JAL’s What If Morning Links

What If  Coldplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdD6RMICpfg

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: Kramer, Brubaker, Reynolds

https://rumbunter.com/2018/08/24/pittsburgh-pirates-minors-kramer-brubaker-reynolds/

6 Green Weenie

Brewers Score In Two Innings Out of 15; It's Enough To Snatch A Brutal 7-6 Victory From The Bucs

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/08/brewers-score-in-two-innings-out-of-15.html’

7 Pirates Breakdown

The Ebbs and Flows Of The Pittsburgh Pirates Offense

https://thesportsdaily.com/2018/08/24/pittsburgh-pirates-offense-pbd11/

8 Forbes

The Budget Baseball Card Investor: Five Undervalued Picks (By Popular Demand)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidseideman/2018/08/24/the-budget-baseball-card-investor-five-undervalued-picks-by-popular-demand/#6cf6f5421154’

9 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Brewers 7, Pirates 6: Arcia's single caps thrilling rally in 15th inning

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/08/25/arcias-single-caps-thrilling-rally-15th-inning/1079843002/

10 Five Thirty Eight</b>

The A’s Changed Baseball Once. They May Be Changing It Again.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-as-changed-baseball-once-they-may-be-changing-it-again/

11 Point of Pittsburgh

First Movers and Fast Followers: Are the Pirates Falling Behind?

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/first-movers-and-fast-followers-are-the-pirates-falling-behind/

12 SB Nation

Ronald Acuña Jr.’s revenge

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/8/24/17775786/ronald-acuna-marlins-revenge

13 CBS Sports

> Yu Darvish's season-ending injury serves as a reminder why you shouldn't judge the first year of monster contracts

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yu-darvishs-season-ending-injury-serves-as-a-reminder-why-you-shouldnt-judge-the-first-year-of-monster-contracts/

14 Fangraphs

The Dodgers’ Biggest Problem

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-dodgers-biggest-problem/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Short Relief: Umbral Ash

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/42211/short-relief-22/’

16 Blog Predictions

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

17 Previous Game Box Score

http://stats.washingtonpost.com/mlb/boxscore.asp?final=true&gamecode=380824108

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

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  W: J. Taillon (10-9)   L: J. Chacín (13-5)

7:10 PM ET, August 25, 2018 Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  Attendance: 40,622

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Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG S. Marte, CF 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 .274 .321 .458 J. Bell, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .260 .346 .398 G. Polanco, RF 4 1 2 2 4 1 1 .248 .340 .492 F. Cervelli, C 5 2 2 0 3 0 1 .261 .391 .455 C. Dickerson, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .301 .331 .470   E. Santana, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   S. Rodríguez, PH 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .168 .279 .315   K. Kela, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - J. Harrison, 2B 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 .258 .300 .366   A. Hechavarria, PR-SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .300 .417 C. Moran, 3B 5 1 4 1 6 0 0 .275 .337 .393 K. Newman, SS-2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .200 .333 .267 J. Taillon, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .067 .087 .089   A. Frazier, PH-LF 2 2 1 3 4 1 0 .278 .349 .444 Totals 39 9 14 8 24 6 9 - - -

Milwaukee Brewers Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG C. Yelich, LF 4 1 1 1 4 0 1 .311 .373 .537 L. Cain, CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .308 .400 .425 T. Shaw, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .245 .335 .481 J. Aguilar, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .278 .362 .559 M. Moustakas, 3B 4 0 1 0 2 0 3 .247 .327 .416 E. Thames, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .225 .306 .500 H. Pérez, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258 .296 .409 M. Piña, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .305 .377 J. Chacín, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .170 .220 .191   D. Jennings, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000   T. Williams, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250   J. Schoop, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 .210 .254   M. Albers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Totals 32 1 6 1 10 0 11 - - -

2B: Pit 5, S. Marte (22), F. Cervelli (12), J. Harrison (11), C. Moran 2 (15). Mil 1, M. Moustakas (6).

3B: Pit 1, G. Polanco (6).

HR: Pit 1, A. Frazier (6). Mil 1, C. Yelich (23).

HR Detail: Pit, A. Frazier (Inning: 8 , 1 Out, 2 on) off T. Williams. Mil, C. Yelich (Inning: 3 , 1 Out, 0 on) off J. Taillon.

Scoring Position: Pit - 5 for 16.Mil - 0 for 2.

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Taillon 6.0 5 1 1 0 8 1 23 108 39 - 69 3.49 .250 E. Santana, (Hld ) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 22 6 - 16 2.54 .228 K. Kela 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 3 - 7 0.77 .154

Milwaukee Brewers Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA J. Chacín 6.0 8 3 3 4 7 0 29 100 36 - 64 3.61 .226 D. Jennings 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2 - 5 3.20 .266 T. Williams 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 6 22 8 - 14 4.34 .249 M. Albers 1.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 7 27 12 - 15 6.82 .307

Errors: Mil 1, L. Cain (4).

Double Plays: Mil 1, (Moustakas to Shaw to Aguilar).

Caught Stealing: Pit 1, S. Marte (10).

Wild Pitches: Mil 1, M. Albers.

Umpires: HP--Holbrook, 1B--Segal, 2B--Wolf, 3B--Reyburn.