JAL’s Back in the High Life Again Morning Links

Back in the High Life Again Steve Winwood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adw772km7PQ

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 Pirates Spring Training Schedule

http://www.springtrainingconnection.com/schedule/pirates.html

6 Rumbunter

Tyler Glasnow Shines As Bucs Fall To Orioles

http://rumbunter.com/2017/02/26/tyler-glasnow-shines-in-his-spring-debut/

7 Viva El Birdos

Briefly Scouting Adolis Garcia

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/2/26/14740470/briefly-scouting-adolis-garcia-cuban-international-signing

8 Green Weenie

2/26: HBD Sam, Preacher & Vic; Early Players Association; Simon Deal; Tommy's Toss

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/02/226-hbd-sam-preacher-vic-early-players.html

9 Red Reporter

Giants ding and dong the baseball, defeat Reds 9-5

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/2/26/14745406/giants-ding-and-dong-the-baseball-defeat-reds-9-5

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Know Your Enemy: New York Mets

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/2/26/14677212/know-your-enemy-new-york-mets

11 Pirates Breakdown

2017 Pirates Breakdown Quick Guide to Fantasy Baseball

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/02/25/pirates-breakdown-look-fantasy-baseball/

12 Baltimore Sun

Adam Jones' long home run sparks Orioles' 8-3 win over Pirates </b>

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-adam-jones-long-home-run-sparks-orioles-8-3-win-over-pirates-20170226-story.html

13 Go Erie

John Dudley: Pirates, McCutchen are in for interesting spring

http://www.goerie.com/sports/20170227/john-dudley-pirates-mccutchen-are-in-for-interesting-spring

14 Sporting News

Time to take MLB pitchers — and DHs — out of the batter's box

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/designated-hitter-rule-debate-mlb-al-nl-pitchers-hitting-stats-tradition/c6a19tnu6gob1o6oybfmr5vru

15 Minor League Ball

Bucs' Glasnow brings heat in spring debut

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20170226&content_id=217149308&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Wainwright requested extra starts this spring, set for six

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/wainwright-requested-extra-starts-this-spring-set-for-six/article_ecbffc1f-7831-5e9a-9cab-f53b17150766.html

17 SB Nation   

The first full day of spring training is in the books

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/2/26/14742440/the-first-full-day-of-spring-training-is-in-books-baseball-mlb-cactus-league-grapefruit

18 CBS Sports

Bizarre insurance clause will keep Sonny Gray out of the World Baseball Classic

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bizarre-insurance-clause-will-keep-sonny-gray-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic/

19 Fangraphs

When Fans Detach from the Herd

http://www.hardballtimes.com/when-fans-detach-from-the-herd/

20 Fox Sports

Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo leads charge to support badly beaten student

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-anthony-rizzo-jon-lester-lead-charge-to-support-beaten-student-coma-henry-sembdner-022517

21 Baseball Prospectus

PECOTA's Breakout Bets: Pitchers

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31239

22 Sports on Earth

A DARK HORSE FOR EVERY MLB DIVISION

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/216956642/dark-horse-mlb-each-division-2017

Pirates

1. Eury Perez (R) RF

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Gregory Polanco (L) LF

4. David Freese (R) 3B

5. John Jaso (L) 1B

6. Chris Bostick (R) 2B

7. Erich Weiss (L) DH

8. Jacob Stallings (R) C

9. Gift Ngoepe (R) SS

Blue Jays

1. Kevin Pillar (R) CF

2. Jose Bautista (R) DH

3. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C

4. Justin Smoak (S) 1B

5. Darrell Ceciliani (L) LF

6. Anthony Alford (R) RF

7. Darwin Barney (R) 2B

8. Ryan Goins (L) SS

9. Gregorio Petit (R) 3B

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R

Blue Jays

Marcus Stroman (R)