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
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster OlneyThe Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster OlneyThere are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Baseball's top 10 baserunning blunders
Rob Neyer, ESPN.comNick Punto and Carlos Gomez are included on Rob Neyer's list of the top 10 all-time baserunning blunders.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Opening up the mailbag
Buster OlneyAfter two days into the playoffs, we'll reach into the mailbag: Q: I'm a Tigers fan and now that it's over officially, I'm trying to look forward to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Cincinnati Reds
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Cincinnati Reds, who were unable to overcome Dusty Baker's highly questionable managerial tactics.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009
Successes, struggles and sabermetrics
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the best and worst performances of the 2009 MLB season through its sabermetric lens.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009
The unique value of October baseball
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineAs Buster Olney writes in the October 5 issue of ESPN The Magazine -- if you don't think playoff baseball is different, then, well, you're probably not a player, are you?
Story | Conversation | September 27, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
Attendance sends signal about MLB's economy
Peter GammonsThis year's attendance figures are not simply a result of there being no pennant races. This is about the economy. And as club official after club off...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009
Giambi helps keep Rockies relaxed, rolling
Buster OlneyMaybe it is Yorvit Torrealba who has earned the honor of wearing Jason Giambi's Golden Thong, after Torrealba's ninth-inning three-run double gave the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2009
BP Daily: Explaining the JUMP metric
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusWant to know more about Baseball Prospectus' JUMP metric for predicting MVP races? Here's a detailed explainer.
Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009
BP Daily: The future of Mark Reynolds
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines Arizona Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds, dismissed by some as a big whiffer (204 K last year) with subpar defense. Not so fast: He could develop as one of the NL's more complete players over time.
Story | Conversation | August 21, 2009
PTI : Pete Rose's Reinstatement
MLB commissioner Bud Selig has decided not to reinstate Pete Rose into baseball yet.
Video | July 28, 2009
Debate Ramirez vs. Griffey with Jayson Stark
...was the 24th name in the ever-swelling 500-Homer Club. Griffey will be joining only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa in the 600-Homer Club. Big difference...
Chat | June 02, 2008
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