JAL’s Bird on a Wire Morning Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtHD1j9PhY

Bird on a Wire Fairport Convention

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

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19zg6X5VUHUBW_0QTsTMLdNcgTYSq-hZIKvzLFmhwPjU/edit#gid=775822168

5 Cot’s Baseball Contracts

2017 MLB Free Agents

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/potential-free-agents-for-2017/

6 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect: Mitch Keller’s Growth as a Prospect

http://rumbunter.com/2016/11/13/pittsburgh-pirates-prospect-mitch-kellers-growth-as-a-prospect/

7 Viva El Birdos

The Cardinals still should not sign Dexter Fowler

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2016/11/14/13621104/mlb-hot-stove-rumors-the-cardinals-still-should-not-sign-dexter-fowler

8 Green Weenie

11/14: Cutch MVP; Doug Drabek Wins Cy; HBD Fred, Paul & X-Man; Deals...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2016/11/1114-cutch-mvp-doug-drabek-wins-cy-hbd.html

9 Red Reporter

An early projection of Cincinnati's 2017 season

http://www.redreporter.com/2016/11/14/13621996/an-early-projection-of-cincinnatis-2017-season

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Corey Seager, Michael Fulmer Win IBWAA Rookie of the Year Awards

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/11/14/13627780/corey-seager-michael-fulmer-ibwaa-rookie-of-the-year

11 Pirates Breakdown

A Healthy Jung Ho Kang Means Big Things for the Pirates in 2017

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2016/11/14/jung-ho-kang-can-make-the-difference-in-2017/

12 National Pastime Museum

HOW THE WORLD SERIES ORIGINATED—AND ALMOST UNRAVELED</b>

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/how-world-series-originated-and-almost-unraveled

13 Television News Daily

Baseball Propels Fox To TV Lead

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/288985/baseball-propels-fox-to-tv-lead.html

14 Fort Worth Star Telegram

Holland hears from three teams early in free agency

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article114825983.html

15 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

BenFred: Add a shortstop? Makes no sense for Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-add-a-shortstop-makes-no-sense-for-cardinals/article_fe9d1f09-89dc-5023-bf86-1b3d0449d275.html

16 USA Today

MLB qualifying offers: Who's testing the market?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/11/14/qualifying-offers-yoenis-cespedes-jose-bautista-jeremy-hellickson-phillies/93802838/

17 SB Nation   

Jeremy Hellickson just made an awful free agent market even worse

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/11/14/13627160/jeremy-hellickson-phillies-free-agent-qualifying-offer

18 CBS Sports

2016 AL Rookie of the Year is working a blue-collar, dirty job this offseason

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2016-al-rookie-of-the-year-is-working-a-blue-collar-dirty-job-this-offseason/

19 Fangraphs

The 2017 Free Agent Bargains

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-2017-free-agent-bargains/

20 Fox Sports

Mike Montgomery's long journey to the Cubs' biggest out in 108 years

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-mike-montgomery-world-series-classic-reaction-111516

21 Baseball Prospectus

The Aesthetics of the Unassisted Triple Play

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30706

22 Sports on Earth

DANIEL MURPHY'S NL MVP AWARD CASE

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/208872898/daniel-murphy-national-league-mvp-award