Link Report for Sunday 4/30

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Sunday's Daily Menu:

 

All times are Central

 

Colorado Springs: RHP Paolo Espino at Iowa (Cubs), 12:38 PM pre-game, 1:08 PM 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 Taylor Williams at Pensacola (Reds), 3:45 PM pre-game, 4:05 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: LHP Kodi Medeiros at Frederick (Orioles), 12:45 PM pre-game, 1:00 PM 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.

 

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Wisconsin: RHP's Victor Diaz and Trey Supak in a doubleheader at Burlington (Angels), 1:40 PM pre-game, 2:00 gametime; each contest slated for seven innings

 

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.

 

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

 

Colorado Springs

 

Biloxi

 

Carolina

 

Wisconsin Game One

 

Wisconsin Game Two

 

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 - Linked on the Mudcats official 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 - 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:

 

Des Moines, IA

 

Pensacola, FL

 

Frederick, MD

 

Burlington, IA

 

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NOTE: All four clubs on the road, and no MiLB.TV for the Mudcats and Timber Rattlers for their current series, including the Wisconsin twinbill today.

[Mass Haas]

Tweet: Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus from the Carolina Saturday doubleheader --

 

"Quick takeaways from today's double header: Isan Diaz was the best player on the field, (Jake) Gatewood is strong as hell, Trent Clark looks lost."

[Boomer5]

Clark and Ray have both been real disappointments so far. It's still early but we need to see both guys make the leap and be the top prospects they are drafted to be.

 

Missing on first round pitchers happens, but OFers really shouldn't be the case.

[Mass Haas]

Sky Sox rained out again in Des Moines, they play a single matinee game as scheduled on Monday.

[Mass Haas]

First pro hit, 2nd ever pro at-bat, happy at first base and in the dugout --

 

[LouisEly]

Clark and Ray have both been real disappointments so far. It's still early but we need to see both guys make the leap and be the top prospects they are drafted to be.

 

Missing on first round pitchers happens, but OFers really shouldn't be the case.

At what point does a small sample turn into flip-flopping Harrison and Clark?

[Boomer5]

Clark and Ray have both been real disappointments so far. It's still early but we need to see both guys make the leap and be the top prospects they are drafted to be.

 

Missing on first round pitchers happens, but OFers really shouldn't be the case.

At what point does a small sample turn into flip-flopping Harrison and Clark?

 

First round picks get a lot of rope but certainly Harrison has to be close to getting a promotion.

[And That]

Wisconsin doubleheader rained out again. The final three games of the four game series were washed out. One game will not be made up. Two of the games will be made up as part of back to back doubleheaders on June 15th/16th.

 

The Rattlers are off tomorrow, so assuming Tuesday's home game is actually played, the Rattlers will have had 4 days off in a row.

 

Meanwhile, Carolina just blew another late lead.

[And That]

Harrison needs to stay in Wisconsin for the time being. Let the poor guy have an extended run of success for once. Maybe revisit at the All-Star break.

 

Clark has a .358 OBP through 4 ABs today so it's not like he is totally flopping. He looks a bit lost on defense and has an obnoxious number of strikeouts, but I don't think he's done enough to get demoted.

[homer]

Isan Diaz on a nice hot streak...Lucas Erceg not so much.

[WV Brew]

Trent Clark says hello. 5-6 with the one out a deep fly held up by the wind.

[markedman5]

.@Jake_Gatewood2 does it again! The Mudcats now lead 9-8 in the 12th on a home run (4) to center from Jake Gatewood! #MudcatsFUN #Brewers

[MrTPlush]

Harrison needs to stay in Wisconsin for the time being. Let the poor guy have an extended run of success for once.

 

Haha I literally said the same thing a week ago, so true. The dude needs the big confidence booster for at least half a year.

[DHonks]

Another perfect day (#3?) for the system

[WV Brew]

Mudcats outlast Keys 10-8 in extra-innings road win

Trent Clark set a career high with five hits in Sunday's road win

By Greg Young / Carolina Mudcats | April 30, 2017 8:12 PM ET

 

 

It looked bad when Luis Aviles had a ground ball go through the wickets. When the runner tried to steal second, nobody covered the base and the throw to third from the outfield got away. Fortunately, Nate Griep was backing up third and then worked out of the jam. Jake Gatewood hit a home run to give the Mudcats the lead in the 12th and they then held on.

 

Kodi Medeiros (5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 7 K) got the start and had maybe his best outing of the year. Eric Hanhold then came on and did not. Nate Griep (3 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K) went the extra mile in this game and ended up with the win while Scott Grist got the last two outs to pick up the save in his first appearance of the year.

Jake Gatewood went 2-6 with the game winning home run. His 3rd in as many games. Trent Clark, as mentioned in the game story, had his best hitting day yet going 5-6 with a double, 3 runs batted in and a stolen base. Weston Wilson was 3-5 with a double.

 

Carolina Box Score

 

Carolina Game Log

 

Can't see this enough.

 

Carolina Top of the 12th

Jake Gatewood homers (4) on a fly ball to center field.

Trent Clark singles on a line drive to right fielder Ademar Rifaela.

With Luis Aviles batting, wild pitch by Franderlin Romero, Trent Clark to 2nd.

Luis Aviles flies out to left fielder Randolph Gassaway.

With Max McDowell batting, Trent Clark steals (4) 3rd base.

Max McDowell out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Josh Hart. Trent Clark scores.

Weston Wilson pops out to second baseman Drew Turbin.

 

Let's give Scott Grist some credit. He was put in a very difficult position here and came through.

 

 

Frederick Bottom of the 12th

 

Ademar Rifaela flies out to center fielder Corey Ray.

Alex Murphy walks.

Steve Laurino doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Corey Ray. Alex Murphy to 3rd.

Pitching Change: Scott Grist replaces Nate Griep.

Josh Hart called out on strikes.

Ricardo Andujar flies out to center fielder Corey Ray.

[And That]

Update on Trent Clark...

 

His OPS: .742

Average Carolina League OPS: .719

 

And I mentioned his K rate, which is not as bad as I thought it was.

 

Trent Clark K%: 29.4%

Jake Gatewood K%: 28.9%

 

(Which is still bad. For both.)

[Mass Haas]

AUDIO via Saturday's Shuckers Pre-Game: "Biloxi closer Matt Ramsey talks about his start to the 2017 season and back-to-back saves in Pensacola"

[Never Outhustled]

Clark and Ray have both been real disappointments so far. It's still early but we need to see both guys make the leap and be the top prospects they are drafted to be.

 

Missing on first round pitchers happens, but OFers really shouldn't be the case.

At what point does a small sample turn into flip-flopping Harrison and Clark?

 

Flipping Harrison with Ray would be better.

[Jenkins5]

Cory Ray and Erceg are the two black holes on a team that walks at very good rate. Thus far that has really surprised me as both are college ready, professional hitters. Ray at 4% and Erceg 5%.

 

Others:

Rijo 23.5%

Clark 19%

Gatewood 16.5%

Stokes 12.5%

Aviles 12%

Wilson 11%

Belonis 9%

Diaz 9%

Mcdowell 8.5%

 

I wonder if the high strikeout rates is due to an emphasis put on to working counts, being patient, and trying to be picky at the plate. When young and learning to be a patient hitter, there are a lot of K's looking. i use to have a great site (minorleaguecentral.com) that tracked minor league sabre metrics including Ks swing, looking, swings out and in the strike zone....then line drives, fly outs, ground outs. I believe site has shutdown now sadly.

 

After all my research over past few years, the first and most important stat I look at is BB% and K% Most top tier MLB sit in the 10%+ range in BB% and hoover around 20% or lower in K's. To me that is the first key to a great hitter at the plate....then I start to look at the other stats.

 

Way I grade players out, Stokes is always a stud and one of best players in our system. Feel he will never get the love he deserves and will stay overshadowed by all the "big name" OFs in our system.He is a 12% BB 16% K 7.5 Speed 13% ISO and 120 RC+ career guy to date. .370 OBP .420 SLG . Doesn't set world on fire but man he is solid as solid gets!

[Mass Haas]

Final: Biloxi 4, Pensacola 3

 

Coulter, Shuckers rally for fourth straight win on Sunday

Shuckers go for five-game sweep on Monday

 

 

Clint Coulter brought in the go-ahead runs with a double in the ninth (Benton Reed photo)

 

Note: Photographer Benton Reed is the former NFL defensive lineman, and Michael Reed's dad

 

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Yesterday's Link Report detailed just how big (and maybe unlikely) this series' events have been so far. The clutch action from the Shuckers, both on the mound and at bat, continues, and isn't it fun to read about (today was another day when I was able to hear some of Chris Harris' call, surely this has been a welcome turn of events for him as well as the players).

 

Biloxi Box Score

 

Until Taylor Williams gets stretched out, extra-inning games anywhere near his start date are going to be an issue. Kudos, Forrest Snow and Josh Uhen here.

 

Biloxi --

 

Team RISP: 5-for-16.

Team LOB: 8.

 

Pensacola --

 

Team RISP: 2-for-16.

Team LOB: 12.

 

Biloxi Game Log

 

Jacob Nottingham was 0-for-4 with his 2nd passed ball of the season. His OPS is .505 after 60 AB's, rather than harp on it, let's try and revisit it in writing after the next 60 AB's (approx. 20 more games, late May).

[Jenkins5]

Clark and Ray have both been real disappointments so far. It's still early but we need to see both guys make the leap and be the top prospects they are drafted to be.

 

Missing on first round pitchers happens, but OFers really shouldn't be the case.

At what point does a small sample turn into flip-flopping Harrison and Clark?

 

Flipping Harrison with Ray would be better.

 

Like others have stated. Clark and Ray has done nothing to deserve a demotion. They have had a rough month hitting.... no need to panic. Not to mention Ray missed most of the off-season with an injury. He got some ABs towards the end of spring then started out in extended Spring. Give guy a chance to settle in. Outside of Gatewood and Stokes, none of the big names in lineup have been close to consistent. Diaz finally starting to get hot. Erceg was hot but has died off. Erceg and Stokes are only 2 everyday players striking out less than 20%. Aviles and Diaz are at 24% Gatewood 28% Mcdowell respectable 20%, Wilson 27%, Belonis 30%

 

I am on opposite side on Harrison in that come late May/ Early June, if he is still producing he needs to come up. I get one month is too short though. Want to boost his confidence, getting promoted and placed back with your team will do that. He is only one in that wave who was held back and for good reason. Sadly for him he has had major success at both Helena and Wisconsin for stretches but right when he has figured it out and is rolling the baseball gods have struck him down.

[Mass Haas]

Runner in scoring position, and this is how the game ended, mercy --