JAL’s I’ve Got News for You Morning Links

I’ve Got News for You Ray Charles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tPLRabyOqQ

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: What Would Troy Tulowitzki Represent?

https://rumbunter.com/2018/12/18/pittsburgh-pirates-what-would-troy-tulowitzki-represent/

6 Green Weenie

Jordan Lyles Officially Signs, Will Join Fifth Starter Dance Card

https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/12/jordan-lyles-officially-signs-will-join.html

7 Point of Pittsburgh

Which Pirates Pitchers Could Use Openers?

http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/which-pirates-pitchers-could-use-openers/

8 USA Today

Bryce Harper non-pursuit highlights Pirates' meek free-agent, playoff history

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/12/18/bryce-harper-pittsburgh-pirates-mlb-free-agency/2348558002/

9 Philadelphia Inquirer

Andrew McCutchen: ‘I understand what I’m capable of doing’ with Phillies

http://www.philly.com/phillies/phillies-andrew-mccutchen-gabe-kapler-mlb-free-agency-20181218.html

10 New York Post </b>

Manny Machado would be the splash Yankees don’t come back from

https://nypost.com/2018/12/18/manny-machado-would-be-the-splash-yankees-dont-come-back-from/

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

The Astros are in a perfect spot

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/12/18/18146527/michael-brantley-astros-signing-trade-rumors

13 CBS Sports

White Sox's combination of young talent and money makes them a compelling dark horse in the Harper and Machado races </b>

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/white-soxs-combination-of-young-talent-and-money-makes-them-a-compelling-dark-horse-in-the-harper-and-machado-races/

14 Fangraphs

Dear Santa: Or, What I Want for Baseball Christmas (2018 Edition)

https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/dear-santa-or-what-i-want-for-baseball-christmas-2018-edition/

15 Baseball Prospectus</b>

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Short Relief: Parachutes and Parties

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/45809/short-relief-parties-and-parachutes/