JAL’s Peace Frog Morning Links

Peace Frog The Doors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22GEvDupWGo

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

Solving the Pittsburgh Pirates Power Problem

https://rumbunter.com/2018/03/14/solving-the-pittsburgh-pirates-power-problem/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Sizing up the competition

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2018/3/16/17111686/sizing-up-the-competition-st-louis-cardinals-brewers-yelich-cain-giants-rockies-wild-card-playoffs

7 Green Weenie

3/16: Honus Quits; Look Into the Crystal Ball; HBD Lloyd, Patsy & Abraham; RIP Pie

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/03/316-honus-quits-look-into-crystal-ball.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Who will get Justin Grimm’s Cubs bullpen spot?

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/3/16/17127520/justin-grimm-cubs-bullpen-eddie-butler-dillon-maples-mlb-scores

9 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Wake Up Call: The Pittsburgh Kid Has Some Opinions

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/03/16/pittsburgh-pirates-wake-up-call-the-pittsburgh-kid-has-some-opinions/

10 The Point of Pittsburgh

Pitch Framing Can Improve Value Of Pirates’ Pitchers

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/03/16/pittsburgh-pirates-wake-up-call-the-pittsburgh-kid-has-some-opinions/

11 KDKA</b>

Pirates’ Players Well Aware Of Disgruntled Fan Base, Hoping To Prove Them Wrong

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/03/16/pittsburgh-pirates-players-fan-base-discontent/

12 Bradenton Herald

Behind the numbers: Stories of how these Pittsburgh Pirates got their jersey number

http://www.bradenton.com/sports/article205524159.html

13 FanRag

Phillies swap Pedro Florimon for Eliezer Alvarez

https://www.fanragsports.com/news/phillies-swap-pedro-florimon-for-eliezer-alvarez/

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  No Lynn? No Arrieta? No problem for Cards, with Flaherty emerging

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/no-lynn-no-arrieta-no-problem-for-cards-with-flaherty/article_8e94df14-b27f-50a3-9c65-87c463ebab23.html

15 SB Nation

These are the best players who spent their careers on terrible teams

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2018/3/14/17120892/joe-thomas-barry-sanders-best-players-worst-teams

16 CBS Sports

Astros lock up Jose Altuve, but here's why it'll be much harder to keep Carlos Correa

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/astros-lock-up-jose-altuve-but-heres-why-itll-be-much-harder-to-keep-carlos-correa/

17 Fangraphs

Eugenio Suarez and the Free-Agent Market

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eugenio-suarez-and-the-free-agent-market/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Prospectus Feature: A Rotation Spot Made For Two

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/38541/prospectus-feature-rotation-spot-made-two/

19 National Pastime Museum

GRAHAM MCNAMEE, BASEBALL’S FIRST RADIO STAR

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/graham-mcnamee-baseball-s-first-radio-star

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/

21 Blog Prediction Contest

http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2018/03/2018-pbc-asylum-blog-prediction-contest.html

Twins vs Pirates 1:05 PM

Twins

Phil Hughes (R)    

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R)

Twins

1. Robbie Grossman (S) RF

2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS

3. Miguel Sano (R) 3B

4. Brock Stassi (L) 1B

5. Mitch Garver (R) C

6. LaMonte Wade (L) CF

7. Chris Heisey (R) DH

8. Nick Gordon (L) 2B

9. Nick Buss (L) LF

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

3. David Freese (R) 3B

4. Jose Osuna (R) 1B

5. Sean Rodriguez (R) SS

6. Jordan Luplow (R) LF

7. Bryce Brentz (R) RF

8. Todd Cunningham (S) CF

9. Chad Kuhl (R) P

5

Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Minnesota 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 10 4 Pittsburgh 1 0 2 9 0 1 0 0 x 13 13 0

13

  W: C. Kuhl (1-2)   L: P. Hughes (1-1)

1:05 PM ET, March 17, 2018 LECOM Park, Bradenton, Florida  Attendance: 5,868

• Box

Minnesota Twins Player AB R H RBI TB AVG OBP SLG R. Grossman, RF 3 0 2 1 2 .229 .308 .314   N. Buss, RF 2 0 0 0 0 .240 .296 .320 J. Polanco, SS 3 0 1 1 1 .265 .286 .412   G. Petit, SS 2 0 1 0 1 .167 .212 .300 M. Sanó, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 .269 .387 .654   T. Featherston, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .423 B. Stassi, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 .429 .500 .476   W. Astudillo, C 2 1 1 0 2 .188 .222 .250 M. Garver, C 3 0 1 0 1 .130 .286 .261   L. Michael, CF 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 J. Cave, CF 3 0 0 0 0 .136 .269 .182   L. Díaz, 1B 1 0 1 1 2 .333 .333 .667 C. Heisey, DH 3 1 1 0 1 .167 .257 .200   Z. Wiel, PH-DH 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - N. Gordon, 2B 3 1 1 0 3 .409 .435 .636   T. Blankenhorn, 2B 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 L. Wade, LF 1 1 0 1 0 .304 .469 .391   J. Ramsey, LF 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .167 .273   P. Hughes, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   A. Busenitz, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   A. Mciver, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   J. Reed, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   C. Davis, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Totals 36 5 10 5 14 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB AVG OBP SLG A. Frazier, 2B 4 2 1 1 2 .387 .472 .677   C. Bostick, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 .133 .212 .267 F. Cervelli, C 3 2 2 1 5 .400 .520 .850   J. Stallings, C 1 0 1 0 1 .357 .471 .500 D. Freese, 3B 4 1 1 2 2 .238 .292 .476   E. Weiss, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 .111 .105 .167 J. Osuna, 1B 4 1 2 3 2 .355 .400 .677   E. Wood, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 .348 .423 .609 S. Rodríguez, SS 3 3 2 1 5 .300 .344 .733   M. Moroff, SS 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .500 J. Luplow, LF 4 1 2 3 6 .200 .188 .533   E. Escobar, LF 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 B. Brentz, RF 4 0 1 1 1 .229 .325 .314   C. Sharpe, RF 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 T. Cunningham, CF 3 1 1 0 1 .185 .233 .222   E. Santana, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   L. Sendelbach, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   A. Valerio, PH 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   T. Jones, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - - C. Kuhl, P 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500   B. McKinney, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   R. Lavarnway, PH 1 0 0 0 0 .294 .333 .647   K. Siegrist, P 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   P. Reyes, PH-CF 2 0 0 0 0 .211 .286 .368 Totals 39 13 13 12 25 - - -

2B: Min 2, W. Astudillo (1), L. Díaz (1). Pit 3, A. Frazier (4), D. Freese (2), J. Luplow (1).

3B: Min 1, N. Gordon (2).

HR: Pit 3, F. Cervelli (2), S. Rodríguez (4), J. Luplow (3).

SF: Min 2, T. Blankenhorn (1), L. Wade (1). Pit 0,

SH: Min 0,  Pit 1, C. Kuhl (1).

Minnesota Twins Player IP H R ER BB K ERA P. Hughes, (L 1-1) 3.1 8 9 5 1 3 7.71 A. Busenitz 0.2 3 3 3 1 1 8.22 A. Mciver 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 J. Reed 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 1.50 C. Davis 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K ERA C. Kuhl, (W 1-2) 4.1 5 3 3 1 2 11.45 B. McKinney 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4.26 K. Siegrist 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 E. Santana 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 4.32 L. Sendelbach 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 T. Jones 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Errors: Min 4, M. Garver (1), J. Polanco (7), M. Sanó (2), T. Blankenhorn (1).

Wild Pitches: Min 3, P. Hughes, J. Reed, C. Davis. Pit 1, E. Santana.

Time: 3:21

Attendance - 5,868