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That will give people a chance to go and listen to the audio about Heckathorn's pitch count being built up so he can beginworking as a SP again.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Pre Game Audio Chris interviews manager Jeff Isom. This discuss the work ethic of the 2010 team vs 2009, pitching prospect Kyle Heckathorn, the challenges of early season weather, and scouting the opposing pitcher.

Good for him, I watched the Gamblers quite a bit when he was the coach up here and I was pleased when he was added to the staff at UW.

They just said on the MLB broadcast that Capuano will be starting on Tuesday for BC.

Yea I just edited my original post, I watched the HR again the DVR. Zaun was setup knee high outside, it came back up and to the middle. Horrible pitch.

The same pitch that Arnett got burned on to a lefty last night... that knee high inside corner fastball. I don't know why all lefties seem to kill that pitch, but I don't know why any pitching puts the ball there. edit. Just watched the DVR, disregard my previous, that ended up thigh high right down the middle

Jeff Isom out of the dugout for the second time in this game, this time Kris Davis was HBP, only it wasn't called a HBP.

Suppan isn't walking anyone, at least everyone is having to earn their way on, he usually manages to pitch relatively well when he limits the free passes.

At some point hopefully Escobar will quit making ill advised throws which are the majority of his errors. Make the easy and fundamental play when it's called for Esky, that was some pretty poor baseball.

The Cody fan would be clancy

Don't be hateful, it's the wind...

I missed the first inning of the T-Rats working on audio and listening in to Huntsville's pre game, but it wasn't good, the T-Rats are already down 4-0.

Check out the peripherals of the starter opposing the T-Rats tonight, his name is Liam Hendriks. Here's a scouting report on him from a very nice Twins blog. Scouting report below quoted from this post.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Pre Game Audio Chris interviews pitching prospect Andre Lamontange. They discuss his transition to the pen, he's familiarity with the Brewer organization, and getting locked in the porta potty.

Adams, Dykstra, and Lintz all removed from the P50 with Frederickson barely hanging on... yikes.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Pre Game Audio Chris interviews prospect Peter Fatse. They discuss his quick start to the season at the plate, bouncing around the lineup, his defense, and the bat speed program that Battlekow linked to.

I didn't make it sound like anything other than it is. Some people complained both ways and the majority of the time he's the player that people want to trade. Anything beyond that then you're reading more into what I wrote than I intended.

He just not controlling his FB well enough to be effective, the hitters are getting to tee off on way too many hitter's pitches. He let the #9 batter go deep on him... the pitch was belt high right down the middle... maybe he was just looking for a "get me over" strike but none the less he has work to do.

How does the 25 years prior have anything to do with the trade supposedly getting better? Acquiring Sabathia directly led to the the pitching situation in 2009, it wasn't wasn't the first domino to be sure, but it was the 2nd to last chance Melvin had to improve the rotation long term. Listen, you guys can have your playoff appearance. I get how much it meant to many of you, but don't revel in the failure of the prospects traded as proof it was the right move. The trade doesn't keep better because LaPorta hasn't hit like Braun and Brantley hasn't established himself yet. The Brewers still traded top prospects for a rental, it doesn't matter if both players get hurt tomorrow and never play another MLB game. I happen to like Cleveland, quite a bit actually, and I wanted the trade to work out well for both sides. People around here seem to forget that the Brewers wouldn't have made the playoffs even with Sabathia had the Mets not totally tanked for a 2nd year in a row, the Brewers did not control their own destiny. How would history view the trade without the playoff appearance, again regardless of how LaPorta and Brantley are playing? I'm still surprised how many posters aren't connecting the dots, looking at all of the trades that were made, the assets moved, to end up with the rotation we did in 2009. Be happy we made the playoffs 2008, but then don't whine about the rotation, and I think it's incredibly weak to root against the prospects traded. I can see people rooting against LaPorta for personal reasons, but Brantley was a classy young man that never did anything but work his tail off for the organization, and Byrson certainly didn't do anything to warrant anyone from Brewerfan to be rooting against him.

The entire 2009 season begs to differ with you.

endaround has always been very negative about Salome, he once said that Salome would have washed out of the system if he wasn't a catcher because he didn't hit enough. Salome won't get demoted simply because he doesn't deserve to be demoted, it has nothing to do with value, or commitment to the team, he already led the Southern League in hitting, what else does he have to prove at AA? Let's not make a mountain out of an ant hill, people were critical of him when he didn't go home to be with his wife during Spring Training, now they are being critical again when he leaves for a short time because she's actually having the baby. This is a make or break year for Angel and he know's it, I'm not sure how he became the red headed step child around here, but my goodness cut the guy some slack. I think both guys need to catch everyday, that's been my opinion all along. If the organization wants to jump Lucroy past Salome to MLB, that's fine by me, I don't see why any prospect has to spend extended time in AAA at all. As for position switches, Lucroy is much more likely to be able to play 1B, but his bat would be very average for a 1B. Salome is very short, and short doesn't make a good 1B. Maybe he could make it in the OF he's regained some speed as coach32sm has suggested, but he's not an IF.

Well I must say that's pretty interesting.

Which draftee from last season was featured by the website claiming to increase bat speed? It wasn't Fatse was it? edit. Ha, on a night when I'm just taking it easy looking at stats I call out Brock K and he had already gone yard. Way to make me eat it young man.

The other BK, Brock Kjeldgaard, sure hasn't hit for much power yet this year, though he is RH and Space Coast's 20 MPH winds blowing in from LF do tend to beat down the RH batter.

Yep guys that can't even break an .800 OPS like Chris Davis or a guy that hasn't done it since 2007 in Garrett Atkins, that's tough company to keep.