JAL’s The Thin Ice Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciai1aZ_odg

The Thin Ice Pink Floyd

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

First link is to new 2017 sheets but no data yet while second link is to 2016 data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wMRQrWaQaLQvSs502k6qTzds_6JOlKjzNeaUNLtNLyc/edit#gid=0

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

5 Foo’s Survey Results

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-JQSJYQNF/

6 Rumbunter

Can Clay Holmes Be A Bullpen Option For The Pirates In 2017?

http://rumbunter.com/2017/01/11/can-clay-holmes-bullpen-option-pirates-2017/

7 Viva El Birdos

Determining Marco Gonzales’ upcoming bullpen role?

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/1/12/14249216/determining-marco-gonzales-upcoming-bullpen-role

8 Green Weenie

1/12: HBD Ed, Big Ed, Rich & Ivan; Cover Boy & HoF'er Willie; Fisher Signs

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/01/112-hbd-ed-big-ed-rich-ivan-cover-boy.html

9 Reds Reporter

Figuring out a Hall of Fame path for Joey Votto

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/1/12/14244572/figuring-out-a-hall-of-fame-path-for-joey-votto

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Joe Maddon Says Kyle Schwarber Could Be His Leadoff Hitter

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/1/12/14247348/joe-maddon-kyle-schwarber-leadoff-hitter

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates Wake Up Call – How Pirates Compare to Los Angeles Dodgers

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/01/12/pittsburgh-pirates-wake-call-pirates-compare-los-angeles-dodgers/

12 National Pastime Museum

THE ROARING TWENTIES</b>

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/roaring-twenties

13 Outside Pitch

An underrated move the Pittsburgh Pirates could still make

http://www.outsidepitchmlb.com/pittsburgh-pirates-valbuena/60461

14 Sports Heaven

A three step plan for the Pirates offseason

http://sportsheaven.sportsblog.com/posts/31663393/a-three-step-play-for-the-pirates-offseason.html

15 Beyond the Boxscore

Josh Harrison’s rise and fall

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2017/1/12/14225248/josh-harrison-pirates-all-star-decline-babip-iso

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

BenFred: Red Coats friends get together to gather warm coats for otherss

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-red-coats-friends-get-together-to-gather-warm-coats/article_a96e29cc-b1cc-5979-98f4-9642fd6c2035.html

17 SB Nation   

The Mariners have made 483 trades, but are they any better?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/1/12/14246616/mariners-trades-dipoto-obsession-mania-compulsion-sleepless-nights-transaction-sweats

18 CBS Sports

MLB Hot Stove: Here's why this is the perfect free-agent market for the Rangers

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-hot-stove-heres-why-this-is-the-perfect-free-agent-market-for-the-rangers/

19 Fangraphs

How Much Control Do Pitchers Exert Over Exit Velocity?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-much-control-do-pitchers-exert-over-exit-velocity/

20 Fox Sports

Do the Orioles and Mark Trumbo really want a reunion this offseason?

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/baltimore-orioles-mark-trumbo-free-agency-hot-stove-trade-braves-mariners-ken-rosenthal-011217

21 Baseball Prospectus

Tools of Ignorance: Cornered

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30962

22 Sports on Earth

BEST SORTA-SPORTS MOVIE: ELITE EIGHT

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/213368612/best-sports-movies-in-history-all-time