JAL’s My December Morning Links

My December Linkin Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI59cpkFxPo

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

Should the Pirates be interested in Xavier Cedeno?

https://rumbunter.com/2017/12/06/pirates-interested-xavier-cedeno/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

The Irony of Signing Miles Mikolas

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/12/7/16740686/cardinals-miles-mikolas-free-agent-contract-mike-leake-comparison

8 Green Weenie

12/7 Birthdays: HBD Hal, Don, Tony, Bo, Long John, Vinnie, Bobby & Ken

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2017/12/127-birthdays-hbd-hal-don-tony-bo-long.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

What does the Tyler Chatwood signing mean for the Cubs’ pursuit of Shohei Otani or Alex Cobb?

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2017/12/7/16747700/tyler-chatwood-signing-cubs-pursuit-shohei-otani-alex-cobb

10 Pirates Breakdown

Reflecting on Dave Parker’s time with the Pittsburgh Pirates

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2017/12/06/pittsburgh-pirates-pitchers-levels/

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/2017/12/07/pittsburgh-pirates-dave-parker/

11 MLB

Analysis bolsters Bucs' plan to play Cutch in CF

https://www.mlb.com/pirates/news/analysis-of-andrew-mccutchens-2017-defense/c-263053708

12 LA Times

MLB notes: Noah Syndergaard on the mend with new lifting program

http://www.latimes.com/sports/mlb/la-sp-mlb-notes-20171207-story.html

13 Around the Foghorn

How Teams Who Have Signed Top MLB Free Agents Have Done

https://aroundthefoghorn.com/2017/12/07/teams-signed-top-mlb-free-agents-done/

14 Boston Herald

Jennings: MLB free agent class offers decent 25-man roster

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox/clubhouse_insider/2017/12/jennings_mlb_free_agent_class_offers_decent_25_man_roster

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Cardinals search for an impact bat

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/cardinals-search-for-an-impact-bat/collection_096ffbe5-ded6-5f60-8d23-967d77c590d3.html

  16 SB Nation

Mariners acquire Dee Gordon and international pool money from the Marlins for multiple prospects

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/12/7/16748440/marlins-mariners-dee-gordon-trade

17 CBS Sports

How adding Dee Gordon improved the Mariners' chances of landing Shohei Ohtani

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/how-adding-dee-gordon-improved-the-mariners-chances-of-landing-shohei-ohtani/

18 Fangraphs

Francisco Liriano: A Left-Handed Relief Option

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/francisco-liriano-a-left-handed-relief-option/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Short Relief: Rain Delays and Bobblehead Daze

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36199/short-relief-rain-delays-bobblehead-daze/

20 Sports on Earth

Hot Stove Brings New Level of Drama

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/263071570/giancarlo-stanton-shohei-ohtani-hot-stove-mlb