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Minor League Media - 2020 Season

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Rattler Radio Soundcloud Podcast with Chris Mehring and Kyle Lobner

 

In this new Offseason Podcast, Chris Mehring & Kyle Lobner discuss the latest Frosty Microbrew about some current Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Prospects who shouldn't be overlooked by national prospect watchers. There is also a talk about the Baseball America's recent Top 30 Brewers Prospects list and some of the players on that list who might be heading to the Timber Rattlers for the 2020 season. There is also a brief mention of Taylor Williams being picked up by the Mariners and the Tickets On Sale/Rummage Sale date of March 14 for the fast-approaching Timber Rattlers season.

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Recorded just before MLB / MiLB camps closed, here's a full 90 minute podcast interview with Brewers' Cooper Hummel, who posted a fantastic .835 OPS in the restrictive Southern League offensive environment last summer.

 

Fun tour of his baseball life, from spending two years of his youth in Japan tossing the baseball on netted rooftops (really), to growing up in Oregon and being a huge Mariners fan to this day, his tenure at the University of Portland, the story of listening to the entire 2016 draft but managing to hear all the picks but his own (18th round), and of course his journey through the Crew's system thus far, including the interesting way his career morphed from catcher to outfielder.

 

Now 25 years old, the well-spoken Hummel makes for a nice listen for Brewers diehards needing to fill time until ball starts again. The pro portion of his career chat makes up the final half-hour or so, but the whole podcast is worth your time.

 

Diamonds and Roses Podcast - Cooper Hummel

 

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Also, here's a BrewCrewBall feature from last November via Kyle Lesniewski:

 

As a prospect and future executive, Cooper Hummel understands the importance of analytics

Hummel coming off a career year with Double-A Biloxi

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Had only tweeted, retweeted or linked to via Twitter, but should link here as well, various hometown newspaper accounts catching up with Brewer farmhands during these dysfunctional times for training:

 

Big leaguer Adrian Houser

 

Robbie Hitt

 

Bowden Francis

 

Cooper Hummel

 

Alec Bettinger

 

Big leaguer Eric Lauer

 

Zane Zurbrugg

 

Justin Grimm

 

Max McDowell

 

Luke Barker

 

Ethan Small

 

Zack Brown

 

Braden Webb

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Here's a trifecta of worthwhile farmhand interviews:

 

Via the "Bernie's Bums" Podcast: 2019 Mudcats' Catcher Payton Henry

 

Nice job on the questions, Olivia and Ryan!

 

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VIDEO conference: Outfielder LG Castillo discusses his pro career to date along with two other farmhands from his native western New York State

 

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Via the Mudcats: RHP Noah Zavolas, 2019 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year ("Postgame", but recently recorded)

 

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Brewers Extra Innings Podcasts (Via Matt Pauley, with Voice of the Timber Rattlers Chris Mehring)

 

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Via Greg Mroz (former voice of the Helena Brewers) - Brewers outfield prospect Je'Von Ward discusses his experience with the Covid 19 shutdown, his career thus far, memories of Kobe Bryant, and some of his favorite minor league road trips.

 

Fun chat, 2020 is Ward's 4th pro season, he won't turn 21 until October!

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Fantastic extended interview with well-spoken Brewers RH reliever Luke Barker, 28 years old but had a delayed intro to pro ball. Has excelled in 175 innings w/Crew (2.21 ERA, 0.97 WHIP). Hopefully on MLB summer taxi squad; should be a 40-man add this fall.

 

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This video is a deep dive into pitching mechanics and philosophies with current Brewer farmhand Nick Belzer,24, who was signed out of the independent American Association (St. Paul Saints) last June.

 

While at Maryvale, pitching against yes, younger competition, Belzer's game logs indicate he was an innings horse for Maryvale's Blue squad, and had three scoreless outings of at least six innings. A couple of late-season rougher appearances dropped his debut ERA to 3.70 over 48.2 innings. Too bad Belzer didn't get a taste of Pioneer or Midwest League action in 2019.

 

At the 18:15 minute mark, Belzer's discussion with host Chris Piteo turns to the topic of the change-up, and at the 19:30 minute mark, Belzer discusses the quick change-up benefit derived from his visit to the Brewers special pitching lab.

 

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