Link Report for Friday 8/12

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF!

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Aaron Wilkerson at home vs. Albuquerque (Rockies), 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: RHP Taylor Jungmann at Jackson (Mariners), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:05 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: LHP Kodi Medeiros at Dunedin (Tigers), 5:30 PM gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link (Dunedin 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 Jordan Desguin at Beloit (Athletics), 6:40 PM pre-game, 7:00 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 Wuilder Rodriguez at home vs. Orem (Angels), 7:35 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 (@CraigMDurham on Twitter).

 

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Arizona Rookie (Maryvale): at home vs. the shrunken White Sox, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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DSL Brewers: at home vs. the DSL Nationals, 9:00 PM gametime; never audio for games in this league

 

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Brevard County

 

Wisconsin

 

Helena

 

Maryvale

 

DSL Brewers

 

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

 

Jackson, TN

 

Dunedin, FL

 

Beloit, WI

 

Helena, MT

 

Maryvale, AZ

 

San Pedro de Macoris, DR

[Mass Haas]

Friday's farmhand birthday --

 

Sky Sox RHP Austin Ross is 28

[Mass Haas]

Thursday's Game --

 

[Mass Haas]

Posted that last clip for the camera work -- oh well!

[WV Brew]

DSL Brewers 6, DSL Nationals 2

 

A 5 run 4th inning was more than enough to win this game for the Brewers. They had quite a bit of help from the Nationals:

 

 

DSL Brewers Bottom of the 4th

 

Jesus Lujano walks.

Moises Perez walks. Jesus Lujano to 2nd.

With Bryan Connell batting, throwing error by Malvin Pena on the pickoff attempt, Jesus Lujano to 3rd.

Bryan Connell singles on a ground ball to pitcher Malvin Pena. Jesus Lujano scores. Bryan Connell to 2nd. Moises Perez advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by pitcher Malvin Pena.

Bryan Torres walks.

Pitching Change: Gerald De La Cruz replaces Malvin Pena.

With Yorki Franco batting, wild pitch by Gerald De La Cruz, Moises Perez scores. Bryan Connell to 3rd. Bryan Torres to 2nd.

Yorki Franco walks.

Aaron Familia out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Santo Falcon. Bryan Connell scores.

Luis Avalo grounds out, second baseman Franklin Sierra to first baseman Adanlis Martinez. Bryan Torres to 3rd. Yorki Franco to 2nd.

Luis Manon reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Luis Aquino. Bryan Torres scores. Yorki Franco scores.

Antonio Pinero grounds out, second baseman Franklin Sierra to first baseman Adanlis Martinez.

 

5 runs on one single fielded by the pitcher! DSL Brewers Game Log

 

Henry Medina got the win going 7 innings (3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K). Yunior Juan pitched the final two innings. Jesus Lujano was 1-2 with a BB and 2 stolen bases. Bryan Connell was 2-3 with a walk and a double. DSL Brewers Box Score

[reillymcshane]

JP Breen did a Baseball Prospectus baseball chat today - lots of Brewer prospect questions:

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=1363

[WV Brew]

According to the Blue Jays' announcer, Medeiros is now throwing his fastball in the mid-80's with curveball in the 70's. This is really not working at all. Maybe it's time to pull the plug and go back to square one. He can't throw his fastball for strikes even dropping his speed by 10 mph.

[TheCrew07]

Moore holds Shuckers in check during 3-1 loss to Generals

Taylor Jungmann turned in his fourth consecutive quality start in loss

Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Taylor Jungmann allowed three runs over seven quality innings on Friday night (Mark P Driscoll)

 

Biloxi Boxscore

Taylor Jungmann was much better later in the game, but by then the Shuckers were already down 3-1 and with the typical offensive output of this team being down just 2 runs seems like a steep hill to climb. Biloxi has scored just 385 runs in 115 games, Jackson has scored 531 in the same number.

 

Opposing pitcher Andrew Moore is more of a sniper than a stuff guy, his FB is very average, but his control is excellent, his off speed has improved, and he got the better end of this dual.

 

Dustin DeMuth has gone hitless 2 games in a row, say it ain't so!

 

Biloxi Recap

[markedman5]

Another terrible start for Wilkerson.

[MKE81]

According to the Blue Jays' announcer, Medeiros is now throwing his fastball in the mid-80's with curveball in the 70's. This is really not working at all. Maybe it's time to pull the plug and go back to square one. He can't throw his fastball for strikes even dropping his speed by 10 mph.

Hes a pen guy. Get him out of the rotation already and let him grow much quicker through system. All he needs is his fastball and curve (or slider, whichever it is). Change his routine and mind set

[pogokat]

Corey Ray now has a .905 ops in August. He's hitting like the top prospect he is...

[Eye Black]

Final: Dunedin 6, Brevard County 2

 

Medeiros shaky in loss at Dunedin

By Donald Rieber, Jr., 27 Outs Baseball

 

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Brevard County Box Score

 

As mentioned earlier in the thread, Kodi Medeiros was reportedly working 84-86 mph with his fastball. I have to assume the organization had him working on some specific things since that is a fairly steep velocity drop-off from earlier this season. Medeiros gave up 5 hits and 4 walks leading to 5 runs over his 4.0 innings worked.

 

For the second consecutive night Corey Ray (2-for-4, HR) left the yard. Hoping to see the recent power surge continue through August. The other two hit performances were Blake Allemand (2-for-4, 2B) and Mitch Ghelfi (2-for-3, 2B)

 

David Denson managed a hit in his first game with the Manatees on August 4th. Since then he has gone 0-for-26 from the plate.

 

Brevard County Game Log

[TheCrew07]

Snappers Shutout and Slam the Rattlers

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

 

Wisconsin Boxscore

Jordan Desguin got the loss but pitched extremely well allowing 1 run on 4 hits and a walk over 5 innings while striking out 5. Jake Drossner struggled coming out of the pen, which was atypical as I've pointed out for whatever reason he's been much more effective in relief this season. That 8th inning really got away from him.

 

Lucas Erceg (2-4) recorded the only multi hit game for the Rattlers and while the Rattlers put 9 hits on the board, they combined poor situational hitting with mistakes on the bases and managed just the 1 run.

 

Wisconsin Recap

[reillymcshane]

Sky Sox Fall To Isotopes 7-4 In Opener

Reed's four hits not enough as Sky Sox drop first game.

By Aaron Cheris / Colorado Springs Sky Sox

 

Colorado Springs Boxscore

 

Despite 15 hits, the Sky Sox couldn't score much this evening, getting only four runs in their lose to Albuquerque. Aaron Wilkerson was unimpressive surrendering eight hits and three walks in just three innings of work. Welcome to Colorado Springs!

 

Michael Reed continues to hit the ball well, going 4-4 including a double and an RBI. Reed has boosted his batting average to .256 for the year. Kyle Wren and Lewis Brinson each had three hits for the Sky Sox, while Brandon Macias and Garin Cecchini each added a pair.

 

Andrew Susac is just 2 for 30 since joining the Sky Sox in the trade for Will Smith.

 

Colorado Springs Game Log

 

Colorado Spring had a chance to get back into the game in the 7th inning, but Nate Orf grounded into a double play with bases loaded. The Sky Sox had to settle for one run despite four hits in the inning.

 

Col. Springs Bottom of the 7th

 

Pitching Change: Shane Carle replaces Harrison Musgrave, batting 9th, replacing Brandon Barnes.

Michael Reed singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mike Tauchman.

Garin Cecchini singles on a ground ball to right fielder Raimel Tapia. Michael Reed to 2nd.

Yadiel Rivera flies out to right fielder Raimel Tapia.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Brandon Macias replaces Michael Kirkman.

Brandon Macias singles on a fly ball to center fielder Mike Tuchman. Michael Reed scores. Garin Cecchini to 2nd.

Kyle Wren singles on a ground ball to left fielder Stephen Cardullo. Garin Cecchini to 3rd. Brandon Macias to 2nd.

Nate Orf grounds into a double play, shortstop Rafael Ynoa to second baseman Joey Wong to first baseman Jordan Patterson. Kyle Wren out at 2nd.

[gregmag]

Both guys from the Hill trade have been terrible thus far.

 

What does Deseguin throw?

[Mass Haas]

Final: Helena 6, Orem 2

 

Four photos at the link

 

Helena Independent Record Game Summary

 

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Helena Box Score

 

As you saw in the gallery, Ronnie Gideon is able to put his body behind his HR's, including his 10th here. That's 2nd in the league behind the 13 of the D-Backs' Eudy Ramos. Gideon is 4th in OPS, one spot ahead of Ramos.

 

Top five Brewers in the order reached 14 times, that's good.

 

Only 59 pitches in a stellar six-inning shutout, zero walk stint for RHP Wuilder Rodriguez.

 

Helena Game Log

[Mass Haas]

Final: Arizona Brewers 14, Arizona White Sox 7

 

Maryvale Box Score

 

Five in the 1st inning, six in the 2nd - about the only downer was that young RHP Michael Gonzalez struggled in the 3rd; LHP Christian Trent got a late start to his season, but the 23-year-old LHP is sure ready to leave the desert after this effort.

 

With 24 baserunners via hit, walk, and HBP, several padded their numbers here, enjoy the box.

 

Maryvale Game Log

[WV Brew]

Hes a pen guy. Get him out of the rotation already and let him grow much quicker through system. All he needs is his fastball and curve (or slider, whichever it is). Change his routine and mind set

 

He's 20 years old. Way too soon to bail on him. The Brewers don't have unlimited amounts of quality players. He can't locate his fastball at the moment so whether he has 2 pitches or 20 is irrelevant. Kodi is walking 6.2 batters per game. Just as a reminder, Randy Johnson was walking 7.1/game at age 22.

[MKE81]

Hes a pen guy. Get him out of the rotation already and let him grow much quicker through system. All he needs is his fastball and curve (or slider, whichever it is). Change his routine and mind set

 

He's 20 years old. Way too soon to bail on him. The Brewers don't have unlimited amounts of quality players. He can't locate his fastball at the moment so whether he has 2 pitches or 20 is irrelevant. Kodi is walking 6.2 batters per game. Just as a reminder, Randy Johnson was walking 7.1/game at age 22.

Wake me up when he becomes Randy Johnson. People always go straight to the "it's too early to bail on him as a starter" response. Then when is it ok to bail? People also act as if the pen doesn't play a critical role in a team's success. He's almost through his 3rd level as a professional with terrible BB/9 ratios at every level, has given up more hits than IP every level except last year. His ERA hasn't been good at any level so when he allows guys on base he can't shut the door and prevent them from scoring. Change his entire routine and mind set and get him ready for the pen to move quickly through the system given he has the stuff to be very good there. Instead of throwing 90 pitches per game he can focus on 12-15. He has the potential to be much better because he hasn't flashed anything yet for a 1st Rd pick. People are already expressing concerns about Ray after 100 pro ABs but we should give Kodi a pass?

[ZBTMP]

What does Deseguin throw?

 

4 pitch mix (Fastball, Slider, Curve, Changeup) Fastball consistently low 90s, clocked as high as 97 his junior year of college.

[PlayerHader]

Hes a pen guy. Get him out of the rotation already and let him grow much quicker through system. All he needs is his fastball and curve (or slider, whichever it is). Change his routine and mind set

 

He's 20 years old. Way too soon to bail on him. The Brewers don't have unlimited amounts of quality players. He can't locate his fastball at the moment so whether he has 2 pitches or 20 is irrelevant. Kodi is walking 6.2 batters per game. Just as a reminder, Randy Johnson was walking 7.1/game at age 22.

Wake me up when he becomes Randy Johnson. People always go straight to the "it's too early to bail on him as a starter" response. Then when is it ok to bail? People also act as if the pen doesn't play a critical role in a team's success. He's almost through his 3rd level as a professional with terrible BB/9 ratios at every level, has given up more hits than IP every level except last year. His ERA hasn't been good at any level so when he allows guys on base he can't shut the door and prevent them from scoring. Change his entire routine and mind set and get him ready for the pen to move quickly through the system given he has the stuff to be very good there. Instead of throwing 90 pitches per game he can focus on 12-15. He has the potential to be much better because he hasn't flashed anything yet for a 1st Rd pick. People are already expressing concerns about Ray after 100 pro ABs but we should give Kodi a pass?

 

Umm...maybe when he's like 23 or 24?

[ZBTMP]

Wake me up when he becomes Randy Johnson. People always go straight to the "it's too early to bail on him as a starter" response. Then when is it ok to bail? People also act as if the pen doesn't play a critical role in a team's success. He's almost through his 3rd level as a professional with terrible BB/9 ratios at every level, has given up more hits than IP every level except last year. His ERA hasn't been good at any level so when he allows guys on base he can't shut the door and prevent them from scoring. Change his entire routine and mind set and get him ready for the pen to move quickly through the system given he has the stuff to be very good there. Instead of throwing 90 pitches per game he can focus on 12-15. He has the potential to be much better because he hasn't flashed anything yet for a 1st Rd pick. People are already expressing concerns about Ray after 100 pro ABs but we should give Kodi a pass?

 

To say his prospect status is slipping isn't much of a controversial statement. Saying a 20 year old pitcher who has never shown control even in any meaningful sample needs to immediately be removed from the rotation is where you lose me. Giving him less repetitions would seem counterintuitive at this point.

The velocity reports are disappointing. He didn't have much to lose.