JAL’s Hold on to Your Hat Morning Links

 

Hold on to Your Hat Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceWVKvM3lE

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: 2017 Draft Season Recap Picks 8-10

https://rumbunter.com/2017/11/02/pittsburgh-pirates-2017-draft-season-recap-picks-8-10/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Can the Cardinals win a World Series without tanking?

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/11/2/16588378/cardinals-world-series-tanking-rebuilding-chicago-cubs-houston-astros

8 Green Weenie

11/2: AA Born; Bossman Bobby, Redman Reups, FAs, HBD Frenchy, Scott & Orlando

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/11/112-aa-born-bossman-bobby-tsn-roberto.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Jake Arrieta, Wade Davis, 6 other Cubs are now free agents

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/11/2/16599518/jake-arrieta-wade-davis-cubs-free-agents

10 Pirates Breakdown

2017 Year in Review- Felipe Rivero emerges as dominant reliver

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/11/02/pittsburgh-pirates-felipe-rivero/

11 USA Today

MLB offseason begins: 149 players become free agents

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/11/02/free-agency/826043001/

12 NY Times

When Astros Needed to Improvise, Charlie Morton Was Ready

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/sports/houston-astros-world-series-charlie-morton.html

13 MLB

3 key offseason questions facing Brewers

http://m.brewers.mlb.com/news/article/259863610/3-key-offseason-questions-facing-brewers/

14 Deadline

World Series Game 7 Hits Near Record Viewership For Fox & MLB – Update

http://deadline.com/2017/11/astros-win-world-series-game-7-ratings-down-dodgers-mlb-fox-survivor-1202200057/

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Lynn, Oh, two other Cardinals declared free agents

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/lynn-oh-two-other-cardinals-declared-free-agents/article_0bc83f4c-4bef-5fed-a1c9-5755b03b0df5.html

  16 SB Nation

Charlie Morton reinvented himself twice to become a World Series hero

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/11/2/16597806/world-series-astros-charlie-morton-game-7

17 CBS Sports

Clayton Kershaw on World Series loss: 'Maybe one of these days I won’t fail'

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/clayton-kershaw-on-world-series-loss-maybe-one-of-these-days-i-wont-fail/

18 Fangraphs

Charlie Morton Was Baseball in 2017

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/charlie-morton-was-baseball-in-2017/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Playoff Prospectus: You’re Already Gone

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/34552/playoff-prospectus-youre-already-gone/

20 Sports on Earth

REASONS FOR OPTIMISM IN LA

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/260451604/reasons-for-optimism-los-angeles-dodgers