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Congratulations to RHP Garrett Hodges, promoted from Wilson to Wisconsin. Eleven free passes (9 BB, 2 HBP) in 18 innings of relief, but only seven hits allowed and 25 strikeouts.

Monday 5/11: Via WTMJ's Morning News (download link): Brewers 360 with Dom Cotroneo - " A walk-off blast to end a weekend series sweep against the Yankees! And that offense is no pushover but the Brewers defense locked it in. Plus, we look ahead to the upcoming opponents and next up is the Padres and they can also hit! A continued test for the Brewers defense. Good thing that pitching is finding it’s groove despite the pen still being injured." Latest Milwaukee Tailgate Podcast: - "On this week's show the guys discussed a great week for the Brewers, the sweep of the Yankees, Miz's great night and where some other pitchers stand right now, the schedule makers vendetta against the Crew and, of course, the House on the Rock." Via Fox Sports 920 Milwaukee's "The Huddle": Brewers reporter Hunter Baumgardt (go to the 27:00 minute mark) Via David Gasper's "Brewers Daily" YouTube page: "Crew Sweeps Yankees with Pair of Walkoffs" Via WTMJ's Afternoon News (download link): "Lane Grindle joins the show to talk Brewers energy after a weekend sweep of the Yankees, the buzz around The Miz, and what this stretch says about the team’s momentum heading into summer." Via the "Wisconsin Sports Daily Show" with Steve "Sparky" Fifer: "Brewers.TV Analyst Tim Dillard breaks down the Brewers weekend sweep of the New York Yankees, behind superstar-level performances from guys like Brice Turang & Jacob Misiorowski!" Via Mike Heller's "I Love Mondays" Podcast: Vinny Rottino (go to the 19:00 minute mark) Via WSCO's "The Show with Tony G and Leo" (download link): JustBaseball.com's Matt Carroll (go to the 23:00 minute mark) Audio via "Foul Territory": "Wall Street Journal sports reporter Jared Diamond makes the case for the Brewers defying the metrics" (go to the 08:30 minute mark) Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - Chuck's guest is Javier Reyes of "Locked on Padres" to preview the upcoming series Via "The Bill Michaels Show" (Hour One): Craig Coshun of Brewers.TV (go to the 31:15 minute mark) Via "The Bill Michaels Show" (Hour Three): Bob Nightengale of USA Today (go to the 27:30 minute mark)

This thread will be utilized for any minor league news Tuesday. Organizational Scoreboard (Not including the Arizona Complex League) Arizona Complex League Scoreboard (ACL Brewers 3-4 visit the ACL Athletics 2-4, 8:00 PM Central) Audio Links MiLB TV (Subscribers)

Image courtesy of BrewerFanatic Linescores are underrated. You know, the top part of those box scores we scour listing the inning-by-inning tallies. Alone, linescores let our imaginations picture the flow of a contest, and depending on our rooting interest, the unmitigated highs and deflating lows. We glance at the hit and error totals on the far right and determine if those figures make sense. Linescores allow us to ever so briefly ask questions like "what?", "how?", and "really?" before we lower our eyes and dig into all the minutia within the actual box. Here's to you, Mr. Linescore. Thanks for all your daily contributions to our baseball fandom. Transaction: SS Tyler Rodriguez assigned to Wilson Warbirds from ACL Brewers. Rodriguez, now in his age 20 season, is a Dominican native who was part of the January 2023 international class. So, he's already in his 4th season. This isn't the RH-hitting utilityman's first Carolina League rodeo. Rodriguez, who has seen action at every position but the pitcher-catcher battery and has managed a .400 OBP in his career despite light batting average and slugging figures, is a bit of a manager's secret weapon. Rodriguez spent all of 2025 with the Mudcats and had to exit the September 3rd game at the season's tail end. He left after grounding out in the 2nd inning and was placed on the 60-day injured list the very next day. To open 2026, Rodriguez was placed on the seven-day IL and has appeared in three rehab games with Maryvale. He's ready for a return to action in Wilson despite an 0-for-10 mark (one BB, five K's). Thanks to the magic of what yours truly saw and then typed last September, well, you'll see: "19-year-old Tyler Rodriguez, in an attempt to reach for the first base bag on an infield grounder, went tumbling in the worst way. He was lifted onto a cart and taken off the field in what would be a miracle if it's not a devastating long-term lower body injury." Thus, in some ways, Rodriguez playing eight months later should be deemed very much a positive. Best wishes, Tyler! NOTE: Many of us picture an overflowing, even bloated roster at the rookie level. Heck, you have two Dominican Summer League teams feeding graduates each spring, plus prior year's high school draft picks yet to debut, and players repeating the level needing to show more before entering full-season ball. But to be honest, on the position player side, the current Maryvale squad is relatively lean at 14 active players (15 if you count catcher Luis Corobo, who was sent to Maryvale from Wilson after his own early exit from a game on April 24th and has yet to play since). You may wish to bookmark this sortable page for position players for the Maryvale club, this one for pitchers; the pages will give you a sense of who is getting the most action on a daily basis, and of course, their bottom-line stats. Final: ACL Reds 8, ACL Brewers 7 Box Score and Game Log Well, lo and behold, it's an actual nine-inning game, it's been over a week since we could say that. That being said, we've seen rather moderate and reasonable temperatures at first pitch during these early-season Arizona contests, while on Monday night we read: Weather: 105 degrees, Clear. Wind: 6 mph, Varies. So sure, let's now decide to play nine! Five of the seven Arizona Complex League games Monday were scheduled for nine innings, the most we've seen in a while. It's a guess that the two organizations facing off have discussions earlier in the day to determine the status of their squads, the need to have pitchers work innings (or not), etc. If this had been a seven-inning game, as our afore-mentioned friend Mr. Linescore tells us, this affair would have been much less exciting. As the game was about to begin, my Link Report co-worker Daniel provided these insights: "19-year-old RHP Ma’Kale Holden gets the start for the ACL Brewers (3-3), who play at the ACL Reds (3-2). Holden was dominant in his professional debut a week ago (5 IP, 0 R, 6 Ks). The position player pattern has the squad prioritizing 8 players (Acosta, Antunez, Fenelon, Frias, Mills, Hughes, Martinez, Rangel), 1 of whom rests per game (Martinez tonight), thus allowing 2 other players to get periodic starts (C Malachai Halterman, 2B Moises Polanco tonight)." Oh my, hasn't the guaranteed Statcast data at all complex league level games created quite the buzz. If you didn't already know, you can click on the game log "event oval" via the link above for any batted ball in play, and get info on exit velocity, launch angle and more. For a BrewerFanatic Link Reporter, it's valuable but just adds to the analysis workload to get these reports to you, with most nights featuring five games (soon to be seven with the Dominican League in a few weeks). A series of social media posts led to this summary via our own @Spencer Michaelis (by the way, consider membership options at his "Backfield Brew" Patreon): Incredible, but accurate? I was also monitoring early in this game, and it all just seemed to be too off-the-charts. I was tempted to dig into other games played by Reds and Guardians teams in that ballpark this spring, but that can be tasked to others for now. Later in the evening we learn that yes indeed, we can be skeptical, thanks to our dedicated Brewers fan in Taiwan, Terry. For that matter, was it really 105 degrees outside? C'mon, Goodyear. There's no reason to believe that these top two power prospects in Frias and Antunez didn't hit the ball hard Monday, very hard, in fact. Let's just be careful to read too much into those figures. Mr. Linescore told us each team made three errors (throw in a passed ball for the Crew). Ms. Box Score (yes, Ms., as she's more thorough) indicates that Cleveland arms did a better job at working around those miscues: Guardians - Zero unearned runs allowed Brewers - Seven unearned runs allowed The Maryvale five-run 9th inning rally was: Walk Cristopher Acosta double (he really needed that) Antunez HBP Kenny Fenelon double Frias double Ryan Mills groundout (an unusually quiet 0-for-5 evening) CJ Hughes strikeout (oh no, one out left and still one run short) Walk Walk Balk (tie game, thank you, Guardians!) Walk to reload the bases Acosta strikeout (on to the fateful bottom of the frame) The game ended unceremoniously with no outs after RHP Argenis Aparicio, who has been in a bit of a closer's role, walked the leadoff man. An error by first baseman Jonathan Rangel followed, then a wild pitch, and subsequently a game-ending single. With it being the lone game of the evening, I'll allow you to dig any deeper into Ma'Kale Holden's start, LHP Joey Broughton's second appearance of the young season, and more via your box score review. Tuesday the 3-4 A-Crew continues a road trip to Mesa (thankfully not Goodyear) to face the 2-4 Athletics' youngsters. As for the full-season clubs, Nashville, Wisconsin and Wilson all return to their home ballparks (with the Warbirds beginning a sweet two-week homestand), while Biloxi hits the road, all in evening starts. Have a fine Tuesday, everyone! Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Batting Stats and Depth Current Milwaukee Brewers Organization Pitching Stats and Depth View full article

This thread will be utilized for any minor league news Monday. Arizona Complex League Scoreboard We plan on a one-game Link Report for Tuesday AM. The ACL Brewers game begins at 8:00 PM Central in Goodyear vs. the Reds.

Pregame Audio Thursday 5/7 - Catcher Matthew Wood (after his first of two grand slams last week)

Andrew Fischer Named Midwest League Player of the Week Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Jordyn Adams’ 7th inning exit, after a single and force out at second base, was likely unplanned, pushing INF Ethan Murray (1-for-4, walk, RBI) to first base (first time in 2026) and Eddys Leonard to the outfield. Hopefully it was just precautionary though. No obvious injury concern - the force out was very routine, so much so that there was no point in Adams charging towards the second base bag - no slide, out by ten feet. He was doing a light jog as the play ended, continued a few feet past the bag and showed no obvious discomfort. It took a while for the Louisville announcers to sort out all the positional changes, and they offered no insights into Adams' exit. We'll see if he's back Tuesday.

Sunday 5/10: Postgame shows for the 4-3 walk-off win over the Yankees: Via the Journal Sentinel Podcast: "Brice Turang's Mother's Day walk-off homer provided a great capper to the weekend and added a dash of nostalgia to a Yankees sweep. Brewers reporter Curt Hogg and host JR Radcliffe also discuss the latest superstar performance from Jacob Misiorowski, a wild defensive decision by the Yankees and the triumphant return of Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn to the lineup. What about the other injury guys like Brandon Woodruff, Christian Yelich and Quinn Priester? Is the team any closer to making a change at shortstop? With Ángel Zerpa facing Tommy John surgery, will the Brewers ever send another player to the World Baseball Classic? In Three Up Three Down (38:30), they discuss CC Sabathia on the wall of honor, an unwelcome flashback, some ABS weirdness and the king of vulture wins, Aaron Ashby. In Remembrew When (58:00), there's no choice but to discuss Bill Hall on Mother's Day, and in Curt Blanche (1:01:00), Curt believes there's a far greater Mother's Day homer that we never discuss. Then, JR is joined by Brewers reliever Jake Woodford (1:07:00), whose Major League debut was delayed in the strangest of ways, when he was holed up with the St. Louis Cardinals in Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel following a COVID-19 outbreak among the team. Then, he's joined by prospect Andrew Fischer (1:13:00), who hit two home runs on Sunday and continues to pound the ball for Single-A Wisconsin." VIDEO via Curt Hogg's "Brewer Territory" with Corey Knebel and JP Feyereisen: "Does a series get better than that for the Brewers? The Brewer Territory crew breaks it down, from Brice Turang's blast to the remarkable pitching effort." Via SportsRadio the Fan's Post Game Show w/ Tim Allen and Tommy Wortz Via WTMJ's Postgame Show with Dom Cotroneo - Craig Coshun is Dom’s guest Locked on Brewers with Chuck Freimund - "Surging: Another Case of the Milwaukee Brewers Outworking an opponent!"

Timber Rattler José Nova stranded the runner he inherited. That’s good! As for the error, the HBP, and the (gulp) seven wild pitches that followed, well, that’ll catch your eye. Have to feel for the 24-year-old.

Nashville Press Release: OF Luis Matos on the 7-day IL retroactive to May 9th. *** Side note: OF Greg Jones yet to be added to the Sounds roster after his outright off the 40-man. Nothing nefarious here, the CBA allows a 7-day reporting window. Just stating that the AAA OF depth will be a bit thin (Lara, Hurtubise, J. Adams, Leonard).