JAL’s December Morning Links

December Basia Bulat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4eGZfMnydg

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: Strong Interest in Pitcher Jaime Garcia

https://rumbunter.com/2017/12/08/pittsburgh-pirates-strong-interest-in-pitcher-jaime-garcia/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Scouting the Standouts from the Cardinals 2012 Draft

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/12/8/16732362/st-louis-cardinals-2012-draft-michael-wacha-stephen-piscotty-patrick-wisdom-carson-kelly

8 Green Weenie

12/8 From the 70s Forward: Blyleven & Casey Deals; Lieber, Mulholland Sign; Non-Tenders '03; Bonds Goes...

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/12/128-from-70s-forward-blyleven-casey.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Shohei Ohtani has signed with the Angels. What does that mean for the Cubs offseason plans?

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/12/8/16752844/shohei-ohtani-signed-angels-cubs-offseason

10 Pirates Breakdown

Pittsburgh Pirates free agent target profile: Eduardo Nunez

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/12/08/pittsburgh-pirates-eduardo-nunez/

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/2017/12/08/pittsburgh-pirates-hot-stove-handbook-live-12-8-2017/

11 MLB

Let's look back at the history of Japanese players in MLB

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/12/08/262923342/null

12 Jays Journal

Blue Jays: The time to trade for Andrew McCutchen is now

https://jaysjournal.com/2017/12/08/blue-jays-time-trade-andrew-mccutchen-now/

13 The Daily Vox

Gift Ngoepe On His Incredible Journey To The MLB – And How To Get More Africans There

https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/gift-ngoepe-incredible-journey-mlb-get-africans-fatima-moosa/

14 Yahoo Sports

Why the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes may trigger an MLB investigation

https://sports.yahoo.com/shohei-ohtani-sweepstakes-may-trigger-mlb-investigation-211948533.html

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Stanton says no to Cardinals, declines trade from Miami

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/stanton-says-no-to-cardinals-declines-trade-from-miami/article_8af64fbb-d219-517e-bd51-557521df5bc7.html

  16 SB Nation

The Angels have Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, and I want to watch them right now

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/12/8/16753186/shohei-ohtani-angels-wut

17 CBS Sports

Hot Stove: What all 30 MLB teams need going into the 2017 Winter Meetings

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hot-stove-what-all-30-mlb-teams-need-going-into-the-2017-winter-meetings/

18 Fangraphs

Allow Me to Present an Incredible Baseball Coincidence

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/allow-me-to-present-an-incredible-baseball-coincidence/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Players Prefer Presentation: The Places We Call Home

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36243/players-prefer-presentation-places-call-home/

20 Sports on Earth

Ohtani Provides Big Spark To Angels

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/263150140/shohei-ohtani-signs-mike-trout-pairing-angels