Link Report for Friday 7/15

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Thank you all -- I am involved in important matters that will keep me from kicking Link Report things off as you're accustomed to again this evening.

 

However, at this time, these matters are obviously not so critical that we haven't filled things in during the overnight and early AM without hardship on myself or others (in other words, I'm still following along like everybody else).

 

Should things change in the coming days, we'll provide a heads-up and the Link Report will become a bit more "community-contributory".

 

So until then, no more commentary from me each day other than to say "Let's Go, Brewer Farmhands, you've got some work to do in this second half".

 

Thanks again,

Jim G.

[Mass Haas]

MiLB.com feature -- organizational scoreboard, Brewers

[WV Brew]

DSL Brewers 5, DSL Cardinals 4

 

The Brewers scored 4 runs in the top of the 5th inning to take a 5-1 lead and held on to win.

 

Box Score

 

Jesus Brea held the Cardinals scoreless over the last 3 innings to pick up the save. Javier Castillo had the only multi-hit game going 2-3 with a double. Jesus Lujano and Yorki Franco had a triple each in the game.

 

Game Recap

 

The key 5th inning:

 

 

DSL Brewers Top of the 5th

 

Javier Castillo singles on a ground ball to third baseman Elehuris Montero.

Yorki Franco triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Wadye Ynfante, deflected by left fielder Diomedes Del Rio. Javier Castillo scores.

Pitching Change: Wilman Madera replaces Angel Rondon.

Luis Avila singles on a ground ball to center fielder Wadye Ynfante. Yorki Franco scores.

With Bryan Torres batting, Luis Avila steals (6) 2nd base.

Bryan Torres walks.

Jesus Lujano reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Raffy Ozuna. Luis Avila scores. Bryan Torres to 3rd.

With Bryan Connell batting, Jesus Lujano steals (3) 2nd base.

Bryan Connell strikes out swinging.

Jose Sibrian grounds out, shortstop Raffy Ozuna to first baseman Dariel Gomez. Bryan Torres scores. Jesus Lujano to 3rd.

Moises Perez strikes out swinging.

[markedman5]

Final line on Ponce: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R,

1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's

92 pitches, 63 strikes.

[Mass Haas]

From Thursday night in Idaho Falls, our first MiLB Helena video of the season -- Caleb Whalen

 

[Mass Haas]

Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet -- Which Brewer lands at #15?

[Mass Haas]

Sky Sox taking on rehabbing King Felix tonight.

[FVBrewerFan]

Final line on Ponce: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R,

1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's

92 pitches, 63 strikes.

 

Nice to see his arm has found the fountain of youth again.

[NYChez]

Peralta and Jungmann pitch well and Arcia hits a double off of Felix Hernandez.

[TheCrew07]

Wisconsin Falls 4-3 in 13 Innings on Walkoff Wild Pitch

Bowling Green sweeps three-game series from Rattlers

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

A walk off wild pitch... this team has been frustrating of late. Well I'll say this for the organization, they certainly are committed to Jake Drossner as he continues to get starts, many more than I would have given him. His raw stuff is better than his results would suggest so he's likely a reliever down the road if he sticks. I'd like for Miguel Diaz to find his groove again and it was nice to see Scott Grist bounce back from the walk off homer he allowed earlier in the week.

 

Despite playing 13 innings only 3 Rattlers had multi hit games; Troy Stokes (2-5,2B,BB), Mitch Ghelfi (2-6), and Carlos Belonis (2-5,2B).

 

Wisconsin Recap

[Eye Black]

Final: Brevard County 4, Jupiter 3

 

Ponce pitches Manatees to win over Jupiter

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

Cody Ponce's line was noted earlier. With 8 strikeouts tonight, Ponce now has 20 strikeouts over his last two outings (12.0 innings). On the season Ponce has 37 strikeouts while walking just 4. His season WHIP now sits at a cool 1.00.

 

Corey Ray (1-for-4) extended his hitting streak to six games.

 

With another hitless night Wendell Rijo falls to just 2-for-23 since joining the Brewers organization.

 

The Sea Cows #4, #5, #6 hitters each finished with a pair of hits, Clint Coulter (2-for-4, 2B), Elvis Rubio (2-for-4), and Blake Allemand (2-for-4).

 

Brevard County Game Log

 

Ponce struck out 4 of the first 5 Jupiter batters of the game including striking out the side in the 1st inning.

 

Jupiter Top of the 1st

• Jeremias Pineda strikes out swinging.
  Junior Sosa strikes out swinging.
  John Norwood singles on a line drive to center fielder Malik Collymore.
  With Brad Haynal batting, John Norwood steals (10) 2nd base.
  Brad Haynal called out on strikes.

 

The Manatees claimed the lead for good with a pair in the 6th inning.

 

Brevard County Bottom of 6th

• Pitching Change: Juancito Martinez replaces Luis Castillo.
  Blake Allemand singles on a line drive to left fielder Dexter Kjerstad.
  Dustin Houle lines out to right fielder John Norwood.
  With Jose Cuas batting, wild pitch by Juancito Martinez, Blake Allemand to 2nd.
  Jose Cuas walks.
  Malik Collymore strikes out swinging.
  Corey Ray singles on a line drive to right fielder John Norwood. Blake Allemand scores. Jose Cuas scores. Corey Ray to 2nd. Throwing error by catcher Chris Hoo.
  Wendell Rijo lines out sharply to shortstop Rony Cabrera.

[Mass Haas]

Originally posted on July 6th --

 

AUDIO via Tuesday's Sky Sox pre-game: Part One of a conversation with OF Kyle Wren

 

And now, Part Two of the conversation

 

Interesting discussion of playing outfield in Colorado Springs...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Tacoma 4, Colorado Springs 1

 

Sky Sox Silenced 4-1 By Hernandez, Rainiers

Manny Pina's home run isn't enough as Sky Sox drop second straight

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

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Colorado Springs Box Score

 

Seventy-one pitches in 4.1 innings for Wily Peralta; as you read, Michael Blazek's 2.1 innings were helped by defense, Blazek also stranded two runners he inherited...

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final: Arizona Indians 4, Arizona Brewers 3

 

Maryvale Box Score

 

A-Crew scored single runs in the 8th and 9th but couldn't overcome.

 

18-year-old Carlos Herrera was plucked as the youngest of the three pieces in the Adam Lind trade based partly on his control and command, and now sports a 19-to-3 K-to-BB ratio in 20 innings this summer (career 92-to-16 in 100 innings), so he's not disappointing early in his Brewers' tenure.

 

2nd year RHP Jack Finnegan made his first sppearance since his move down from Helena, he had last pitched on July 4th.

 

This was the pro debut of 20-year-old RHP Jake Smith, an undrafted free agent out of Nicholls State (LA). He struck out he side in his first pro inning, but also walked two and surrendered an unearned run.

 

Maryvale Game Log

 

3B Chad McClanahan, the 2nd most expensive piece of the 2016 draft class, is only 2-for-24 since homering in his first pro at-bat, but he's only K'd four times.

 

Audio interview with Ryan Aguilar. He played 1B last year with Arizona but has been an outfielder most of his baseball life. Models his game on Jacob Ellsbury.

 

Link

 

That's a 2015 interview that was posted in the Draft Forum on the 11th. Aguilar is 3-for-8 in his first two pro games, playing first base Friday night.

 

18-year-old corner infielder Gabriel Garcia played third base in this game, doubled twice, and is now 7-for-21 with five doubles (sweet) in his early pro career.

 

Brutal end to the game with a man on 3rd and less than two outs --

 

AZL Brewers Bottom of the 9th

 

Pitching Change: Dalbert Siri replaces Ben Krauth.

Gabriel Garcia strikes out swinging.

Jay Feliciano hit by pitch.

Nick Cain doubles (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Will Benson. Jay Feliciano scores.

Julio Mendez singles on a line drive to left fielder Oscar Gonzalez. Nick Cain to 3rd.

Nic Pierre grounds into a double play, shortstop Elvis Perez to second baseman Jorma Rodriguez to first baseman Jose Vicente. Julio Mendez out at 2nd.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Idaho Falls 9, Helena 2

 

Gee, heck of a Southern Swing road trip thus far -- not...

 

Chukars Complete Sweep

Brewers Drop Fifth Straight

Helena Brewers

 

IDAHO FALLS, ID - The Idaho Falls Chukars completed a three game sweep of the Helena Brewers with a 9-2 thumping on Friday night in front 3,280 at Melaleuca Field.

 

The Chukars chased Brewers starter Wuilder Rodriguez (2-1) from the game in the 4th inning, when they scored five runs on five hits, the big blow coming in the form of a three run home run from Yeison Melo.

 

Trailing 8-0, the Brewers bats came to life in the 5th, when they scored on a Franly Mallen double and Yeraldy Martinez single. That would amount to nearly all of the Helena offense however, as the team finished the game with just three hits - all in the 5th inning.

 

Jordan Desguin dominated the Chukars out of the bullpen, going four strong innings with six strikeouts, no walks and just two hits allowed.

 

Friday's loss was the Brewers 11th straight on the road, and 13th in the last 15 games overall.

 

Saturday will see the start of a four game series with the Ogden Raptors. First pitch at Lindquist Field is scheduled for 7:00 PM (8:00 Central).

 

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The Helena Independent Record wrote up this road game from a distance thusly --

 

IDAHO FALLS -- Talk about a woeful stretch.

 

The Helena Brewers dropped a 9-2 decision to the Idaho Falls Chukars Friday night at Melaleuca Field, getting swept in the three-game series.

 

The Brewers (10-17) have been outscored 44-9 in a five-game losing streak and have lost 16 of their last 21 games.

 

A five-run fourth inning boosted the Chukars (16-11), who held the Brewers to a meager three hits. Matt Portland earned the win, giving up three hits and two runs while striking out seven in five innings.

 

Idaho Falls made quick work of Brewers starter Wuilder Rodriguez, tallying eight runs and 10 hits in just 3 2/3 innings. The Chukars had three home runs in the contest.

 

Brewers reliever Jordan Desquin had a solid four innings, though, giving up just two hits, one earned run and struck out six.

 

Helena scored both of its runs in the second inning, courtesy of a Franly Mallen double and Yeraldy Martinez single.

 

Helena Box Score

 

22-year-old RHP Jordan Desguin (36th round, 2015, Florida Gulf Coast University) has it working -- two most recent appearances: 10 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 13 K's.

 

Helena Game Log

 

Lucas Erceg (DH'ing here, so no errors tonight) walked and singled, OBP now .446.

[Mass Haas]

In the DSL game, 17-year-old 6'3" Venezuelan LHP Luis Cordero got the one-innings start (scoreless), his first appearance since his June 9th debut. He's one of only two LH arms (recently-signed Wilfred Salaman) on the team.

[Mass Haas]

Ponce pitches Manatees to win over Jupiter

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

Doing yourself a disservice if you don't make use of Donny's write-ups, with quotes and other first-hand insights not available elsewhere. This season's Brevard coverage would be a black hole without his work available to us. We'll see what awaits us from some unknown high-A destination in 2017 (Kissimmee or elsewhere).

 

That being said, one other nugget from the Manatees' site provides a possible insight into better at-bats as of late --

 

"Our hitters did a much better job of commanding the zone, as far as swinging at their pitches and not giving away at-bats." Manager Joe Ayrault said, "Our hitting coordinator Jeremy Reed is in town, and I had a conversation with him about that today. Trying eliminate chasing pitches and getting your pitch to drive. You could see a difference in our guys tonight."

[Mass Haas]

Catching up - this is Thursday night's wrap-up of the 3-2 win:

 

[Mass Haas]

Sorry for singling out a 21-year-old, but what has happened to OF Brandon Diaz? The young man had a respectable .719 OPS as a 20-year-old Timber Rattler.

 

His line this year split between the two A-ball levels: a .411 OPS over 165 at-bats. That's hard to do.

[Mass Haas]

Betcha didn't know who is now normally based out of Idaho Falls (site of Helena's sad series sweep losses) --

 

The Chukars’ pitching coach Friday was not Jeff Suppan. In his stead was Royals minor league pitching coordinator Larry Carter.

 

Suppan is visiting St. Louis this weekend for a reunion with his former teammates on the 2006 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. Suppan started game four of that World Series, allowing three earned runs in six innings. The Cardinals won that game 5-4 and closed out the series a game later.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Biloxi 4, Birmingham 3

 

Berberet's go-ahead homer lifts Shuckers over Barons, 4-3

Taylor Jungmann tossed his first quality start of 2016 in a no decision

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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VIDEO via WLOX: Highlights from early in the game

 

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Biloxi Box Score

 

Brett Phillips walked three times, sustaining .760 OPS on patience and some pop...

 

Biloxi Game Log

 

So Wily Peralta was "OK" in Tacoma, and Taylor Jungmann was a bit better than "OK" here, take those outings for what they were, we suppose...

[homer]

Anyone got a read on Ghelfi? He's on fire right now but nearly every hit is a single. Is he getting lucky? Would seem to me if he was really squaring the ball up he'd have a bunch more doubles at least.

[TeesReport]

Ponce pitches Manatees to win over Jupiter

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

Doing yourself a disservice if you don't make use of Donny's write-ups, with quotes and other first-hand insights not available elsewhere. This season's Brevard coverage would be a black hole without his work available to us. We'll see what awaits us from some unknown high-A destination in 2017 (Kissimmee or elsewhere).

 

That being said, one other nugget from the Manatees' site provides a possible insight into better at-bats as of late --

 

"Our hitters did a much better job of commanding the zone, as far as swinging at their pitches and not giving away at-bats." Manager Joe Ayrault said, "Our hitting coordinator Jeremy Reed is in town, and I had a conversation with him about that today. Trying eliminate chasing pitches and getting your pitch to drive. You could see a difference in our guys tonight."

 

 

I appereciate the kind words, especially these days. It means a lot. I had the quote you reference from the team site and got so deep into writing it that I forgot to add the part about Reed. Joe pretty much echoed Reed's words, but that quote is at the end of my article.

 

That's neithere here nor there, just wanted to say thank you again. I will do my best for the rest of this season, but who knows what next year will bring. As of now, it looks like the Manatees last season, will likely be my last season.