Link Report for Thurs. 4/6 - Opening Night on the Farm (Convenient Big League Matinee)

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Thursday's Daily Menu: Play ball, and welcome, Carolina!

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: LHP Josh Hader at home vs. Omaha (Royals), 7:10 PM pre-game, 7:40 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

Dan Karcher, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Sky Sox is on Twitter @SkySoxKarch; joining him again 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 Aaron Wilkerson at Montgomery (Rays), 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. Erik Bremer (@Erik_Bremer) 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. Only games in Chattanooga and Mobile won't be available.

 

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Carolina: RHP Corbin Burnes at Frederick (Orioles), 5:45 PM pre-game, 6:00 gametime

 

Free Live Audio Link

 

We look forward to Mudcats audio with Greg Young (@gregyoungjr), especially after going without gameday audio for much of the Brewers' stay in Brevard County.

 

MiLB.TV - Yes, Carolina home games will be on MiLB.TV, sweet. It appears three other Carolina League teams (Salem, Myrtle Beach, and Winston-Salem) broadcast as well.

 

No TV for this opening series in Frederick .

 

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Wisconsin: RHP Zack Brown at Quad Cities (Astros), 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.

 

YES: Quad Cities does provide video coverage (River Bandits' audio).

 

In 2017, fifteen games will be broadcast on Spectrum Sports in Wisconsin, available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332. We'll keep you posted with our "DVR Alerts" days in advance.

[Mass Haas]

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Carolina

 

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

 

Carolina Media Notes - We'll have the host link posted shortly

 

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 - Carolina League Southern Division

 

A - Midwest League Western Division

 

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Sortable individual stat pages:

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Carolina

 

Wisconsin

 

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Weather.com:

 

Colorado Springs, CO

 

Montgomery, AL

 

Frederick, MD

 

Davenport, IA

[Mass Haas]

Timber Rattler DVR Alert --

 

MON. 4/10 vs. Burlington, 7:00 PM

 

Spectrum Sports are available on channel 32 and in HD on channel 1332 in Eastern Wisconsin

[Mass Haas]

Just a reminder to those of you coming to the Link Report via a Twitter link, that the Minor League Forum in which this resides contains multiple threads you'll also find of interest, including the "Your 2017 _____" affiliate threads that contain feature articles and non-game specific news.

[WV Brew]

Major rain in Frederick all day. It is supposed to stop around 5 with game time 7 O'Clock (Eastern time). I presume they will do all they can to get this one in since it is opening day for the Keys (named after Frederick native Francis Scott Key of National Anthem fame by the way). In addition to Corbin Burnes starting tonight, the Keys list Kodi Medeiros, Cody Ponce and Marcos Diplan as the starters for the rest of the series. Keegan Akin now projected to be the opening starter for the Keys.

[Mass Haas]

BP Milwaukee: Interesting storylines to watch

 

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You'll find the Sky Sox and Mudcats on this impressive list of Top 10 talent-laden MLB affiliates.

[reillymcshane]

Link report is back. All is good.

[Boomer5]

Thanks so much for putting these together! I cant wait for the farm teams to get rolling and find our next Braun and Prince.

[AKCheesehead]

Link report is back. All is good.

 

Just seeing the Link Report logo atop the page put a big smile on my face this morning

[And That]

Tonight's opener for the Mudcats has been postponed due to weather. It'll be made up as part of a doubleheader on the 29th.

 

We'll have to wait one more day to see our new affiliate in action.

[And That]

The Mudcats are not alone in getting their Opening Day delayed - so far, 8 opening days around the minor leagues have been postponed.

[Jose Cardenal1]

Just seeing the Link Report logo atop the page put a big smile on my face this morning [smile]

 

I think someone is really missing out on an opportunity to sell T-Shirts with the Link Report Logo.

 

Would be fun to see how many of us Linkers you would see at Miller Park with the T-Shirt.

[Mass Haas]

AUDIO: "Timber Rattlers manager Matt Erickson sits down with Chris Mehring before the first game of the 2017 season."

[And That]

At least on my mobile device, the Wisconsin game is not being streamed. Sad day.

[trwi7]

At least on my mobile device, the Wisconsin game is not being streamed. Sad day.

 

Fake news

[And That]

Lewis Brinson seems to have injured his left wrist/forearm on a head first slide into second base. He's been taken out of the game.

[Eye Black]

Lewis Brinson seems to have injured his left wrist/forearm on a head first slide into second base. He's been taken out of the game.

They are reporting on the broadcast that it is "either a jammed or dislocated finger" on his left hand.

[And That]

They were holding his hand/wrist in place, but looks like that was maybe to brace his hand to pop a finger back in. Could be much worse.

[brewmann04]

First game in and our Best prospect gets hurt unreal

[Jenkins5]

Hopefully only a jam for Brinson. That's tough first game...

 

Hader unhittable as usual but 5bb's. Cordell has been a beast since Spring! That continues tonight!

 

Wisconsin won't win many games striking out 15 times. Brown had 8 Ks in 4Ips and bullpen was really good rest of the way. Demi at least got 2 hits for them. Believe only player with multi-hit

 

Not sure why Wilkerson is down in AA thought he'd be a lock in AAA but pitched really well tonight.

[Jenkins5]

Wild 8th inning for Biloxi including double which include Davis taking home & Reed 2nd

[reillymcshane]

Trevor Morrison with the Golden Sombrero.

 

Well done.

[FVBrewerFan]

Hopefully only a jam for Brinson. That's tough first game...

 

Hader unhittable as usual but 5bb's. Cordell has been a beast since Spring! That continues tonight!

 

Wisconsin won't win many games striking out 15 times. Brown had 8 Ks in 4Ips and bullpen was really good rest of the way. Demi at least got 2 hits for them. Believe only player with multi-hit

 

Not sure why Wilkerson is down in AA thought he'd be a lock in AAA but pitched really well tonight.

 

They placed pitchers in AAA/AA based on their "stuff." That's why Lopez and Wilkerson, and soon Jungmann are in AA. Avoiding the not so friendly skies of Colorado Springs.