JAL’s Memphis in June Morning Links

Memphis in June Annie Lennox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGRLvD2bbrc

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 Minors: Big Starts from Brubaker and Hearn

https://rumbunter.com/2018/06/08/pittsburgh-pirates-minors-big-starts-from-brubaker-and-hearn/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Cardinals over-complicate matters, eventually beat Reds 7-6

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/6/8/17443446/cardinals-over-complicate-matters-eventually-beat-reds-7-6

7 Green Weenie

Ian Happ's Glove, Bucco Bats Give Cubs 3-1 Win In Series Lidlifter

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/06/ian-happs-glove-bucco-bats-give-cubs-3.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 3, Pirates 1: A Happ-enstance

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/6/8/17443346/cubs-pirates-recap-ian-happ-kris-bryant-mlb-scores

9 Pirates Breakdown

It's time to ask how Jung Ho Kang will fit back in with these Pittsburgh Pirates

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/06/08/pittsburgh-pirates-jung-ho-kang-return-pbd11/

Chicage Tribune

Ian Happ's diving catches, Kris Bryant's leadoff debut lift Cubs to 3-1 victory

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-pirates-lineup-20180608-story.html

11 Minor League Ball</b>

SAL notes: Pirates' Mitchell powers lineup

https://www.milb.com/milb/news/pittsburgh-pirates-calvin-mitchell-powering-west-virginia-lineup/c-280200834

12 SABR

Bill Madlock

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/435d8ed1

13 NY Daily News

Fantasy baseball: Revisiting the 2018 draft

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-sports-sanchez-kershaw-fantasy-baseball-20180608-story.html

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Quick Hits: Ortiz on the Cardinals

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jose-de-jesus-ortiz/quick-hits-ortiz-on-the-cardinals/collection_9a6e7f65-7004-5be6-a5d0-079d47150db6.html

15 SB Nation

Mound Visits: Owen Sharts, ‘Chicken’ Palmagiani, and Travis Swaggerty are all real baseball names

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/6/8/17418378/mlb-week-review-draft-names-a-rod-j-lo-vlad-guerrero-jr-pete-rose-terry-francona-mariners

16 CBS Sports

MLB Friday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Ohtani goes on DL with an elbow injury

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-friday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-ohtani-goes-on-dl-with-an-elbow-injury/

17 Fangraphs

The Most and Least Team-Friendly Strike Zones

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-most-and-least-team-friendly-strike-zones/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: The L-Block of Baseball

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40517/short-relief-the-l-block-of-baseball/

19 Blog Predictions

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

Pirates 31-32 at Cubs 36-24  2:20 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 71°F • Mostly Cloudy • 4% PoP

Pirates

Nick Kingham (R)  2-2  4.03 ERA     

Cubs

Jon Lester (L)    6-2  2.44 ERA

Pirates

1. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

2. Austin Meadows (L) LF

3. Starling Marte (R) CF

4. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

5. David Freese (R) 3B

6. Josh Bell (S) 1B

7. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

8. Sean Rodriguez (R) 2B

9. Nick Kingham (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. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF

7. Ian Happ (S) CF

8. Addison Russell (R) SS

9. Jon Lester (L) P

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

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  W: J. Lester (7-2)   L: N. Kingham (2-3)   S: S. Cishek (2)

2:20 PM ET, June 9, 2018 Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois  Attendance: 41,045

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Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG J. Mercer, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .312 .378 A. Meadows, LF 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 .368 .397 .691 S. Marte, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .338 .454 F. Cervelli, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .387 .519   E. Díaz, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .333 .473 D. Freese, 3B-1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247 .318 .412 J. Bell, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .233 .307 .366   S. Brault, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .333   K. Crick, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - G. Polanco, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .204 .305 .408 S. Rodríguez, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .162 .279 .305 N. Kingham, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000   C. Moran, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277 .359 .422 Totals 28 0 1 0 3 2 8 - - -

Chicago Cubs Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG K. Bryant, 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .298 .408 .509 J. Heyward, RF 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 .267 .330 .404 B. Zobrist, 2B-LF 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 .292 .378 .435 A. Rizzo, 1B 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .342 .435 W. Contreras, C 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .281 .372 .453 K. Schwarber, LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253 .379 .500   A. Almora Jr., CF 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .318 .372 .441 I. Happ, CF-LF 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 .231 .358 .456   S. Cishek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 A. Russell, SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .272 .345 .375 J. Lester, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143   T. La Stella, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .393 .347   J. Wilson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   J. Báez, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .284 .531 Totals 29 2 6 2 8 4 6 - - -

2B: ChC 2, J. Heyward (7), A. Almora Jr. (14).

3B: Pit 1, A. Meadows (2).

HR:

HR Detail:

Scoring Position: Pit - 0 for 3.ChC - 0 for 7.

SF: Pit 0,  ChC 1, A. Rizzo (1).

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA N. Kingham, (L 2-3) 6.1 4 2 2 2 5 0 26 99 34 - 65 3.82 .209 S. Brault 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 15 7 - 8 4.47 .222 K. Crick 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 1 - 4 2.61 .222

Chicago Cubs Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Lester, (W 7-2) 7.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 24 104 39 - 65 2.22 .206 J. Wilson, (Hld 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15 3 - 12 2.36 .165 S. Cishek, (S 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 5 - 12 1.88 .160

Wild Pitches: Pit 1, S. Brault.

Hit by Pitch: ChC, K. Bryant by N. Kingham.

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

Time: 2:32

Attendance - 41,045