Link Report for Friday 4/8

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Friday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Junior Guerra at Memphis (Cardinals), 6:35 PM pre-game, 7:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him this season is Dan Acheson (@Dan_Acheson)

 

MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Colorado Springs games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $49.99 season-long package ($12.99 to pay for a single month). The audio feed is from the home team. The video of each game is archived online, which is a nice feature. All MiLB.TV details available at the link.

 

NOTE: Notice that on MiLB.TV's page, you can click on "Filter", then "Milwaukee Brewers", and you'll see just the Crew's organizational TV lineup.

 

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Biloxi: RHP Javier Salas at home vs. Chattanooga (Twins), 6:55 PM pre-game, 7:10 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Chris Harris is the play-by-play voice of the Shuckers. Follow Chris on Twitter @CHarris731. We'll be linking to his fantastic "Shuck Dynasty" blog. Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern) joins Chris often. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be radio broadcast.

 

MiLB.TV - Eight of the ten Southern League teams telecast their home games, and Biloxi is among them.

 

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Brevard County: TBD at home vs. Daytona (Reds), 5:35 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (Daytona Feed)

 

Unfortunately, the Manatees have dropped their broadcast coverage for 2016.

 

No Florida State League games are available via MiLB.TV. Ten of the 12 Florida State League teams provide audio (some only for home games), we'll do our best to let you know when an opponent's audio is going to be available.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Marcos Diplan at Beloit (Athletics), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link - WNAM

 

Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio.

 

MiLB.TV - Eight of the 16 Midwest League teams telecast their home games, and Wisconsin, once again, is among them.

 

NOTE: Thirty-nine (!) of the Rattlers' 70 home games will be broadcast on local TV this season. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (10) and WACY-TV My NEW32 (29) will split duties. We'll let you know when and who, and remember to refer to the Rattlers' full TV schedule (scroll to bottom of link) so you can coordinate your DVR activity.

[Mass Haas]

Follow Friday's action as it happens with box score / game log links:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

[Mass Haas]

Look for these just prior to the respective game times --

 

Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog

 

Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog

 

Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog

 

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STANDINGS:

 

AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division

 

AA - Southern League South Division

 

High-A - Florida State League North Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

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Weather.com:

 

Memphis, TN

 

Biloxi, MS

 

Viera, FL

 

Beloit, WI

[Mass Haas]

To see tweets as to when the Link Report has been technically "completed" with available links, as well as to know when the new day's Report has been posted, please follow @Mass_Haas on Twitter.

 

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Come on board!

 

If you'd like to be a Link Report contributor, feel free to drop me a note via this Brewerfan Forum private message link.

 

In particular, we're seeking "part-time" contributors who can job-share when others need much-deserved time off. At most, you'd be responsible for linking to a single box score / game log / game summary for the night, and (hopefully) pointing out any specifics of interest in the box that the summary may have overlooked.

 

NOTE: We have made the decision that for game summaries this season, we will be linking directly to the affiliate website (as we always did), but not simultaneously copying and pasting here, which was one of the more tedious aspects of Link Reporting in the past.

 

Next-morning newspaper reports will often be treated similarly, as well as any blog posts we come across.

 

Thanks.

[Mass Haas]

From Thursday --

 

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From Thursday -- get used to this

 

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Presenting the top 100 Minor League player names of 2016

 

Brewers well-represented!

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Notes via Zach Weber of the Brewers --

 

Orlando Arcia is the 2nd-youngest player on a Pacific Coast League Opening Day roster at 21.68 years of age.

 

At 19.87 years of age, LHP Kodi Medeiros is the youngest player in the Florida State League.

[fondybrewfan]

Is the MILB app working for anyone else? The schedule is still stuck on last September so the current games aren't being shown.

[And That]

I just re-downloaded it and everything is current. I couldn't watch video through the team screens, though. I had to back out and sift through all of the live feeds to find the one I wanted.

[Mass Haas]

Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet -- Who do you think is #3 based on pre-season buzz?

[fondybrewfan]

Thanks; I just re-downloaded it and now everything is current.

[Mass Haas]

Baseball America -- Which Brewers' affiliate is considered to be the 9th best overall roster (across all levels of MiLB)?

[Mass Haas]

Look for these just prior to the respective game times --

 

Colorado Springs Media Notes - Linked on the Sky Sox official blog

 

Biloxi Media Notes - Linked on the Shuck Dynasty blog

 

Wisconsin Media Notes - Linked on the Rattler Radio blog

 

The Rattlers notes are already up, and includes AUDIO with Manager Matt Erickson.

[Mass Haas]

You'll learn via the Erickson interview that longtime farmhand catcher Rafael Neda is hoping to transition to a front office career, but for now, will be assisting the coaching staff of the Rattlers. No official word on "retirement" status, but best wishes to Rafael.

[TheCrew07]

Is the MILB app working for anyone else? The schedule is still stuck on last September so the current games aren't being shown.

 

The only team that worked for me last night was the T-Rats but I didn't have time to play with it.

 

edit. I see you already fixed the problem so never mind.

[Mass Haas]

Wisconsin: RHP Marcos Diplan at Beloit (Athletics), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime

 

And another 19-year-old, RHP Freddy Peralta (one of the three teenage RHP's acquired in the Adam Lind deal), is Diplan's tandem partner.

 

Each makes their Rattler debut tonight, exciting!

[And That]

According to the box score, Zach Hirsch starting for Brevard.

[Mass Haas]

Thaddeus Krzus (@Shucks1stIntern), has a bright future, what a nice new feature on the previous game --

 

[Eye Black]

So it's a 27 degree wind chill and 23mph winds in Beloit. It couldn't get any worse, right?... Well now the lights have gone out and there is going to be at least a 20 minute "lights out" delay. Unbelievable.

[Jenkins5]

So it's a 27 degree wind chill and 23mph winds in Beloit. It couldn't get any worse, right?... Well now the lights have gone out and there is going to be at least a 20 minute "lights out" delay. Unbelievable.

 

Good News is Isan Diaz can still square up & smoke a ball in 20 degree weather.... 2-2 1bb and a HR!

 

Can you blame Diplan, a 19 year old Dominican player for struggling in weather 40-50 degrees colder than he has ever played in before

[TheCrew07]

This T-Rat game has been irritating for many reasons, but it looks like the game is going to be called after the 5th.

 

edit. It's actually a 30 minute visibility delay (wind and snow) at this point.

[And That]

It looks like Javi Salas hides the ball well against RHB. He wraps his arm behind his back, sort of like Mike Fiers, which I imagine gives righties a late read on the pitch. It also looks like he throws a bit harder than Fiers, with more sink. I hadn't seen him pitch before - I'm a big fan now.

 

Phillips just murdered a ball to deep left field, way out of the park opposite field. If you're questioning his power after his performance with Biloxi last year, I don't think you should be, judging by the 3 ABs I've seen of him this year.

[And That]

Final: Biloxi 6, Chattanooga 2

 

Shuckers' game recap:

Three homers back Salas in 6-2 victory

 

Biloxi Box Score

 

Maverick Phillips led the Shucker charge with 3 of the squad's 9 hits, including a double and a monster oppo blast that I mentioned above. And as I've said elsewhere, he's a premium defender in CF with range and huge arm. What you get out of him on the offensive side is icing on the cake. If he keeps showing that his power surge over the last few years in the Astros' system is for real, that's a lot of icing.

 

Elsewhere, Jacob Nottingham and Victor Roache notched their first jacks of the year. Nate Orf added two hits including a double. No walks for the Shuckers tonight, though Kyle Wren did see almost 30 pitches in his 0-4 performance.

 

Biloxi Game Log

 

Javi Salas took a no-no into the 6th and looked impressive, pounding the zone with sinking fastballs. Wound up with 8 K's and no walks in 5 and 2/3 innings. He's definitely on my radar now.

 

Biloxi Bottom of the 6th

 

Nate Orf flies out to right fielder Travis Harrison.

Brett Phillips singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher D. J. Baxendale.

Jacob Nottingham grounds into a double play, shortstop Engelb Vielma to first baseman D. Hicks. Brett Phillips out at 2nd.

 

Besides the double and home run, Phillips also legged out a bunt single.

 

Chattanooga Top of the 9th

Pitching Change: Jaye Chapman replaces Daniel Tillman.

Joe Maloney strikes out swinging.

D. J. Hicks strikes out swinging.

Travis Harrison flies out to right fielder Tyrone Taylor.

 

Has to be a little disappointing for Jaye Chapman (and Daniel Tillman) to be back in AA. But all they can do is keep their noses to the grindstone and wait for the call back to AAA and beyond.