JAL’s My Secret Place Morning Links

My Secret Place Joni Mitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFWlm88Kp-U

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 homestand report card for week of 5/25-5/30

https://rumbunter.com/2018/05/31/pittsburgh-pittsburgh-pirates-homestand-report-card-week-5-25-5-30/

6 Viva El Birdos</b>

Yairo Muñoz Walks Off the Pirates 5.31.18

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/5/31/17415570/yairo-munoz-walk-off-felipe-vazquez-5-31-18-francisco-cervelli-dagger-yairo-munoz-is-now-named-shark

7 Green Weenie

Vazquez Loses Three Run Lead In Brutal 10-8 Loss to Cards

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/05/vazquez-loses-three-run-lead-in-brutal.html

8 Bleed Cubbie Blue

2018 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 52

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/5/31/17412600/2018-cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-52

9 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates' Musgrove has arrived in a big way

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/05/31/pittsburgh-pirates-musgrove-arrival-pbd11/

10 Chicago Tribune

Column: Why is Rizzo wrong for making the right baseball play?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/barrington/ct-ahp-column-blaser-tl-0607-story.html

11 The Point of Pittsburgh</b>

Sound Buc-ing Smart: Pirate Draft Preview

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/sound-buc-ing-smart-pirate-draft-preview/

12 SABR

Don Hoak

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/05e1900f

13 MLB

Cervelli's heroics spoiled as Bucs allow 5 in 9th

https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-allow-five-runs-in-ninth-in-loss/c-279222734

14 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Ortiz: Banged-up Cardinals try to tread water

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jose-de-jesus-ortiz/ortiz-banged-up-cardinals-try-to-tread-water/article_e579392c-9a6b-591e-b2d4-2a4d3bbdabf9.html

15 SB Nation

The cost of keeping Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. in the minor leagues

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/5/31/17390900/vladimir-guerrero-jr-blue-jays-minor-leagues

16 CBS Sports

MLB Thursday scores, highlights, live team updates, news: Several possible playoff matchups on tap

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-thursday-scores-highlights-live-team-updates-news-several-possible-playoff-matchups-on-tap/

17 Fangraphs

How Matt Davidson Became the Most Improved Hitter in Baseball

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-matt-davidson-became-the-most-improved-hitter-in-baseball/

18 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: All Part of the Plan

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40316/short-relief-all-part-of-the-plan/

19 National Pastime Museum

THE RAPID RISE AND EARLY DEMISE OF NOTABLE ROOKIES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: PART I

https://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/rapid-rise-and-early-demise-notable-rookies-twentieth-century-part-i

20 Blog Predictions

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

Pirates 29-27 at Cardinals 30-24  8:15  PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 90°F • Clear • 0% PoP

Pirates

Jameson Taillon (R)   2-4  4.53 ERA

Cardinals

Miles Mikolas (R)     6-0   2,58 ERA

Cardinals

1. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B

2. Harrison Bader (R) CF

3. Jose Martinez (R) 1B

4. Marcell Ozuna (R) LF

5. Dexter Fowler (S) RF

6. Yairo Munoz (R) SS

7. Kolten Wong (L) 2B

8. Francisco Pena (R) C

9. Miles Mikolas (R) P