JAL’s Thirteenth Floor Opening Morning Links

Thirteenth Floor Opening Mudhoney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZZ7ouYrSSY

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

Steven Brault Impresses in First Start of the Season as Pirates Win

https://rumbunter.com/2018/04/05/steven-brault-impresses-first-start-season-pirates-win/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

4.5.18 Recap - Waino struggles, DBacks take game one

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/4/5/17204980/april-5-cardinals-diamondbacks-recap-adam-wainwright-struggles-robbie-ray-does-not

7 Green Weenie

4/5: Robinson, Dravecky Deals; Gregory Inked; Game Stories; Spring Fun; HBD Rennie, Jung-Ho, Lastings & Wid

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/04/45-robinson-dravecky-deals-gregory.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

WGN and NBC Sports Chicago both need to tweak their scoreboxes

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/4/5/17198402/wgn-nbc-sports-chicago-cubs-scorebox

9 Pirates Breakdown

Should Tyler Glasnow see higher leverage situations?

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/04/05/pittsburgh-pirates-tyler-glasnow/

10 Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Reds offense stalls in loss to Pittsburgh Pirates

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2018/04/05/cincinnati-reds-offense-stalls-loss-pittsburgh-pirates/491355002/

11 The Incline</b>

Phil Coyne, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 99-year-old usher, walks off after 81 seasons

https://theincline.com/2018/04/05/phil-coyne-the-pittsburgh-pirates-99-year-old-usher-walks-off-after-81-seasons/

12 Artesia Daily

MLB serves up a frosty start to new season, more snow coming

http://www.artesianews.com/1571830/mlb-serves-up-a-frosty-start-to-new-season-more-snow-coming.html

13 ESPN

No, you shouldn't trade away Joey Votto for Matt Olson

http://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/id/23038367/fantasy-baseball-no-trade-away-joey-votto-matt-olson

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Media Views: Another Cards game pulled off television in favor of Facebook steaming

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/dan-caesar/media-views-another-cards-game-pulled-off-television-in-favor/article_f6f8456b-b89a-5fd1-9143-704533fc23bf.html

15 SB Nation

Facebook’s baseball broadcast was a vision of the hellish future we deserve

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/4/5/17199544/facebook-mlb-broadcast-mets-phillies

16 CBS Sports

The five dumbest things about the first week of the 2018 Major League Baseball season

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-five-dumbest-things-about-the-first-week-of-the-mlb-season/

17 Fangraphs

Shohei Ohtani Has Already Verified Something

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/shohei-ohtani-has-already-verified-something/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: A Phillie For Life

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/38972/short-relief-phillie-life/

19 National Pastime Museum

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FACING SANDY KOUFAX IN THE 1965 WORLD SERIES

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/mission-impossible-facing-sandy-koufax-1965-world-series

20Blog Predictions

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

21 Library of Congress

Branch Rickey Papers

https://www.loc.gov/collections/branch-rickey-papers/

Red at Pirates  7:05 PM

Reds

Luis Castillo (R)                                

Pirates

Trevor Williams (R)

Reds

1. Jesse Winker (L) RF

2. Eugenio Suarez (R) 3B

3. Joey Votto (L) 1B

4. Scooter Gennett (L) 2B

5. Adam Duvall (R) LF

6. Devin Mesoraco (R) C

7. Jose Peraza (R) SS

8. Luis Castillo (R) P

9. Billy Hamilton (S) CF

Pirates

1. Josh Harrison (R) 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. Trevor Williams (R) P