JAL’s Milk and Honey Morning Links

Milk and Honey Delain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kksM0XuxvJ0

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

Led by Home Runs and Trevor Williams, Pittsburgh Pirates Win Series in Chicago

https://rumbunter.com/2018/04/12/led-home-runs-trevor-williams-pittsburgh-pirates-win-series-chicago/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Versatility or Volatility? Defensive Flexibility’s Fine Line

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/4/12/17221414/versatility-or-volatility-defensive-flexibilitys-fine-line

7 Green Weenie

Bucs Take Series In A Home Run or No Count Contest 6-1  

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/04/bucs-take-series-in-home-run-or-no.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Pirates 6, Cubs 1: This one’s on you, Joe Maddon

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/4/12/17231688/cubs-pirates-recap-kyle-hendricks-joe-maddon-mlb-scores

9 Pirates Breakdown

An ode to Jordy Mercer

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/04/12/jordy-mercer-pittsburgh-pirates/

10 The Point of Pittsburgh

Starling Marte Is Doing Something New: Walking

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/10887-2/

11 Forbes</b>

Here Are The Real Reasons MLB Attendance Is Down

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2018/04/12/heres-the-real-reasons-mlb-attendance-is-down/#5714ff4d36f2

12 New York Post

How we should fix baseball brawl rules — before it’s too late

https://nypost.com/2018/04/12/how-we-should-fix-baseball-brawl-rules-before-its-too-late/

13 Chicago Tribune

Cubs’ bats cold in 6-1 loss to Pirates

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-pirates-20180412-story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Hochman: Not so fast on yanking Waino from Cardinals' rotation

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-not-so-fast-on-yanking-waino-from-cardinals-rotation/article_278a1f25-440d-5eb8-a38e-8582861bb9d7.html

15 SB Nation

Someone at Major League Baseball at least thought about a mercy rule, and I’m mad on the internet.

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/4/12/17229396/mlb-rule-changes-rob-manfred-mercy-rule

16 CBS Sports

Gregory Polanco sure looks like he's at the beginning of a long-awaited breakout year

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/gregory-polanco-sure-looks-like-hes-at-the-beginning-of-a-long-awaited-breakout-year/

17 Fangraphs

Giancarlo Stanton Has Struggled with the Fastball

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/giancarlo-stanton-has-struggled-with-the-fastball/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Flu-Like Symptoms: Baseball Team Ownership and Rent-Seeking

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39161/flu-like-symptoms-baseball-team-ownership-rent-seeking/

19 National Pastime Museum

Mickey Cochrane

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/mickey-cochrane

20 Blog Predictions

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



Pirates (9-3) at Marlins (3-9)  7:10 PM EDT

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R) 



Pirates

1. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. David Freese (R) 3B

6. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

7. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

8. Elias Diaz (R) C

9. Chad Kuhl (R) P

                     

Marlins

1. Derek Dietrich (L) LF

2. Miguel Rojas (R) SS

3. Starlin Castro (R) 2B

4. Justin Bour (L) 1B

5. Brian Anderson (R) 3B

6. J.B. Shuck (L) RF

7. Lewis Brinson (R) CF

8. Chad Wallach (R) C

9. Dillon Peters (L) P