JAL’s Blinded by the Light Morning Links

Blinded by the Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJh47LybCkU

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

Pittsburgh Pirates: Frank Coonelly On Recent Trade Talks

http://rumbunter.com/2017/02/21/pittsburgh-pirates-frank-coonelly-on-recent-trade-talks/

7 Viva El Birdos

What if the Cardinals had signed Albert Pujols after 2011?

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/2/21/14589414/what-if-the-cardinals-had-signed-albert-pujols-after-2011

8 Green Weenie

2/21: HBD Ted & Joel, JR's Contract Renewed, Groat to Hoops HoF, First CBA

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/02/221-hbd-ted-joel-jrs-contract-renewed.html

9 Red Reporter

Cincinnati Reds links - Rotating closers and the arbitration fallout

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/2/21/14686596/cincinnati-reds-links-bullpen-roles-raisel-iglesias-drew-storen

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Rob Manfred: MLB Rule Changes Could Be Instituted Unilaterally In 2018

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/2/21/14692730/rob-manfred-mlb-rule-changes-2018

Know Your Enemy: Pittsburgh Pirates

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/2/21/14653718/know-your-enemy-pittsburgh-pirates

11 Pirates Breakdown

2017 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview – Andrew McCutchen

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/02/21/2017-pittsburgh-pirates-preview-andrew-mccutchen/

12 Indians Baseball Insider

Storylines: Neil Walker and New York Mets reach an impasse on an extension</b>

http://www.scout.com/mlb/indians/story/1756632-storylines-walker-mets-reach-impasse

13 Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Editorial: What's in a name? Major-league money

http://www.heraldtribune.com/opinion/20170221/editorial-whats-in-name-major-league-money

14 Yonhap News

Fine sought for Pirates' Kang Jung-ho over DUI charges

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/02/22/0200000000AEN20170222012900315.html 15 National Pastime Museum

GEORGE PIPGRAS: TWO HALF-CAREERS

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/george-pipgras-two-half-careers

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Quick Hits: Goold and Hummel on the Cards

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/quick-hits-goold-and-hummel-on-the-cardinals/collection_082d4a91-348d-50a9-9fe8-b79a54dc51fc.html

17 SB Nation   

The Nationals are baseball’s sneakiest superteam again

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/2/21/14684790/nationals-baseball-presented-by-scott-boras-a-subsidiary-of-borascorp

18 CBS Sports

Colorado Rockies 2017 season preview: The pieces are in place to surprise us all

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/colorado-rockies-2017-season-preview-the-pieces-are-in-place-to-surprise-us-all/

19 Fangraphs

Ten Bold Predictions for the Coming Season

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/ten-bold-predictions-for-the-coming-season/

20 Fox Sports

11 MLB players who should bounce back in 2017

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/mlb-sleepers-fantasy-bounce-back-players-cubs-giants-royals-value-picks-pitchers-outfielders-cheat-sheet

21 Baseball Prospectus

PECOTA's Breakout Bets: Hitters

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31215

22 Sports on Earth

30 UNDER-THE-RADAR MLB STORYLINES

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/216623406/spring-training-not-obvious-storylines