not just the Brewers. This Trent Clark video from Sunday includes his swing on what would become a triple -- in fact, Eric has video of this go-ahead game-winning sequence from the 8th inning of Sunday's game: Trent Clark triples (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Angelo Amendolare. Nicolas Pierre singles on a ground ball to center fielder Roberto Caro. Trent Clark scores. Gilbert Lara reaches on a force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop Andruw Monasterio, assist to second baseman Carlos Sepulveda. Nicolas Pierre to 2nd. Demi Orimoloye strikes out swinging. *** 18-year-old OF Nicolas Pierre is listed at 6'3", and looks every bit of that here -- ***

Colorado Springs' Jason Rogers hits a ground-rule double in the first inning of a 3-1 loss at Omaha

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Look for this just prior to game time -- Brevard County Media Notes - It's a unique link each day, but look for it under the "Multimedia" banner on the Manatees' site. *** 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: Omaha, NE Viera, FL Helena, MT Tempe, AZ San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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

Monday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Josh Roenicke at Omaha (Royals), 6:35 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime 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: Idle ********** Brevard County: First, it's Palm Beach and the Manatees picking up where they left off in Sunday's suspended game, game log here (suspended in the bottom of the second with Michael Ratterree on first and two outs. Jose Pena was at the plate with a 1-2 count. There was no score.) There will be a seven-inning nightcap, the day's action kicks off at 3:35 PM pre-game, 4:05 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. No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: Idle *** Helena: LHP Jake Drossner at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:45 PM pre-game, 8:05 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 Angels' complex in Tempe, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Pirates, 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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Via @dgoold "Brewers are believed to be willing to trade 1B Adam Lind", and have talked to Cardinals recently.

Biloxi's Victor Roache hits a three-run homer in the Shuckers' 10-2 win over Pensacola

VIDEO: Biloxi game highlights via WLOX

Final: AZL Brewers 4, AZL Cubs 0 Maryvale Box Score Welcome back, 20-year-old RHP Miguel Diaz! Two scoreless innings in his season debut (elbow fracture), the #13 MLB Pipeline Brewers' prospect has actually never pitched above the Maryvale level regardless. His 2014 Maryvale numbers were OK but not dazzling, but the offseason scouting word from those with Arizona Rookie League ties prompted quite a bit of buzz. Three late-round draft picks followed Diaz nicely -- 38th round RHP Scott Grist, 35th round LHP Quintin Torres-Costa and 31st round RHP Colton Cross. Maryvale Game Log Leadoff CF Trent Clark tripled, walked twice, and stole two bases (now 8-for-11 in SB attempts). 13th round UConn catcher Max McDowell doubled for his first professional hit, congrats (they must pull those baseballs out of the game, even in Maryvale, right?). Beau Wallace, who struggled mightily defensively in his rookie days with Pittsburgh, helping to prompt his release and planned conversion to catcher by the Brewers, played his first game back at the hot corner for the Crew, something to follow there... SS Gilbert Lara was 0-for-4, but stole his first base of the season (third attempt), and it was a steal of home on a double steal (see below). Maybe that won't be part of his overall game, it seems... Scoreless until the 8th -- AZL Brewers Top of the 8th Defensive Substitution: Andruw Monasterio replaces shortstop Javier Baez, batting 3rd, playing shortstop. Daniel Leonardo strikes out swinging. Trent Clark triples (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Angelo Amendolare. Nicolas Pierre singles on a ground ball to center fielder Roberto Caro. Trent Clark scores. Gilbert Lara reaches on a force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop Andruw Monasterio, assist to second baseman Carlos Sepulveda. Nicolas Pierre to 2nd. Demi Orimoloye strikes out swinging. Juan Ortiz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Robert Garcia. Nicolas Pierre scores. Gilbert Lara to 3rd. With Max McDowell batting, Gilbert Lara steals (1) home. Juan Ortiz steals (1) 2nd base. Max McDowell grounds out, second baseman Carlos Sepulveda to first baseman Jose Paniagua. AZL Brewers Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Scott Effross replaces Jesus Castillo. Beau Wallace singles on a ground ball to shortstop Andruw Monasterio. Zach Taylor called out on strikes. Daniel Leonardo singles on a fly ball to left fielder Angelo Amendolare. Beau Wallace to 3rd. Trent Clark flies into a sacrifice double play, center fielder Roberto Caro to shortstop Andruw Monasterio. Beau Wallace scores. Daniel Leonardo out at 2nd.