JAL’s Play Me Morning Links

Play Me Neil Diamond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HD6O9patDE

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 Fans: Why So Serious?

https://rumbunter.com/2018/07/23/pirates-fans-why-so-serious/

6 Green Weenie

Bucs Beat the Rain & Tribe 7-0

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/07/bucs-beat-rain-tribe-7-0.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Examining the Pirates' Lack of Middle Infield Production

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/07/23/pittsburgh-pirates-middle-infield-pbd11/

8 Cleveland Plain Dealer

Defense goes AWOL as Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians fall to streaking Pirates, 7-0, in the rain

https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2018/07/cleveland_indians_pittsburgh_p_10.html#incart_big-photo

9 St Louis Post Dispatch</b>

Poncedeleon's 'magical' no-hit debut botched by Cardinals bullpen

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/poncedeleon-s-magical-no-hit-debut-botched-by-cardinals-bullpen/article_efc8f340-d799-5901-8ee5-2678d02b96f5.html

10 MLB

Sadler makes long-awaited return to Majors

https://www.mlb.com/news/casey-sadler-returns-to-majors-after-3-years/c-286985302

11 SB Nation

David Ortiz doesn’t miss playing, but he hasn’t left baseball behind in retirement

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/7/23/17596374/david-ortiz-red-sox-retirement-futures-game-managing

12 CBS Sports

> MLB trade deadline: Yankees need pitching, Dodgers' next move and more storylines to watch

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-yankees-need-pitching-dodgers-next-move-and-more-storylines-to-watch/

13 Fangraphs

Team Nickname Throwdown

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/team-nickname-throwdown/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Rubbing Mud: Global Trends in Pitches and Pitching

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/41483/rubbing-mud-global-trends-in-pitches-and-pitching/

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=380723105

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Pittsburgh 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 14 0 Cleveland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 0

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  W: J. Musgrove (4-4)   L: S. Bieber (5-2)

7:10 PM ET, July 24, 2018 Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio  Attendance: 26,414

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Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG C. Dickerson, LF 3 2 2 2 5 0 0 .318 .351 .517   J. Luplow, LF 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .222 .263 .556 S. Marte, CF 5 2 2 3 5 0 1 .292 .337 .503 G. Polanco, RF 5 1 1 2 4 0 2 .237 .333 .503 E. Díaz, C 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 .286 .327 .456 C. Moran, DH 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .267 .336 .396 J. Bell, 1B 4 1 2 2 5 0 1 .272 .352 .412 D. Freese, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .278 .335 .420 J. Harrison, 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .254 .295 .355 J. Mercer, SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .258 .319 .397 Totals 39 9 14 9 26 1 8 - - -

Cleveland Indians Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG F. Lindor, SS 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .291 .367 .559   E. González, SS 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .316 .350 .463 M. Brantley, LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 .348 .479   B. Guyer, LF 2 1 1 1 4 0 1 .203 .299 .373 J. Ramírez, 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .299 .402 .628 E. Encarnacion, DH 3 1 2 1 5 1 0 .237 .323 .483 Y. Alonso, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .256 .328 .443 M. Cabrera, RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .247 .280 .342 J. Kipnis, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .221 .308 .360 Y. Gomes, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .300 .420   R. Pérez, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152 .232 .223 T. Naquin, CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .263 .294 .357 Totals 35 4 9 4 17 2 3 - - -

2B: Pit 1, C. Dickerson (24). Cle 2, F. Lindor (34), E. González (9).

3B: Pit 1, C. Dickerson (6).

HR: Pit 3, S. Marte (16), G. Polanco (18), J. Bell (6). Cle 2, B. Guyer (4), E. Encarnacion (23).

HR Detail: Pit, S. Marte (Inning: 1 , 0 Out, 1 on) off S. Bieber, Pit, G. Polanco (Inning: 2 , 2 Out, 1 on) off S. Bieber, Pit, J. Bell (Inning: 5 , 1 Out, 1 on) off N. Ramírez. Cle, B. Guyer (Inning: 8 , 1 Out, 0 on) off S. Brault, Cle, E. Encarnacion (Inning: 4 , 0 Out, 0 on) off J. Musgrove.

Scoring Position: Pit - 4 for 9.Cle - 0 for 3.

SH: Pit 0,  Cle 1, M. Brantley (1).

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Musgrove, (W 4-4) 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 27 88 23 - 65 3.90 .264 S. Brault 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 28 13 - 15 4.88 .240 E. Santana 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 12 2 - 10 3.22 .237

Cleveland Indians Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA S. Bieber, (L 5-2) 1.2 7 7 7 0 2 2 12 54 18 - 36 4.80 .310 D. Otero 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 23 9 - 14 5.35 .268 O. Pérez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12 4 - 8 1.15 .115 N. Ramírez 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 1 9 36 11 - 25 4.32 .226 B. Hand 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 3 - 6 4.50 .286 A. Cimber 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 4 - 9 0.00 .200 C. Allen 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 3 - 9 4.83 .224

Double Plays: Cle 2, (Lindor to Kipnis to Alonso; Lindor to Kipnis to Alonso).

Wild Pitches: Cle 1, S. Bieber.