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Week 9: 3@ St. Louis Cardinals, 3@ Minnesota Twins

June 1st

Milwaukee Brewers – St. Louis Cardinals 0-9
MIL SP Kyle Lohse 4.2IP 9H 6R 4ER 2BB 0K
MIL CF Carlos Gomez 2-4
HR MIL: none
HR STL: Matt Carpenter(7), Jhonny Peralta(5)
W: Lance Lynn(6-2 3.21) L: Kyle Lohse(2-6 4.48)
A little matchup against the division leaders...

News:
Cubs SP Jon Lester(31, 4.5*) went 8IP 2H 0ER 3BB 4K in a 1-10 win over the Marlins. The left handed ace improved to 3-6 4.02 68K in 12 starts.

June 2nd

Milwaukee Brewers – St. Louis Cardinals 1-0
MIL SP Travis Wood 7IP 2H 0R 0ER 1BB 6K
MIL CF Carlos Gomez 0-4 R
MIL LF Khris Davis 1-3 RBI BB
HR MIL: none
HR STL: none
W: Travis Wood(2-5 5.25) L: Seth Maness(2-3 2.17) SV: Jeremy Jeffress(12 4.84)
If we could have this pitching every start...

News:
The Dodgers will be without 1B Adrian Gonzalez(33, 4*) for the next 4-5 weeks as he was placed on the DL with a torn ligament in his thumb. The veteran was batting .319-8-33 in 50G for the year.

June 3rd

Pregame News:
The Brew Crew announced that they have claimed RHRP Chris Hatcher(30, 3* HS, 3.5* OSA, 3-0 0.90 10IP) off waivers. RHRP Corey Knebel(23, 3/4.5* HS, 1.5/4.5* OSA, 0-0 4.38 12.1IP) was demoted to AAA.

Milwaukee Brewers – St. Louis Cardinals 1-0
MIL SP Mike Fiers 5IP 6H 4R 4ER 4BB 4K
MIL LF Khris Davis 1-4 R DB
MIL C Jonathan Lucroy 1-2 RBI BB
HR MIL: none
HR STL: none
W: Adam Wainwright(6-3 3.56) L: Mike Fiers(2-4 4.06) SV: Trevor Rosenthal(15 1.46)
They got Fiers for four early and Waino was good enough against our anemic offense.

News:
Yankees ace SP Masahiro Tanaka(26, 4.5*) hurled eight shutout innings, allowing only 2H 1BB 4K in a 1-0 loss to the Mariners, getting a ND. The japanese import is 5-5 3.35 73K in 12 starts this year.

June 4th
offday

News:
Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera(32, 5*) provided some fireworks, going 4-4 3R 2RBI 2HR in a 5-6 loss to the Athletics. The superstar is batting .275-7-27 in 54 games.

June 5th

Milwaukee Brewers – Minnesota Twins 7-5
MIL SP Tyler Thornburg 6IP 4H 1R 1ER 4BB 4K
MIL 2B Luis Sardinas 2-5 2R 2RBI DB
MIL CF Carlos Gomez 2-4 R 3RBI HR
MIL 3B Mike Moustakas 1-4 2RBI DB
HR MIL: Carlos Gomez(8)
HR MIN: Danny Santana(2)
W: Chris Hatcher(4-0 2.25) L: Michael Tonkin(0-1 15.43) SV: Jeremy Jeffress(13 4.63)
Suddently, our offense brings home the win with a four run 8th including a Mous 2-run double.

News:
Reds 3B Mark Canha(26, 3/3.5*) hit two bombs, going 3-4 2R 3RBI BB 2HR in a 11-7 win over the Padres. The right handed bat is .271-4-21 between CIN and OAK in his rookie season.

Nationals SP Gio Gonzalez(29, 4*) pitched 8.1 shutout innings with only 4 hits, no walks and 7K's in a 4-0 win over the Cubs. The left hander is 4-5 3.0773K in eleven starts.

The Tigers and Orioles have traded assets as SS J.J. Hardy(32, 1.5*, .271-2-8 19G) was sent to Detroit in exchange for RHRP Joakim Soria(31, 3*, 0-3 4.22 21.1IP) and prospect LF Jeffrei Melo(17, 1* HS, 1.5* OSA,R).

June 6th

Pregame News:
The Brewers have announced that OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis(27, 1* .149-0-2) was waived and DFA'd and RF Ryan Braun(31, 4.5*, .254-4-6 18G) was activated from the DL

Milwaukee Brewers – Minnesota Twins 3-2
MIL SP Kyle Lohse 6IP 4H 2R 2ER 1BB 6K
MIL 2B Luis Sardinas 2-4 2RBI DB
MIL 1B Shane Peterson 2-4
MIL 3B Mike Moustakas 2-2
MIL LF Logan Schafer 2-4 R
HR MIL: none
HR MIN: none
W: Juan Nicasio(2-0 3.81) L: Tim Stauffer(2-4 4.07) SV: Jeremy Jeffress(14 4.44)
Lohse was good today and our offense was better. Braun's first game: 0-3 2BB.

News:
Braves RF Nick Markakis(31, 2*) collected a 5-hit game, going 5-5 4R 3RBI 3DB in a 11-6 win over Pittsburgh. The 2x Gold Glover, both with his former team, the Orioles, is batting .313-2-22 in 37G/34GS with his new team... He was not the only one tho... as his teammate 3B Kelly Johnson(33, 2*) did the same right behing him, going 5-5 3R 3RBI while batting .242-4-19 in 48G/44GS this year.

Nationals C Jose Lobaton(30, 1*) drove in six in a 3-4 2R 6RBI DB 2HR day, contributing a ton in a 6-3 win over the Cubs. He is batting .222-2-8 in 24G/7GS.

June 7th

Milwaukee Brewers – Minnesota Twins 2-1
MIL SP Jimmy Nelson 7.2IP 5H 1R 1ER 2BB 6K
MIL CF Carlos Gomez 2-2 2BB SB(13)
MIL 3B Mike Moustakas 1-4 R RBI HR
HR MIL: Mike Moustakas(3)
HR MIN: none
W: Jimmy Nelson(3-3 3.32) L: Kyle Gibson(4-4 4.56) SV: Jonathan Broxton(4 3.68)
Logan Schafer sac, Mous solo shot... and another great pitched game by our hero starters... It's pitching that is carrying this team right now.

News:
Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt(27, 4.5*) was not retired today, going 2-23R 3RBI 3BB 2HR in a 10-0 rout of the Mets. He slugger is batting .279-15-36 in 57G.

Yankees SP Brandon Morrow(30, 4*) pitched eight shutdown innings, allowing 2H 1BB 10K in a 3-2 win against the Angels... getting the ND. The former Blue Jay is 4-5 3.80 64K in 12 starts since signing with the Padres and then getting traded over before making a start there.

Week: 4-2(1-2@ STL, 3-0@ MIN)
Power Rankings: #14(+4)
Runs scored: 168(15)
Starters ERA: 3.69(9)
Bullpen ERA: 4.11(12)
Defensive Eff.: .692(10)
Fan Interest: 74

Who's hot?
RHSP Tyler Thornburg 4G 3-0 1.73 26IP 23K
RHSP Jimmy Nelson 3G 2-1 0.84 21.1IP 18K
RHRP Will Smith 16G 1-0 0.53 17IP 16K

Who's not?
OF Logan Schafer 27G 6-55 .109 0HR 1RBI

White Sox CF Adam Eaton(26, 4*) was named AL Player of the Week after going 12-22 0HR 6RBI's. The speedy leadoff hitter is having a career year, going .342-6-35 8/11SB in 50G and already winning his second AL PotW Award in 2015.

Rockies 1B Justin Morneau(34, 1.5*) was named NL Player of the Week after going 13-24 1HR 5RBI's. The veteran and 2x Silver Slugger is batting .275-5-19 in 54G after winning the batting title last year.

NL Central	W-L	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	39-19	-
Cincinnati Reds	33-23	5
Milwaukee Brewers	26-31	12.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	25-31	13
Chicago Cubs	23-35	16

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2015 First Year Player Draft

Round 1 Pick 16: Milwaukee Brewers select CF Dazmon Cameron(18, 4.5* HS, 5* OSA) out of High School
This was a head scout recommendation in a deep draft... Cameron is a speedy CF with a decent bat, decent defensive skills and he is a white-collar guy in the makeup. At 18 years of age, this is a high risk pick that will cost us $2.5M... tho money is not a big concern with all the bucks we saved earlier this year.

Round 2 Pick 16: Milwaukee Brewers select C Joe Davis(18, 5* HS, 3.5* OSA) out of High School.
The recommendation was a similar catcher that the OSA hated... and I decided to go with the guy everybody likes a bit. Davis has a good work ethic and projects to walk alot and homer alot. Not the best defensive catcher, but he should be able to learn a trick or two in our system.

Round 3 Pick 16: Milwaukee Brewers select LF Dayton Dugas(17, 5* HS, 4.5* OSA) out of High School.
A lot of scouts have him earmarked with elite power. He is a good corner outfielder without great range but a good arm. Dugan is a good clubhouse guy and can run a bit and should come rather cheap for a 17-year old prospect.

Round 4 Pick 16: Milwaukee Brewers select 3B Zach Ramzy(17, 5* HS, 3.5* OSA) out of High School.
Our California area scout loves this kid. A baseball rat that may or may not end up at first base sometime down the road, we think he can hit .280 with a .380 OBP and 25HR in a normal year. Not alot of speed... but the rest is there.

Round 5 Pick 16: Milwaukee Brewers select C Darren Shred(17, 5* HS, 1* OSA) out of High School.
As you can see, our scouting department loves high school kids and has a long wishlist of 5* potential prospects. Shred is projected with 20/20 power potential... not sure if legit.

Round 6 Pick 16: Milwaukee Brewers select SP Hunter Parsons(17,1* HS, 5* OSA) out of High School.
Parsons announced he would like to go back to school to pursue his education... but there is some talent hidden in him... we will try to lure him with a big signing bonus.

From here on... we continued with scouting recommendations! We had alot of money to spend and threw some money at late round picks similar to Parsons... and will see if it will stick.