JAL’s Crazy Morning Links

Crazy Patsy Cline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnrdCS57d0

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: Keller, Hayes Perform at Futures Game

https://rumbunter.com/2018/07/16/pittsburgh-pirates-prospects-keller-hayes-perform-at-futures-game/

6 Green Weenie

Stuff During the Break - Thoughts & Notes

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/07/stuff-during-break-thoughts-notes.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Gregory Polanco and Defensive Metrics

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/07/16/pittsburgh-pirates-gregory-polanco-metrics-pbd11/

8 Point of Pittsburgh

Josh Harrison Needs To Be Traded, But Who Wants Him?

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/josh-harrison-needs-to-be-traded-but-who-wants-him/

9 National Press Club </b>

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred addresses challenges and solutions for "America's Pastime" created by technology

https://www.press.org/news-multimedia/news/baseball-commissioner-rob-manfred-addresses-challenges-and-solutions-americas-p

10 Deadspin

Pirates Plunder Walk-Off Win On Basically The Open Sea

https://deadspin.com/pirates-plunder-walk-off-win-on-basically-the-open-sea-1827623194

11 SB Nation

There used to be a baseball skills competition with the Home Run Derby, and it should exist again.

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/7/16/17568620/baseball-skills-competition-home-run-derby-mlb-all-star-game

12 CBS Sports

> With MLB All-Star break underway, here are six observations from the first half of the 2018 season

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/with-mlb-all-star-break-underway-here-are-six-observations-from-the-first-half-of-the-2018-season/

13 Fangraphs

Card Corner Plus: Dick Green and His Fumbling Photo

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/card-corner-plus-dick-green-and-his-fumbling-photo/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: The Field of Play

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/41368/short-relief-7/

15 Blog Predictions

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

16 Previous Game Box Score

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/mlb/boxscore.asp?final=true&gamecode=380715123

All Star Game-American League vs National League   7:30 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 82°F • Drizzle • 19% PoP

National League All Stars

Max Scherzer (R)

American League All Stars

Chris Sale (L)

National League

1. Javier Baez (R) 2B

2. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B

3. Paul Goldschmidt (R) DH

4. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B

5. Matt Kemp (R) LF

6. Bryce Harper (L) CF

7. Nick Markakis (L) RF

8. Brandon Crawford (L) SS

9. Willson Contreras (R) C

American League

1. Mookie Betts (R) RF

2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B

3. Mike Trout (R) CF

4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH

5. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B

6. Aaron Judge (R) LF

7. Manny Machado (R) SS

8. Jose Abreu (R) 1B

9. Salvador Perez (R) C

From MLB

This marks the second straight All-Star Game started by Scherzer and Sale, the first time since 1940 that two starters opposed each other in consecutive Midsummer Classics. The last two pitchers to accomplish that feat? Red Ruffing (Yankees) and Paul Derringer (Reds).

Sale made some additional history, joining Hall of Famers Robin Roberts (1953-55, NL) and Lefty Gomez (1933-35, AL) as the only pitchers to start three straight All-Star Games.