JAL’s Barney Google Morning Links

Barney Google Andrews Sisters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bUuCHDGL2U

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

Pirates News: Josh Harrison Is Joining Team USA

http://rumbunter.com/2017/03/04/grapefruit-league-game-9-pittsburgh-pirates-v-boston-red-sox/

7 Viva El Birdos

The Cardinals should bid big on Luis Robert

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/3/4/14808516/the-cardinals-should-bid-big-on-luis-robert

8 Green Weenie

3/4: Allegheny Raid, Leyland Meltdown, HBD to Dazzy, Clyde, Mel, Jax & The Fort

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/03/34-allegheny-raid-leyland-meltdown-hbd.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds score eight in 8th inning rally to beat Royals

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/3/4/14816528/cincinnati-reds-rally-late-beat-kansas-city-royals

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Know Your Enemy: San Diego Padres

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/3/4/14795210/know-your-enemy-san-diego-padres

11 Pirates Breakdown

Which Pittsburgh Pirates Bats Are Primed for Hot April Starts?

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/04/pittsburgh-pirates-good-starts/

Column: Pittsburgh Pirates GM Neal Huntington deserves contract extension

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/04/pittsburgh-pirates-huntington-extension/

12 US News

Pirates Catcher Cervelli Hoping for Healthier 2017</b>

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2017-03-04/pirates-catcher-cervelli-hoping-for-healthier-2017

13 Bradenton Herald

Pittsburgh Pirates Q&A: Infielder Joey Terdoslavich

http://www.bradenton.com/sports/article136495083.html

14 FanRag

Pirates ace Cole a step ahead following frustrating 2016

https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/pirates/pirates-ace-cole-step-ahead-following-frustrating-2016/

15 National Pastime Museum

CARL HUBBELL, JAKE ARRIETA, RUBE MARQUARD, TIM KEEFE, AND THE LONGEST PITCHING STREAKS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/carl-hubbell-jake-arrieta-rube-marquard-tim-keefe-and-longest-pitching-streaks-major-league

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Goold: Matheny still treasures getting his mitts on new gloves

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-matheny-still-treasures-getting-his-mitts-on-new-gloves/article_e5a05afa-5bcf-5ddd-9f02-ebc69f33590e.html

17 SB Nation   

There might be actual progress on pace of play

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/3/4/14811378/there-might-be-actual-progress-on-pace-of-play

18 CBS Sports

MLB open to shortening commercial breaks, but there are big obstacles to overcome

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-open-to-shortening-commercial-breaks-but-there-are-big-obstacles-to-overcome/

19 Fangraphs

How Much Are Last Year’s Free Agents Worth Now?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-much-are-last-years-free-agents-worth-now/

20 Fox Sports

Stephen Strasburg hopes a radical change will solve his injury woes

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/stephen-strasburg-washington-nationals-windup-stretch-injury-change-spring-training-030417

21 Baseball Prospectus

TED WILLIAMS’ UNDERAPPRECIATED ON-BASE STREAK

http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/03/02/ted-williams-underappreciated-on-base-streak/

22 Sports on Earth

AN ODE TO ALL-OR-NOTHING SLUGGERS

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/217815688/all-or-nothing-sluggers

Pirates

1. Max Moroff (S) SS

2. Alen Hanson (S) 2B

3. Francisco Cervelli (R) DH

4. John Jaso (L) 1B

5. Eric Wood (R) 3B

6. Jose Osuna (R) RF

7. Barrett Barnes (R) LF

8. Jacob Stallings (R) C

9. Danny Ortiz (L) CF

Yankees

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1. Brett Gardner (L) LF

2. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF

3. Matt Holliday (R) DH

4. Chris Carter (R) 1B

5. Aaron Judge (R) RF

6. Austin Romine (R) C

7. Ronald Torreyes (R) 3B

8. Ruben Tejada (R) SS

9. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B

Pirates

Jameson Taillon (R)

Yankees

Masahiro Tanaka (R)