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There are way too many of these to make a single post for each, so to save time I'm going to initially consolidate them all here to save a significant amount of time. Moving forward I'll put them in their own posts. I skipped most of the observations on that weren't related to the '15 draft and many of these links have video as well. Singer fans 14 in dominant win Hillman fans 8 in 4 innings Nikorak sets the tone, delivers heat Beck continues to impress Finley continues to deal Molnar sharp at Boras Classic SoCal prep notes Kyler Murray to DH, rehab arm Lambert shines Notes from UYA Showcase

Monte Harrison goes YARD! No doubter to straight away left.

Kodi came out dealing and struck out the side in the 2nd, obviously much better.

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4 runs, 32 pitches, and quite a few hard hit balls including the last out which was an opposite field drive caught just short of the warning track towards the RF corner, but Medeiros is finally out of the inning. I was getting nervous about that pitch count, there's no reason to push a youngster towards 40 pitches in a single inning. I wonder if he would have been done had that hitter got on?

Chris if you read this both internet feeds, iHeartRadio and TuneIn are having volume issues again.

... and he walked in a run... 20 pitches by my count and no outs yet. Cedar Rapids just isn't swinging at his stuff out of the zone like the 2 previous teams were.

Medeiros is channeling Rizzo from last night, 2 belt high FBs for looping singles, then a HBP, and the first pitch to the 4th batter was ripped down the line the opposite way but 5 feet foul. Bases loaded no out, top of 1.

I plan on getting this thread caught up tonight if I can, though I'm so far behind it might take me a couple of days. In the meantime, why not jump on over to PG and sign up? Great draft information, player articles, and scouting reports await!

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The TRats got pummelled tonight as well, and oddly even though I was watching the Rattlers on the TV and following this game on Gameday, I'm not depressed. At least Wisconsin is extremely young as a team for the Midwest League and somehow not watching the Brewers play crappy makes it hurt less... there's a nice disconnect just following the plays on the computer rather than watching the ball fly out of the park on TV.

Kernels pull away for 10-1 win over Rattlers By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/3/0/119719130/cuts/4_Apr21_ElvisRubio_er5h7i9e_il19ivph.jpg Elvis Rubio had a pair of hits and scored a run for the Rattlers on Tuesday night, but the Kernels defeated Wisconsin 10-1. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica) GRAND CHUTE, WI - Trey Vavra's three-run homer broke a scoreless tie to send the Cedar Rapids Kernels on their way to a 10-1 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tuesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Vavra had three hits and drove in five runs for the Kernels. Wisconsin (3-10) had chances to get to Cedar Rapids starting pitcher Mat Batts early. Brandon Diaz doubled with one out in the first and Elvis Rubio doubled to start the second. Neither runner scored. Bats would set down twelve Rattlers in a row after the Rubio double. Rattlers starting pitcher Zach Hirsch allowed one hit through the first three innings, but the Kernels (9-4) got to him in the fourth. Zack Larson started the fourth with a singled. A grounder to third off the bat of Max Murphy went for a fielder's choice as Sthervin Matos went to second to try and get Larson, who was running on the pitch, on a force play. The throw was late and the Kernels had two on with no outs. Vavra hit the next pitch over the wall in center for a three-run home run. TJ White doubled to start the sixth inning. A fly ball to right got White to third and a sacrifice fly by Brian Navarreto drove in White for a 4-0 lead. The Kernels added to their lead in the top of the seventh inning against reliever Gian Rizzo. A double by Zack Granite started the inning. Larson, who went 3-for-4 on the night, drove in Granite with a one out single. Vavra's two-out RBI triple was followed by an RBI single by White and the Kernels were up 7-1. Wisconsin got on the board after the seventh inning stretch. Rubio singled off Batts with one out. Batts left the game with two outs and Rubio at second base. Kernels reliever Miles Nordgren hit Monte Harrison and gave up an RBI single to Carlos Leal before getting the final out. Cedar Rapids tacked on three more runs against Rizzo in the top of the eighth. Nick Gordon singled in the first run of the inning. Murphy drove in a run with a fielder's choice. Vavra picked up his final RBI of the game with a single to make it 10-1. Each batter in the Kernels order had at least one hit as they totaled 14 hits on the night. Wisconsin stranded eight runners and went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Game two of the series is Wednesday night. Kodi Medeiros (0-0, 0.87), the #1 pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2014, is the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Cedar Rapids sends Zack Tillery (2-0, 0.00) to the mound. Game time is 6:35pm. Wednesday night is a WIXX Bang for your Buck Night with soda, hotdogs, and beer available for $1. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, you can catch the action on television, on the radio, and on the internet. MyNEW 32's Sports Showdown will televise the game beginning at 6:30pm. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:15pm. The broadcast is also available on TuneIn Radio and MiLB.TV. HOME RUN: CR: Trey Vavra (3rd, 2 on in 4th inning off Zach Hirsch, 0 out) WP: Mat Batts (2-0) LP: Zach Hirsch (0-2) TIME: 2:23 ATTN: 320 Postgame Post – April 21, 2015 Just a pic from the game, no post game comments, but the pre-game interview with Josh Uhen is up. Wisconsin Boxscore Well this started as a finesse lefty pitcher's dual and ended up a laugher. Too often here in the early going the Rattlers are going 3+ innings at the plate without doing anything productive making it way too easy on the opposition, which was the case again tonight. Finally got to see Gian Rizzo though! He's compactly built and Erickson mentioned in the pre-game interview with the TV crew that Gian has been working hard on his mechanics. In his first inning he was around the plate the entire time, the first double was pretty much lucky garbage, but Cedar Rapids hit every mistake pitch he threw hard in both innings after that. He'd groove at least one pitch, and I do mean an absolute cob shot, belt high down the middle, to every batter and they didn't miss many. His FB is straight as an arrow and he didn't seem to be throwing all that hard, if there was a velocity report on his FB I missed it, I had Chris on the radio as well but both feeds were spotty tonight. He threw an average CB, flashing better at times, the TV crew gave the velocity on one of them at just 68 MPH, he also threw a decent change one of which the TV crew reported as 69 MPH. In his 2nd inning he got flustered a bit and the ball started going all over the place. I mentioned Jake Gatewood's defense earlier but he did foul a ball pretty hard off of his ankle or foot at the end of the game. He stayed in there, but if he's absent over the next couple of days that will be why. David Denson got the day off with Dustin DeMuth getting some time at 1B. DeMuth has hits in 5 of the last 6 games. Wisconsin Recap

There's a plethora of scouting reports available and after the Greinke trade I followed KC because I liked all of the prospects we sent that way and I wanted them to do well. He made 16 starts for KC in 2012, it's not like he only started in the minors.

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