JAL’s Pickin’ Wild Mountain Berries Morning Links

Pickin’ Wild Mountain Berries    Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTiRgS44G3c

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 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Earn Series Split In Atlanta

http://rumbunter.com/2017/05/25/pittsburgh-pirates-earn-series-split-atlanta/

7 Viva El Birdos

Seung Hwan Oh is struggling to miss bats in 2017

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/5/25/15689752/seung-hwan-oh-is-struggling-to-miss-bats-in-2017-st-louis-cardinals

8 Green Weenie

Bucs Bop Braves to Salvage Series Split 9-4

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/05/bucs-bop-braves-to-salvage-series-split.html

9 Red Reporter

Roster moves: Reds claim Buchanan from Cubs, Garrett to DL, DFA O’Brien

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/5/25/15692552/reds-roster-moves-buchanan-garrett-dl-dfa-obrien

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs 5, Giants 1: A basketful of home runs

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/5/25/15694548/cubs-giants-recap-kris-bryant-mike-montgomery-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Takeaways And Throwaways – Pittsburgh Pirates Jump on Braves

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/24/takeaways-and-throwaways-pirates-braves-mlb/

With Frazier and Harrison, the Pirates have the top of their lineup locked in

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/05/25/pirates-may-found-sparkplug/

12 Atlanta Journal Constitution

Another bad day for Bartolo Colon in Braves loss

http://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/another-bad-day-for-bartolo-colon-braves-loss/Q9Ws54swNB0XtTOqbW9lgO/

13 FanRag

Stronger Josh Harrison adding spice to Pirates lineup

https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/pirates/harrison-adding-spice-pirates-lineup-daddy-strength-back/

14 Beaver County Times

Andrew McCutchen may be the Pirates' odd hitter out when Gregory Polanco returns Friday

http://www.timesonline.com/sports/pirates/andrew-mccutchen-may-be-the-pirates-odd-hitter-out-when/article_066e9a86-4190-11e7-a8fe-a79cd4a3a95f.html

15 Outside Pitch

Ex-Washington Nationals pitcher Felipe Rivero putting up All-Star numbers

https://www.outsidepitchmlb.com/pitcher-felipe-rivero-all-star/70188

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Wacha, Cardinals fall apart against Dodgers

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/wacha-cardinals-fall-apart-against-dodgers/article_b29b87a5-27bd-578a-b38f-dc715b05f71c.html

17 SB Nation   

These teams stink at finding catchers, and these teams are great

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/5/25/15687034/mlb-catchers-mariners-jokes-mariners-misery-mariners-ennui

18 CBS Sports

Young fan's injury at Yankee Stadium revives debate over protective netting

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/young-fans-injury-at-yankee-stadium-revives-debate-over-protective-netting/

19 Fangraphs

Buster Posey and Public Displays of Disaffection

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/buster-posey-and-public-displays-of-disaffection/

20 Fox Sports

13 shocking stats from the first 8 weeks of the MLB season

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/shocking-stats-rizzo-cubs-bryce-harper-red-sox-dodgers-posey-giants-blackmon-rockies-twins-052517

21 Baseball Prospectus

Incomplete Nova

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31921

22 Sports on Earth

HOW DO THESE DEALS LOOK NOW?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/232349348/baseball-free-agency-contracts-successful