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I've had many concerns about the Brewers over the years but signing their high draft picks isn't one.

Sounds Blank 'Birds In 1-0 Shutout Nashville's Gomez Goes 2-for-5 with Homer in 5th Inning Nashville Sounds http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/3/0/78648830/cuts/Jimmy_Nelson_805_2_Large_oivj6akn_x7xrw46m.jpg (MIKE STRASINGER ) MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The first-place Nashville Sounds (33-29) edged the Memphis Redbirds Friday night at AutoZone Park in a 1-0 shutout victory behind right-handed pitcher Jimmy Nelson and shortstop Hector Gomez. Gomez, 2-for-5, picked up where he left off last night to give Nashville its only run of the game in the fifth inning with a home run over the left field wall. The solo shot marked Gomez's eighth long ball of the season and his third over his last five at-bats, spanning back to his two-homer night on Thursday. Gomez has come on strong recently, with hits in 12 of his last 15 games at a .339 clip (20-for-59). Nashville saw many opportunities to score earlier in the contest, but a stingy Memphis defense stranded Sounds runners in each of the first five innings. The game began after a 57-minute-long rain delay with rehabbing Brewers lefty Tom Gorzelanny making the start for Nashville. He completed 2 1/3 scoreless innings on his 35-pitch limit. The 31-year-old allowed one hit and picked up a strikeout, throwing a total of 34 pitches and 22 for strikes. Reliever Dustin Molleken completed the third inning for the Sounds before the team's regularly scheduled starter, Jimmy Nelson (7-1), took the hill. Even out of the bullpen, Nelson looked every bit like the Pacific Coast League's ERA leader and delivered six scoreless frames for the Sounds to complete the shutout and lower his season average to 1.51. Nelson fought off an inning-opening double in the seventh and a bases-loaded jam in the eighth to pick up the victory: his seventh of the season and team-best sixth in a row. Nashville recorded seven hits to Memphis' four in the team's fourth shutout victory of the year. It is the Sounds' first nine-inning 1-0 win since blanking Oklahoma City at Greer Stadium on April 8, 2013. The Sounds will play game three against the Memphis Redbirds on Saturday night at 6:05. RHP Mike Fiers (6-3, 2.53) will start for Nashville opposite Redbirds lefty Nick Greenwood (3-2, 2.29) Broadcaster Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5 The Game. Nashville Boxscore Hector Gomez' instant offense was the difference in another fantastic appearance by Jimmy Nelson. Nelson allowed just 4 baserunners in his 6 innings (2 hits and 2 walks) though he didn't exactly pound the zone with 53 of 88 pitches going for strikes (60.2%). Tom Gorzelanny started and went 2.1 IP and while he's been effective at AAA the organization hasn't been enamored with his performance. Did everyone check out MH's very informative link earlier today on the Gorzelanny subject? I hope so, if he shares it then read it, it's always worth the time. Nashville Recap After the Sounds missed an opportunity in the first Gomez just took matters into his own hands... why rely on your teammates!? Nashville Top of the 1st Jeff Bianchi walks. Hector Gomez doubles (12) on a ground ball to left fielder Thomas Pham. Jeff Bianchi to 3rd. Caleb Gindl flies out to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Hunter Morris strikes out swinging. Eugenio Velez grounds out, third baseman Scott Moore to first baseman Xavier Scruggs. Nashville Gameday

Huge home crowd sees Rattlers beat Kernels 12-8 Wisconsin wins fourth straight game By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/9/5/4/78645954/cuts/Ortega_Triple_WEB_9bi9lrrc_569ei2nw.jpg Angel Ortega stands at third after his first inning triple on Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers gave their largest home crowd since 2008 a lot to cheer in a 12-8 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Wisconsin set a season high for hits in a game with fourteen to win their fourth straight game and they did it in front of 7,009 fans. The Kernels (27-34) started the scoring with a run in the first inning. Chad Christensen lined a double off the top of the wall in left field to score Ryan Walker from second base for a 1-0 lead. Wisconsin (29-31) loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first inning against Kernels starter Ryan Eades. It appeared the Kernels would get out of the frame with the lead intact as Eades got a force play at the plate and a strikeout. Then, he hit Jose Pena to force in a run. Francisco Castillo followed with a two-run single to right-center and the Rattlers were up 3-1. Rafael Neda added to the lead with an RBI single. Angel Ortega, the ninth man to bat in the inning, tripled to right to score both Castillo and Neda and Wisconsin had a 6-1 lead. The Kernels would storm back to tie the game as they scored five runs on two hits in the top of the second. Timber Rattlers starting pitcher Zach Quintana hit the first batter and walked the next two to load the bases to start the inning. Quintana issued a free pass to Jonathan Murphy to force in a run and he was pulled from the game. Walker greeted reliever Chris Razo with an RBI single. Christensen singled in another run with one out. Then, a wild pitch by Razo let in one more run. Bryan Haar's grounder to short scored the fifth run of the inning and that tied the game 6-6. Wisconsin went back in front almost immediately in their half of the second. Michael Ratterree tripled to right with one out. Clint Coulter doubled to left to drive in the go ahead run. Coulter took third on an error and scored an RBI grounder by Pena. Castillo knocked in his third run of the game with a two-out single and Wisconsin was back up 9-6. The Rattlers reached double digits in runs in the third inning. Johnny Davis singled with two out and stole second. Omar Garcia drove in Davis with a single that made it 10-6. Christensen knocked in another run, his third of the game, with a single in the top of the fourth to cut into the Wisconsin lead. Neda walked, Ortega singled, and Davis singled to load the bases with one out in the fifth. Garcia got Neda home with a sacrifice fly. An errant pickoff throw to first let Ortega score from third and the Rattlers were up 12-7. Tristan Archer came out of the bullpen and only had one rough inning. He gave up a single to Walker, walked Engelb Vielma, and allowed a single to Christensen to load the bases. A walk to Garver forced in a run and made it 12-8. Archer regrouped and retired the final nine batters he faced to earn his third save of the season. The last time the Timber Rattlers had a home crowd of over 7,000 was on August 2, 2008. They drew 7,190 to that game against the Great Lakes Loons. Davis and Ortega each had three hits and Castillo drove in three runs to pace the Rattlers attack. The Timber Rattlers have matched their season high winning streak of four straight games. But, the Rattlers stayed three games behind the Peoria Chiefs in the Western Division Wild Card race. Peoria won 1-0 at Beloit on Friday night. There are nine games remaining in the first half. Wisconsin hits the road on Saturday to begin a three-game series with the Clinton LumberKings. Anthony Banda (1-5, 5.01) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Eddie Campbell (4-3, 5.13) is set to start for the LumberKings. Game time is 6:30pm. Tune in for the radio broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:10pm. WP: Chris Razo (1-0) LP: Ryan Eades (3-7) SAVE: Tristan Archer (3) TIME: 2:52 ATTN: 7,009 Wisconsin Boxscore What awesome attendance! Kudos to the Fox Valley, 7k+ for an A ball game is tremendous! Not to mention 4 wins in a row, this was certainly an entertaining game. I watched the first 6 innings and listened to the last 3 because Mehring is the man and I had some draft research to do on the division. Zach Quintana just isn't able to find the strike zone with any consistently and I don't really understand his placement in WI? I guess it could be sink or swim, but he's sinking... He continues to miss to all sides of the plate and of course up and down. Usually pitchers in A ball have something to hang their hat on, but the only positive I can see in Zach is that he works very fast which I personally really enjoy. Here's his draft scouting report: His stuff is still very inconsistent and his command must have taken a step backwards. He was maybe a #3 on draft day... today he should probably be back in R ball, he's just not ready... he only faced 9 batters but didn't get ahead of a single one throwing just 14 of 39 pitches for strikes. Evin Nina went out to the mound in both innings and was fairly demonstrative in his discussions with Zach. It helped it in the 1st, not so much in the 2nd. Chris Razo wasn't sharp in the 2nd, he left balls up to allow all of his inherited runners to score, but was better the rest of the way. Tristan Archer on the other hand had one of his better outings after a tough 6th where he walked in a run. Thankfully the bats were awesome, especially in the 1st doing almost all of the damage with 2 outs and putting a up a season high 14 hits even though they didn't record a hit after the 5th inning. Johnny Davis (3-5), Omar Garcia (2-4), Francisco Castillo (2-4), and Angel Ortega (3-4,3B) had the multi hit games. Ortega posted back to back multi-hit games for the 2nd time this season, maybe a sign of better times ahead? Wisconsin Recap This how Quintana's day ended. The "wild pitch" charged to Razo towards the end of the inning... it was a breaking ball that bounced right behind home plate, then almost straight up and a bit to Coulter's right and but went to the screen. It should have been an easy block but Clint dropped his left knee, which turned his hips so he wasn't square to the ball, and it just glanced off him instead of getting smothered. Cedar Rapids Top of the 2nd Michael Quesada hit by pitch. Bo Altobelli walks. Michael Quesada to 2nd. Ivory Thomas walks. Michael Quesada to 3rd. Bo Altobelli to 2nd. Jon Murphy walks. Michael Quesada scores. Bo Altobelli to 3rd. Ivory Thomas to 2nd. Pitching Change: Chris Razo replaces Zach Quintana. Ryan Walker singles on a line drive to left fielder Omar Garcia. Bo Altobelli scores. Ivory Thomas to 3rd. Jon Murphy to 2nd. Engelb Vielma strikes out swinging. Chad Christensen singles on a line drive to center fielder Johnny Davis. Ivory Thomas scores. Jon Murphy to 3rd. Ryan Walker to 2nd. With Mitch Garver batting, wild pitch by Chris Razo, Jon Murphy scores. Ryan Walker to 3rd. Chad Christensen to 2nd. Mitch Garver grounds out, shortstop Angel Ortega to first baseman Rafael Neda. Ryan Walker scores. Bryan Haar grounds out to first baseman Rafael Neda. Wisconsin Gameday

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Bucs' Bell collects career-high five hits Club's No. 6 prospect has best pro night at plate in Marauders loss

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Just as Colby predicted... Subscriber content. Reds Draft Virginia Closer Howard As A Starter

Simple physics and geometry, the more geometric planes the body operates in during a pitch, the harder it is for the muscles to account for all the different movement, which makes it harder to repeat the delivery and will likely sap velocity and command. Since there's not much fixing of mechanics I prefer athletic pitchers who's can more easily compensate and throw strikes. Think of it like this, how many starting pitchers are there in the majors who fall off incredibly hard to one side of the mound or the other? It's the most complicated delivery possible because there is centrifugal force acting away from home plate so not only do the muscles have to account for the arm motion they also have to account for the motion of the entire body at the same time. Or the common analogy I use because most of my guys also played basketball, but what happens when you "fly" the elbow out to the side during your shot? Well you're likely going to miss right and left... Why? Because the shoulder, elbow, and wrist are no longer operating in a single plane which forces the body to compensate right & left instead of just distance on the shot. That's why generally I'm not not a fan of 3/4 or lower arm slot pitchers, it's harder on the arm in the elbow area and a naturally more complicated delivery which makes it harder to repeat. Plenty of pitchers can do it and be successful but they are all very good athletes.

Subscriber content... TH bringing it strong like always can't even get a name right in the Micro Brew section, what a clown. Late Workout Sells Brewers On Medeiros June 6, 2014 by Tom Haudricourt edit. Just in case the story gets edited somehow Jacob Gatewood became a new prospect named Jacob Greenwood. It's too bad McAlvey isn't the local beat writer, he'd give BA much better stories. edit 2. original edit read weird, fixed.

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Damn we missed out on Kenny Powers! I loved that show... McCullough, Mason: One area scout compared McCullough to Kenny Powers of HBO's "Eastbound & Down." Both guys can throw the ball through a brick wall, provided they can hit the wall, and both guys can get into trouble off the field. North Carolina dismissed McCullough from its program last fall for repeated violations of team rules, so he transferred to Lander, which made its first NCAA Division II College World Series appearance in 2014. McCullough has a big league body and a fastball that has been clocked as high as 100 mph, though he has yet to harness it. He walked nearly a batter per inning this spring and sometimes will work out of the stretch with no runners on base in an attempt to throw strikes. There's no finesse with McCullough, who relies heavily on throwing mid-90s heat. He'll show an interesting mid-80s slider on occasion, though he doesn't use it much. He'll almost certainly work out of the bullpen in pro ball, and he won't be more than a middle reliever unless he can make some refinements, but it's also very easy to dream on his arm strength.

So far I really like what Callis is bringing to MLB's draft coverage.

That's tough until I get to see Sneed pitch in person but Quintana hasn't been impressive at all, he'd be be the bottom guy for me but right now I'll say Astin has the best chance to have a MLB career.

I like the Stokes pick, I wasn't expecting anything more than a college reliever.

My heart sank a little with the "Brewers take redraft ID..." always means someone previously in the draft... I wanted one more intriguing upside guy in the top 10 but I do understand. Hopefully we have a couple of interesting upside guys after the 10th.

I'd like one of the young HS pitchers here then start the run on college seniors... Mac Marshall is the pitcher I want to be specific, but there are bunch that would fit nicely here.

Jimmy Nelson! Prospect Hot Sheet (June 6): Lamb Anything But Silent In The Team Photo Not-So Hot

No, the only SS who looks like he could be an everyday MLB player is Arcia who will be 4 levels ahead of Lara who may not end up at SS long-term himself. edit. I didn't mean that the way it came off, Arcia is a true defensive MLB SS, players like Gatewood and Neuhaus could end up playing different positions, as may Lara.

I meant to post this last night... *sigh* anyway it's subscriber content. I said when I picked for them in the mock draft: "The Pirates always go upside and aren't afraid to deviate from the industry consensus about a player if they have a different opinion of the young man", so while I was surprised, I shouldn't have been. Pirates Buck Consensus By Picking Tucker

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