JAL’s Spiderman Morning Links

Spiderman  Katrina and the Waves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I05BkdK3aWc

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

Josh Bell’s Deadly Offensive Potential for the 2017 Season

http://rumbunter.com/2017/03/05/josh-bells-deadly-offensive-potential-2017-season/

7 Viva El Birdos

A Brief History of Cardinal Drafts in the 21st Century, Part One: The Early Years

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/3/5/14819778/a-brief-history-of-cardinal-drafts-in-the-21st-century-part-one-the-early-years-john-mozeliak-luhnow

8 Green Weenie

3-5: Cutch Signs, Foxy To HoF, HBD Erik, Teke, Larry, Al, Handsome Harry & Earl

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/03/3-5-cutch-signs-foxy-to-hof-hbd-erik.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds beat Mike Trout and the Angels for fourth straight win

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/3/5/14821810/cincinnati-reds-angels-mike-trout-salmon-halibut

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Know Your Enemy: San Francisco Giants

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/3/5/14795560/know-your-enemy-san-francisco-giants

11 Pirates Breakdown

Column: World Baseball Classic provides mixed emotions

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/05/column-mixed-emotions-world-baseball-classic/

12 Orange County Register

WBC has become more about finding future MLB players than global bragging rights</b>

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/wbc-745728-tournament-year.html

13 Beyond the Boxscore

Does the World Baseball Classic impact MLB performance?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2017/3/5/14812132/world-baseball-classic-wbc-negative-impacts-war

14 SI Live

How baseball is killing baseball

http://www.silive.com/opinion/columns/index.ssf/2017/03/how_mlb_is_killing_baseball_co.html

15 National Pastime Museum

KEN BURKHART: THE ONE-CALL LEGACY AND INSTANT REPLAY

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/ken-burkhart-one-call-legacy-and-instant-replay

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Hochman: Twist in bullpen battle features Gant starting

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-twist-in-bullpen-battle-features-gant-starting/article_f0adc43e-8024-575a-acc6-0e1e18e1fe2d.html

17 SB Nation   

Will 2017 really end up being the year for the Houston Astros?

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/3/5/14817944/houston-astros-2017-world-series-is-sports-illustrated-a-wizard-spring-training

18 CBS Sports

Argue if you want, but these 30 players should be leading off MLB lineups in 2017

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/argue-if-you-want-but-these-30-players-should-be-leading-off-mlb-lineups-in-2017/

19 Fangraphs

Sunday Notes: Harkey, Jenkins, Intangibles, Spring Stats, Meyer, more.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-harkey-jenkins-intangibles-meyer-more/

20 Fox Sports

David Price’s elbow isn’t just structurally sound, it’s ‘very unique’

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/boston-red-sox-david-price-injury-update-elbow-unique-no-surgery-spring-training-030417

21 Baseball Prospectus

Rumor Roundup: Busy in Boston

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31288

22 Sports on Earth

RETHINKING THE FIVE-MAN ROTATION

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/218121596/mlb-changing-the-five-man-piching-rotation

Pirates

1. Adam Frazier (L) RF

2. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

3. Josh Bell (S) 1B

4. David Freese (R) 3B

5. Elias Diaz (R) C

6. Chris Bostick (R) 2B

7. Austin Meadows (L) CF

8. Barrett Barnes (R) LF

9. Ivan Nova (R) P

Pirates

Ivan Nova (R)