JAL’s The Answers Morning Links

The Answers Blue October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23jh1fHBOXU

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: 2019 Outlook for Kramer and Frazier

https://rumbunter.com/2018/09/18/pittsburgh-pirates-2019-outlook-for-kramer-and-frazier/

6 Green Weenie

Ryan Lavarnway's Turn To Walk It Off In 2-1 Win Over KC In 11 Innings

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/09/ryan-lavarnways-turn-to-walk-it-off-in.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Appreciating Starling Marte For What He's Worth

https://thesportsdaily.com/2018/09/18/pittsburgh-pirates-starling-marte-appreciate-pbd11/

8 FiveThirtyEight

The Orioles And Royals Could At Least Still Beat Triple-A Teams … Right?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-orioles-and-royals-could-at-least-still-beat-a-triple-a-team-right/

9 San Diego Union Tribune

APNewsBreak: Baseball union, teams meet on revenue grievance

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sns-bc-bbo--revenue-sharing-grievance-20180918-story.html

10 Kansas City Star</b>

Royals force extra innings before Pirates prevail in 11th

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article218602295.html

11 Bleacher Report

1 Player Every MLB Team Should Already Be Targeting for an Offseason Trade

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2795630-1-player-every-mlb-team-should-already-be-targeting-for-an-offseason-trade#slide20

12 SB Nation

Baseball players probably shouldn’t try so hard when their team stinks

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/9/18/17871498/mlb-highlights-dumb-plays-videos-rousing-japes-twins-content

13 CBS Sports

How to fix baseball? Two ways MLB can improve its product without changing the game on the field

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/how-to-fix-baseball-two-ways-mlb-can-improve-its-product-without-changing-the-game-on-the-field/

14 Fangraphs

Card Corner Plus: The Pennant Race of 1978

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/card-corner-plus-the-pennant-race-of-1978/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Banjo Hitter: The Legend of La Tortuga

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/42650/banjo-hitter-the-legend-of-la-tortuga/

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=380918123

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Final 1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   R H E Kansas City 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 2 9 1

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  W: C. Archer (2-3)   L: H. Fillmyer (3-2)   S: F. Vázquez (35)

7:05 PM ET, September 19, 2018 PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Attendance: 13,073

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Kansas City Royals Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG W. Merrifield, CF 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 .301 .365 .433 A. Mondesi, SS 4 1 2 1 6 0 2 .288 .314 .485 A. Gordon, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242 .325 .362 S. Perez, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 .271 .442 R. O'Hearn, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272 .372 .632   J. Bonifacio, PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 .315 .366 H. Dozier, 3B 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 .236 .286 .399 A. Escobar, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .219 .269 .304 B. Phillips, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .198 .264 .344 H. Fillmyer, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000   B. Goodwin, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .342 .373   B. Flynn, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Totals 31 1 6 1 11 2 10 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG A. Frazier, 2B 4 1 1 1 4 0 1 .281 .348 .458 S. Marte, CF 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 .278 .321 .454 J. Bell, 1B 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 .268 .360 .416 F. Cervelli, C 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .255 .376 .418 C. Dickerson, LF 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 .294 .324 .458 P. Reyes, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .423 .483 .577 C. Moran, 3B 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .276 .336 .400 K. Newman, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 .258 .246 C. Archer, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .071 .071 .143   K. Kramer, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .227 .150   R. Rodríguez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   F. Vázquez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Totals 30 2 9 2 15 0 6 - - -

2B: KC 2, W. Merrifield (40), A. Mondesi (12). Pit 3, J. Bell (31), C. Dickerson 2 (33).

HR: KC 1, A. Mondesi (10). Pit 1, A. Frazier (9).

HR Detail: KC, A. Mondesi (Inning: 3 , 1 Out, 0 on) off C. Archer. Pit, A. Frazier (Inning: 5 , 2 Out, 0 on) off H. Fillmyer.

Scoring Position: KC - 0 for 3.Pit - 1 for 4.

SF: KC 0,  Pit 1, C. Moran (1).

Kansas City Royals Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA H. Fillmyer, (L 3-2) 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 1 27 93 34 - 59 4.56 .263 B. Flynn 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 3 - 7 4.00 .299

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA C. Archer, (W 2-3) 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 1 25 93 31 - 62 4.86 .271 R. Rodríguez, (Hld 12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 1 - 10 2.49 .214 F. Vázquez, (S 35) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 8 - 7 2.86 .237

Errors: Pit 1, K. Newman (3).

Double Plays: Pit 2, (Frazier to Bell; Newman to Frazier to Bell).

Stolen Bases: KC 1, A. Mondesi (26). Pit 1, S. Marte (33).

Caught Stealing: KC 1, W. Merrifield (9). Pit 1, J. Bell (5).

Umpires: HP--Libka, 1B--Torres, 2B--Nauert, 3B--Barry.

Time: 2:22

Attendance - 13,073