JAL’s Please Be My Friend Morning Links

Please Be My Friend  Mathews Southern Comfort  Ian Matthews lead vocal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARuIoPvnGp4

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

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Newman, Martin, Players of the Week

https://rumbunter.com/2018/05/15/pittsburgh-pirates-prospects-newman-martin-players-of-the-week/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Cards offense shut down by Berrios in 4-1 loss

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/5/15/17359372/cards-offense-shut-down-by-berrios-in-4-1-loss

7 Green Weenie

Bucs Bolt Out of the Gate and Run Away With 7-0 Victory; Starling & Amore Hurt

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/05/bucs-bolt-out-of-gate-and-run-away-with.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

State of the National League Central: May 15, 2018

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/15/17356364/nl-central-standings-milwaukee-brewers-st-louis-cardinals

9 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Wake Up Call: Odd man out when Jhay returns?

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/05/15/pittsburgh-pirates-harrison-return-pbd11/

10 Beyond the Boxscore

Francisco Cervelli decided to be a superstar

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2018/5/15/17354330/pirates-francisco-cervelli-yankees-votto-alonso-harper

11 Real Sport</b>

Pittsburgh Pirates: Gregory Polanco and predicting performance

https://realsport101.com/news/sports/mlb/mlb-gregory-polanco-predicting-performance/

12 Ballpark Digest

High-Profile Venues to Give MLB Major Exposure in 2019

https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/05/15/high-profile-venues-to-give-mlb-major-exposure-in-2019/

13 Chicago Tribune

Starter Reynaldo Lopez struggles as Pirates crush White Sox 7-0

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-white-sox-pirates-20180515-story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Lynn awaits start vs. Cardinals, but it would have been 'meaningful' in St. Louis

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/lynn-awaits-start-vs-cardinals-but-it-would-have-been/article_09222b9e-c930-50e4-a9f5-5e3467411b3f.html

15 SB Nation

The Supreme Court’s sports gambling decision won’t ruin sports because any damage is already done

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/5/15/17352742/sports-betting-supreme-court-experience

16 CBS Sports

Suspension puts Robinson Cano's Hall of Fame candidacy into serious jeopardy

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/suspension-puts-robinson-canos-hall-of-fame-candidacy-into-serious-jeopardy/

17 Fangraphs

Travis Sawchik FanGraphs Chat

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/travis-sawchik-fangraphs-chat-61/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

What You Need To Know: Rays and Royals Are People Too

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/39945/need-know-rays-royals-people/

19 National Pastime Museum

CARL HORNER'S GREATEST HIT . . . AND MORE

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/carl-horners-greatest-hit-and-more

20 Blog Predictions

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

White Sox at Pirates 12:35 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 71°F • Drizzle • 14% PoP

White Sox

Hector Santiago (L)  0-1  5.60 ERA     

Pirates

Jameson Taillon (R)   2-3  4,08 ERA

White Sox

1. Yoan Moncada (S) 2B

2. Yolmer Sanchez (S) SS

3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B

4. Nicky Delmonico (L) LF

5. Matt Davidson (R) 3B

6. Leury Garcia (S) RF

7. Omar Narvaez (L) C

8. Adam Engel (R) CF

9. Hector Santiago (R) P

Pirates

1. Max Moroff (S) 2B

2. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

3. David Freese (R) 3B

4. Jose Osuna (R) 1B

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. Elias Diaz (R) C

7. Sean Rodriguez (R) CF

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Jameson Taillon (R) P