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The Brewers have signed 22-year-old undrafted outfielder Nate Yoho and assigned him to Arizona rookie, where he made his pro debut by going 3-for-5 Wednesday night.

 

Yoho just wrapped up his senior season at the University of Iowa. This Iowa player profile details through his junior season of 2004:

 

hawkeyesports.collegespor...ate00.html

 

College stats through 2004:

 

www.sports-wired.com/prof...c37027.asp

 

2005 numbers can be found here:

 

hawkeyesports.collegespor...l#TEAM.MLB

 

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Struggling (as-of-late) Ryan Costello to Brevard County and Josh Habel to Huntsville; each returns to their original assignment to begin the year...

 

Just now learned on the phone from Bryan Neece (Stars' media relations) that Dana Eveland has been promoted to Milwaukee. No doubt that Habel will replace him in the rotation. No word at the moment on any other pick-up by the Stars.

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[ Just now learned on the phone from Bryan Neece (Stars' media relations) that Dana Eveland has been promoted to Milwaukee. No doubt that Habel will replace him in the rotation. No word at the moment on any other pick-up by the Stars. ]

 

Check out the enormous Eveland thread that was started yesterday for details:

p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...8724.topic

 

No word on any backfills, though.

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No doubt that Habel will replace Eveland in the rotation. No word at the moment on any other pick-up by the Stars.

 

The roster spot is expected to be filled by Dennis Sarfate's activation from the disabled list (blister) any day now...

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Nashville Press Release:

 

Left-handed reliever Tommy Phelps has been added to the Sounds' active roster for tonight's series finale against the Albuquerque Isotopes.

 

The 31-year-old southpaw was outrighted from the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday when the club promoted left-hander Dana Eveland from Double-A Huntsville and accepted his assignment to Nashville today.

 

Phelps made the Brewers' Opening Day roster as a non-roster invitee to spring training and posted an 0-2 record, one save, and a 4.63 ERA (12er/23.1ip) in 29 relief outings for Milwaukee this season.

 

He logged an 8.53 ERA in 10 April appearances before hurling 7 1/3 scoreless frames in the month of May. In his final 11 games over June and July, Phelps allowed seven earned runs in eight innings of work, walking six batters and striking out five over that stretch.

 

The addition of Phelps pushes the Sounds' roster back to the full capacity of 24 players for the first time in a month, dating back to June 17. Follow that night's game, Kevin Orie and Chad Paronto requested their releases and Nashville operated with a short roster until today.

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Thatcher gets call of a lifetime

By Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune staff

Monday, July 18, 2005

 

The Milwaukee Brewers dipped into the independent Frontier League and signed Kokomo's Joe Thatcher, the River City Rascals reported on their Web site Sunday.

 

Thatcher, a left-handed pitcher who was in his second season with the Rascals, will report to Helena, Mont., to play for the Helena Brewers of the Pioneer League, a high rookie league.

 

"I am very excited and a little nervous but I can not wait to play for the Brewers." Thatcher said in a story on the Rascals' opening page. "Just the opportunity I have been given is a blessing and I am going to try and take full advantage of this chance."

 

An all-star in the independent Frontier League this year, Thatcher pitched one inning in the league's all-star game and struck out the side. In his 18 appearances as the Rascals' closer, he had 27 strikeouts in 21 innings, and had a record of 4-2 with an ERA of 1.27.

 

A 2000 Kokomo High School graduate, Thatcher played his college ball at Indiana State University. He becomes the second player from Howard County to play for the organization. At Helena, he'll join Taylor graduate Robbie Wooley.

 

Thatcher is the first members of the Rascals to be signed by a Major League team this season.

 

"I am really surprised Thatch has stayed here this long." Rascals manager Randy Martz said. "He is an extraordinary left-handed pitcher with great stuff; a guy that throws around 90 from the left side is a commodity that any team could use."

 

***

August 2004 Article:

 

Chasing a dream

By JOHN DEMPSEY

Kokomo Tribune sportswriter

 

When Joe Thatcher packed his stuff into his car back in June, he didn't know if he'd be returning in a day or so, or whether he'd be gone until the fall semester of classes at Indiana State University began.

 

A tryout with the River City Rascals of the Frontier League -- an independent baseball minor league -- led to a job as a left-handed pitcher with the O'Fallon, Mo., based team.

 

"I just want to keep playing as long as I can," said Thatcher, a 2000 Kokomo High School graduate who played four years for the Sycamores. "Our assistant coach at ISU played here a couple years ago. He called the coach and they invited me to a tryout in early June. They kept me as one of the guys in the bullpen.

 

"I came in as a left-handed specialist to start with. I did really well early and they moved me to setup and now, over the last week or so, I've been in a closer role. I've been called on in big situations. The coach is getting more confidence in me and I'm doing well."

 

Thatcher's last outing was a particularly strong one. Entering in the eighth, he pitched the final two innings of a 10-6 victory over Rockford on Friday. Thatcher faced nine batters and allowed one hit and a walk while another reached on an error.

 

The impressive part of the performance came from the six strikeouts he registered in the two innings that earned him his first save.

 

Thatcher is 0-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 17 games. He's pitched 25 1/3 innings, striking out 31 to just 10 walks while giving up 20 hits, 10 runs and nine earned runs. Opponents are hitting just .215 against him. His appearances, ERA and opponents' average all rank third on the Rascals.

 

Players won't get rich in an independent baseball league. To help meet expenses, most players in the Frontier League live with host families in the town where they play and Thatcher is no exception.

 

"I have the basement to myself -- it's kind of like my own apartment," he said. "I have a great host family. They're really nice people. They have three younger kids and they're fun to hang out with.

 

"It's all volunteer. We don't have to pay anything for it, which is really nice. For what we get paid, you can't afford to stay anywhere else.

 

"But, I'm getting paid to play baseball and you can't beat that."

 

O'Fallon sits just west of St. Louis off Interstate 70 -- an area with an appetite for baseball.

 

"We get 4,000 to 6,000 people a game. I'd heard St. Louis was a baseball town and it really is," Thatcher said. "I've been here all summer and it's amazing how everywhere you go, you see people in Cardinals' jerseys and all the talk is about the Cardinals. It's really neat to see.

 

"We have a lot of support around here. Knowing you're going to play in front of that many people makes it fun to go to the ballpark every day."

 

The dream for every player in the Frontier League is to get noticed by one of the Major League teams and have their contract purchased.

 

"Since I've been here, we've had three guys get signed -- one guy went to the Yankees and two pitchers were picked up by Toronto," Thatcher said. "You see that and it's encouraging. These guys are doing the same thing as me. They get a phone call out of nowhere that says, 'We're going to pick you up' and there you go."

 

Most players in the Frontier League are either coming out of college ball -- like Thatcher -- or have been in the minor-league organizations of MLB teams.

 

"We get compared to a high [Class] A league. We have guys who have played Double A or high A ball," he said. "This is higher than rookie or low A. It's good competition.

 

"It's been great. I went in not knowing what to expect. I'd heard about independent ball, but I hadn't seen it and I didn't know what expect. I'm having a good time."

 

The season runs through Aug. 28, but the team will have to improve considerably in its last 25 games to make the playoffs. As of Tuesday, the Rascals were 33-34 and seven games out of first.

 

Thatcher's enjoyed his time with the Rascals -- enough so that he's considering coming back for 2005.

 

"I'm chasing a dream I guess. I want to play baseball for as long as I can," he said. "I have another year of school to go to get my degree. Some of our guys are married and have a kid. I have no financial responsibilities to worry about. No one is depending on me -- I'm just out on my own.

 

"I'm going to hang on as long as I can. You never know what can happen."

 

LHP Joe Thatcher's career numbers prior to 2005 (includes college):

2005 numbers listed in story above; Thatcher will be 24 years old on October 4th -- he's 6'3", 225 lbs.

 

www.thebaseballcube.com/p...cher.shtml

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In addition to RHP Dennis Sarfate being activated from the Huntsville DL tonight, RHP Alec Zumwalt was also activated for the Stars. Fellow righty Khalid Ballouli was placed on the Huntsville DL (possible back strain, according to what we read earlier this week).
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Nashville Site:

 

Right-hander Mike Meyers, who opened the season with Nashville before being reassigned to Double-A Huntsville on June 11, has been re-added to the Sounds roster. The 27-year-old posted no decisions, one save, and a 1.71 ERA (4er / 21.0ip) in 11 relief appearances for the Stars. Meyers went 3-3 with a 6.17 ERA in 22 relief outings for the Sounds.

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Chain Reaction Continues:

 

RHP Brian Wolfe, who has been lights out as Brevard County's late-inning guy, has been promoted to AA Huntsville. Wolfe was a free-agent signee after being released by the Twins organization earlier this season.

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Nashville Site:

 

ADAMS, BENNETT PLACED ON DISABLED LIST: The Sounds lost two members of their relief corps following Wednesday?s win against Memphis. Pitchers Mike Adams (left oblique strain) and Jeff Bennett (illness) have been placed on the disabled list; both moves were made retroactively. Bennett, who last pitched on Friday, could return to active duty as early as Monday. Adams, who sustained his injury while throwing warmup pitches on the mound during Monday?s series opener against the Redbirds, is eligible to be activated on Tuesday. The two transactions leave the Sounds two players short of the 24-man active limit.

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The two transactions leave the Sounds two players short of the 24-man active limit.

 

I see Obermueller isn't on the roster yet. Shouldn't he have already joined the Sounds?

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Unfortunately, Manny Parra is done for the season.

 

From the JS: Money and the Huntsville club will be without the services of left-handed pitching prospect Manny Parra for the rest of the season. Parra has been sent to extended spring camp in Arizona, where the club is trying to decide whether his ailing shoulder needs surgery.

 

"This has been nagging him the past couple of years," Money said. "We need to find out what the problem is. They're going to decide which way they want to go."

 

And from MLB.com: Money confirmed that Double-A starter Manny Parra's season is over. The left-hander, who has experienced ongoing shoulder soreness, was sent to Arizona and doctors are trying to determine the source of soreness. Parra was 5-6 with a 3.96 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 91 innings pitched.

 

"He went back there where the weather's warm, and we'll just see what's going on," Money said. "He's back in Arizona and they'll decide which way they want to go with him."

 

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