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Haha, yep. And "Mercedes Roque" managed to make the Manatees, maybe as the bullpen car.

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Always nice to get some good news on a Monday to make it a little cheerier. Oh wait. I don't see why we'd expect Periard to escape surgery at this point.

I guess Chris Dennis is repeating Helena? Damn. Good to see that Zarraga got skipped straight to A-ball. Interesting that Edgar Trejo is there too.

I figured this might be interesting to some give the Jack Z connection and also that the Brewers were heavily rumored to be interesting in drafting Aumont in 2007 before shocking everyone and taking LaPorta: Aumont to bullpen role It's especially bizarre because, even if you accept the absurd idea that the Mariners are one late-inning reliever away from contending, they just drafted Josh Fields, who is supposed to ready later this year!

Rottino is going to play third at Huntsville.

Quoting myself from BCB:

No, I mean why are you optimistic about Farris's 2009 performance?

MH, why Farris?

I'm disappointed that Dillard is back to starting. His ceiling is pretty limited in that role, but he looked really good out of the bullpen last year.

Chris Dennis is my pick to click.

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Nelson selected to Brewers' 25-man NLDS roster By JARED PATTERSON PHILADELPHIA - Brad Nelson sat in his hotel room Tuesday night trying to soak everything in. It was, in fact, still hard for the former Algona Bishop Garrigan star to comprehend exactly what the last month has been like. First came the call he had waited for his entire life. After spending nearly six years in the minors, Nelson got the September call-up and was thrust into the Milwaukee Brewers' pennant race. He played sparingly in September, going 2-for-7 in pinch-hitting roles as the Brewers clinched the National League wild card on the final day of the regular season. Now the 25-year-old finds himself in the midst of the Brewers' first playoff series since 1982 as he was placed on the the 25-man postseason roster. "What a feeling," Nelson said. Nelson was pulled aside by manager Dale Sveum after practice in Philadelphia Tuesday and was told he made the playoff roster. If he hadn't made the roster Nelson had planned to head back to Algona to help his dad with the harvest before leaving to play winter ball in the Dominican Republic. "It's always good to see family, but I hate to say once in a lifetime, but you never know," he said. "How many great players have played this game and have never made it here?" Nelson won his spot over third baseman/first baseman Russell Branyan, who also bats left-handed but was on the disabled list for most of September with a strained right oblique, and utility man Joe Dillon, a right-handed hitter. "We were a little concerned with Branyan's health, though he looked fine today in (batting practice)," Sveum said in a press release after the Brewers worked out at Citizens Bank Park. "Nelly is a combination; he's played the most outfield of anybody else right now of those guys. "He's given us some really good at-bats. Knock on wood, I don't think he's had a poor at-bat since he's been here." During Nelson's month-long stint with the Brewers he had a front row seat for a laundry list of dramatic events. It started with the firing of Ned Yost when the team was still in first place in the wild card. Then it was CC Sabathia, giving countless dominant performances for the season's final month to help the Brewers to their first postseason since 1982 - the same year Nelson was born. Add in Ryan Braun's walk-off grand slam on the season's last weekend and the champagne celebration in the lockerroom on Sunday and it was a magical month for Nelson. "I've thought about it," Nelson said of the playoff-clinching celebration. "You watch it when you grow up as a baseball fan, but to experience it is unbelievable." Now it's to the playoffs, where the Brewers begin their best-of-5 series with the Phillies today at 2 p.m. (TBS). "It's still the same game," Nelson said. "I just have to relax. I've been playing my whole life for this."

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Brewers' top pick likely to join Timber Rattlers By Brett Christopherson • Gannett Wisconsin Media • September 23, 2008 GRAND CHUTE - Brett Lawrie - the Milwaukee Brewers' first-round selection in the June amateur draft - likely will play with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at some point next season, Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin said. Lawrie, a third baseman and catcher, was taken with the 16th overall pick and hails from Canada. According to Baseball America, the 18-year-old signed a deal that included a $1.7 million bonus. He didn't play in the Brewers system this season but did compete in the Summer Olympics in Beijing in August as part of Team Canada. "I would say there's a high percentage chance of him coming here and going through here," Melvin said during a stop at Fox Cities Stadium on Tuesday as the Brewers and Rattlers announced a four-year, low-Class A player development agreement. "But you just never know. You hate to make those predictions. "(Current Brewers slugger) Ryan Braun came through every level of our system. He played in rookie ball in Helena, he went to (low-A) West Virginia, to (Double-A Huntsville, to (Triple-A) Nashville. So we're pretty keen on letting our players go through each one of our systems. Brett, being a high school player versus a college player, more than likely the high school players would come through here." They'll remain the Timber Rattlers Timber Rattlers president Rob Zerjav said the partnership won't lead to an identity overhaul for his club. In other words, the team still will be known as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and feature the same maroon-and-black color scheme and primary logo as seasons past. The only changes Zerjav said fans will notice is the addition of a Brewers logo patch on the jersey sleeve and perhaps a uniform tie-in during Sunday games, during which players would wear a Brewers-themed jersey and an alternate logo on their caps. "We definitely want people to know we're an affiliate of the Brewers," Zerjav said. "We take a lot of pride in that." The last time the club had a major identity switch was between the 1994 and 1995 seasons, when it altered its uniforms and ditched the Appleton Foxes name as it prepared to move into Fox Cities Stadium. Who'll be the manager? The Timber Rattlers won't learn of their new manager and his field staff until later this fall. Melvin said minor-league coaching contracts expire at the end of October, so he predicted an announcement would be made by mid-November. Jeff Isom led the West Virginia Power to the South Atlantic League Championship Series this season in his first year at the helm. The Power was the Brewers' low-Class A affiliate for the past four seasons. "Obviously, people in the organization would be taken into consideration first," Melvin said. "We don't really have a timetable."

I think Brantley is going again.

I found out that unsigned 40th-rounder Nick Fogarty had Tommy John surgery recently.

Interesting that Komatsu was only 17th.

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