JAL’s Sweet Surrender Morning Links

Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2JWJYLNUq4

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 Acquire Chris Archer In Blockbuster Trade

https://rumbunter.com/2018/07/31/breaking-pittsburgh-pirates-acquire-chris-archer-blockbuster-trade/

6 Green Weenie

Jamo Hangs Tough, Middle of the Order Comes Up Big As Pirates Outlast Cubs 5-4

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/07/jamo-hangs-tough-middle-of-order-comes.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Keone Kela helps the Pittsburgh Pirates in many ways

http://thesportsdaily.com/2018/07/31/pittsburgh-pirates-kela-help-pbd11/

8 Deadspin

Aw, You Guys, The Pirates Are Actually Trying To Get Better

https://deadspin.com/aw-you-guys-the-pirates-are-actually-trying-to-get-be-1828008653

8 Chicago Tribune

Overturned 'triple' thwarts Cubs rally in 9th as Pirates hold on for 5-4 victory

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-pirates-20180731-story.html

9 Centre Daily Times</b>

Pirates steal the trade deadline spotlight with last-minute deal. But it came at a cost

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/mlb/article215857380.html

10 Fox Sports

Chris Archer, Rays GM Erik Neander discuss trade to Pirates

https://www.foxsports.com/florida/video/1289523267964

11 SB Nation

14 winners and losers from the 2018 MLB trade deadline

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/7/31/17632240/mlb-trade-deadline-winners-losers-dodgers-yankees-cubs-rays-brewers-giants

12 CBS Sports

> MLB trade deadline winners and losers: Dodgers and Pirates come up big, Nationals and Mets fall flat

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-winners-and-losers-dodgers-and-pirates-come-up-big-nationals-and-mets-fall-flat/

13 Fangraphs

Trade-Deadline Chat with Kiley McDaniel and Travis Sawchik

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/trade-deadline-chat-with-kiley-mcdaniel-and-travis-sawchik/

14 Baseball Prospectus</b>

A House Full of Plans and Stuff

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/41731/short-relief-13/

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?gamecode=380731123

Chicago Cubs  61-45 at Pittsburgh Pirates 56-52  7:05 PM EDT

Gametime Forecast: 76°F • Mostly Cloudy • 15% PoP

Cubs

Cole Hamels (L)     5-9  4.72  ERA                                                          

Pirates

Nick Kingham (R)    5-5  4.80  ERA

Cubs

1. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

2. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B

3. Jason Heyward (L) RF

4. Javier Baez (R) 3B

5. Ian Happ (S) CF

6. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF

7. Willson Contreras (R) C

8. Cole Hamels (L) P

9. Addison Russell (R) SS

Pirates  

1. Jordan Luplow (R) LF

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

4. David Freese (R) 3B

5. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

6. Jose Osuna (R) 1B

7. Sean Rodriguez (R) 2B

8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

9. Nick Kingham (R) P