Link Report for Saturday 7/9 - 4th Round RHP Corbin Burnes makes Wisconsin debut

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Saturday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Jorge Lopez at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 7:30 PM pre-game, 8:05 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: TBD at Pensacola (Reds), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 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: RHP Cody Ponce at Bradenton (Pirates), 5:30 PM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (Bradenton 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 Corbin Burnes at home vs. Peoria (Cardinals), 6:15 PM pre-game, 6:35 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

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. We'll let you know when a road TV feed is available.

 

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.

 

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Helena: RHP Jordan Desguin at home vs. Missoula (Diamondbacks), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We welcome and look forward to hearing first-year Voice of the H-Crew Craig Durham ([b@CraigMDurham[/b] on Twitter).

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at the Indians' complex in Goodyear, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Nationals, 9:30 AM, although game data won't be available until later in the day

 

We'll link to this Dominican Summer League Brewers' thread as part of the Daily Menu all season to assist you with your familiarity with these young men.

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale. AZ

 

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

 

Pioneer League North Division

 

Arizona League Central Division

 

Dominican Summer League San Pedro Division

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

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Weather.com:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Pensacola, FL

 

Bradenton, FL

 

Grand Chute, WI

 

Helena, MT

 

Goodyear, AZ

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

[Mass Haas]

Timber Rattlers DVR Alerts (including tonight!)

 

SAT, July 9, vs. Peoria Chiefs, 7:00 PM, MyNew32 TV

 

MON, July 11, vs. Peoria Chiefs, 7:00 PM, TWC SportsChannel

[Mass Haas]

Be sure you see the cool photo gallery just linked in our Dominican Summer League thread.

[reillymcshane]

I'm still amazed Burnes fell to us in the 4th round.

[Mass Haas]

From the Transaction Thread --

 

Angel Ventura promoted to Biloxi. Freddie Peralta to Brevard.

 

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Ventura is the TBD for Biloxi tonight.

 

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Also, it's apparent, at least for now, that the Twitterverse tweet we linked to in Friday's report indicating Helena RHP Trey Supak is in Wisconsin, should have indicated one of the other of the promoted Corbin Burnes (from Maryvale) or Zack Brown (from Helena) instead.

[Tater3154]

Supak was in uniform for the T-Rats last night on the bench. Wore number 20.

[Mass Haas]

Supak was in uniform for the T-Rats last night on the bench. Wore number 20.

 

OK then, thanks.

 

Pretty unusual to be in uniform but not formally on the roster, but his activation must be imminent.

[Mass Haas]

From the Transaction Thread --

 

Angel Ventura promoted to Biloxi. Freddie Peralta to Brevard.

 

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Ventura is the TBD for Biloxi tonight.

 

Shuckers currently sporting the 14 pitcher - 11 position player look.

[Mass Haas]

Chris Mehring confirms that RHP Zack Brown will be RHP Corbin Burnes' tandem partner this evening. Go that DVR set?

[markedman5]

Ponce is back......5 innings 2 hits 0 walks and ....

 

Ponce strikes out the side for the second consecutive inning. He now has 11 and has thrown 65 pitches. May be it, we'll see.

[markedman5]

Corbin Burnes is off to a nice start in Wisconsin:

 

4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K #TRats

[TeesReport]

If it wasn't for bad luck, the Manatees would have none at all. Marauders tie it with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth and win it on a walk-off single in the 13th. Ponce has his 12 strikeout performance go for naught.

[Austin Tatious]

Great updates, guys.

 

I'm surprised they moved Peralta up to BC before they moved Diplan. Diplan is still at Wisconsin, right? Or did I miss his promotion?

[brewmann04]

Who the younger of the two

[TheCrew07]

Great updates, guys.

 

I'm surprised they moved Peralta up to BC before they moved Diplan. Diplan is still at Wisconsin, right? Or did I miss his promotion?

 

I was positive the TV crew said tonight that both Diplan and Peralta were promoted, but I've been unable to find anything on Diplan, Ereckison didn't mention it in the post game interview either. For the record I'm not in favor of promoting Diplan this season given the current status of his control and command. They already pushed Medeiros up before I feel he was ready and I'd rather they not push Diplan up simply because his ERA and peripherals are nice and shiny.

 

I'd much rather Diplan works on his control where he can have success without it in WI and be promoted next year, then if he struggles so be it.

[FVBrewerFan]

Ponce, wow. Really great to see a top prospect other than Diplan dominate like that, it's been a while.

 

Also, Tyrone Taylor keeps hitting, great to see he was able to mentally deal with a horrible start of the season and turn it around.

[Eye Black]

Final (13 innings): Bradenton 2, Brevard County 1

 

Ponce fans 12, Marauders walk-off in 13

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

Holy cow Cody Ponce, 6.0 innings with only 3 hits and 0 runs is very nice, but 12 strikeouts and 0 walks is the kind of stuff Link Report legends are made of. Of Ponce's 73 pitches thrown, 52 were strikes.

 

Nice to see Freddy Peralta join the Manatees staff, he did labor a bit over his 2.1 innings throwing 52 pitches and allowing 2 hits, 1 run, 3 walks with 1 strike out.

 

During July this has started to sound like a broken record, Dustin DeMuth (3-for-4, 2B, BB) had his 6th straight multi-hit game and stretched his hitting streak to 7 games. DeMuth is 15-for-24 (.625) over the past six games.

 

Corey Ray (2-for-6) had his first multi-hit game as a professional, but unfortunately was thrown out at second base in his first career stolen base attempt.

 

Brevard County Game Log

 

The Manatees losses continue to pile up (currently at 5 straight), but there are plenty of intriguing players in Brevard County to keep our attention on a nightly basis despite the team's struggles.

[FVBrewerFan]

Great updates, guys.

 

I'm surprised they moved Peralta up to BC before they moved Diplan. Diplan is still at Wisconsin, right? Or did I miss his promotion?

 

I was positive the TV crew said tonight that both Diplan and Peralta were promoted, but I've been unable to find anything on Diplan, Ereckison didn't mention it in the post game interview either. For the record I'm not in favor of promoting Diplan this season given the current status of his control and command. They already pushed Medeiros up before I feel he was ready and I'd rather they not push Diplan up simply because his ERA and peripherals are nice and shiny.

 

I'd much rather Diplan works on his control where he can have success without it in WI and be promoted next year, then if he struggles so be it.

 

Contrary to what some people here claim, the Brewers have actually been pretty aggressive in their assignments and promotions. Most of the top prospects are young for the level they're playing at. Arcia, Nottingham, Medeiros, Isan Diaz, Peralta and others. Plus the aggressive assignment of Ray to BC.

 

I don't know much, but seems that pitchers should be more complete before they advance to BC. Medeiros should have started in Appleton, I agree with that.

[TheCrew07]

Rattlers fall 3-2 to Peoria

Late lead disappears

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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Brandon Diaz doubled and drove in two runs for the Timber Rattlers on Saturday night. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Nick Guenther)

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Corbin Burnes' predraft scouting report can be found here. Of the 2 scouting reports posted there I find the MLB.com version to be more accurate after 4 innings. I was disappointed by Zack Brown's 8th inning, he basically gave the game away with Wild Pitches, and I don't recall the last time I saw a professional player advance 2 bases on a single WP.

 

Brandon Diaz made a fantastic diving in catch in CF, then later had the 2 run double, but he's swinging off his back foot constantly, which bothered me when Prince Fielder started doing that after his 50 HR season, and if I thought it didn't make sense for a powerful 1B it certainly doesn't make sense for a smallish CF. I would guess that's probably the reason he's hitting just .158 and striking out so much (22 of 38 ABs already in relief of Trent Clark), he didn't do that last season. He's always had a higher strike out rate (83 in 283 ABs for 2015), but not this bad.

 

The Rattler hitters were constantly upset with the home plate umpire, I didn't start watching till the end of the 3rd, so I might have missed a catalyst earlier in the game, but there were quite a few instances where T-Rats struck out looking and had quite a bit to say as they walked back to the dugout.

 

Wisconsin Recap

 

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Postgame Post – July 9, 2016

3 audio interviews, but currently the Brandon Diaz and Corbin Burnes audio are mislabeled and flip flopped.

 

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[TheCrew07]

Shuckers drop fifth straight in opener at Pensacola

Nick Ramirez was 2-for-3 and blasted his 10th homer of the season

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Nick Ramirez hit his 10th homer of the season on Saturday night in the seventh inning. (Jason Clark)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

Angel Ventura didn't pitch exceedingly well, my expectation of him would be to start a tad slow and quickly improve, that's what I've seen him from at each level so far.

 

Tyrone Taylor (2-4,2B) has multi hit games in 6 of his last 10, which is awesome considering how many people were leaving him for dead earlier in the season. He now has the exact same AVE (.246) as Brett Phillips, obviously without the power of Phillips so Taylor's OPS is just .655, but he's also only struck out 51 times in contrast to Phillips' 98. All things being equal I lean power, but all things are not equal here so this CF of the future thing is a much different race than it appeared earlier this season. Brett has the higher ceiling but I've always been fond of Tyrone. This will be an interesting battle moving forward...

 

Nick Ramirez is playing much better of late, with 3 multi hit games in his last 4. I would really like to combine him with Garrett Cooper to make a fairly projectable 1B, but unfortunately life isn't a video game and I can't edit Ramirez' contact rate or Cooper's power.

 

Biloxi Recap

[WV Brew]

DSL Brewers 3, DSL Nationals 2

 

Box Score

 

Three pitchers combined to give up no earned runs for the Brewers. Joaquin De La Cruz went 5 innings and got the win. He had 5 strikeouts but also walked 3.

 

Recap The 4th inning was decisive:

 

 

DSL Brewers Bottom of the 4th

 

Moises Perez singles on a line drive to center fielder Franklin Sierra.

Marcos Pinero walks. Moises Perez to 2nd.

Luis Avalo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Franklin Sierra. Moises Perez to 3rd. Marcos Pinero to 2nd.

Yorki Franco walks. Moises Perez scores. Marcos Pinero to 3rd. Luis Avalo to 2nd.

Pitching Change: Jairon Peguero replaces Felix Taveras.

Jose Pena strikes out swinging.

Javier Castillo singles on a ground ball to second baseman Luis Aquino. Marcos Pinero scores. Luis Avalo to 3rd. Yorki Franco to 2nd.

Edwin Sano flies into a double play, left fielder Yoel Andujar to catcher Roberto Medina. Luis Avalo out at home.

[Mass Haas]

Manatees' Ponce fans career-high 12

Brewers No. 8 prospect gives up three hits over six scoreless innings

By Michael Leboff / MiLB.com

 

In a start in which Brewers No. 8 prospect Cody Ponce set career highs with 12 strikeouts and six scoreless innings, he was most satisfied with the fact that he didn't walk a single batter for the third straight outing.

 

"My goal is to walk the least amount of people I can," he said. "Minimizing walks is something I strive for every time. Some people would say the 12 strikeouts is the best part of my outing, but to me it was the no walks. It's an organizational rule to limit the walks as much as we can."

 

In his seventh start of the season, Ponce allowed three hits on Saturday before Class A Advanced Brevard County fell, to Bradenton, 2-1, in 13 innings at McKechnie Field. It was the second straight scoreless outing for the 2015 second-round pick, who posted five zeros against Dunedin on July 4.

 

"I talked with my catcher, Dustin Houle, and we went with what worked last time," Ponce said. "We established the fastball low and away and low and in. Then we worked off that with my off-speed stuff."

 

After beginning his outing with a 1-2-3 first and working around a single in both the second and the third, Ponce put on a clinic in the fourth and fifth, striking out six straight Marauders.

 

"I felt really strong in the beginning, but as I got deeper, I felt even better and more comfortable," the 22-year-old right-hander said. "We had a lot of trust in my changeup tonight and it served as a good setup pitch when I was behind in the count, and then the slider was the wipeout pitch. I have to give Dustin the credit tonight, I don't think I shook him off one time, and I trust my defense and that makes the strikeouts a lot easier to come by."

 

Ponce was able to work around a leadoff single to get through the sixth for the first time in his career. The Cal Poly Pomona product was efficient, throwing 52 of 73 pitches for strikes.

 

"My goal every night is to go all nine, no matter what," he said. "I think that's every starting pitcher's goal and tonight, six was my limit, and I got through it. I wanted to go one more, but that's the nature of the beast. You always want to keep going."

 

After spending the first two months of the season in extended spring training to recover from forearm fatigue, Ponce made his season debut on June 8. He's pitched to a 3.24 ERA and 1.00 WHIP while fanning 29 and walking three in 26 innings.

 

"I've worked with my teammate, Kodi Medeiros, a lot on living over the zone," he said. "That's what they teach here; we call it living over the fat part of the plate. He's really helped me catch up to these guys and stay on track after I had a little bump in the road with the forearm fatigue."