JAL’s The Christmas Song Morning Links

The Christmas Song Nat King Cole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89gVQvFV7hQ

1 MLB Transactions

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions

2-MLB Trade Rumors-Pirates

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/pittsburgh_pirates/

3 Baseball Reference

https://www.baseball-reference.com

4 Retrosheet

http://www.retrosheet.org

5 Rumbunter

Pittsburgh Pirates: Player Value, Distribution and Risk

https://rumbunter.com/2018/12/22/pittsburgh-pirates-player-value-distribution-risk/

6 Green Weenie

12/22 From 1960: Lee Deal; Tiger Tale; Prez Dan; Kang Bid; Teke, Dewey, GI Jones & Todd Signed; HBD Chris & Jake

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/12/1222-from-1960-lee-deal-tiger-tale-prez.html

7 Forbes

Making Sense Of The Dodgers-Reds Blockbuster

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyblengino/2018/12/22/making-sense-of-the-dodgers-reds-blockbuster/#24b57ae056a6

8 Los Angeles Times

Dodgers get better of blockbuster deal simply by getting rid of Yasiel Puig

https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-trade-plaschke-20181221-story.html

9 New York Post

MLB contenders are building rotations with a common theme

https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/mlb-contenders-are-building-rotations-with-a-common-theme/

10 MLB </b>

How to dominate your holiday baseball debates

https://www.mlb.com/news/how-to-dominate-your-holiday-baseball-debates/c-302101454

11 CBS Sports

2018-19 MLB offseason key dates: Free agency, Winter Meetings, Hall of Fame, awards and more

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2018-19-mlb-offseason-key-dates-free-agency-winter-meetings-hall-of-fame-awards-and-more/

12 SB Nation

Yasiel Puig’s wild ride with the Dodgers is over

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/12/22/18152394/yasiel-puig-trade-dodgers-reds-legacy

13 CBS Sports

The Dodgers are treating MLB like the NBA, and it could make them a 2019 World Series contender </b>

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-dodgers-are-treating-mlb-like-the-nba-and-it-could-make-them-a-2019-world-series-contender/

14 Fangraphs

Remembering Lawr Michaels

https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/remembering-lawr-michaels/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Short Relief: El Dropo

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/45893/short-relief-el-dropo/