JAL’s Ticket to the Stars Morning Links

Ticket to the Stars John Stewart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GpMjb00ifg

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: High-A Bradenton Awards?

https://rumbunter.com/2018/09/07/pittsburgh-pirates-minors-high-a-bradenton-awards/

6 Green Weenie

Bell, Kramer, Luplow & Pen Carry Bucs to 5-3 Win Over Miami

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/09/bell-kramer-luplow-pen-carry-bucs-to-5.html

7 Pirates Breakdown

Jameson Taillon And Increasing Strikeouts

https://thesportsdaily.com/2018/09/06/pittsburgh-pirates-kevin-kramer-expect-pbd11/

8 Point of Pittsburgh

Theoretically, The Pirates’ 2019 Pitching Staff Is Already In Place

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/theoretically-the-pirates-2019-pitching-staff-is-already-in-place/

9 Miami Herald

Marlins lose game to Pirates, pitcher Dan Straily to injury

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article217982285.html

10 New Castle News</b>

Pirates' Mercer gets cozy with Kosey and his friends

http://www.ncnewsonline.com/sports/local_sports/pirates-mercer-gets-cozy-with-kosey-and-his-friends/article_d91e7fe5-cae7-5a44-ac8f-30d7e430a81f.html

11 Minor League Ball

Thoughts on Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Kevin Kramer

http://www.alliednews.com/sports/extra-innings-pirates-are-looking-to-future/article_aa756cca-b1d0-11e8-a2e1-139b318b3bce.html

12 SB Nation

The Yankees and Mariners are kind of getting screwed by their divisions

https://www.minorleagueball.com/2018/9/7/17820630/thoughts-on-pittsburgh-pirates-prospect-kevin-kramer

13 CBS Sports

Instituting a free agency age could solve the MLBPA's two biggest problems in the next CBA

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/instituting-a-free-agency-age-could-solve-the-mlbpas-two-biggest-problems-in-the-next-cba/

14 Fangraphs

An Incomplete Study of Pitchers in Blowout Games

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/an-incomplete-study-of-pitchers-in-blowout-games/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Deep, But Playable: Sign o’ the (Service) Times

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/article/42528/deep-but-playable-sign-o-the-service-times/

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=380907123

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

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  W: I. Nova (8-9)   L: W. Chen (6-10)

1:05 PM ET, September 8, 2018 PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Attendance: 16,110

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Miami Marlins Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG M. Rojas, SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .253 .300 .348 S. Castro, 2B 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 .288 .338 .412 B. Anderson, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .270 .356 .394 L. Brinson, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .206 .247 .361 A. Dean, LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .206 .250 .382 P. O'Brien, 1B 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 .111 .111 .222 B. Holaday, C 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .201 .257 .245 M. Sierra, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .160 .176 .179   E. Hernandez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   J. Guerra, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   I. Galloway, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .347 .429 W. Chen, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .139 .139 .167   D. Dietrich, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .332 .428   B. Graves, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000   R. Ortega, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .265 .312 .314 Totals 33 1 5 0 7 3 13 - - -

Pittsburgh Pirates Player AB R H RBI TB BB K AVG OBP SLG A. Frazier, 2B 4 1 2 0 3 0 1 .289 .358 .469 S. Marte, CF 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 .278 .321 .455 J. Luplow, LF 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .204 .283 .426 J. Bell, 1B 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 .256 .349 .404 J. Osuna, 3B 4 2 2 0 3 0 1 .200 .208 .333   N. Kingham, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .167 .136 P. Reyes, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .333 K. Newman, SS 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 .128 .209 .154 J. Stallings, C 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 .200 .238 .200 I. Nova, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .020 .020 .020   D. Neverauskas, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -   C. Moran, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .335 .387   K. Kramer, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 Totals 31 5 9 4 16 3 9 - - -

2B: Mia 2, S. Castro (30), P. O'Brien (1). Pit 4, A. Frazier (18), S. Marte (25), J. Luplow (1), J. Osuna (4).

HR: Pit 1, J. Bell (10).

HR Detail: Pit, J. Bell (Inning: 6 , 0 Out, 0 on) off B. Graves.

Scoring Position: Mia - 0 for 7.Pit - 2 for 10.

Miami Marlins Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA W. Chen, (L 6-10) 4.0 5 3 3 2 6 0 18 86 35 - 51 4.72 .253 B. Graves 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 32 12 - 20 5.08 .309 E. Hernandez 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 23 10 - 13 5.34 .277 J. Guerra 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 2 - 9 5.59 .291

Pittsburgh Pirates Player IP H R ER BB K HR BFP Pit B-S ERA OpBA I. Nova, (W 8-9) 6.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 23 90 31 - 59 4.17 .268 D. Neverauskas 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 3 - 10 9.50 .301 N. Kingham 2.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 10 52 22 - 30 4.69 .238

Errors: Mia 2, L. Brinson 2 (9). Pit 1, I. Nova (5).

Double Plays: Mia 1, (Wei-Yin to Castro to O'Brien).

Wild Pitches: Mia 1, W. Chen. Pit 2, I. Nova, N. Kingham.

Hit by Pitch: Pit, J. Luplow by E. Hernandez.

Umpires: HP--Layne, 1B--Ortiz, 2B--Gibson, 3B--Carapazza.

Time: 3:00

Attendance - 16,110