JAL’s Wild Honey Morning Links

 

Wild Honey Beach Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTnLK5mxu4

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: Team Stat Rankings Update 1

https://rumbunter.com/2018/04/09/pittsburgh-pirates-team-stat-rankings-update-1/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Mike Matheny doesn’t have a plan for an eight-man bullpen: Week 1

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/4/9/17199392/cardinals-bullpen-mike-mayers-mike-matheny-just-flailing-around-out-there-meet-the-kapler-unit

7 Green Weenie

4/9 TRS-PNC Park Era: PNC Opens; RIP Willie; Cobra Cover Boy; Game Stories

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/04/49-trs-pnc-park-era-pnc-opens-rip.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

A Wrigley Field Opening Day snowout gallery

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/4/9/17216956/wrigley-field-opening-day-snowout-gallery#12-28-p-m-new-ad-sign-on-waveland-rooftop

9 Pirates Breakdown

Corey Dickerson providing solid middle of the order bat in early going

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/04/09/pittsburgh-pirates-corey-dickerson/

10 Call to the Pen

Pittsburgh Pirates: Have they found their ace in Jameson Taillon?

https://calltothepen.com/2018/04/09/pittsburgh-pirates-ace-taillon/

11 The Point of Pittsburgh</b>

5 Players I’m Excited About In The Pirates’ Minors For 2018

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/5-players-im-excited-about-in-the-pirates-minors-for-2018/

12 Star News

PHOTOS: From Leland to Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.starnewsonline.com/photogallery/NC/20180409/SPORTS/409009999/PH/1?start=2

13 Chicago Tribune

Cubs' Anthony Rizzo placed on DL, should be ready for Cardinals series

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-anthony-rizzo-20180409-story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  BenFred: Cards could flip NL Central script by beating up on Brewers

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-cards-could-flip-nl-central-script-by-beating-up/article_278df48a-195c-5aea-9e36-a8e992087fd0.html

15 SB Nation

Shohei Ohtani is pretty good, Andrew McCutchen is a delight, and Tim Tebow is in this headline for SEO purposes

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/4/9/17189090/shohei-ohtani-andrew-mccutchen-tim-tebow-johnny-evers

16 CBS Sports

MLB Monday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Astros look to extend Justin Verlander's streak

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-monday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-astros-look-to-extend-justin-verlanders-streak/

17 Fangraphs

he Dodgers Will Probably Be Fine

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-dodgers-will-probably-be-fine/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Cold Takes: Invisible Suffering

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39055/cold-takes-invisible-suffering/

19 National Pastime Museum

THE MYSTERIOUS CUBS COLLAPSE OF 1969

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/mysterious-cubs-collapse-1969

20 Blog 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/

Pirates at Cubs  2:20 PM

Pirates

Ivan Nova (R)               

Cubs

Tyler Chatwood (R)

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. Ivan Nova (R) P

Cubs

1. Ian Happ (S) CF

2. Kris Bryant (R) 3B

3. Ben Zobrist (S) 1B

4. Willson Contreras (R) C

5. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF

6. Addison Russell (R) SS

7. Jason Heyward (L) RF

8. Javier Baez (R) 2B

9. Tyler Chatwood (R) P