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Milwaukee Brewers: Biloxi Shuckers Week 17 – Coulter Sets Club Record in 1st Start

By Ace Schneider |
Jun 24, 2015; Milwaukee, WI, USA; A baseball glove rests on the bench during the game between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Milwaukee won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2015; Milwaukee, WI, USA; A baseball glove rests on the bench during the game between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Milwaukee won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
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Clint Coulter was part of the Milwaukee Brewers’ top ten prospects before the season began, but first half struggles and trades made him slip far down the list.

After the mid-season prospect update by Baseball America and MLB.com switching up the rankings after the trades, it was clear Clint Coulter was falling down the list of a strong Milwaukee Brewers farm system. But, it’s not so not so much of a surprise.

Even with a .246/.329/.397 batting line and 123 wRC+, he was #8 for Baseball America, so there was high hopes. But, now with a .225/.292/.337 batting line with an 82 wRC+ with all other numbers going down (much like the A to A+ numbers), it’s no surprise he’s fallen down the rankings.

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It may be a surprise to some Milwaukee Brewers fans he’s gotten called up to the Biloxi Shuckers with those numbers, but at the same time he is 23 years old and was a 1st round pick for the organization back in 2012. Others thought it was long awaited, but his oblique injury at the start of the season may have set the timeline back a bit.

No matter what, Coulter gets a new start and the High-A numbers don’t matter as he ended up setting a record in his first start with the Shuckers. So, let’s check out the record and the other players this week that made an impact on the team this past week that went 4-2 since Monday.

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Top 3 Hitters

OF Clint Coulter

.220/.285/.333 / 6 HRs/32 RBIs / 5.5 BB%/19.6 K% (High-A)

There’s really not much to add to the numbers with Brevard County, so if anything, Coulter would have loved to have a hot start with the AA Biloxi Shuckers. In his first start, he did just that. Scoring 4 runs set a team record, so many didn’t forget who he was. As MiLB.com notes his best month was June as he hit .263/.315/.375, so if anything he has shown improvement to deserve a call-up.

3B Dustin DeMuth

.381/.395/.500 / 0 HR/1 RBI / 2.3 BB%/25.6 K%

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While the average is simply not looking good amongst the Shuckers lineup, one spot is solid and that’s DeMuth. Putting him in the 3rd or 4th spot makes a lot of sense when he gets you 9 hits including a double and a triple in 6 games. Since his first game with the Shuckers on July 26th, he’s gotten on base in 9 out of 11 games. He hasn’t had enough PAs to really evaluate his advanced stats, but if he stays even with his A+ numbers, the Milwaukee Brewers will take it.

OF Tyrone Taylor

.231/.300/.330 / 8 HRs/27 RBIs / 6.9 BB%/14.1 K%

Taylor hopes to get a hitting streak going much like he did starting the 2nd half of the season. Getting 1 hit in 9 out of his last 11 games is pretty good to back on a streak like that including a 2 HRs and 4 RBIs this past week. After the trade deadline he’s dropped down the list on MLB.com’s top 30 Milwaukee Brewers prospects, but hasn’t dropped off as he’s right by his teammate, Brandon Woodruff, at #26.

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Top 3 Pitchers 

Brandon Woodruff

74.2 IP / 3.13 ERA / 2.67 FIP

It was no surprise Woodruff got Southern League Player of the Month along with being named Brewers minor league pitcher of the month and FanGraphs’ Fringe Five. It’s easy to think he’d cool down in August like any player after a dominant month, but he had another solid outing going 6 IP, 6 Hs, 1 ER, and 4 Ks to get the W. It’s the lowest Ks in a game he’s had since mid-June as ever since then he had had at least 6 in a game.

SP Taylor Jungmann

39 IP / 3.00 ERA / 3.25 FIP

Jungmann got his first W with the Shuckers as his ERA is nearly under 3.00. The Shuck Dynasty noted strong reliever Stephen Kohlschleen helped him out as he had the bases loaded with one out and he struck out the next two, so Jungmann could get the W and have no ERs. His K/9 and BB/9 seem to be balancing back in the right position as they were even with the Brewers, opposite with high walks (10.19 BB/9) in AAA, but now solid with the Shuckers.

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SP Luis Ortiz

39.2 IP / 4.08 ERA / 3.32 FIP (Rangers AA)

Ortiz was part of the Texas Rangers deal for Jonathan Lucroy with the Milwaukee Brewers. For how strong the farm system is, MLB Pipeline ranks him all the way up at #5 which certainly says something. At the start of the season Baseball America said his fastball is usually 92-95, but could get up to 97 and has a “putaway slider.” Just 20 years old, he pitched 3 innings for the Shuckers with 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, and 3 Ks. While a 4.08 ERA doesn’t sound impressive, breaking down the numbers in 39.2 IP, 7.71 K/9, 1.59 BB/9, and 3.32 FIP, he seems to be doing just fine.

Other Notes

Besides Clint Coulter being added to the roster, there were plenty of other moves this past week to catch up on:

All stats via FanGraphs or MiLB

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