Link Report for Monday 7/8 - Timber Rattler Noon Matinee

[Mass Haas]

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Organizational Scoreboard including starting pitcher info, game times, MiLB TV links, and box scores

 

Dominican Summer League Scoreboard (includes DSL Brewers/Indians game)

 

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Links for affiliate audio

 

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Standings and sortable stat pages

 

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MiLB.TV options: Carolina and Wisconsin home feeds, Biloxi road; Rocky Mountain unavailable; San Antonio idle.

[markedman5]

Excellent start by Supak

 

[82brewcrew82]

Excellent start by Supak

 

Against a quality lineup as well.

[Wahoo Maniac]

Supak needs to be promoted. He has a full season’s worth of time in AA and performed very well there last year and this year.

[adambr2]

Heck I'm wondering if Supak should just skip AAA and come right up to MLB. It's certainly not unprecedented to do that jump, and it's not like anyone in our current rotation is blocking him. He's already on the 40.

[Mass Haas]

Box: Biloxi 4, Mississippi 3

 

One-Run Win Secures Series For Shuckers Over M-Braves

Shuckers Hold Off M-Braves Late Surge

By Andrew Chapman / Biloxi Shuckers

 

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Has to be among the MiLB leaders in overnight feature stories - video on the mound (and at the dish!) here:

 

Shuckers' Supak strong for seven innings

Brewers No. 11 prospect yields run on two hits, adds a double

By Duane Cross / MiLB.com

 

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VIDEO via WXXV: Highlights

 

VIDEO via WJTV in Pearl: Just a bit more game action

[Mass Haas]

Wisconsin Pre-Game Media Notes

 

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Box: Beloit 11, Wisconsin 2

 

Thomas Dillard leads off, plays LF, his Rattler debut is discussed in some detail within the podcast below.

 

Snappers Break Rattlers with Twenty Hits

Beloit prevents Wisconsin sweep with 11-2 win

By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

 

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AUDIO via the Rattler Radio Soundcloud: "Chris Mehring and Kyle Lobner recap a day where the Rattlers gave up 20 hits and lost to the Snappers. Plus, a look at Thomas Dillard's first day with the Timber Rattlers, Robbie Hitt's escape job to keep his scoreless streak alive, and some of the places in the game where things could have gone right, but went wrong. Matt Erickson hops on for Clubhouse Comments. There is also a discussion of the Jonathan Lucroy collision and what's ahead for the Rattlers."

[Mass Haas]

Carolina Pre-Game Media Notes

 

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AUDIO via the Carolina Soundcloud: 1B/OF Ryan Aguilar, 3rd in the league in OBP at .413

 

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Box: Carolina 6, Lynchburg 5

 

Mudcats Outlast Hillcats 6-5 to Win Fifth Straight Game

Mario Feliciano had two doubles, a triple and three RBI while leading Carolina to the victory

 

Real catfight by the time the 9th rolled around...

 

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VIDEO Tweets via the Mudcats:

 

Feliciano gets things going

 

Zach Clark (Kent) - wow!

 

RHP Michael Petersen mound emotion

 

Aguilar two-RBI double

[Mass Haas]

Box: Ogden 3, Rocky Mountain 0

 

Alternative box includes inning-by-inning linescore

 

One Raptor run in the 6th, two in the 8th...very little to enjoy from the Vibes' "offense".

 

Vibes Blanked by Ogden in Series Finale

 

Read the full summary, but includes two paragraphs of interest --

 

Tempers flared in the seventh after Vibes’ reliever Brady Schanuel beaned Ogden’s Andy Pages, resulting in a benches-clearing exchange. After the field cleared, José Alberro replaced Schanuel with bases loaded and two out. Alberro secured a critical out, fanning Yurchak to end the threat. Vibes pitchers recorded 11 strikeouts.

 

Vibes starter Nash Walters set the tone for solid work on the mound. Walters posted two scoreless innings while allowing just one hit, one walk, and one strikeout. In his 25 pitches (13 strikes), Walters lowered his season ERA to a Pioneer League-best 1.45 amongst qualified players. Walters’ abbreviated outing was traced to a drop in velocity after a consultation with the trainer and manager Néstor Corredor, according to the team broadcast.

 

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A bit more detail on the flare-up from the Ogden press here.

 

RHP Karsen Lindell with a strong relief outing, as was noted in the game summary.

[Mass Haas]

Box: DSL Rangers #1 Squad 7, DSL Brewers/Indians 0

 

17-year-old rookie Venezuelan RHP Ronnald Rojas was the only Brewer arm, but he walked five of the nine men he faced.

 

Only two hits for the co-op teams, both singles from Brewer bats, but outside of sidelined SS Carlos Roa, this team has not generated any "breakout" buzz.

[Mass Haas]

Box: DSL Rangers #2 Squad 11, DSL Brewers 8

 

Being 18, a CF, and a switch-hitter is a nice combo. A .325 average and 24 steals in 32 attempts helps as well. What a growth year for Reidy Mercado - hello, coaching him up, nice. HR #2 for him in this one.

 

He struggled here, but let's note that starter RHP Brailin Rodriguez, a Dominican native, is still just 16 years old. Now with six starts under his belt, three solid.

[Mass Haas]

Maryvale's now a combined 12-24, 0-2 Monday, ugh. Toby with the details by lunchtime. But for now:

 

Blue

 

Gold

 

Gold falls despite Corey Ray's efforts, and you'll see a rehab debut as the starting pitcher in that box as well.

[Mass Haas]

We'll kick off Tuesday's Link Report shortly, as there are two matinees today, Biloxi on the road at 10:35 AM Central and Carolina at home, 11:00 AM Central. Both are available via MiLB.TV for subscribers, and the audio links, as always, can be found in the initial post of every Link Report.

[JohnBriggs12]

Supak needs to be promoted. He has a full season’s worth of time in AA and performed very well there last year and this year.

 

You have to wonder why Supak is not being promoted more aggressively. He's made 34 AA starts. Is it his low K rate? Is he the guy they are using as bait to get an established arm? He's allowed a mere 10 HR in 196 AA innings. You'd think that's a huge plus and that he'd be able to be useful in the big leagues keeping the ball in the park.

[Wahoo Maniac]

Supak needs to be promoted. He has a full season’s worth of time in AA and performed very well there last year and this year.

 

You have to wonder why Supak is not being promoted more aggressively. He's made 34 AA starts. Is it his low K rate? Is he the guy they are using as bait to get an established arm? He's allowed a mere 10 HR in 196 AA innings. You'd think that's a huge plus and that he'd be able to be useful in the big leagues keeping the ball in the park.

I thought I read him say he's been focusing on pitching to contact more and not worrying about a K. Just worrying about attacking each hitter. I wouldn't be shocked if he's part of a package this deadline. His stuff doesn't seem to mirror our top 3 young guys in MLB but he's had success at each level thus far

[Eye Black]

Supak needs to be promoted. He has a full season’s worth of time in AA and performed very well there last year and this year.

 

You have to wonder why Supak is not being promoted more aggressively. He's made 34 AA starts. Is it his low K rate? Is he the guy they are using as bait to get an established arm? He's allowed a mere 10 HR in 196 AA innings. You'd think that's a huge plus and that he'd be able to be useful in the big leagues keeping the ball in the park.

Just a random guess, but a scouting report from this past off-season indicated he had recently developed a new curveball. If that is indeed the case, it’s possible they want him to master that pitch over a full season before exposing him to the higher altitude environments in the PCL where the pitch won’t likely break the same. Again, that is merely a guess.

[Brew crew 92]

Supak needs to be promoted. He has a full season’s worth of time in AA and performed very well there last year and this year.

 

You have to wonder why Supak is not being promoted more aggressively. He's made 34 AA starts. Is it his low K rate? Is he the guy they are using as bait to get an established arm? He's allowed a mere 10 HR in 196 AA innings. You'd think that's a huge plus and that he'd be able to be useful in the big leagues keeping the ball in the park.

Just a random guess, but a scouting report from this past off-season indicated he had recently developed a new curveball. If that is indeed the case, it’s possible they want him to master that pitch over a full season before exposing him to the higher altitude environments in the PCL where the pitch won’t likely break the same. Again, that is merely a guess.

 

Wow, have to give you credit for the truly massive amount of information you provide to this site, Sveum too.

 

We’ll find out soon enough which it is, I’m hoping it’s the trade, because he’s not a middling prospect, and, that means Stearns might be going a little bigger than some of us think.

[And That]

Final: AZL D-backs 12, AZL Brewers Blue 4

 

AZL Brewers Blue Box Score

 

An early lead for the Blues vanished late, and then the game got out of hand in the 9th as the team falls to 7-11. Kevin Hardin was the only Blue with a multi-hit game - the big first baseman is up to a 968 OPS on the year. Jeyner Baez, the converted catcher who has been solid for much of the year as a pitcher, fell apart in the 9th.

 

AZL Brewers Blue Game Log

 

They were winning:

 

AZL Brewers Blue Bottom of the 2nd

Kevin Hardin singles on a ground ball to second baseman Glenallen Hill.

Danny Casals grounds into a double play, pitcher Tyler Holton to second baseman Glenallen Hill to first baseman Neyfy Castillo. Kevin Hardin out at 2nd. Danny Casals out at 1st.

Anderson Melendez singles on a line drive to center fielder Wilderd Patino.

Anderson Melendez steals (2) 2nd base.

Arbert Cipion walks.

Mound Visit.

Pitching Change: Dan Swain replaces Tyler Holton.

YongKang Kou doubles (1) on a pop up to shortstop Jose Curpa. Anderson Melendez scores. Arbert Cipion scores.

Orveo Saint singles on a line drive to center fielder Wilderd Patino. YongKang Kou scores.

Orveo Saint steals (4) 2nd base.

Alex Hall singles on a fly ball to left fielder Ismael Jaime. Orveo Saint scores. Alex Hall to 2nd.

Jackie Urbaez walks.

Darrien Miller strikes out swinging.

[And That]

Final: AZL Mariners 9, AZL Brewers Gold 2

 

AZL Brewers Gold Box Score

 

The Mariners scored multiple runs in 4 different innings, not helped by 4 errors from the Golds, and the good guys fall to a disappointing 5-13.

 

Corey Ray played the whole game, going 3-4 with a home run, and he may be close to returning to the Missions. Carlos Rodriguez had two hits and stole his first base of the season. Andres Melendez doubled, but was hit by a pitch and later left the game. We'll monitor that was planned time off, or if the HBP was a factor.

 

Carlos Herrera pitched for the first time in 2019 as he begins his rehab. He walked three, allowed a hit and two runs while recording one out.

 

AZL Brewers Gold Game Log

[brewmann04]

the shuckers are doing well without a real dominate batting order.