BP: Best and worst teams of the '00s
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus brings the heat with a controversial idea: the best team ... of the entire 2000s ... was the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Wait, what? They lost in the ALCS. Ah, but you can prove it with metrics. To explore, come inside.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009
Where we stand as winter meetings arrive
Buster Olney...lucrative contract for a third baseman not named Alex Rodriguez when he gets $9 million from the Seattle...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
NEXT No. 4: Stephen Strasburg
Ryan McGee, ESPN The MagazineRyan McGee examines the special relationship between Stephen Strasburg, Washington's No. 1 pick, and Drew Storen.
Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Ynoa making progress
Jorge Arangure Jr.On Friday, heralded Oakland A's prospect Michael Ynoa, who was signed last year to a record $4.25 million bonus, will pitch in a game for the first ti...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Those who favored King Felix and Verlander
Keith Law...voters from the BBWAA's Detroit chapter picked local guy Magglio Ordonez over the superior option (Alex Rodriguez); A-Rod swept the rest of the country, so the Detroit writers' homerism stood out. Steve Kornacki...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Crown 'Em: New York Yankees
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderThe Kiss 'Em Goodbye series can't rightfully kiss "goodbye" to a team that won it all, so we're crowning 'em -- the World Series champion 2009 New York Yankees. As for what's next, Buster Olney, BP and Rumor Central all weigh in.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster OlneyCharlie Manuel quoted a general after Game 6, in pronouncing that the baseball world has not seen the last of the Phillies. "I'll tell you something -...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Howard's slide-step hurting the Phillies
Buster OlneyThe great thing about the postseason, an evaluator noted the other day, is that you always find out what the real weaknesses of hitters are (or at lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
Burnett looking for head start
Special to ESPN.comA.J. Burnett will be trying to get ahead early in counts against the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series.
Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009
Hamels must improve fastball command
Special to ESPN.comCole Hamels must improve the command of his fastball when he faces the Yankees in Game 3 of the World Series.
Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009
Noon: Verducci/Fix
...more instant replay in MLB and chats about Alex Rodriguez with Tom Verducci. Plus, the Football Fix covers...
Audio PodCast | October 30, 2009
The leftovers tell us a lot from Game 2
Buster Olney...Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez all would see. First inning...for strike three. Sixth inning, A-Rod at the plate: The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009
Lee's calm is the Yankees' storm
Buster Olney...the game. Consider the sequences of pitches that Alex Rodriguez saw, in his first three plate appearances: First...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009
Pedro ready to take New York stage
Special to ESPN.comPedro Martinez faces his old rivals, the Yankees, in Game 2 of the World Series, and it's his off-speed pitches that might be most important to his success.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009
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