JAL’s Dirty Back Road Morning Links

 

Dirty Back Road The B52s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTGRxNqhKX4

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

Pittsburgh Pirates Top Prospects: Number Three Shane Baz

https://rumbunter.com/2018/04/15/pittsburgh-pirates-top-prospects-number-three-shane-baz/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

System Sundays: Five Hot Starts to the Season

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/4/15/17239770/system-sundays-five-hot-starts-to-the-season

7 Green Weenie

Marte Partay Breaks Out As Bucs Take Marlin Series With 7-3 Win

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/04/marte-partay-breaks-out-as-bucs-take.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Major League Baseball needs to centralize all weather decisions

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/4/15/17240386/major-league-baseball-weather-postponement-rainout-schedule

9 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates ability to hit the long ball coming as a surprise

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/04/14/pittsburgh-pirates-long-ball/

10 MLB

Baserunning gaffe, replay turn HR into single

https://www.mlb.com/news/deven-marrero-hr-changed-to-single-upon-review/c-272275450

11 ESPN</b>

Justin Verlander is the last of a dying breed on the mound

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23174792/justin-verlander-last-dying-breed-mound

12 Forbes

Weather Woes Taking Bite Out Of MLB Attendance

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2018/04/15/weather-woes-taking-bite-out-of-mlb-attendance/#59f553af445e

13 Miami Herald

Same old story for Marlins. Another loss — and Yankees are next.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/fish-bytes/article208756324.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Bullpen bends but doesn't break, rewards Martinez's gem in Cardinals' 3-2 victory

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/bullpen-bends-but-doesn-t-break-rewards-martinez-s-gem/article_9c8c6398-3004-5315-9fa2-5ec4e0f4150b.html

15 SB Nation

This Noah Syndergaard pitch defied the laws of physics.

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2018/4/15/17240600/noah-syndergaard-pitch-defied-laws-of-physics

16 CBS Sports

MLB Sunday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Mets' Noah Syndergaard strikes out eight straight Brewers

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-sunday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-mets-noah-syndergaard-strikes-out-eight-straight-brewers/

17 Fangraphs

Sunday Notes: Yonny Chirinos is Quietly Putting Up Zeros

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-yonny-chirinos-is-quietly-putting-up-zeros/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Prospectus Feature: Middleton Sorry For Breaking Andrus’ Elbow With Pitch

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39173/prospectus-feature-middleton-sorry-breaking-andrus-elbow-pitch/

19 National Pastime Museum

Tragedy at the Ball Yard

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/tragedy-ball-yard

20 Blog Predictions

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


Rockies at Pirates 7:05 PM EDT

Rockies

German Marquez (R)                         

Pirates

Steven Brault (L)

Rockies

1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B

2. Chris Iannetta (R) C

3. Charlie Blackmon (L) CF

4. Ian Desmond (R) 1B

5. Carlos Gonzalez (L) RF

6. Trevor Story (R) SS

7. Pat Valaika (R) 3B

8. Gerardo Parra (L) LF

9. German Marquez (R) P

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

7. Colin Moran (L) 3B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Steven Brault (L) P