JAL’s December Morning Links

December Collective Soul and the the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKGSp2Jsteo

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 Player Arbitration Projections for 2018

https://rumbunter.com/2017/12/03/pittsburgh-pirates-player-arbitration-projections-for-2018/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Michael Wacha, Tyler Lyons, and Randal Grichuk tendered contracts

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/12/3/16730702/michael-wacha-tyler-lyons-and-randal-grichuk-tendered-contracts-cardinals

8 Green Weenie

12/3 Through the 50s: Arroyo, McCullough, Fletcher Deals; Lynch Lost; HBD Suitcase Harry, Toad, James & Hickory

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/12/123-through-50s-arroyo-mccullough.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Joe Maddon says Jake Arrieta is ‘probably gone’

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/12/3/16730198/joe-maddon-jake-arrieta-probably-gone

10 Pirates Breakdown

The Pittsburgh Pirates are set for one of their most important off-seasons in the Neal Huntington Era. Here is your guide to the club’s 2017 Hot Stove season.

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/12/01/pittsburgh-pirates-hot-stove-handbook-december/

11 Bleacher Report

MLB Winter Meetings 2017: Dates, Schedule, Rumors and Predictions

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2746533-mlb-winter-meetings-2017-dates-schedule-rumors-and-predictions

12 USA Today

Sports betting, states' rights on tap at Supreme Court

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/03/sports-betting-states-rights-tap-supreme-court/910669001/

13 Golden Gate Sports

Hensley Meulens Not Being Picked is an Odd Decision

https://goldengatesports.com/2017/12/02/hensley-meulens-not-picked-decision/

14 Washington Observer Reporter

A league of their own

https://observer-reporter.com/columns/johnsteigerwald/a-league-of-their-own/article_6b22fa0c-d7b4-11e7-9b84-c782d3540bef.html

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Quick Hits: Hummel on the Cardinals

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/quick-hits-hummel-on-the-cardinals/collection_815c01f0-24b5-5054-8d48-f1ff77ffd57c.html

  16 SB Nation

Scott Boras is right about Shohei Ohtani

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/11/29/16715328/scott-boras-shohei-ohtani

17 CBS Sports

Leaderboarding: These were the best 'bad-ball' hitters in baseball in 2017

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/leaderboarding-these-were-the-best-bad-ball-hitters-in-baseball-in-2017/

18 Fangraphs

Sunday Notes: The Tigers are Rebuilding and Everyone is Available

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-the-tigers-are-rebuilding-and-everyone-is-available/