JAL’s Let It Snow Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAw-9npi3Z4

Let It Snow  Rosemary Clooney

1- MLB Transactions

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

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

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

3 PBC Asylum Recipe Collection

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

4 BFFL’s Pirates Stats Spreadsheet and Prediction Contest

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=775822168

5 Cot’s Baseball Contracts

2017 MLB Free Agents

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/potential-free-agents-for-2017/

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Rumors: More Notes on Quintana and Cutch

http://rumbunter.com/2016/12/21/pittsburgh-pirates-rumors-more-notes-on-quintana-and-cutch/

7 Viva El Birdos

Why signing Mark Trumbo would be a very bad idea

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/12/21/14047534/cardinals-hot-stove-free-agency-first-base-mark-trumbo-orioles

8 Green Weenie

12/21: HBD Josh, Steady Freddy, AVS, Bill, Danny & John; '05 Arb; Frankie Joins Up; Dealin'

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/12/1221-hbd-josh-steady-freddy-avs-bill.html

9 Red Reporter

Best December Gifts in Reds Franchise History: Part I

http://www.redreporter.com/2016/12/20/14020064/best-december-gifts-in-reds-franchise-history-part-i

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Building A Lineup Of The Biggest Chicago Cubs Prospect Busts

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/12/21/14038466/biggest-chicago-cubs-prospect-busts

11 Pirates Breakdown

Gauging Potential Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects in a Possible Quintana Trade

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2016/12/21/pittsburgh-pirates-jose-quintana-potential-trade/

12 National Pastime Museum

LOLICH AND MCLAIN</b>

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/lolich-and-mclain

13 Mets 101

Beat Reporters Believe Odds of Andrew McCutchen Trade to Mets are Low

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/newyorkmets/2016/12/21/beat-reporters-believe-odds-of-andrew-mccutchen-trade-to-mets-are-low/

14 MLB

Baseball's butterfly effect: Small moments that forever changed MLB history

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/12/21/211074188

15 The Globe and Mail

Diamond mining in Africa

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/major-league-baseball-seeks-its-next-top-players-in-the-sports-next-frontierafrica/article33408352/

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

ESPN picks four Cardinals games (three vs. Cubs) for Sunday nights

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/espn-picks-four-cardinals-games-three-vs-cubs-for-sunday/article_6e7cc21d-70e4-5179-af80-717364aaf7aa.html

17 SB Nation   

Baseball’s offseason is boring now, so these trades should happen for our amusement

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/12/21/14024420/mlb-trade-rumors-jose-quintana-brian-dozier

18 CBS Sports

MLB Hot Stove: Five reasons why buyers should be wary of Mark Trumbo

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-five-reasons-why-buyers-should-be-wary-of-mark-trumbo/

19 Fangraphs

On Players’ and Coaches’ Skepticism of Defensive Metrics

http://www.hardballtimes.com/players-and-coaches-skepticism-of-defensive-metrics/

20 Fox Sports

Why 38-year-old Jimmy Rollins just couldn’t say no to more baseball

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/jimmy-rollins-qa-san-francisco-giants-retirement-rosenthal-122216

21 Baseball Prospectus

Rumor Roundup:  Messy Mets

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30864

22 Sports on Earth

COORS CORRECTION: WALKER'S HOF CASE

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/212031972/larry-walker-hall-of-fame-case-coors-bias