JAL’s Harvest Moon Morning Links

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Harvest Moon Neil Young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwxz370heo

1- MLB Transactions

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

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

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

3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest

First link is to new 2017 sheets but no data yet while second link is to 2016 data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wMRQrWaQaLQvSs502k6qTzds_6JOlKjzNeaUNLtNLyc/edit#gid=0

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=775822168

5 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates: A Look at Early Offensive Stats

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/14/pittsburgh-pirates-a-look-at-early-offensive-stats/

7 Viva El Birdos

Lance Lynn and the third time through the order

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/4/14/15296720/lance-lynn-and-the-third-time-through-the-order

8 Green Weenie

Pirates Take Opener 4-2 Behind Freeser, Fran, Cole & Pen That Hung Tough

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/pirates-take-opener-4-2-behind-freeser.html

9 Red Reporter

Cincinnati bullpen finally implodes, Reds fall to Brewers 10-4

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/14/15310224/cincinnati-reds-brewers-michael-lorenzen-loss-10-4

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Pirates 4, Cubs 2: Wasted Chances

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/14/15309386/cubs-pirates-recap-kyle-hendricks-anthony-rizzo-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways And Throwaways – Pittsburgh Pirates Bend but Don’t Break in 4-2 win over Cubs

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/14/takeaways-throwaways-pittsburgh-pirates-bend-dont-break-win-cubs/

Pittsburgh Pirates Matchups to Watch: First Shot at the Cubs

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/14/pittsburgh-pirates-matchups-watch-first-shot-cubs/

12 WVU Athletics

Pirates to Host WVU and Penn State at PNC Park

http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?story=32280&cat=exclusives

13 Indiana Gazette

Ryan cherishes win, family after Curve home opener

https://www.indianagazette.com/news/indiana-sports/ryan-cherishes-win-family-after-curve-home-opener,26194801/

14 Beaver County Times

Pirates Analysis: The bullpen, not the starting pitching, has been the problem

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/pirates/pirates-analysis-the-bullpen-not-the-starting-pitching-has-been/article_0d52b11a-20c6-11e7-9b19-6fbbec855cb8.html

15 Sports Illustrated

Bartolo Colón, Tyler Glasnow among this weekend's best fantasy streaming options

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/04/14/fantasy-baseball-streaming-pitchers

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cardinals come up short in opener against Yankees

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-come-up-short-in-opener-against-yankees/article_738223c4-7c8e-52e3-bf8a-25cd1fead16c.html

17 SB Nation   

If the Blue Jays are going to turn it around, they have to start right now

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/14/15299578/blue-jays-al-east-playoffs-yeah-already

18 CBS Sports

Keri the 10: Marlins cat, the next Andrew Miller and more MLB observations

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/keri-the-10-marlins-cat-the-next-andrew-miller-and-more-mlb-observations/

19 Fangraphs

What’s the Point of the Matt Adams Outfield Experiment?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/whats-the-point-of-the-matt-adams-outfield-experiment/

20 Fox Sports

The African-American talent pool remains a troubling problem for baseball

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/the-african-american-talent-pool-remains-a-troubling-problem-for-baseball-041417

21 Baseball Prospectus

Of Xerox, Long Walks, and Sky Sox

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31605

22 Sports on Earth

OH MY-ERS: PADRES MAY HAVE SUPERSTAR

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/224038872/wil-myers-breakout-season-padres

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) SS

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF

4.  David Freese (R) 3B

5. Josh Bell (S) 1B

6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

7. Josh Harrison (R) LF

8. Alen Hanson (S) 2B
9. Tyler Glasnow (L) P

Cubs

1. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF

2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B

3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

4. Ben Zobrist (S) RF

5. Addison Russell (R) SS

6. Jason Heyward (L) CF

7. Willson Contreras (R) C

8. Jake Arrieta (R) P

9. Javier Baez (R) 2B

Pirates

Tyler Glasnow (R)

Cubs

Jake Arrieta (R)