JAL’s June Bug Morning Links

June Bug  Melvins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB54GBcUoxk

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 Draft News: Braxton Ashcraft Agrees to Terms

https://rumbunter.com/2018/06/07/pittsburgh-pirates-draft-news-braxton-ashcraft-agrees-to-terms/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Game 60 recap: hey, they won!

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/6/7/17439404/june-7-2018-cardinals-marlins-recap-trevor-richards-hey-they-won

7 Green Weenie

Dodgers Win Home Run Derby, Hold Off Bucs To Take Series With An 8-7 Win

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/06/dodgers-win-home-run-derby-hold-off.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 4, Phillies 3: This play is under review

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/6/7/17439890/cubs-phillies-recap-anthony-rizzo-tyler-chatwood-mlb-scores

9 Pirates Breakdown

The Pittsburgh Pirates now have tremendous outfield depth

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/06/06/pittsburgh-pirates-outfield-depth-draft-pbd11/

USA Today

Cubs-Pirates a baseball rivalry worth watching: 'I don't care what they think'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2018/06/07/cubs-pirates-baseball-rivalry/682934002/

11 LA Times</b>

Dodgers offense overcomes loss of Dennis Santana in 8-7 win over Pirates

http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-pirates-20180607-story.html

12 SABR

Jack Chesbro

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/1475a701

13 NCAA

Colleges with the most first-round MLB draft picks

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23717489/pittsburgh-pirates-3b-jung-ho-kang-says-given-drinking-dui-arrest

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Fans share their stories of encounters with Red Schoendienst

https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2018-06-06/colleges-most-first-round-mlb-draft-picks

15 SB Nation

We drafted Avengers and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play baseball

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/6/5/17378264/marvel-avengers-mcu-cinematic-universe

16 CBS Sports

The top 50 players in MLB right now: Jose Ramirez sneaking up on Mike Trout and Mookie Betts as baseball's best player

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-top-50-players-in-mlb-right-now-jose-ramirez-sneaking-up-on-mike-trout-and-mookie-betts-as-baseballs-best-player/

17 Fangraphs

National League Draft Recap

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/national-league-draft-recap/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Let It Eat: The June 2018 Panic Index

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40474/let-it-eat-the-june-2018-panic-index/

19 Blog Predictions

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


Pirates 31-31 at Cubs 35-24

Gametime Forecast: 67°F • Mostly Cloudy • 4% PoP

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R)    4-3   3.86 ERA   

Cubs

Mike Montgomery (L)   1-1  3.89 ERA

Pirates

1. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

2. Austin Meadows (L) RF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

5. Corey Dickerson (L) LF

6. David Freese (R) 1B

7. Colin Moran (L) 3B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Chad Kuhl (R) P

Cubs

1. Kris Bryant (R) 3B

2. Jason Heyward (L) RF

3. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B

4. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

5. Willson Contreras (R) C

6. Albert Almora Jr. (R) CF

7. Javier Baez (R) SS

8. Ian Happ (S) LF

9. Mike Montgomery (L) P

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Chi Cubs 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 9 0

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  W: M. Montgomery (2-1)   L: C. Kuhl (4-4)   S: P. Strop (1)

2:20 PM ET, June 8, 2018 Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois  Attendance: 40,097

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Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG J. Harrison, 2B 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 .290 .338 .395 A. Meadows, RF 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 .375 .406 .688 S. Marte, CF 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .286 .344 .463 F. Cervelli, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .269 .391 .526 C. Dickerson, LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .321 .356 .487 D. Freese, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .253 .318 .421 C. Moran, 3B 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 .279 .360 .424 J. Mercer, SS 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .255 .318 .385 C. Kuhl, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158   E. Santana, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   J. Bell, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 .307 .369   D. Neverauskas, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   G. Polanco, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .309 .414 Totals 33 1 9 1 11 2 4 - - -

Chicago Cubs Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG K. Bryant, 3B 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 .301 .406 .514 J. Heyward, RF 4 1 2 0 3 0 0 .268 .331 .401 B. Zobrist, 2B 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 .293 .381 .439   P. Strop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 A. Rizzo, 1B 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .249 .348 .442 W. Contreras, C 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 .281 .374 .457 A. Almora Jr., CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .315 .369 .433 J. Báez, SS-2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .254 .284 .531 I. Happ, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228 .349 .455 M. Montgomery, P 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167   T. La Stella, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .324 .398 .351   C. Mazzoni, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   R. Rosario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 -   A. Russell, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .347 .378 Totals 29 3 9 3 10 2 11 - - -

2B: Pit 2, C. Moran (10), J. Mercer (12). ChC 1, J. Heyward (6).

HR:

HR Detail:

Scoring Position: Pit - 0 for 13.ChC - 2 for 9.

SF: Pit 1, S. Marte (1). ChC 1, A. Rizzo (1).

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA C. Kuhl, (L 4-4) 5.1 8 3 3 2 6 0 25 111 41 - 70 3.95 .264 E. Santana 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 2 - 8 3.20 .216 D. Neverauskas 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 25 6 - 19 8.31 .333

Chicago Cubs Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA M. Montgomery, (W 2-1) 6.0 7 1 1 1 1 0 25 95 34 - 61 3.56 .238 C. Mazzoni, (Hld 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3 - 4 0.00 .150 R. Rosario, (Hld 2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 16 7 - 9 0.84 .143 P. Strop, (S 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 22 8 - 14 2.03 .200

Double Plays: Pit 2, (Cervelli to Mercer; Mercer to Harrison to Freese). ChC 1, (J.Báez to Rizzo).

Caught Stealing: Pit 1, A. Meadows (1). ChC 2, K. Bryant (4), B. Zobrist (2).

Wild Pitches: ChC 2, M. Montgomery, P. Strop.

Hit by Pitch: Pit, J. Mercer by M. Montgomery. ChC, A. Almora Jr. by C. Kuhl.

Umpires: HP--Fairchild, 1B--Eddings, 2B--Visconti, 3B--West.

Time: 3:00