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
Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason
Buster OlneyHere's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009
Players need to show fans they care about them
Buster OlneyThe labor strife of 1994-95 killed the game for nine months, and a World Series wasn't played for the first time since Theodore Roosevelt's administra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 07, 2009
Positions of interest among NL teams
Buster Olney...Milwaukee Brewers: Rotation The Brewers are confident that Yovani Gallardo will bounce back, so even with Ben Sheets and CC Sabathia's departing through free agency, Milwaukee's front office feels it can build...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009
Positions of interest among AL teams
Buster OlneyIn putting together this list of the job situations that still need to be settled in the American League, I collaborated with the gang at Baseball Pro...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009
Doctor says Griffey now in much better shape
Buster OlneyKen Griffey Jr. talked with his doctor about possibly having his left knee fixed midway through last season, but in the end, he decided to try to play...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 03, 2009
Market still loaded with names
Buster Olney...major league team went over a list of guys not named Manny Ramirez, Orlando Hudson or Ben Sheets on Sunday evening, before the Super Bowl kickoff, as he ran to the store to get...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009
Odd offseason nearing end
Buster Olney...been durable, which explains why he got a $60 million contract from the Braves this winter. Ben Sheets, on the other hand, is five years younger than Lowe, has been an elite pitcher when...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2009
Giants could ultimately be in mix for Manny
Buster OlneyOnly Scott Boras knows for sure what offers Manny Ramirez may or may not have, but it appears that the San Francisco Giants are the only team standing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 31, 2009
A night to celebrate stars
Buster OlneyNew York's baseball writers dinner is an enormous event, with the major award winners on hand to accept their trophies. Willie Weinbaum, a colleague o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 26, 2009
Numbers tell the tale
Buster OlneySummers belong mostly to the scouts. That is the time of year when they have their greatest influence, when they are the eyes and ears for their organ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2009
Sheets poster boy for unsettled offseason
Buster Olney...have dropped, as a result. Which brings us to the curious situation that has developed with Ben Sheets. Over the past five seasons, the 30-year-old Sheets has an ERA of 3.24...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2009
Baseball's unemployment still high
Buster Olney...LF Adam Dunn 3B Joe Crede CF Jim Edmonds 1B Sean Casey C Jason Varitek Rotation: Ben Sheets, Derek Lowe, Oliver Perez, Jon Garland, Paul Byrd, Randy Wolf, Mark Mulder Bullpen: Brandon Lyon, Juan...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 10, 2009Some players in compensation-pick purgatory
Buster Olney...last month. Among those: shortstop Orlando Cabrera, reliever Juan Cruz, catcher Jason Varitek and starting pitcher Ben Sheets. Any team interested in signing one of those players would have to give up a draft...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009Ten things to keep a close eye on
Buster OlneyAfter the players' strike that began in August 1994 ended with a new Basic Agreement in early April 1995, an entire offseason of free-agent signings a...
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