JAL’s Lowlands of Holland Morning Links

Lowlands of Holland  Steeleye Span Ashley Huchings  bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBBSYK20-T0

1 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

Will Craig’s Power is Starting to Develop

https://rumbunter.com/2018/05/17/will-craigs-power-starting-develop/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

The Cardinals should cut Greg Holland

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/5/17/17363734/the-cardinals-should-cut-greg-holland

7 Green Weenie

Pirates Take Wild Opener From Padres 5-4; Starling To Go On DL, Austin Meadows To Report For Duty

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/05/pirates-take-wild-opener-from-padres-5.htm

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Ben Zobrist says players and MLB could agree soon on uniforms

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/17/17364310/ben-zobrist-players-mlb-uniforms

9 Pirates Breakdown

Do the Pittsburgh Pirates even really need an "Ace?"

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/05/17/pittsburgh-pirates-need-ace-pbd11/

10 The Point of Pittsburgh

Is Chad Kuhl Becoming the Next Jeff Locke?

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/is-chad-kuhl-becoming-the-next-jeff-locke/

11 MLB</b>

Surprise contenders may have staying power

https://www.mlb.com/news/surprise-mlb-contenders-staying-power-ranked/c-277203090

12 New York Post

We already know how bad it will get with legalized sports betting

https://nypost.com/2018/05/17/we-already-know-how-bad-it-will-get-with-legalized-sports-betting/

13 San Diego Union Tribune

Pirates take advantage of Padres' miscues to win series opener

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sd-sp-padres-pirates-0517-story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  25 observations of Cards' first quarter

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-observations-of-cards-first-quarter/collection_9229a298-5f81-5610-abe0-1699223a0a17.html

15 SB Nation

A day in the life of an inveterate MLB gambler in 2038

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/5/17/17355988/mlb-gambling-supreme-court-murphy-v-ncaa-baseball

16 CBS Sports

MLB Thursday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Dodgers snap losing skid vs. Marlins

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-thursday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-dodgers-snap-losing-skid-vs-marlins/

17 Fangraphs

The Rarest Sight in Baseball

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-rarest-sight-in-baseball/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Baseball Therapy: Mookie Betts and the God of WAR

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40004/baseball-therapy-mookie-betts-god-war/

19 National Pastime Museum

THE BEAUTY OF EARLY BASEBALL, BY GEORGE(S)!

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/beauty-early-baseball-georges

20 Blog Predictions

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

Padres 17-28 at Pirates 26-17   7:05 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 67°F • Mostly Cloudy • 13% PoP

Padres

Tyson Ross (R)    2-3  3.40 ERA      

Pirates

Ivan Nova (R)    2-3  5.01 ERA

Padres

1. Travis Jankowski (L) CF

2. Cory Spangenberg (L) 3B

3. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B

4. Franchy Cordero (L) LF

5. Raffy Lopez (L) C

6. Franmil Reyes (R) RF

7. Freddy Galvis (S) SS

8. Carlos Asuaje (L) 2B

9. Tyson Ross (R) P

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Colin Moran (L) 3B

6. Elias Diaz (R) C

7. Austin Meadows (L) CF

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Ivan Nova (R) P