JAL’s Don’t Be Messin with My Bread Morning Links

Don’t Be Messin with My Bread John Lee Hooker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv36f8gxEq4

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

The New Version of Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Will Craig

https://rumbunter.com/2018/06/20/the-new-version-of-pittsburgh-pirates-prospect-will-craig/

6 Green Weenie

6/20 Expo Park-Forbes Field Era: Waner's 23-Gamer; Always on a Sunday; Max Cycle; Home-Coming; Game Stories; HBD Gary, Cum, Ed, John, Bill & Scooter

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/06/620-expo-park-forbes-field-era-waners.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Looking at Jordy Mercer's hot June

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/06/20/pittsburgh-pirates-mercer-turnaround-pbd11/

8 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Notes: With the damaged nerve in his thumb flaring up, Ryan Braun goes for more cryotherapy

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/06/20/brewers-leftfielder-ryan-braun-leaves-club-have-injection-thumb/716388002/

9 AZ Central</b>

Game Day: Diamondbacks travel to Pittsburgh to face Pirates

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2018/06/20/arizona-diamondbacks-pittsburgh-pirates-pitching-matchups-scores/718584002/

10 Point of Pittsburgh

Pirates Payroll Rewind: 2017

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/pirates-payroll-rewind-2017/

11 SB Nation

The Angels are having a cursed monkey paw of a season

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/6/20/17483918/angels-mike-trout-shohei-ohtani-andrelton-simmons

12 CBS Sports

MLB Wednesday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Cubs top Dodgers again, Wacha injured

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-wednesday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-cubs-top-dodgers-again-wacha-injured/

13 Fangraphs

The Manager’s Perspective: Buck Showalter on the Changing Game

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-managers-perspective-buck-showalter-on-the-changing-game/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: The Second Direction

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40737/short-relief-the-second-direction/

15 Blog Predictions

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


Arizona Diamondbacks 40-33 at Pittsburgh Pirates  36-37  7:05 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 80°F • Mostly Cloudy • 4% PoP

Diamondbacks

Zack Godley (R)   7-5  4.77 ERA          

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R)     5-4   3.76 ERA

Diamondbacks

1. Jon Jay (L) RF

2. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B

3. David Peralta (L) LF

4. Daniel Descalso (L) 3B

5. Ketel Marte (S) 2B

6. Alex Avila (L) C

7. Nick Ahmed (R) SS

8. Jarrod Dyson (L) CF

9. Zack Godley (R) P

Pirates

1. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

2. Austin Meadows (L) LF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Colin Moran (L) 3B

5. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

6. Josh Bell (S) 1B

7. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Chad Kuhl (R) P

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Arizona 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 8 1

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  W: Z. Godley (8-5)   L: C. Kuhl (5-5)

7:05 PM ET, June 21, 2018 PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Attendance: 20,554

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Arizona Diamondbacks Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG J. Jay, RF 4 2 2 2 4 0 0 .340 .450 .500 P. Goldschmidt, 1B 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 .266 .376 .528 D. Peralta, LF 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .277 .338 .496 D. Descalso, 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .268 .368 .508   D. Marrero, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 .210 .200 K. Marte, 2B 5 3 2 2 5 0 0 .246 .302 .418 A. Avila, C 4 1 2 3 6 1 1 .124 .240 .219 N. Ahmed, SS 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 .223 .286 .425 J. Dyson, CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .182 .282 .256 Z. Godley, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111   C. Owings, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 .263 .292   F. Salas, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   J. De La Rosa, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000   J. Barrett, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Totals 36 9 10 9 20 5 4 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG J. Harrison, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .324 .396   R. Rodríguez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   J. Osuna, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .250 .452   M. Feliz, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   E. Díaz, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .298 .343 .489 A. Meadows, LF 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 .340 .363 .598 S. Marte, CF 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 .280 .335 .473 C. Moran, 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .273 .354 .429 F. Cervelli, C 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .257 .390 .486 J. Bell, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .243 .324 .375 G. Polanco, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .212 .318 .420 J. Mercer, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .325 .407   S. Rodríguez, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .157 .289 .296 C. Kuhl, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150   S. Brault, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .286   A. Frazier, PH-2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .239 .318 .355 Totals 32 3 8 3 9 4 6 - - -

2B: Ari 4, J. Jay 2 (3), A. Avila (1), N. Ahmed (13). Pit 1, S. Marte (11).

HR: Ari 2, K. Marte (6), A. Avila (3).

HR Detail: Ari, K. Marte (Inning: 1 , 2 Out, 1 on) off C. Kuhl, Ari, A. Avila (Inning: 3 , 0 Out, 1 on) off C. Kuhl.

Scoring Position: Ari - 4 for 10.Pit - 1 for 5.

SF: Ari 1, D. Descalso (1). Pit 1, C. Moran (1).

SH: Ari 1, Z. Godley (1). Pit 0,

Arizona Diamondbacks Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA Z. Godley, (W 8-5) 6.0 4 3 2 3 5 0 25 96 37 - 59 4.64 .260 F. Salas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 - 7 3.97 .268 J. De La Rosa 1.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 32 13 - 19 3.47 .273 J. Barrett 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 4 - 7 4.15 .294

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA C. Kuhl, (L 5-5) 2.0 8 8 8 1 2 2 15 53 21 - 32 4.56 .278 S. Brault 3.0 0 0 0 4 1 0 14 55 25 - 30 4.14 .207 R. Rodríguez 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 25 9 - 16 2.19 .253 M. Feliz 2.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 30 10 - 20 5.58 .252

Errors: Pit 1, S. Rodríguez (4).

Double Plays: Ari 2, (Marte to Ahmed to Goldschmidt; Ahmed to Marrero to Goldschmidt).

Wild Pitches: Ari 1, Z. Godley.

Passed Balls: Ari 1, A. Avila.

Hit by Pitch: Ari, J. Jay by S. Brault.

Umpires: HP--Scheurwater, 1B--Cooper, 2B--Cederstrom, 3B--Blaser.