JAL’s Letter Morning Links

 Letter by Nowhere Slow--Group from Scranton area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Kygcxsbi8

GENERAL DAILY UPDATED BASEBALL SITES

1- MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 BFFL’s 2014 Pirates Stats Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsjN0zO-DxI0dDNkaWxFNWIwNDVUQzEwYXp5SlpGNkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

4 Pirates Prospects Spring Training Tracker

http://www.piratesprospects.com/st2014

BLOGS and such

 

5—Pirates Prospects

First Pitch: This is Where the Pirates Need to Spend Money

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/02/first-pitch-this-is-where-the-pirates-need-to-spend-money.html

Prospect Links: Gregory Polanco, Austin Meadows, ZiPS

http://www.piratesprospects.com/2014/02/prospect-links-gregory-polanco-austin-meadows-zips.html

6 Rumbunter

Looking at Pirates Predictions in 2014 Lindy’s Baseball Preview

http://rumbunter.com/2014/02/04/looking-pirates-predictions-2014-lindys-baseball-preview/

7 Bucs Dugout

Mets sign Kyle Farnsworth

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2014/2/3/5375388/mets-sign-kyle-farnsworth

8 Saber Bucs

What Numbers Would Stephen Drew Post as a Pirate?

http://saberbucs.com/blog/2014/02/04/what-numbers-would-stephen-drew-post-as-a-pirate/

Fangraphs is Wrong about the Pirates Rotation

http://saberbucs.com/blog/2014/02/04/fangraphs-is-wrong-about-the-pirates-rotation/

9 Green Weenie

> Position Battles In Camp...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2014/02/position-battles-in-camp.html

10 MLB-Pirates Site

Pipeline Perspectives: Bucs boast top duo of hurlers

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/news/article/pit/pipeline-perspectives-pittsburgh-pirates-have-top-duo-of-pitching-prospects-in-jameson-taillon-tyler-glasnow?ymd=20140204&content_id=67431978

11 Pirates 101

Who Will Be the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Most Improved Player in 2014

http://www.sportsmedia101.com/pittsburghpirates/2014/02/04/who-will-be-the-pittsburgh-pirates-most-improved-player-in-2014/

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES and Other Media

12 Fox News Latino

                                   

Big League Fingerprints Are All Over Caribbean Series Squads, Even In The Dugouts

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2014/02/04/big-league-fingerprints-are-all-over-caribbean-series-squads-even-in-dugouts/

13 Boston Herald

Risk assessment: Will post-37 David Ortiz more closely resemble Frank Thomas or Carlos Delgado?

http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/clubhouse_insider/2014/02/risk_assessment_will_post_37_david_ortiz_more_closely

14 Yahoo Sports

Chicago Cubs: Why Signing James McDonald Is the Best Move of the Entire Offseason

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chicago-cubs-why-signing-james-mcdonald-best-move-162800581--mlb.html

15 Slate

William Edward White, the first black player in major league history, lived his life as a white man.

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2014/02/william_edward_white_baseball_s_first_black_player_lived_his_life_as_a_white.html

16 Fangraphs

The Pirates Outfield

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-pirates-outfield/

17 SB Nation

Freddie Freeman, Braves agree to 8-year, $135 million extension

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/2/4/5378046/freddie-freeman-braves-multi-year-contract

18 Sports on Earth

Mint Condition

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/67423618/father-daughter-baseball-card-collecting-forges-connections

19 Baseball Prospectus

Pittsburgh Pirates Top 10 Prospects

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22746

20 Sweetspot

Braves bet big on Freddie Freeman's future

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/44087/braves-bet-big-on-freemans-future