JAL’s Alley Oop Morning Links

Alley Oop  Hollywood Argyles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6IpmmYSXA

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

Jung Ho Kang Compared To League In 2016

http://rumbunter.com/2017/03/07/jung-ho-kang-compared-league-2016/

7 Viva El Birdos

2017 VEB Community Projections: Lance Lynn

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/3/7/14837744/2017-veb-community-projections-lance-lynn

8 Green Weenie

3/7: Freddy, Vic Willis HoF, Modern Ball, HBD Doc, Junior & Dick

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/03/37-freddy-vic-willis-hof-modern-ball.html

9 Red Reporter

Reds pound Royals to win 5th straight Cactus League game

http://www.redreporter.com/2017/3/7/14846388/cincinnati-reds-win-streak-kansas-city-royals

10 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Team Italy 8, Cubs 7: Non Bellissimo

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/3/7/14848726/cubs-italy-recap-john-lackey-chris-dominguez-mlb-scores

11 Pirates Breakdown

Checking in on Pittsburgh Pirates 3B Prospect Eric Wood

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/07/pittsburgh-pirates-eric-wood-2017/

2017 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview – Francisco Cervelli

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/03/07/pittsburgh-pirates-cervelli-preview/

12 KDKA

Coonelly: Pirates Are ‘Very Determined To Turn Things Around In 2017’</b>

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/03/07/pirates-president-very-determined-to-turn-things-around-in-2017/

13 News Press

Team USA brings heralded baseball stars to Fort Myers

http://www.news-press.com/story/sports/2017/03/07/team-usa-brings-heralded-baseball-stars-fort-myers/98529146/

14 Sporting News

Five not-so-crazy rule changes MLB should consider next

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/mlb-baseball-rule-changes-2017-rob-manfred-pace-of-play-balk-sacrifice-fly/14ae62vtjy6uk19tkfxfpj9rdo

15 National Pastime Museum

THE GREAT AL SIMMONS: REMEMBERING THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS STAR

http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/great-al-simmons-remembering-philadelphia-athletics-star

16 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Hochman: Cards stockpiling glitzy center-field prospects

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-cards-stockpiling-glitzy-center-field-prospects/article_6c1a6ada-c9c0-5455-af45-5102b6affff5.html

17 SB Nation   

Israel’s surprise World Baseball Classic wins have Korea in trouble

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/3/7/14840942/world-baseball-classic-israel-korea

18 CBS Sports

The surprising places MLB teams get their information from in the post Moneyball era

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-surprising-places-mlb-teams-get-their-information-from-in-the-post-moneyball-era/

19 Fangraphs

Projected 2017 Strengths of Schedule

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/projected-2017-strengths-of-schedule/

20 Fox Sports

Don’t tell the Team USA players and coaches that the WBC doesn’t matter

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/team-usa-america-world-baseball-classic-wbc-leyland-bregman-archer-jones-ken-rosenthal-030717

21 Baseball Prospectus

How Computers Killed a Sport

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31306

22 Sports on Earth

FRANCHISE FACES: A LOOK AT MLB'S BEST

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/218286760/best-franchise-player-all-time-active-war

Pirates

1. Alen Hanson, 2B
2. Jordy Mercer, SS
3. Josh Bell, 1B
4. David Freese, 3B
5. John Jaso, RF
6. Eury Perez, LF
7. Danny Ortiz, CF
8. Jackson Williams, C
9. Gerrit Cole, P

Additional pitchers Tyler Glasnow, Dan Runzler, Aaron Sanchez, Pat Light.