Monday, October 9, 2017

JAL’s I Ran Morning Links

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I Ran A Flock of Seagulls


MLB Transactions



2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates



3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection


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



5 Retrosheet


6 Rumbunter


Could Nick Kingham be in the 2018 Opening Day rotation?





7 Viva El Birdos</b>

How Important is a Big Bat, Really?


8 Green Weenie


10/8 Post-Season: WS Wins in '09, '25, Losses in '03, '27, '60; 1-of-3 in Playoffs



9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

MLB Playoffs 2017: Cubs vs. Nationals Monday Game 3 time confirmed


10 Pirates Breakdown

The Pittsburgh Pirates should have traded for Jay Bruce



11 NY Times

Greg Bird Preserves Yankees’ Season, Toppling the Indians With a Lone Blast


12 Boston Globe

It took a while, but Hanley Ramirez is engaged. Red Sox hope it’s not too late



13 Minor League Ball

2018 MLB Draft Watch: 5 Prep Pitchers to Keep an Eye On


14 WHNT

Father and son on journey to play catch at every MLB stadium



15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Hochman: DeJong gives Cardinals a rare weapon



  16 SB Nation

MLB playoffs 2017: Bracket, schedule, scores, and more from the postseason



Red Sox give the Astros a taste of their own medicine and win their first ALDS game




17 CBS Sports

Cubs vs. Nats NLDS: Did Joe Maddon make the wrong call in eighth inning of Game 2?



18 Fangraphs

Sunday Notes: The Astros Changed Alex Bregman for the Good


19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Payment Past Due


http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=32944


AL and NL Division Series

Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox  Game 4  1 pm

TV: TV Fox Sports 1

Charlie Morton (R)  14-7  3.62 ERA     Rick Porcello (R) 11-17  4.65 ERA

Astros

1. George Springer (R) CF
2. Josh Reddick (L) RF
3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS
5. Marwin Gonzalez (S) LF
6. Alex Bregman (R) 3B
7. Evan Gattis (R) DH
8. Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B
9. Brian McCann (L) C

Red Sox

1. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
2. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
3. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
4. Mookie Betts (R) RF
5. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
6. Hanley Ramirez (R) DH
7. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
8. Christian Vazquez (R) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF


Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs  Game 3  4 pm

TV: TBS

Max Scherzer (R)  16-6  2.51 ERA  Jose Quintana (L)  11-11  4.49 ERA

Nationals

1. Trea Turner (R) SS
2. Bryce Harper (L) RF
3. Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
4. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B
5. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 1B
6. Jayson Werth (R) LF
7. Matt Wieters (S) C
8. Michael A. Taylor (R) CF
9. Max Scherzer (R) P


Cubs

1. Jon Jay (L) CF
2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Willson Contreras (R) C
5. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B
6. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF
7. Jason Heyward (L) RF
8. Addison Russell (R) SS
9. Jose Quintana (R) P

Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees  Game 4 7 pm

TV: Fox Sports 1

Trevor Bauer (R)  17-9  4.19 ERA  Luis Severino (R) 14-6  2.98 ERA

Indians

Yankees

Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Game 3  10 pm

TV: TBS

Yu Darvish (R)  10-12  3.86 ERA  Zack Greinke (R) 17-7  3.20 ERA

Dodgers

Diamondbacks