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Brewers make first round of Spring Training roster moves

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The Milwaukee Brewers made their first round of roster reductions, including prospects Corey Ray and Trey Supak who are both on the team’s 40-man roster.

The Brewers reassigned to minor-league camp were right-handers Jesus Castillo, Thomas Jankins, Drew Rasmussen and Miguel Sanchez, left-handers Clayton Andrews and Ethan Small, catchers Mario Feliciano and Payton Henry and third baseman Lucas Erceg.

“This is a group that, in our meetings, kind of knew they were on this path,” manager Craig Counsell said.  “They’re  here to help during spring training.  It’s a performance thing for a lot of these guys…just go have great years and then put (yourselves) on the radar.

“Obviously guys that are on the (40 man) roster are a little bit closer.  But for the rest of those guys, that’s the message, performance gets our attention.  I think we had a more extreme case of that last spring with Trent Grisham, who wasn’t even in our big-league camp at the start of spring and made a pretty big impact on us.”

Brewers win

The Brewers got solo home runs by Lorenzo Cain and Luis Castro to pull out a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in Cactus League play.  The Brewers will face the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Burnes posts solid start for Brewers

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After getting knocked around in his last start, Brewers pitcher Corbin Burns tossed three shutout innings on Tuesday, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 Cactus League victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Burnes allowed a couple of hits in the first, then settled down and allowed just one more hit in his final two innings.  He finished the outing with four strikeouts as he competes for a spot in the teams starting rotation.

The Brewers scored their only run in the seventh inning when Tyler Saladino doubled, scoring Jake Hager from first base.  Jesus Aguilar had a pair of hits for the Brewers, while Corey Ray took a run away from the Rockies when he made a diving catch against Trevor Story.

The Brewers improved to 4-7 in the Cactus League and they’ll face the Arizona Diamondbacks today.

The Brewers open their season March 28th against the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park.

 

U.S. edges the World in MLB futures game

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MLB Futures Game, which also included Waupaca native Nate Tomlinson, who was the crew chief and home plate umpire.

The United States knocked off the World team, 7-6, in the Major League Baseball All-Star Futures Game on Sunday.

The U.S. team had nine hits by the time the game reached the fourth inning, one for every starter.  They built a 7-0 lead by the fifth, earning their seventh win in the last eight games.

The showcase of top minor league talent included 16 first-round picks.

Tampa Bay prospect Brent Honeywell was the only pitcher to go more than one inning.  He struck out four in two scoreless frames and earned the victory, as well as the MVP award.

The Brewers had three prospects in the game.  Lewis Brinson doubled home a run, his only hit of the game.  Corey Ray went o for 2.  Maurico Dubon was 1 for 3 for the World team.

The Major League All-Star game will be played on Tuesday night in Miami.  The league’s annual home run derby is set for Monday night.

Kenosha’s Lux snaps state drought, Brewers select OF Corey Ray 5th overall

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Gavin Lux

Gavin Lux

A 37-year state drought ended last night when the Los Angeles Dodgers selected Kenosha Indian Trail shortstop Gavin Lux with the 20th pick overall.

Lux becomes the first Wisconsin high schooler to be selected in the first round since Nekoosa’s Kevin Brandt was taken by the Twins in 1979.

Already committed to play at Arizona State, Lux entered the draft as the second ranked high school shortstop in the nation.

In the second round, Verona catcher Ben Rortvedt was selected 56th overall by Minnesota. He’s committed to play collegiately at Arkansas.

Meanwhile, the Brewers added three players to their organization via the MLB First-Year Player Draft Thursday night.

Milwaukee chose Louisville outfielder Corey Ray with the fifth overall pick. Ray, a Chicago native, batted .319 with 55 runs, 15 home runs, 60 RBI, and 44 stolen bases his junior year with the Cardinals.

The Brewers also selected third baseman Lucas Erceg out of Menlo College with the 47th pick and catcher Mario Feliciano from the Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy.

The draft resumes at noon Friday with rounds three through ten, and the remaining 30 rounds set for Saturday.