JAL’s New Year’s Resolution Morning Links

New Year’s Resolution Otis Redding and Carla Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqnKk0OnoH0

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

Pirates claim Shane Carle off waivers

https://rumbunter.com/2018/01/04/pirates-claim-shane-carle-off-waivers/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Okay, Seriously, Let’s Really Consider Eric Hosmer

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/1/4/16846614/okay-seriously-lets-really-consider-eric-hosmer-st-louis-cardinals-free-agent-scott-boras-padres

8 Green Weenie

1/4: Bucs Sign Starling, Sam, Skates & Lance; HBD Cork, Brian & Jay

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/01/14-bucs-sign-starling-sam-skates-lance.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs sign RHP Ryan Weber

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/1/4/16849752/cubs-sign-rhp-ryan-weber

10 Pirates Breakdown

Gauging the actual dollar value of Pittsburgh Pirates trade chips

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/01/04/pittsburgh-pirates-trade-dollars/

11 ESPN

MLB and the Players Association will meet next week to discuss pace-of-play initiatives for 2018

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21960465/mlb-players-association-meet-next-week-discuss-pace-play-initiatives-2018

12 NY Daily News

Revisiting where MLB’s Top 20 free agents will end up

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/revisiting-mlb-top-20-free-agents-article-1.3736179

13 Sports Illustrated

What Is Eric Hosmer Really Worth?

https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/01/04/eric-hosmer-free-agency-kansas-city-royals-san-diego-padres

14 Bleacher Report

Predicting the All-Overpaid 2017-18 MLB Free-Agency Team Entering the New Year

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2752122-predicting-the-all-overpaid-2017-18-mlb-free-agency-team-entering-the-new-year

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  Tipsheet: Quality MLB free agents wait for market to thaw

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/tipsheet-quality-mlb-free-agents-wait-for-market-to-thaw/article_580a0560-3d36-5359-9c23-3807e1053c39.html

16 SB Nation

After 5-year odyssey, Daniel Bard calls it a career

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/1/4/16797700/daniel-bard-retirement

17 CBS Sports

2018 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot: The cases for and against Curt Schilling

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2018-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-the-cases-for-and-against-curt-schilling/

18 Fangraphs

Managers’ View: What Role Does Speed Play in Today’s Game?

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/managers-view-what-role-does-speed-play-in-todays-game/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Baseball Therapy: Tightly Wound

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36914/short-relief-tightly-wound/

20 Sports on Earth

Five MLB Teams To Watch in January

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/264224716/five-baseball-teams-to-watch-in-january