JAL’s Moon and Moon Morning Links

Moon and Moon Bat for Lashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUR7GVXae-M

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 Give Game Away Against The Boston Red Sox

http://rumbunter.com/2017/04/13/pittsburgh-pirates-give-game-away-against-boston-red-sox/

7 Viva El Birdos

Trevor Rosenthal isn’t fair to opposing hitters

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/4/13/15283254/trevor-rosenthal-isnt-fair-st-louis-cardinals-slider-fourseamer-pitchfx-changeup

8 Green Weenie

Bucs Play Giveaway In 4-3 Loss To Bosox

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/04/bucs-play-giveaway-in-4-3-loss-to-bosox.html

9 Red Reporter

Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/4/13/15290668/cincinnati-reds-series-preview-milwaukee-brewers

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 4, Dodgers 0: Mr. Almora For The Defense

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/4/13/15295664/cubs-dodgers-recap-albert-almora-addison-russell-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways And Throwaways – Pittsburgh Pirates Lose 4-3 Heartbreaker to Boston Red Sox

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/13/takeaways-throwaways-pittsburgh-pirates-lose-red-sox/

Pittsburgh Pirates continue to struggle with runners in scoring position

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/04/13/pittsburgh-pirates-runners-in-scoring-position/

12 Bleacher Report

5 MLB TEAMS THAT NEED TO SOUND THE EARLY-SEASON ALARM

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2703232-5-mlb-teams-that-need-to-sound-the-early-season-alarm

13 SI Live

Kevin Krause off to torrid start in Florida State League

http://www.silive.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/04/kevin_krause_off_to_torrid_sta.html

14 Boston Globe

Red Sox break out in eighth to beat Pirates

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/04/13/red-sox-break-out-eighth-beat-pirates/RBJJmOtaMDllBtosZQbpCK/story.html

15 USA Today

After one week, several closers are already on the hot seat

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/fantasy/2017/04/12/baseball-hq-closers-on-hot-seat/100318202/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Hall of Famer Lou Brock being treated for blood cancer

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hall-of-famer-lou-brock-being-treated-for-blood-cancer/article_8d0e0725-e1c5-5c7a-b5de-8f2e337d905b.html

17 SB Nation   

The 5 players who matter most in the AL Central

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/4/13/15280346/white-sox-quintana-royals-gordon-indians-naquin-twins-buxton-sano-tigers-zimmermann

18 CBS Sports

MLB Thursday scores, highlights, news, updates: Sano, Twins clobber Tigers

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-thursday-scores-highlights-news-updates-sano-twins-clobber-tigers/

19 Fangraphs

The Pace-of-Play Problem Began in 1884

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-pace-of-play-problem-began-in-1884/

20 Fox Sports

Yankees get dreaded ‘Tommy John’ diagnosis on top pitching prospect

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-york-yankees-james-kaprielian-top-pitching-prospect-tommy-john-surgery-elbow-injury-041317

21 Baseball Prospectus

Scouting Reports by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Anthony Bourdain, and Neil deGrasse Tyson

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31591

22 Sports on Earth

DAN OF STEEL: RIP, ROONEY

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/224078698/dan-rooney-passed-pittsburgh-steelers-chairman

Pirates

1. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF

4. Gregory Polanco (L) LF

5. David Freese (R) 3B

6. John Jaso (L) 1B

7. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Gerrit Cole (R) 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. Miguel Montero (L) C

8. Kyle Hendricks (R) P

9. Javier Baez (R) 2B

Pirates

Gerrit Cole (R)

Cubs

Kyle Hendricks (R)