Time to break out the green.
It’s officially St. Patrick’s Day across the country and that means lots of green in Spring Training stadiums across Arizona and Florida. Take it from the Brewers’ training staff.
Top o’ the morning to ya from the #Brewers training staff! 🍀#CactusCrew #StPatricksDay pic.twitter.com/J6VOLGgvnB
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
With the jolly, festive vibe of the Irish infiltrating Brewers camp Friday, the Brew Crew take on the Kansas City Royals at Maryvale Baseball Park at 2:05 p.m. MT. Milwaukee is looking to avenge a 6-3 loss February 28 in West Phoenix.
Today’s St. Patrick’s Day lineup against the @Royals. First pitch 3:05pm CT on @fswisconsin. #CactusCrew 🍀⚾🌵☀️ pic.twitter.com/JpJzmNiRyw
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, some friendly leprechauns have brought plenty of baseball news to Milwaukee’s camp, including some nuggets of gold that have an impact on Sky Sox fans here in Colorado Springs.
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The biggest news to emerge from Friday is the next batch of cuts and movement throughout the Milwaukee system.
With today’s moves, 42 players remain in Major League camp: 22 pitchers, 5 catchers, 10 infielders and 5 outfielders.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
OF Lewis Brinson, OF Ryan Cordell and OF Brett Phillips optioned to minor-league camp. RHP Forrest Snow reassigned to minor-league camp.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
So, where will these four end up to start the 2017 season? For the three outfielders, the answer may be a bit closer to home.
#Brewers GM David Stearns said Brinson, Cordell and Phillips all will go to @skysox to open season.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) March 17, 2017
Brinson, Cordell, Phillips all headed to Triple-A @skysox, David Stearns says.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) March 17, 2017
The 2017 Colorado Springs Sky Sox roster is starting to come into shape. Get ready, Sox Nation. This is gearing up for a very fun 2017 season on the field.
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In other news, the Brewers played a game Thursday afternoon. They won.
In the second matchup of the spring, the Brewers (11-9-1) avenged an early March defeat and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks (10-9), 8-5, at Maryvale Baseball Park.
RECAP: #CactusCrew uses offensive firepower to beat D-backs in Phoenix: https://t.co/6cL7hxU0u6 pic.twitter.com/scNoGR17RX
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 16, 2017
Travis Shaw and Jesus Aguilar provided the long ball power and fifth-inning RBIs from Orlando Arcia and Lewis Brinson helped the Crew come from behind and pull away for the three-run win.
Here’s a look at that @travis_shaw21 HR in the first: https://t.co/lmx29Bq5rW #CactusCrew pic.twitter.com/TypVVQjaTk
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 16, 2017
It’s safe to say that @JAguilarMKE crushed this one: https://t.co/lepP9gZFkG pic.twitter.com/fsTzqDXCrt
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 16, 2017
Matt Garza allowed four early runs, but the bullpen of Preston Gainey, Joba Chamberlain (1-0), Rob Scahill, Tyler Cravy, Taylor Jungmann and Forrest Snow (1) combined to give up a single run to shut down the Snakes’ offense.
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The lone game of the 2017 World Baseball Classic came from Pool F in San Diego, where the defending champion Dominicans rebounded from their first loss of the tournament Tuesday to defeat former Sox pitcher Jhoulys Chacin and Venezuela, 3-0.
RECAP: @El_Coffee, @ncboomstick23 go deep as Team D.R. powers past Venezuela. https://t.co/iLjKNnf9Hp #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/HsoixH7gTp
— WBC Baseball (@WBCBaseball) March 17, 2017
Before the showdown, some familiar faces to Brewer fans (Jonathan Villar, Carlos Subero and Hernan Perez) gathered for a quick photo op.
#Brewers face off in tonight’s @WBCBaseball Team 🇻🇪 vs Team 🇩🇴 game! Tune in at 9pm Ct. pic.twitter.com/UuJlKI8i6G
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
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The newest craze across the league’s social media platforms is the emergence of Snapchat Spectacles, glasses that can be used to take snaps in addition to your smartphone. During the past couple days, Yadiel Rivera and Scooter Gennett have taken the specs over and have given Brewers fans a chance to see inside Spring Training.
.@YADIELRIVERA13 is sneaking up on the skipper with the @Spectacles… #CactusCrew pic.twitter.com/gGJMZwQCVy
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 16, 2017
.@jhanmarinez53 is not sure what is going on…why is @Sgennett2 wearing sunglasses indoors? 😎 pic.twitter.com/MKcOBPV8bC
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
Doesn’t matter, they’re gonna dance anyway. 😎 pic.twitter.com/o7XSmdebPr
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 17, 2017
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Over at Minor League camp, the young Crew starts their Spring Training schedule Friday afternoon against the San Francisco farm system. Triple-A Colorado Springs and Double-A Biloxi remain in West Phoenix to take on Sacramento and Richmond, respectively, while Class-A Advanced Carolina and Class-A Wisconsin head to Scottsdale to take on San Jose and Augusta.
Be sure to follow @BrewersPD for the latest updates.
Lineups for today’s games vs San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/hX4hZiVwvB
— Brewers Player Dev (@BrewersPD) March 17, 2017