Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Diamondbacks
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks. Injuries and Murphy's Law buried them this year, but they still have a future -- if they can sign Brandon Webb.
Story | Conversation | September 25, 2009
Aroldis Chapman: A left-handed Strasburg
The most intense bidding of the winter will not be over Matt Holliday or Jason Bay. It will not be John Lackey who is going to have the most bidders f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 02, 2009
Sanchez, Escobar await calls to majors
Jason Grey, ESPN.comJason Grey profiles top infield prospects Gaby Sanchez and Alcides Escobar, who have been looking at position changes in attempts to reach the majors.
Story | Conversation | June 24, 2009
"The Manny Effect" on managers
Chris Sprow, ESPN The MagazineWhere else has The Manny Effect been involved in the steroids era? Lots of places.
Story | Conversation | May 19, 2009
Hiring Hinch in line with Arizona's philosophy
...never managed or coached at any level in professional baseball: A.J. Hinch, who has replaced Bob Melvin as the Diamondbacks' manager. It is an odd pick, in the eyes of Dan Bickley. Ken...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 09, 2009
It's time for the MLBPA to break with drug cheats
"A-Rod's numbers shouldn't count for anything. I feel like he cheated me out of the game. … It does bother me. Especially for the guys that wen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009
Joe Mauer's prowess isn't just with the bat
...keep struggling for runs, and GM Josh Byrnes would not directly address the status of manager Bob Melvin nor that of hitting coach Rick Schu, writes Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. The D...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2009
Updates on Alex Rodriguez, Brad Lidge and others
Stephania Bell, ESPN.comWe're actually at the point in the season when we can start welcoming back players who began the season on the DL. Two huge fantasy impact players are...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2009
Steroids talk kept alive by more than just media
The Little League season began in Southington, Conn., the other day, and the oldest kids in the Southington South Youth Baseball League gathered in th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009
The secret to Josh Johnson's success
A longtime scout decided this week that he is reassessing his rankings of the three best pitchers in the National League. Tim Lincecum is one of those...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009
Ten players to watch in 2009
Players grow weary of spring training in the same way that we all grew tired of high school by spring, with the last days dragging on, the anticipatio...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 2009
Some young arms could crack A's rotation
Buster OlneyWhen spring training began, the odds of Brett Anderson and/or Trevor Cahill and/or Vin Mazzaro being part of the Oakland Athletics' rotation on April ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009
BP Daily: The Class of '27
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball fans like their rules of thumb simple and focusing on hitters about to enter their age-27 seasons is particularly popular in the fantasy realm.
Story | Conversation | March 06, 2009
Deion Sanders' thoughts still heard years later
Buster OlneyLost in the fog of the A-Rod-palooza, I forgot a sacred blog tradition -- to kick off spring training by revisiting a story from many years ago. I do...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 22, 2009
Rays likely to get a slugger on the relative cheap
• An executive within Major League Baseball talked about the basic impediment that impacts the ability of teams (and for other businesses, for t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008
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