JAL’s Funny Little Frog Morning Links

Funny Little Frog Belle and Sebastian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fT6pssrES8

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

Kyle Crick’s Bread and Butter Pitch: The Fastball

https://rumbunter.com/2018/03/13/kyle-cricks-bread-butter-pitch-fastball/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Why the 2018 Cardinals will win the NL Central

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2018/3/13/17104384/cardinals-2018-national-league-central-champions-cubs-brewers-joe-maddon-cool-uncle

7 Green Weenie

3/13: Roberto Stays in Vegas; Crystal K; HBD Jason, Al, Gary, Eddie & Chappie

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/03/313-roberto-stays-in-vegas-crystal-k.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Which NCAA basketball tournament school produced the best baseball player?

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/3/13/17110732/ncaa-tournament-baseball-kenny-lofton-barry-bonds-bob-gibson-basketball

9 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates 2018 preview: Chad Kuhl

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/03/13/pittsburgh-pirates-chad-kuhl-preview-2/

10 Pittsburgh Sports Castle

Flavell: Five thoughts on the Pirates so far in Spring Training

http://pittsburghsportscastle.com/five-thoughts-on-the-pirates-so-far-through-spring-training/

11 KDKA</b>

New Players Fitting Into The Pirates’ Clubhouse

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/03/13/pittsburgh-pirates-spring-training-new-guys/

12 Go Erie

Pirates game plans often go by the numbers

http://www.goerie.com/sports/20180313/pirates-game-plans-often-go-by-numbers

13 Sarasota Herald Tribune

SPRING TRAINING: Surgery throws Nava a curveball

http://www.heraldtribune.com/sports/20180313/spring-training-surgery-throws-nava-curveball

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  BenFred: When should we worry about this Cardinals offense?

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-when-should-we-worry-about-this-cardinals-offense/article_7d28531a-5b76-5ffa-95f5-871da91a364a.html

15 SB Nation

Neil Walker is where he belongs, finally

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/3/13/17113708/neil-walker-is-where-he-belongs-finally-yankees-second-base

16 CBS Sports

Injuries continue to ruin what could've been David Wright's Hall of Fame career

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/injuries-continue-to-ruin-what-couldve-been-david-wrights-hall-of-fame-career/

17 Fangraphs

The Most and Least Confident of Projections

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-most-and-least-confident-of-projections/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Prospectus Feature: The Prospect Hype Cycle

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/38339/prospectus-feature-prospect-hype-cycle/

19 National Pastime Museum

SECOND-GUESSERS’ PARADISE: DISSECTING THE NINTH INNING OF THE SEVENTH GAME OF THE 1962 WORLD SERIES

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/second-guessers-paradise-dissecting-ninth-inning-seventh-game-1962-world-series

20 CBS Sports

2018 MLB Spring Training: Previews, depth charts and schedules for all 30 teams

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2018-mlb-spring-training-previews-depth-charts-and-schedules-for-all-30-teams/

Rays vs Pirates 1:05 PM

Rays

Yonny Chirinos (R)

Pirates

Ivan Nova (R)

Rays

1. Johnny Field (R) LF

2. Carlos Gomez (R) RF

3. Wilson Ramos (R) C

4. Joey Wendle (L) 2B

5. Adeiny Hechavarria (R) SS

6. Micah Johnson (L) CF

7. Brandon Snyder (R) 1B

8. Kean Wong (L) DH

9. Andrew Velazquez (S) 3B

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. David Freese (R) 3B

7. Elias Diaz (R) C

8. Kevin Newman (R) SS

9. Ivan Nova (R) P

9

Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Tampa Bay 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 9 13 0 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 8 4

3

  W: Y. Chirinos (2-0)   L: I. Nova (0-2)

1:05 PM ET, March 14, 2018 LECOM Park, Bradenton, Florida  Attendance: 6,218

• Box

Tampa Bay Rays Player AB R H RBI TB AVG OBP SLG J. Field, LF 3 0 0 1 0 .316 .350 .474   D. Olmedo-Barrera, PH-LF 2 0 1 1 1 .500 .500 1.375 C. Gómez, RF 3 0 1 1 2 .333 .385 .417   N. Lukes, RF 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 W. Ramos, C 3 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .208   J. Monell, C 2 0 0 0 0 .211 .250 .316 J. Wendle, 2B 2 0 1 0 2 .400 .464 .520   B. Lowe, PH-2B 2 1 2 1 5 .333 .429 .833 A. Hechavarria, SS 3 0 0 0 0 .450 .450 .650   J. Cronenworth, PH-SS 2 1 1 0 1 .077 .143 .077 M. Johnson, CF 3 2 1 1 4 .381 .480 .714   J. Fraley, PH-CF 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 B. Snyder, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 .222 .276 .333   D. Kelly, PH-1B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 K. Wong, DH 5 2 3 1 4 .286 .444 .571 A. Velazquez, 3B 2 1 2 1 2 .231 .313 .231   M. Brosseau, PH-3B 2 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500   Y. Chirinos, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   A. Colomé, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   R. Stanek, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   V. Nuño, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   J. Venters, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   C. Murray, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Totals 40 9 13 8 22 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB AVG OBP SLG A. Frazier, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 .385 .484 .654   M. Moroff, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .545 S. Marte, CF 3 0 0 0 0 .423 .444 .808   P. Reyes, CF 1 0 0 0 0 .133 .235 .133 G. Polanco, RF 3 0 1 0 1 .360 .407 .720   J. Osuna, RF 0 0 0 0 0 .320 .370 .600 J. Bell, 1B 3 1 2 0 2 .241 .281 .414   N. Kingham, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   C. Sadler, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   C. Bostick, PH 1 0 0 0 0 .120 .185 .240   M. Feliz, P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 C. Dickerson, LF 3 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .389   T. Cunningham, LF 1 1 1 0 1 .174 .200 .217 D. Freese, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .235 .300 .471   E. Wood, 3B 2 1 1 1 4 .381 .458 .667 E. Díaz, C 3 0 1 1 1 .176 .333 .529   J. Stallings, C 1 0 1 1 1 .308 .438 .462 K. Newman, SS 3 0 1 0 1 .263 .318 .368   K. Kramer, SS 1 0 0 0 0 .313 .500 .875 I. Nova, P 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   B. Brentz, PH 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .344 .333   G. Kontos, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   E. Weiss, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 .125 .118 .188 Totals 33 3 8 3 11 - - -

2B: TB 3, C. Gómez (1), J. Wendle (1), K. Wong (3).

HR: TB 2, B. Lowe (1), M. Johnson (1). Pit 1, E. Wood (1).

SF: TB 2, D. Kelly (1), A. Velazquez (1). Pit 0,

Tampa Bay Rays Player IP H R ER BB K ERA Y. Chirinos, (W 2-0) 3.0 3 1 1 1 6 5.06 A. Colomé 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 R. Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 V. Nuño 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 3.68 J. Venters 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 C. Murray 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 6.23

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K ERA I. Nova, (L 0-2) 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 4.50 G. Kontos 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 1.93 N. Kingham 0.2 3 4 4 1 1 6.23 C. Sadler 1.1 3 1 0 0 1 0.00 M. Feliz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50

Errors: Pit 4, E. Díaz (1), E. Wood (1), E. Weiss (3), J. Bell (1).

Stolen Bases: TB 3, M. Johnson (1), J. Fraley (1), K. Wong (1).

Wild Pitches: Pit 2, I. Nova, G. Kontos.

Time: 2:55

Attendance - 6,218