JAL’s You Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby Morning Links

You Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby Alice Faye, Jack Haley, and Shirley Temple

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

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 2017 PBC Blog Prediction Contest

http://pbc-asylum.blogspot.com/2017/03/2017-prediction-contest.html

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Starting Pitchers: Bauer Units

http://rumbunter.com/2017/03/31/pittsburgh-pirates-starting-pitchers-bauer-units/

7 Viva El Birdos

A Guide for Cubs vs Cardinals on Opening Night

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/3/31/15133478/a-guide-for-cubs-vs-cardinals-on-opening-night

8 Green Weenie

3/31: PNC Park Era - PNC Opens, Operation Shutdown Scuttled; Bucs Open GABP; Opening Day Thrillers

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/03/331-pnc-park-era-pnc-opens-operation.html

9 Red Reporter

The Red Report - Barrett Astin

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/3/31/15130666/the-red-report-barrett-astin

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 6, Astros 3: Ready To Go!

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/3/31/15142800/cubs-astros-recap-jon-jay-kyle-hendricks-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2017 Fantasy Baseball Preview – The Pitchers

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/31/pittsburgh-pirates-2017-fantasy-baseball-preview-the-pitchers/

12 Deadspin

The Pittsburgh Pirates Will Be Frustratingly Competent

http://deadspin.com/the-pittsburgh-pirates-will-be-frustratingly-competent-1793899369

13 Go Erie

Pirates hope to put offseason drama behind them in 2017

http://www.goerie.com/sports/20170331/pirates-hope-to-put-offseason-drama-behind-them-in-2017

14 Post Register

Some MLB players who start year fast or slow

http://www.postregister.com/articles/sports-pro/2017/03/31/some-mlb-players-who-start-year-fast-or-slow

15 Tristate

Why is MLB flooded with huge contracts?

http://www.tristatehomepage.com/sports/why-is-mlb-flooded-with-huge-contracts/683728344

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

NL Central: Talent is on Cubs' side, but history is against World Series repeat

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/nl-central-talent-is-on-cubs-side-but-history-is/article_29e3a534-e615-54c5-ab2d-f200aadf3bc4.html

17 SB Nation   

APPRECIATE THESE PLAYERS NOW, BECAUSE THEY’LL BE GONE SOON

http://www.sbnation.com/a/mlb-2017-season-preview/appreciating-the-elder-statesmen

18 CBS Sports

MLB Top 100 player rankings: Machado ready to make the next jump to No. 1?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-top-100-player-rankings-machado-ready-to-make-the-next-jump-to-no-1/

19 Fangraphs

Are the Yankees on the Verge of a Clubhouse Culture Shift?

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/are-the-yankees-on-the-verge-of-a-clubhouse-culture-shift/

20 Fox Sports

Here are my good-for-nothing predictions for your team, 2017 edition

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/team-by-team-predictions-rosenthal-indians-cubs-dodgers-cardinals-giants-033117

21 Baseball Prospectus

Famous Cereal Celebrities, Anonymous Roster Cuts, and Illegible Signatures

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31486

22 Sports on Earth

GREEN DAY: MLB'S YOUNG, BEST

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/221717922/baseball-more-important-than-ever-opening-day

Pirates

1. Jordy Mercer (R) SS

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF

4. David Freese (R) 3B

5. Jose Osuna (R) DH

6. Josh Harrison (R) 2B

7. Josh Bell (S) 1B

8. Phil Gosselin (R) LF

9. Elias Diaz (R) C

Jays

1. Kevin Pillar (R) CF)

2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B

3. Kendrys Morales (S) 1B

4. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS

5. Russell Martin (R) DH

6. Steve Pearce (R) LF

7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C

8. Melvin Upton Jr. (R) RF

9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B

Pirates

Chad Kuhl (R)   

Blue Jays

Francisco Liriano (L