Jim Goulart

By referring to our Deadline Day Thread in the Draft Forum, you'll see that there are three new Brewers today (Nathan Kirby, Max McDowell, Michael Petersen). Within the system, there are now two Peterson's (Shane and Stephen) and two Petersen's (Bryan and Michael).

Am hopeful the initial post in this thread set up the drama for the day and was helpful. As we've seen above, the top three names in red in that initial post have signed.

Biloxi's Wily Peralta notches a strikeout of Adam Brett Walker II in his rehab appearance, a 3-0 Thursday win over Chattanooga

Colorado Springs' Jason Rogers smashes his second homer of the game in the Sky Sox's 5-2 Thursday win over New Orleans

MiLBY Award for Best Team -- Nice Honor, Biloxi!

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

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

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Josh Roenicke at New Orleans (Marlins), 6:30 PM pre-game, 7:00 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. Chattanooga (Twins), 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 Tristan Archer at home vs. Fort Myers (Twins), 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's Cody Ponce and David Burkhalter in a doubleheader at home vs. Quad Cities (Astros), 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:05 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings 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 home vs. Grand Junction (Rockies), 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 White Sox' complex in Glendale, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league *** DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Braves, 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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We'd be remiss in not acknowledging that RHP Eric Marzec had a pretty darn good run with the Brewers organization, especially for a 30th round pick (2010, Youngstown State). Career 3.12 ERA, did well in his mini-glimpses at AAA (16.1 innings), and was an entertaining follow in terms of refining his craft in Australia and Venezuela in recent winters. Eric was always a good Twitter follow, sharing pictures from exotic locales on training hikes and such. Truly wishing him the best in his baseball pursuits and other interests, hopefully we see him in another affiliated uniform soon.

So all it took was one Maryvale appearance for 6th round RHP Eric Hanhold (Brewerfan Draft Forum Link) to get bumped not to Helena, but to Appleton, where he joins 2nd round RHP Cody Ponce, 5th round SS Blake Allemand, and 27th round RHP Jon Perrin. LHP David Carver (35th round, 2014, Lamar) turns 24 in October, so the bump to Wisconsin makes sense in that regard.

Dustin Houle with a couple of tweets expressing his excitement and appreciation. Remember, he dealt with serious hand fractures before the Tommy John surgery, it's been a long road back. *** Switch-hitting 20-year-old Venezuelan catcher Kevin Martinez back to Maryvale after a "Hitless in Montana" stint (0-for-17), the natural Big Sky country sequel to "Sleepless in Seattle".

The deadline to sign draft picks is 4:00 PM Central today, Friday the 17th. Last night we linked to this article which included the text: "According to a source with knowledge of the situation, (Nathan) Kirby will indeed ink a deal with Brewers before 5:00 PM (Eastern) Friday, the deadline for picks to sign." Earlier in the week, we linked to an article focusing on 22nd round Wichita State RHP Willie Schwanke, with an anxious college staff awaiting word. Among the others, 11th round catcher Max McDowell and IF Donnie Walton have been playing in the Cape Cod League this summer; McDowell has been coy with tweets seemingly indicating a return to school, but the situation remains unclear. Things have been quiet on the Walton camp, as is the case with 37th round OF Brandon Gonzalez. On June 16th, we linked to this article on 17th round RHP Michael Petersen. Bold in black indicates the player has signed. Red indicates we'll learn the status of the pick today. 1 (15). Trent Clark, OF, Richland HS, TX CB Rd. A (40). Nathan Kirby, LHP, University of Virginia, VA 2 (55). Cody Ponce, RHP, Cal Poly Pomona, CA 3 (90). Nash Walters, RHP, Lindale HS, TX 4 (121). Demi Orimoloye, OF, Orleans, ON 5 (151). Blake Allemand, SS Texas A&M, TX 6 (181). Eric Hanhold, RHP, Florida (FL) 7 (211). George Iskenderian, 3B, Miami (FL) 8 (241). Nate Griep, RHP, Kansas State (KS) 9 (271). Karsen Lindell, RHP, West Linn HS (OR) 10 (301). Jake Drossner, LHP, Maryland (MD) 11 (331). José Cuas, SS, Maryland (MD) 12 (361). Drake Owenby, LHP, Tennessee (TN) 13 (391). Max McDowell, C, Connecticut (CT) 14 (421). Tyrone Perry, 1B, Lakeland Senior HS (FL) 15 (451). Zach Taylor, C, Scottsdale CC (AZ) 16 (481). Conor Harber, RHP, Oregon (OR) 17 (511). Michael Petersen, RHP, Riverside CC (CA) 18 (541). Gentry Fortuno, RHP, Charles Flanagan HS (FL) 19 (571). Steven Karkenny, 1B, The Master's College (CA) 20 (601). David Lucroy, RHP, East Carolina (NC) 21 (631). Jon Olczak, RHP, North Carolina State (NC) 22 (661). Willie Schwanke, RHP, Wichita State (KS) 23 (691). Donnie Walton, SS, Oklahoma State (OK) 24 (721). Christian Trent, LHP, Ole Miss (MS) 25 (751). Justin Hooper, LHP, De La Salle HS (CA) WILL NOT SIGN 26 (781). Jon India, SS, American Heritage School (FL) WILL NOT SIGN 27 (811). Jon Perrin, RHP, Oklahoma State (OK) 28 (841). Mitch Ghelfi, C, UWM (WI) 29 (871). Donny Everett, RHP, Clarksville HS (TN) WILL NOT SIGN 30 (901). Charlie Donovan, SS, Westmont HS (IL) WILL NOT SIGN 31 (931). Colton Cross, RHP, Shorter U (GA) 32 (961). Sean Chandler, RHP, Papillion-La Vista HS (NE) WILL NOT SIGN 33 (991). Connor Baits RHP, U. of California - Santa Barbara (CA) 34 (1021). Tristan Beck, RHP, Corona Senior HS (CA) WILL NOT SIGN 35 (1051). Quintin Torres-Costa, LHP, University of Hawaii (HI) 36 (1081). Jordan Desguin, RHP, Florida Gulf Coast U (FL) 37 (1111). Brandon Gonzalez, CF, Cypress College (CA) 38 (1141). Scott Grist, RHP, Texas State (TX) 39 (1171). Nolan Kingham, RHP, Desert Oasis HS (NV) WILL NOT SIGN 40 (1201). Charles Galiano, C, Fordham (NY)

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Jason Rogers has now hit safely in all 14 of his games at Triple-A this season, amassing a .382 average with five home runs and 14 RBI (1.154 OPS).

VIDEO via WLOX: Biloxi Game Highlights

Shuckers get back in the win column, top Lookouts By Doug Barber, Special to Biloxi Sun-Herald PHOTO GALLERY: Sun-Herald photos from John Fitzhugh include a sweet Wily Peralta shot in his Biloxi blues BILOXI – The Biloxi Shuckers took advantage of the wildness of Chattanooga starting pitcher Brett Lee in the fourth inning, and rolled to a 3-0 victory over the Lookouts on Thursday night at MGM Park. Meanwhile, five Shuckers pitchers – Wily Peralta, Derek Eitel, Brooks Hall, Manny Barreda and Mike Strong – combined on a four-hit shutout. The game was played before a crowd of 3,547 fans. Eitel (1-0) picked up the pitching victory in relief. Biloxi jumped to a 3-0 lead after four innings, scoring three runs on one hit in the bottom of the fourth. Victor Roache’s RBI walk produced the first run off Brett Lee. After Niko Goodrum’s error at third upped the lead to 2-0, the Shuckers added one more on a bases-loaded walk by Parker Berberet. Peralta worked the first 3 2/3 innings, giving up two hits and one walk, while striking out three. He gave way to Eitel in the fourth. Peralta was doing a rehab start from Milwaukee. “It’s always good to have a rehab (pitcher) set the tone like Wily Peralta,’’ Shuckers manager Carlos Subero said. “It was a great pitching performance (by the staff). “We took advantage of those walks in that inning. We only had two hits going into that inning.’’ The Shuckers avenged an extra-inning loss to the Lookouts on Wednesday. “Especially when we had our little streak broken,’’ Subero said. “We had not lost at home in extra innings. It was a great game (Wednesday). We came back twice after we had an early lead. Tonight it was good to bounce back and get a win.’’ The Shuckers pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts. Lee (0-4) took the loss. Both teams each had four hits. The two teams meet in Game 3 of the series Friday at 7:00 PM.

VIDEO via KTVH: Helena doubleheader highlights Via Ryan Collingwood: "David Denson and the Rockies' infield just got soaked by some ill-timed sprinklers that shot on. Can't say I've seen that before." Yes, you'll the sprinkler mishap at the link...

Brewers, Rockies each take one in third consecutive doubleheader Ryan Collingwood, Helena Independent Record PHOTO GALLERY: Six excellent images from Gary Marshall, Blackfoot Media Group at the article link Three rain-forced doubleheaders. Three splits. Again, neither the Helena Brewers nor the Grand Junction Rockies, who've now locked up a rare six times in three meetings inside a week's time due to torrential downpours in Colorado last week, could sweep the other Thursday night at Kindrick Legion Field. The Brewers (12-14), who won the day's first game 4-2, fell a game short of reaching the .500 mark again after dropping the nightcap 6-2 in front of an estimated 1,700 fans. "We did some good things in the first game, and started out well," Brewers manager Tony Diggs said. "But we just didn't finish it out. Helena -- a winner in nine of its last 15 games -- put itself in position to get back .500 for the first time since June. It is a mark that hasn't been eclipsed since 2013, and the Brewers had a shot at that even record when Steven Karkenny's RBI single tied the late game at 2-2 in the fifth. The Rockies (15-12) slammed the door on the Brewers in the sixth, however, after a balk on Brewers reliever Donnie Hissa, who was given the loss, brought in Sam Hilliard to give Grand Junction a 3-2 edge. In the seventh, the Rockies added three runs, sparked by Mylez Jones' RBI single. "I can tell you right now, with two outs, Hissa would take that set back again," Diggs said. The Brewers' starting pitcher, Christian Trent, had a solid outing in the loss, though, giving up two runs on four hits in five innings, striking out five. Third baseman Luis Aviles extended his hitting streak to 14 games. In the first game, Jordan Yamamoto (1-3) earned his first professional win for the Helena club. Yamamoto, a 12th-round pick in 2014 out of high school in Hawaii, went 5 2/3 innings, giving up just two runs on seven hits while striking out five. Joshua Torres earned his first save, going 1 1/3 innings with giving up a run or hit or walk. His last out of the sixth got the Brewers out of Yamamoto's jam, with two runners on base. "He played well," Diggs said of Yamamoto. "And he had a lot of good defensive plays behind him." The Rockies had an edge going into the sixth inning, but after Jose Cuas' single and Milan Post was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Carlos Belonis changed the contest with a single swing. Belonis took reliever Daniel Kroger's pitch off the center field wall to bring in two runs, giving the Brewers a 3-2 lead. Kroger followed that up with a wild pitch, scoring pinch runner Kevin Martinez from third to make to pad the Brewers' lead. "I had a couple bad at-bats at first," Belonis said through an interpreter. "Then I really locked in the third time, which ended up being a big at-bat for our team to get the victory." Torres, who retired all four batters he faced, then shut the door on the Rockies in their final at-bat with a three-up, three-down frame. Harrison and Cuas each went two 2 for 3 for the Brewers and Troy Stokes went 2 for 4. Harrison extended his hitting streak to six games before it ended in his fourth at-bat. Both teams conclude the series on Friday with a 7:05 PM (8:05 Central) tilt at Kindrick Legion Field.

Final: AZL White Sox 6, AZL Brewers 3 Maryvale Box Score RF Demi Orimoloye homered for the second straight night. Maryvale bats did not make a fly ball or pop fly out all game. You'll see tons of two's in 3rd round RHP Nash Walters' line, including two wild pitches. Joantgel Segovia played CF here, single (of course, no XBH's yet), walk, HBP. Segovia is now only 10-of-24 in SB attempts in his one and a half seasons. Coaches, please hold an intervention. Maybe that's why he can't stretch out any doubles. Trent Clark (single, walk) shifted to left field for this one. Maryvale Game Log

Peralta was facing the Lookouts for the fifth time in his career (Dodgers affiliate at the time), and first since 2011 while with Huntsville. So, just for fun, here's the July 20th, 2011 box score - what a performance by Wily that night. Always a hoot to see those four-year-old box score names, too...

Final, Game One: Helena 4, Grand Junction 2 Final, Game Two: Grand Junction 6, Helena 2 Rubber Match Coming After Another Split Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers (11-13) and Grand Junction Rockies (14-12) split another doubleheader on Thursday with a 4-2 Brewers win in game one and a 6-2 loss in game two. Jordan Yamamoto (1-3) collected his first professional win in his second year in the minors, pitching 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs and striking out seven batters. It was the third time this season he has struck out seven in a game. Grand Junction took a 1-0 lead in the first game when Jonathan Piron tripled and scored on the single of Bobby Stahel in the second inning. Helena tied it up 1-1 when Troy Stokes doubled to score Carlos Belonis off Michael Zimmerman. Stokes led the way offensively for the Brewers in game one, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The Brewers then solidified the win with three runs in the sixth on two hits. With the bases loaded, Carlos Belonis doubled to score George Iskenderian and Jose Cuas. Joshua Torres picked up his first save of the season, pitching the final four outs for Helena, recording one strikeout and facing the minimum. Helena Game One Box Score Special guest singer for the National Anthem... Helena Game One Game Log Huge out... Grand Junction Bottom of the 6th Kevin Martinez remains in the game as the catcher. Collin Ferguson strikes out swinging. Wilfredo Rodriguez hit by pitch. Chris Keck strikes out swinging. Jonathan Piron singles on a fly ball to center fielder Monte Harrison. Wilfredo Rodriguez to 2nd. Pitching Change: Joshua Torres replaces Jordan Yamamoto. Bobby Stahel flies out to right fielder Carlos Belonis. Christian Trent threw five innings of solid baseball in the start in game two for the Brewers, giving up two runs on just three hits and striking out five. Donnie Hissa (0-2) and Chad Reeves struggled in relief, combining to give up four runs on four hits. Monte Harrison would reach in every plate appearance of the nightcap, drawing four walks and stealing three bases. He is now tied for the team lead with 12 swipes. The Rockies used four late runs in game two to take home the win, scoring three in their final inning at the plate. The Brewers and Rockies will play in the rubber match of their five-game series Friday at Kindrick Field. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM (8:05 Central). Helena Game Two Box Score CF Monte Harrison reached in seven of eight plate appearances Thursday, walking four times in Game Two with three stolen bases. He now has a .313/.414/.518 line in 23 games with Helena. Those were the only four walks the Brewers drew in this game. Helena Game Two Game Log Notice how the go-ahead run scored -- Grand Junction Top of the 6th Pitching Change: Donnie Hissa replaces Christian Trent. Sam Hilliard walks. With Chris Rabago batting, wild pitch by Donnie Hissa, Sam Hilliard to 2nd. Chris Rabago pops out to catcher Charles Galiano in foul territory. Collin Ferguson grounds out to first baseman Steven Karkenny. Sam Hilliard to 3rd. With Jensen Park batting, Sam Hilliard scores on a balk. Jensen Park doubles (5) on a fly ball to left fielder Troy Stokes. Tyler Nevin hit by pitch. Campbell Wear grounds out, third baseman Luis Aviles to first baseman Steven Karkenny.

Final: Colorado Springs 5, New Orleans 2 Rogers Homers Twice As Sky Sox Top Zephyrs 5-2 Sky Sox hand Zephyrs' starter Jose Urena his first loss of the season as Jason Rogers extends hitting streak to 14 games By Nick Dobreff / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/0/8/136983608/cuts/04_12_103_pk_fpww5lp4_pn553ugb.jpg Jason Rogers hit a pair of home runs as the Sky Sox defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 5-2 Thursday night. (File Photo from prior game by Paat Kelly) Infielder Jason Rogers homered twice and finished with three RBI as the Sky Sox defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 5-2 Thursday in front of 5,998 fans at Zephyr Field. In their first game back since the All-Star break, the Sky Sox jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a solo home run by Rogers in the first inning against Zephyrs starter Jose Urena (6-1, 2.04). The lead would grow to 2-0 an inning later on an RBI single by Yadiel Rivera, who finished 2-for-4 with a run scored. Rogers would strike again in the fifth inning, swatting a two-run shot against Urena to extend the Sky Sox lead to 4-0. The homers were the fourth and fifth on the season for Rogers with the Sky Sox. Sky Sox starter Tyler Thornburg (2-5, 5.10) was the beneficiary of Rogers' power outburst, picking up his first win since May 29. Thornburg pitched into the sixth inning, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out six over 5.1 IP. Relievers Austin Ross, Rob Wooten, Michael Kirkman and Jaye Chapman combined to hold the Zephyrs scoreless over the final 3.2 innings while Chapman recorded the final five outs for his sixth save in seven opportunities with the Sky Sox this season. The two-homer game by Rogers marked only the fourth time a Sky Sox player has had a two-homer game at Zephyr Field in Metairie against the New Orleans Zephyrs. The others were J.R. Phillips (May 12th, 1999), Andy Tracy (August 25th, 2004) and Matt Macri (August 18th, 2011). Rogers, who's played in 14 games with the Sky Sox this season, has at least one hit in all 14 games and is hitting .382 (21-for-53) with five home runs, 14 runs scored and 14 RBI. He also has a 21-game hitting streak dating back to August 24, 2014. With the win, the Sky Sox improved to 35-54 while the Zephyrs fell to 42-49 with the loss. The Sky Sox will look to make it three wins in a row tomorrow night as RHP Josh Roenicke (4-7, 5.63) takes the hill against RHP Jared Cosart (0-0, 4.80). First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM MDT (7:00 Central). Colorado Springs Box Score Jason Rogers, professional hitter. He played first base here, as opposed to his best position, designated hitter. SS Yadiel Rivera tripled as part of his 2-for-4 evening. The Sky Sox reached base 11 times on six hits, four walks, and an HBP. Rogers (the two HR's, walk), Rivera, and Matt Dominguez (two walks) accounted for seven of the 11 baserunners. Colorado Springs Game Log Well, hello there, Vinny Rottino and Chris Narveson...

Kirby expected to sign with Brewers By Andrew Ramspacher, The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA) Don’t expect any surprise gifts on MLB Draft deadline day, Virginia fans. As of Thursday evening, Cavaliers ace Nathan Kirby, selected 40th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers, had yet to sign with the National League club. However, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, Kirby will indeed ink a deal with Brewers before 5 p.m., Friday, the deadline for picks to sign. Should nothing get finalized by that time, Kirby would likely return to UVa for his senior season. Kirby, sidelined nine weeks because of a lat strain, went 5-3 with a 2.53 ERA this season. The left-hander recorded the final six outs of the Cavaliers’ national championship-clinching win over Vanderbilt on June 24. The signing bonus value for pick No. 40 is $1.5 million.