JAL’s Dirty Little Secret Morning Links

Dirty Little Secret  Sarah McLachlan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wttqYJR02cQ

1 MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 Baseball Reference

https://www.baseball-reference.com

4 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

5 Rumbunter

Joe Musgrove Looking to Provide Pirate Rotation with Needed Boost

https://rumbunter.com/2018/05/25/joe-musgrove-looking-provide-pirate-rotation-needed-boost/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

The Market for Shortstops

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/5/26/17387264/the-market-for-shortstops-jose-iglesias-miguel-rojas-marcus-semien

7 Green Weenie

Willy, Bats Have Bad Day As Cards Even Series 4-1

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/05/willy-bats-have-bad-day-as-cards-even.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs roster move: Yu Darvish to DL; LHP Randy Rosario recalled from Iowa

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/26/17399262/chicago-cubs-roster-move-yu-darvish-to-dl-lhp-randy-rosario-recalled-from-iowa

9 Pirates Breakdown

Even without the home runs, Josh Bell is producing for the Pittsburgh Pirates

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/05/26/pittsburgh-pirates-josh-bell-producing-pbd11/

10 Des Moines Register

Pittsburgh Pirates' Mitch Keller among the biggest up and coming prospects in baseball

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2018/05/27/mitch-keller-pittsburgh-pirates-jim-callis-milb-cedar-rapids/646618002/

11 USA Today</b>

Aaron Judge becomes fastest player in MLB history to 70 career home runs

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2018/05/26/aaron-judge-fastest-70-career-home-runs/647908002/

12 NY Post

How free-agent busts could reshape the future of MLB

https://nypost.com/2018/05/26/how-free-agent-busts-could-reshape-the-future-of-mlb/

13 MLB

Dependable Williams has rough outing vs. Cards

https://www.mlb.com/news/trevor-williams-has-his-shortest-start-in-loss/c-278406868

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Hummel: Before Bob Gibson became Bob Gibson

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hummel-before-bob-gibson-became-bob-gibson/article_ed6e6564-bb62-5005-b45e-d15708df62e8.html

15 SB Nation

Mike Trout got 5 hits for the first time in his great career

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/5/26/17399512/mike-trout-5-hits-yankee-stadium

16 CBS Sports

MLB Saturday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Nola flirts with no-hitter, Phillies move into first place in NL East

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-saturday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-nola-flirts-with-no-hitter-phillies-move-into-first-place-in-nl-east/

17 Fangraphs

Trading Season Is Open Early

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/trading-season-is-open-early/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: The Ball Isn’t Even a Ball

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40203/short-relief-ball-isnt-even-ball/

19 National Pastime Museum

ED BARROW’S DECISION TO MOVE BABE RUTH TO THE OUTFIELD

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/ed-barrow-s-decision-move-babe-ruth-outfield

20 Blog Predictions

http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2018/03/2018-pbc-asylum-blog-prediction-contest.html


Cardinals 27-22 at Pirates 28-23 1:35 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 77°F • Mostly Cloudy • 11% PoP

Cardinals

Miles Mikolas (R)   6-0  2.24 ERA

1. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B

2. Jose Martinez (R) 1B

3. Tommy Pham (R) CF

4. Marcell Ozuna (R) LF

5. Tyler O'Neill (R) RF

6. Kolten Wong (L) 2B

7. Yairo Munoz (R) SS

8. Carson Kelly (R) C

9. Miles Mikolas (R) P

        

Pirates

Jameson Taillon (R)       2-4  4.56 ERA

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Colin Moran (L) 3B

6. Austin Meadows (L) LF

7. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Jameson Taillon (R) P