Jim Goulart

Hat tip to Nicholas from Disciples of Uecker who retweeted a link to this video: VIDEO (nine minutes) : The Education Crisis Crippling Dominican Baseball Players Also linked in our season-long DSL thread... An interesting but also not too surprising cautionary tale...

Hat tip to Nicholas from Disciples of Uecker who retweeted a link to this video: VIDEO (nine minutes) : The Education Crisis Crippling Dominican Baseball Players

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Des Moines, IA Pearl, MS Clearwater, FL Bowling Green, OH

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

Sunday's Daily Menu: All times are Central Colorado Springs: RHP Tyler Thornburg at Iowa (Cubs), 12:38 PM pre-game, 1:08 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 Brooks Hall at Mississippi (Braves), 4:45 PM pre-game, 5:00 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 looking off to his very promising "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! NOTE: The Mississippi video/audio feed is available for this series to MiLB.TV subscribers. ********** Brevard County: RHP Johnny Hellweg at Clearwater (Phillies), 12:00 gametime; expect RHP Tristan Archer to follow Free Live Audio Link (Clearwater Feed Only) No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. ********** Wisconsin: LHP Kodi Medeiros at Bowling Green (Rays), 1:45 PM pre-game, 2:05 gametime; expect RHP David Burkhalter 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. *** DSL Brewers: Idle 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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AUDIO: 40th round catcher Charles Galiano, a junior out of Fordham, still on the fence about signing

Via the Brewers: RHP Rob Wooten (biceps tendinitis) has been activated from the DL with Colorado Springs. LHP Jed Bradley has been transferred to Biloxi. *** Shuckers will need to make a roster move once Bradley officially arrives. If the Shuckers clinch the first-half title on the day Jed arrives, does he jump into the dogpile and spray a carbonated beverage?

AUDIO via the Shuck Dynasty Blog -- Highlights of Friday's 10-2 Shuckers win

VIDEO via WLOX: A few highlights from the Biloxi game

Final: Colorado Springs 4, Iowa 1 Cravy, Key Sox Hits Fuel 4-1 Win Over Iowa Right-hander Allows One Run Over 6.2 Innings for Fifth Straight Win With Sox By Ed Pearsall / Colorado Springs Sky Sox http://www.milb.com/assets/images/4/3/4/119331434/cuts/04_10_070_pk_gu38xc1t_ef7uwzpx.jpg Elian Herrera collected three hits to lead the offense in the Sox 4-1 win over the Iowa Cubs on Saturday. (File Photo from prior game by Paat Kelly) The Sky Sox put a tough night behind them with relative ease during Saturday's contest in Iowa, besting the I-Cubs 4-1 before a crowd of 11,826 at Principal Park. Colorado Springs was led by another strong Tyler Cravy (7-4, 3.36) start as the right-hander allowed just one run on five hits and one walk while striking out six over 6.2 innings of work. Cravy gave up his lone run on a Taylor Davis one out double in the bottom of the second that provided Iowa with their only lead of the ballgame. The Sky Sox added a run in each of the next two innings with Pete Orr scoring on a double play groundout to tie the game in the third before Matt Clark's fourth inning solo shot against I-Cubs starter Donn Roach (6-1, 2.14) gave Colorado Springs a lead they would not lose. The Sox added two more in the home sixth as Luis Sardinas crossed the plate on a Jonathan Mota throwing error before Logan Schafer's RBI groundout scored Elian Herrera, giving Colorado Springs a 4-1 lead. Roach would finish his night having allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings of work. The Sky Sox bullpen kept Iowa off the scoreboard the rest of the way, securing the win for Cravy after a strong road start. Lefty Michael Kirkman bridged the gap to Jaye Chapman with a scoreless 0.2 of an inning before the new Sox closer slammed the door with 1.2 innings of shutout ball to hold on to the Sky Sox 4-1 win. Colorado Springs will look to split the series in game four with the I-Cubs on Sunday afternoon. Josh Roenicke (4-2, 4.38) is expected to lead the way against Iowa starter Dallas Beeler (1-5, 8.31) with first pitch set for 12:08 PM MDT (1:08 Central) at Principal Park. Colorado Springs Box Score How much confidence is Tyler Cravy pitching with right now? Colorado Springs Game Log Col. Springs Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Yoervis Medina replaces Yoanner Negrin, batting 9th. Chris Nelson flies out to right fielder John Andreoli. Matt Long singles on a sharp ground ball to first baseman Taylor Davis. Luis Sardinas called out on strikes. Colorado Springs Sky Sox shortstop Luis Sardinas ejected by HP umpire Jeff Morrow. Elian Herrera singles on a fly ball to center fielder Matt Szczur. Matt Long to 2nd. Matt Clark lines out to second baseman Arismendy Alcantara.

Garfield’s Heroics Give Manatees Game One Win By Jerry Durney, Brevard County Manatees Cameron Garfield’s best game of the 2015 season to date proved to be the difference as the Brevard County Manatees (27-33) took game one of a doubleheader with the Clearwater Threshers (30-31), 6-5 Saturday at Bright House Field. The Manatees would take the early lead in the top of the second, which started with a one-out by double by Garrett Cooper. Taylor Brennan then reached base when he was hit by a Victor Arano pitch. Garfield’s standout day would begin with a single to right to load the bases. Angel Ortega would bring across the first Brevard County run the hard way as he would also be hit by a pitch to score Cooper. Omar Garcia then was able to reach on a fielding error by Threshers shortstop Emmanuel Marrero, allowing Brennan to score. Chris McFarland’s speed down the first base line prevented a would-be inning ending double play and allowed Garfield to cross the plate as well. The inning would come to a close when McFarland was thrown out at second. The theme of the game would be established in the bottom of the inning as the Threshers got one back on a two-out solo homer by Mitch Walding. They would continue to hack away at the lead the following inning when Kelly Dugan, in his second at-bat of the season, launched a solo home run to right with two out. The ‘Tees immediately padded the lead in the top of the fourth, with the inning being ignited by a leadoff infield single by Cooper. After a walk to Brennan, Garfield ripped a base hit to right, scoring Cooper in the process. The momentum would go no further as Ortega bunted into a force out, Garcia grounded out and McFarland flew out. Clearwater would counterpunch once again in the bottom half of the inning and as they had in each of the prior two frames, with two out. It would start with a base hit to left by Chace Numata, who then advanced to third on a single by Mitch Walding. Emmanuel Marrero would bring the Threshers back within one on a base hit to right, plating Numata. Drew Stankiewicz then tied it on a double down the left field line. Manatees starter Wei-Chung Wang avoided further damage when he induced a flyout from Willians Astudillo. The deciding blow would come in the top of the sixth as Garfield clubbed his first home run of the season, a two-run shot into the bullpen in left, scoring Brennan to make it 6-4. Clearwater made one last stand in the bottom of the inning as Numata hit his first home run of the season on a solo blast with one out to slash the lead in half once again. However, he would end up being the final Thresher baserunner of the game as Wang would get a groundout from Walding and then Mark Williams would come in from the bullpen to get the game’s final four outs for his first save of the season. Garfield for the game went three-for-three with three RBI and two runs scored. Wang picked up his fourth victory of the season by going five and two-thirds innings, giving up five runs on eight hits, striking out four and walking three.

Shuckers' Johnson shuts down M-Braves Brewers' No. 23 prospect fans eight, pitches seven three-hit innings By Kelsie Heneghan / MiLB.com After ten starts on the road, Hobbs Johnson was happy to finally play at home this week. Although he was back on the road Saturday night, he ended up just as happy. The Brewers' No. 23 prospect spun seven three-hit innings, recording a season-high eight strikeouts, as Double-A Biloxi blanked Mississippi, 3-0, at Trustmark Park. "I was able to command both sides of the plate, especially in. Being able to go in the majority of the night opened up soft stuff away and gave me some not really hard-hit balls and one broken bat," he said. "Felt really good. Pitch count got up to about 90, so that's the longest I've been so far this year and, hopefully, I try to go longer next time." Johnson (4-3) allowed a two-out single to David Rohm in the first, then faced the minimum over the next four frames. The 24-year-old left-hander said he executed the plan that pitching coach Chris Hook and catcher Parker Berberet came up with before the game. The University of North Carolina product ran into some trouble in the sixth, when Braves No. 15 prospect Mallex Smith knocked a two-out single and stole second and Levi Hyams worked the only walk against the Shuckers starter. Johnson got Rohm to ground out and covered first to snuff the rally. Johnson said he makes sure to get off the mound during his starts. And he fielded the first and last outs on Saturday. "As a pitcher, you got to be able to field your position and you have to be able to throw to bases, otherwise guys can just go up and bunt on you all the time," he said. "So being able to get to balls quick and get those fast guys trying to drag on you, it's huge because it makes guys swing instead of looking to do that." In his longest outing of the season, innings-wise, Johnson registered his first quality start at the Double-A level. After posting a 1.65 ERA in four April starts, the 2013 14th-round pick saw his ERA climb to 3.46. Correcting a change in his mechanics helped bring it down on Saturday. "I had gotten into a habit this year of not having the same arm swing as I've always had my whole life," he explained. "I just worked and got it back to normal, I got it back to where it feels normal for me. And tonight, it felt great." Nice video because it covers the full at-bat -- In his last start, Johnson made his debut at Biloxi's MGM Park after the Shuckers started the season with a 54-game road trip. "It was awesome, it was an incredible place to play. The stadium is unbelievable and the fans came out and definitely made us feel welcome," he said. "It's definitely hard traveling like that as far as how your body feels and staying focused all the time, but I think it actually helped us a lot as a team because you're around the guys more than you normally would be, so you create more of that team camaraderie. "And it made it so basically everyone is really close and trusts that we're going to go out there and do our jobs night in and night out. And we were able to play very good baseball during that time." Mike Strong worked around a hit and struck out two over the final two frames to earn his third save of the season. The Shuckers have brought their magic number down to two to clinch the Southern League Eastern Division first-half title. Brewers No. 2 prospect Tyrone Taylor, Michael Reed (No. 17) and Nathan Orf each plated a run against the M-Braves. Mississippi starter Victor Mateo (3-3) allowed a run on seven hits and a walk while fanning three over seven innings.

Tom Haudricourt's Sunday column an excellent read -- a very interesting Taylor Jungmann / Mark Rogers comparison included.

Drossner 'ready to get started' By Vince Rodemer, Bucks County Courier Times (PA) Correspondent Former Council Rock North standout Jake Drossner is ready to be a professional baseball player. The 6-foot-3 left-handed pitcher, who was drafted in the 10th round (No. 301 overall) of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft late Tuesday night by the Milwaukee Brewers, signed a contract on Friday and will forego his final year of eligibility at the University of Maryland. "I think I was ready," Drossner said minutes after signing with the Brewers. "Mentally and physically, I was ready to play professional baseball. I felt like Maryland gave me a great opportunity to get to where I am today and learn all things that go into how to prepare yourself. "I just felt like I was ready to start my career. This is something that I wanted to do. It was an exciting time; now I'm just glad it's all done. I'm just ready to get started." Things started for Drossner on Tuesday morning when the second day of the draft kicked off. He started getting calls from 12 to 15 different teams and he just kept going over things throughout the day before the Brewers reached out to him. "The Brewers called me in the eighth round and asked me if I wanted to be a Milwaukee Brewer and, the next thing you know, they took me in the 10th round," Drossner said. "That was it. It was a pretty exciting moment, to know a little bit ahead of time and see it on TV. It was cool." Then came the moment when his name flashed across the screen on MLB Network, and the dream became a reality. "It was unbelievable. I was speechless," Drossner said. "I knew all the hard work and all the time that I was putting into this was coming to an end. "It happened. It was a dream. It was emotional. I was so excited and so fortunate to have an organization like the Brewers give me an opportunity to go play." It wasn't the first time Drossner had this feeling. He was drafted coming out of high school in 2012 in the 23rd round by the Chicago Cubs. But he wasn't ready at that point. Drossner needed three years at Maryland that included two years in the pitching-rich Atlantic Coast Conference and his final season in the improved Big Ten to mature and find out what it takes to play at the highest level. "I think coming out of high school, I wasn't physically and mentally ready to play professional baseball," Drossner said. "As an 18-year-old, you know you're playing professional baseball, but you don't really know the full logistics of it. "Going into college and maturing a little bit and knowing what professional baseball is all about (helps). It's a great opportunity for me. It's now time for me to step my game up and go for it. I'm ready." His final season at Maryland ended about as well as it could for the junior. After knocking off Mississippi in the opening round of the NCAA Regionals, the Terrapins defeated No. 1 overall seed UCLA in a three-game series, including a 2-1 win in the deciding game at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles, before falling to 2014 NCAA runner-up Virginia. "It was phenomenal, the experience that this team had with that," Drossner said. "We were kind of the underdog going into a bunch of these tournaments and this season. "To be able to knock off the No. 1 team in the country (UCLA) … we believed it and, if we believed it, we knew we could get it done. It was unbelievable to see it actually happen. We put ourselves in a great position to do something like that and we actually did. It was awesome." Three days after the school-record 42-win season ended was when Drossner heard his name called as one of a record eight Terps drafted. Now comes the next step for Drossner and his fellow draftees — life on buses and in small towns throughout the U.S. For Drossner, a Richboro native, it will be a couple of weeks in Arizona, where he can throw regularly and get a routine down, before moving to the Brewers' short-season Class A affiliate in Helena, Montana. "It's was phenomenal to have all those guys get drafted and see their dreams come true," Drossner said. "It was just tremendous for us, because we worked so hard for it. We knew that a lot of the guys were going to get this opportunity. It doesn't happen a lot where this many guys get drafted, but it's such an exciting time for me and everybody else. "I think everybody is prepared for it. We're looking forward to seeing everybody and following everybody as we move forward. I'm looking forward to having one of my teammates, Jose Cuas, in Milwaukee." Drossner was drafted at a position of need. The Brewers have just two left-handed pitchers in their top-30 prospects (Kodi Medeiros and Hobbs Johnson), so he will have the chance to fill that void. Now, he's ready to do it.

Outdoor enthusiast Sneed looking to reel in victories for Rattlers Tim Froberg, Post-Crescent Media http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/1e809c5ce39f364c283be17faf64380b02b65853/c=0-188-3000-4188&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2015/06/13/Appleton/B9317677866Z.1_20150613190338_000_GRAB2N1BH.1-0.jpg Cy Sneed was the Timber Rattlers’ lone pitcher selected to play in the Midwest League All-Star Classic this season. (Photo: Wm. Glasheen/Post-Crescent Media) A full Q&A is included in this player profile at the above link. This was also linked in our season-long Timber Rattlers feature thread...

Outdoor enthusiast Sneed looking to reel in victories for Rattlers Tim Froberg, Post-Crescent Media http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/1e809c5ce39f364c283be17faf64380b02b65853/c=0-188-3000-4188&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2015/06/13/Appleton/B9317677866Z.1_20150613190338_000_GRAB2N1BH.1-0.jpg Cy Sneed was the Timber Rattlers’ lone pitcher selected to play in the Midwest League All-Star Classic this season. (Photo: Wm. Glasheen/Post-Crescent Media) A full Q&A is included in this player profile.

His tweet / my reply: 13th round catcher Max McDowell headed to Cape Cod League *** The Brewers have not signed any of their Cape League draft picks, there's only been three, I believe, since Brewerfan's 2001 inception. Does McDowell think he can do better as a senior sign next year? The coach McDowell mentioned in his tweet was the 2014 UConn captain as a pitcher. I'm pretty sure the Brewers are surprised about McDowell's decision.

His tweet / my reply: 13th round catcher Max McDowell headed to Cape Cod League

Wisconsin's Mitch Meyer singles home a run as the Timber Rattlers beat Dayton, 5-3, on Friday

Biloxi's Orlando Arcia smacks a double in the Shuckers' 10-2 Friday win over the Mississippi Braves

Colorado Springs' Logan Schafer legs out a triple in the Sky Sox's 2-0 loss to the Iowa Cubs

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 *** Sortable individual stat pages: Colorado Springs Biloxi Brevard County Wisconsin *** Weather.com: Des Moines, IA Pearl, MS Clearwater, FL Bowling Green, OH San Pedro de Macoris, DR

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