JAL’s Mystery Of Being Morning Links

Mystery Of Being  Renaissance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAezffWrn9E

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

Pittsburgh Pirates: MLB Pipeline’s First Mock Draft

https://rumbunter.com/2018/05/02/pittsburgh-pirates-mlb-pipelines-first-mock-draft/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Michael Wacha’s Approach to 2018 Has Been... Weird

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/5/2/17305524/michael-wacha-curveball-changeup-cardinals-2018

7 Green Weenie

Nats Steamroller Bucs Again By 9-3 Count

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/05/nats-steamroller-bucs-again-by-9-3-count.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Rockies 11, Cubs 2: What is wrong with Yu?

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/2/17313008/cubs-rockies-recap-yu-darvish-anthony-rizzo-mlb-scores

9 Pirates Breakdown

Bench guys need to step up for Pirates

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/05/02/pittsburgh-pirates-bench-step-up-pbd11/

10 The Point of Pittsburgh

Gregory Polanco Has Some Holes In His Swing

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/11140-2/

11 Washington Post</b>

Against right-handers, Nationals keep getting it right — and win fourth straight

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/?utm_term=.34c79ea2c604

12 WCAV

Waddell working to continue climb in Pirates system

http://www.newsplex.com/content/sports/Waddell-working-to-continue-climb-in-Pirates-system-481558901.html

13 Allied News

EXTRA INNINGS: Bucs bats cooled off after hot start

http://www.alliednews.com/sports/extra-innings-bucs-bats-cooled-off-after-hot-start/article_e3947e7a-4e10-11e8-bd5d-5bfbe7c7e7c9.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Quick Hits: Hummel on the Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/quick-hits-hummel-on-the-cardinals/collection_7cbf7525-827a-5c83-b796-f685cd68d351.html

15 SB Nation

Are the Rockies’ coffee orders too fancy for baseball? An extremely serious investigation

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/5/2/17313160/rockies-coffee-order-rookies-starbucks

16 CBS Sports

Yankees' rotation depth will be tested with lefty Jordan Montgomery out for 6-8 weeks

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-rotation-depth-will-be-tested-with-lefty-jordan-montgomery-out-for-6-8-weeks/

17 Fangraphs

Adam Ottavino Rebuilt Himself in a Vacant Manhattan Storefront

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/adam-ottavino-rebuilt-himself-in-a-vacant-manhattan-storefront/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: Broken News

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39670/short-relief-broken-news/

19 National Pastime Museum

“PISTOL PETE” REISER HAD IT ALL, BUT . . .

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/pistol-pete-reiser-had-it-all

20 Blog Predictions

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

Pirates 17-14 at Nationals 15-16  1:05 PM

Gametime Forecast: 89°F • Partly Cloudy • 0% PoP

Pirates

Trevor Williams (R)  4-1  2,29 ERA   

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. David Freese (R) 1B

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. Elias Diaz (R) C

7. Colin Moran (L) 3B

8. Sean Rodriguez (R) SS

9. Trevor Williams (R) P           

Nationals

Jeremy Hellickson (R)  0-0 4.11 ERA

1. Bryce Harper (L) RF

2. Trea Turner (R) SS

3. Matt Adams (L) LF

4. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 1B

5. Howie Kendrick (R) 2B

6. Michael A. Taylor (R) CF

7. Matt Wieters (S) C

8. Jeremy Hellickson (R) P

9. Wilmer Difo (S) 3B