Saturday, January 31, 2015

The results are in and they are as good as always. I know some people would like a few more choices as far as answers go, but I just can't accommodate everyone. That is why I asked what questions you wanted to see.

At any rate, the results can be found here. Some of which I found surprising. Interested to see what you all think.

If you missed JAL's Morning Links, click here and you will be golden.

JAL’s Dinah Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEwnT9mcDps

Dinah Ethel Waters 1925

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dDNkaWxFNWIwNDVUQzEwYXp5SlpGNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

5 Pirates Prospects

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Spring Training Tracker

http://www.piratesprospects.com/st2015

PBC Asylum Survey 3

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NNY6GP7

BLOGS and such

6—Pirates Prospects

First Pitch: Here is Why Projection Systems Will Be Low on the Pirates For the 2015 Season

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/first-pitch-here-is-why-projection-systems-will-be-low-on-the-pirates-for-the-2015-season.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Top Prospects: #7 – Alen Hanson

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/pittsburgh-pirates-2015-top-prospects-7-alen-hanson.html

7 Bucs Dugout

Pirates have 5 prospects in Keith Law's top 100

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2015/1/29/7944303/pirates-have-5-prospects-in-keith-laws-top-100

8 Green Weenie

1/29: Billy, Honus, Murry, Max, Branch, Little Poison, Matty-for-Vic, Jason, Jose...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/01/129-billy-honus-murry-max-branch-little.html

9 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Mailbag: Pre-Spring Training Edition

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/29/pittsburgh-pirates-mailbag/

Jake Elmore outrighted to Triple-A by Pittsburgh Pirates

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/29/jake-elmore-outrighted-triple-pittsburgh-pirates/

Rinku Singh Looks to Continue his Improbable Journey

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/29/rinku-singh-looks-continue-improbable-journey/

10 Beyond the Boxscore

Josh Harrison and Steve Pearce: Here to stay or one-season wonders?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/1/29/7932643/josh-harrison-and-steve-pearce-pirates-orioles-projections

11 SB Nation

> 5 surprising projections for the 2015 MLB season</b>

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/1/29/7945803/2015-mlb-projections-pecota

12 Sports Blog

GREGORY POLANCO: OPPORTUNITY NEEDS TO BRING RESULTS

http://foreverourpastime.sportsblog.com/posts/1714064/gregory_polanco__opportunity_needs_to_bring_results.html

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

13 MLB Blog

B3: Big, Bald and Beautiful

http://minors.mlblogs.com/2015/01/30/beyond-the-top-10-by-position-lists/

2015 Prospect Watch: Top 10 outfielders

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/107769224/2015-prospect-watch-top-10-outfielders-byron-buxton-joc-pederson

14 St Louis Post-Dispatch

Cards reliever Belisle has eyes set on October

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-reliever-belisle-has-eyes-set-on-october/article_2972d932-c3a6-5d2b-a47b-943618e1952d.html

15 USA Today

Jayson Werth to serve jail time for reckless driving charge

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/01/29/washington-nationals-jayson-werth-sentenced-to-5-days-in-jail/22528699/

16 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Reliever Neal Cotts agrees to 1-year deal with Brewers

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/reliever-neal-cotts-agrees-to-1-year-deal-with-brewers-b99435515z1-290289461.html

17 CBS Sports

Franchise bests/worsts: New York Mets

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25006337/franchise-bestsworsts-new-york-mets

18 Fangraphs

Pre-Spring Divisional Outlook: NL Central

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/pre-spring-divisional-outlook-nl-central/

19 Sports on Earth

NO MORE ONE-AND-DONES

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/107882042/make-mlb-pitchers-face-multiple-batters-rob-manfred

20 Just a Bit Outside

WHY STARLING MARTE MIGHT BE AN MVP CANDIDATE

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/starling-marte-pittsburgh-pirates-2015-projection-013015

21 Baseball Prospectus

The Science of Forecasting

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25465

22 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Bob Smizik: Lower the mound!

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/smizik-on-sports/2015/01/30/Bob-Smizik-Lower-the-mound-1/stories/201501300167

Thursday, January 29, 2015

JAL’s Sweet Georgia Brown Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb2YtnsR6wY

Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Bernie & His Orchestra 1925

GENERAL UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dDNkaWxFNWIwNDVUQzEwYXp5SlpGNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

4 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8jN0zO-DxI0eVkyazRFY2IzLU0&usp=sharing

5 Pirates Prospects

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Spring Training Tracker

http://www.piratesprospects.com/st2015

PBC Asylum Survey 3

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NNY6GP7

BLOGS and such

6—Pirates Prospects

First Pitch: Where Would Stephen Tarpley Have Ranked in the Pirates 2015 Top 50?

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/first-pitch-where-would-stephen-tarpley-have-ranked-in-the-pirates-2015-top-50.html

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Top Prospects: #8 – Mitch Keller

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2015/01/pittsburgh-pirates-2015-top-prospects-8-mitch-keller.html

7 Bucs Dugout

Keith Law ranks Pirates' minor league system 7th

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2015/1/28/7929127/keith-law-ranks-pirates-minor-league-system-7th

8 Green Weenie

1/28: Emil, Spittin' Bill, Alf, Deacon, Kiki, Chris, & The Cobra...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2015/01/128-emil-spittin-bill-alf-deacon-kiki.html

9 Rumbunter

Jung-ho Kang now training in the United States with Pirates

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/28/jung-ho-kang-now-training-united-states-pirates/

Pittsburgh Pirates' Psychedelic Lineup: Playing Manager, and DJ.

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/28/pittsburgh-pirates-psychedelic-lineup-playing-manager-dj/

The Pirates Lack of an Ace may not Matter

http://rumbunter.com/2015/01/28/pirates-lack-ace-may-not-matter/

10 City of Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates: Best Addition Not Even a Player?

http://cityofchampionssports.com/2015/01/22/pittsburgh-pirates-best-addition-not-even-player/

11 SB Nation

> Is Johan Santana a Hall of Famer?</b>

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/1/28/7929097/johan-santana-hall-of-fame

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 KDKA

Pirates’ Minor Leaguer Suspended For Failed Drug Test

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/01/28/pirates-minor-leaguer-suspended-for-failed-drug-test/

13 Baltimore Sun

Travis Snider: 'I don't expect opportunity to be handed to me'

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-newest-orioles-travis-snider-i-dont-expect-opportunity-to-be-handed-to-me-20150128-story.html

14 St Louis Post-Dispatch

Bernie: Cards farm system ranked 13th

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-cards-farm-system-ranked-th/article_e68113a2-e80a-5406-bf76-671a28eda893.html

15 USA Today

Hot stove: MLB free agent tracker

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/11/10/mlb-2015-free-agent-tracker/18736819/

16 Pittsburgh Sporting News

Pirates fully confident in Polanco after Snider deal

http://www.pittsburghsportingnews.com/pirates-fully-confident-in-polanco-after-snider-deal/19322

17 CBS Sports

MLB winter winners and losers: All is well in Chicago

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/25003344/mlb-winter-winners-and-losers-all-is-well-in-chicago

18 Fangraphs

Going Low and Away with the Brewers

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/going-low-and-away-with-the-brewers/

19 Sports on Earth

THE TOP MLB FREE AGENTS FOR 2016

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/107766872/top-mlb-free-agents-for-2016-season

20 Just a Bit Outside

MAKE RELIEVERS FACE MORE THAN 1 BATTER FOR FASTER GAME, MORE OFFENSE

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/rosenthal-speed-up-mlb-game-make-relievers-face-more-than-1-batter-faster-game-more-runs-012815

21 Baseball Prospectus

Why College Bats Disappeared From the Top of the Draft

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25467

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

PBC Asylum - Hot Stove League Survey #3

With news of Travis Snider being traded to the Orioles, I thought now would be a good-time to send out another survey. It will be available until Friday at 5:00 PM eastern.

Here is your survey link. Thank you in advance for your participation.

If you missed JAL's Morning Links, they are here.

If you missed Hunter's post on Keith Law, it is here.

Keith Law's Prospect System Rankings

Keith Law has his Top 30 Farm System rankings up and the Pirates took a slight dip (as would be expected when drafting in the 20's and graduating a top 10 overall prospect) down to 7th. For the full rankings go here:

Law's System Rankings

It is a pay site but here is the lead in for the Pirates:

'It's hard to believe how many games the Pirates have won in the majors over the past two years without putting a significant dent in their top-level minor league talent."

The long term scary part is the Cubs are rated no. 1 and probably will be by most. But on the other side there was a slide down by the Cardinals and the Reds are still not looking great while the Brewers once again are rated as one of the worst in the league.