JAL’s Our New Year Morning Links

 

Our New Year Tori Amos

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

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

Andrew McCutchen is still being targeted by the Giants

https://rumbunter.com/2018/01/05/andrew-mccutchen-is-still-being-targeted-by-the-giants/

7 Viva El Birdos</b>

Why don’t people like Jedd?

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2018/1/5/16808906/why-dont-people-like-jedd

8 Green Weenie

1/5: Bert HoF; Leagues Agree; HBD JR, Danny, Mark, Newt, Bob Steele, Jack, Bob Oldis & Roger

http://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/01/15-bert-hof-leagues-agree-hbd-jr-danny.html

9 Bleed Cubbie Blue

In which we learn a bit more about the free agency of Alex Cobb

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/1/5/16854878/alex-cobb-free-agent-rumors

10 Pirates Breakdown

Finding a path to more power for Pittsburgh Pirates hitters

http://piratesbreakdown.com/2018/01/05/pittsburgh-pirates-hitters-power/

11 New Jersey Com

Scout: Why Yankees need Gerrit Cole, why Cubs now are big threat to trade for Pirates ace

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2018/01/yankees_cubs_pursuing_gerrit_cole_and_both_have_me.html

12 Bleacher Report

5 Win-Win Trade Ideas to Shift MLB's Balance of Power

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2752278-5-win-win-trade-ideas-to-shift-mlbs-balance-of-power

13 Yahoo Sports

The luxury tax is bad for MLB, and is already destroying the game

https://sports.yahoo.com/luxury-tax-bad-mlb-actively-destroying-game-201649772.html

14 Fan Rag

NEWSReport | Rangers to sign Brandon Cumpton to minors deal

https://www.fanragsports.com/report-rangers-to-sign-brandon-cumpton-to-minors-deal/

15 St. Louis Post Dispatch</b>

  BenFred: Refreshed Cardinals outfield has serious power potential

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-refreshed-cardinals-outfield-has-serious-power-potential/article_9db073a6-d31c-5a6d-a2cb-003783bd8dd0.html

16 SB Nation

The Cubs reportedly extended a multi-year offer to Alex Cobb and got shut down

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/1/5/16855444/cubs-alex-cobb-contract-offer-mlb-free-agency

17 CBS Sports

2018 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot: The cases for and against Johnny Damon

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

18 Fangraphs

First, Person: A Life on the Edge of the Game

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/first-person-a-life-on-the-edge-of-the-game/

19 Baseball Prospectus</b>

Players Prefer Presentation: Back to the Beginning

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/36925/players-prefer-presentation-back-beginning/

20 Sports on Earth

10 RISING MLB NAMES TO KNOW IN 2018

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/264309850/10-mlb-players-names-to-know-breakout-2018