JAL’s Quiet Night of Quiet Stars Morning Links

Quiet Night of Quiet Stars Frank Sinatra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU1mz6WburU

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

Wade LeBlanc Has Been An Unsung Hero In The Pirate Bullpen

http://rumbunter.com/2017/05/06/wade-leblanc-unsung-hero-pirate-bullpen/

7 Viva El Birdos

Game 29 Recap: Short-handed Cards provide enough to back Leake

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/5/6/15570266/game-29-recap-the-st-louis-cardinals-are-decadent-and-depraved

8 Green Weenie

Good News: Bucs Outlast Brew Crew 2-1 in 10 Frames; Bad News: Taillon Goes On DL

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/05/good-news-bucs-outlast-brew-crew-2-1-in.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds score another 14 runs, thump Giants early and often in 14-2 win

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/5/6/15570632/reds-giants-billy-hamilton-cycle-almost-amir-garrett

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Yankees 11, Cubs 6: Ugh

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/5/6/15570772/yankees-11-cubs-6-brett-anderson-rob-zastryzny-aaron-hicks-starlin-castro

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways and Throwaways – Pirates Walk it Off in Ten Innings

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/06/takeaways-throwaways-2-3/

When should the Pittsburgh Pirates sell and who should they sell?

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/06/pittsburgh-pirates-trade-star-players/

12 Johnstown Trib-Democrat

Sam Ross Jr. | Pirates season in the eye of three beholders

http://www.tribdem.com/sports/sam-ross-jr-pirates-season-in-the-eye-of-three/article_2f13f7e8-32d5-11e7-955d-03f0d3377b2a.html

13 Times-News

A brief history of pitch counts in baseball

http://magicvalley.com/sports/local/a-brief-history-of-pitch-counts-in-baseball/article_0e1bb1d0-a18a-5aac-a38b-7905bff84aa4.html

14 Augusta Chronicle

Cumpton fights his way back from surgeries

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2017-05-06/cumpton-fights-his-way-back-surgeries

15 The Virginian Pilot

Tides have a veteran big leaguer in their outfield. He's just not a veteran outfielder.

http://pilotonline.com/sports/baseball/norfolk-tides/tides-have-a-veteran-big-leaguer-in-their-outfield-he/article_27169e9b-b7f1-523b-9a9b-53b13c612db3.html

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Cards beat Braves again but lose another outfielder

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-beat-braves-again-but-lose-another-outfielder/article_76b9d974-c0cb-5a3a-bc33-c599d35c4e9a.html

17 SB Nation   

The Rangers are out of last place, but they have a long way to go

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/5/6/15567344/the-rangers-are-out-last-place-but-they-have-long-way-to-go-texas-adrian-beltre-cole-hamels

18 CBS Sports

MLB Saturday scores, highlights, updates, news: Red Sox offense finally explodes

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-saturday-scores-highlights-updates-news-red-sox-offense-finally-explodes/

19 Fangraphs

Brandon Belt Rightly Resists the Revolution

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/brandon-belt-rightly-resists-the-revolution/

20 Fox Sports

5 MLB contenders whose seasons could be ruined by rotation injuries

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/mets-red-sox-blue-jays-angels-mariners-injury-rotation-syndergaard-stroman-wright-price-paxton-hernandez-bumgarner-050617

21 Baseball Prospectus

Reconciling the Outliers

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31763

Brewers

Zach Davies (R)    

Pirates

Tyler Glasnow (R)

Brewers

1. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B

2. Eric Thames (L) 1B

3. Hernan Perez (R) LF

4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B

5. Domingo Santana (R) RF

6. Jett Bandy (R) C

7. Keon Broxton (R) CF

8. Orlando Arcia (R) SS

9. Zach Davies (R) P

Pirates

1. John Jaso (L) RF

2. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

3. Josh Bell (S) 1B

4. Gregory Polanco (L) CF

5. Jose Osuna (R) LF

6. Phil Gosselin (R) 2B

7. Gift Ngoepe (R) 3B

8. Chris Stewart (R) C

9. Tyler Glasnow (L) P