JAL’s Celluloid Heroes Morning Links

Celluloid Heroes The Kinks

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

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

A look at Pirate Rule 5 Draft selection Jordan Milbrath

https://rumbunter.com/2017/12/16/look-pirate-rule-5-draft-selection-jordan-milbrath/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Manny Machado is the new Jason Heyward

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-sabermetrics-analysis/2017/12/16/16775400/cardinals-manny-machado-baltimore-orioles-jason-heyward-trades-arbitration-free-agency-extensions

8 Green Weenie

12/16: Schantz, Mueller, Santiago Deals; Rule 5 Raid; Slowly They Turned; HBD Jeff, Rick, Steamboat Bill & Fred

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/12/1216-schantz-mueller-santiago-deals.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Manny Machado’s available by trade. Would you send Addison Russell to get him?

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/12/16/16784520/manny-machado-trade-rumor-addison-russell

10 Pirates Breakdown

What did the 2017 Winter Meetings tell us about the Pittsburgh Pirates?

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/12/14/pittsburgh-pirates-winter-meetings-recap/

11 Denver Post

MLB teams, including Rockies, spending big on bullpens, but there are risks

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/16/mlb-rockies-spending-big-bullpens/

12 New York Post

Another MLB titan could now rival Yanks’ might next offseason

https://nypost.com/2017/12/16/another-mlb-titan-could-now-rival-yanks-might-next-offseason/

13 Washington Post

MLB player sues White Sox, Illinois over injury suffered in outfield

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/12/16/mlb-player-sues-white-sox-state-of-illinois-over-injury-suffered-in-outfield/?utm_term=.891a26a97fe7

14 Toronto Star

MLB teams seriously consider six-man pitching rotations

https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2017/12/16/mlb-teams-seriously-consider-six-man-pitching-rotations.html

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Hochman: Ozuna and Martinez should make quite a pair

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-ozuna-and-martinez-should-make-quite-a-pair/article_4a7f7109-f4d6-5bea-9d81-b63ff4b4ca2e.html

  16 SB Nation

Dodgers and Braves dump salary in trade involving Adrian Gonzalez and Matt Kemp

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/12/16/16785258/dodgers-braves-trade-adrian-gonzalez-matt-kemp-brandon-mccarthy

17 CBS Sports

Marcell Ozuna trade: MLB prospect expert weighs in on Marlins' return from Cardinals

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/marcell-ozuna-trade-mlb-prospect-expert-weighs-in-on-marlins-return-from-cardinals/

18 Fangraphs

The Angels Have Won the Offseason

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-angels-have-won-the-offseason/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Cold Takes: The Year In Ejections

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36693/cold-takes-year-ejections/

20 Sports on Earth

END OF AN ERA: FRANCESA SIGNS OFF

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/263653142/mike-francesa-last-show-wfan-new-york-radio