Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...that he'll be ready to go at full speed when spring training begins. New Houston manager Brad Mills and GM Ed Wade will soon meet with Oswalt, in a get-to-know conversation for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
The King becomes a craftsman
Buster OlneyIt wasn't the optimal situation for a new pitching coach to get to know a star pitcher. In spring training, Felix Hernandez was away from the Mariners...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009
How teams can learn from the Marlins
Buster Olney...injury updates, you must be an ESPN Insider. Every so often, there is a Tim Lincecum or Evan Longoria who arrives and produces right away. But sometimes, the young players who have had little experience...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2009
How the league broke the code
Buster Olney...just kind of got tired of people brushing [Evan Longoria] back. It's about time someone made...for exactly zero games. On the other hand, Brad Thompson of the St. Louis Cardinals threw a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2009
Jimenez stymies Pirates for eight innings as Gonzalez powers Rockies' rout
Associated PressUbaldo Jimenez pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and Carlos Gonzalez homered early, sending the Colorado Rockies over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 Wednesday night.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | August 12, 2009Swine flu should concern baseball
Buster OlneyVicente Padilla has swine flu, and other Rangers may be diagnosed with the same illness -- but so far, none of the cases are thought to be serious. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 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
Signability still an MLB draft trump card
...they passed on him and picked Matt Bush. The Royals understood the talent of Matt Wieters and Evan Longoria when they bypassed those two players in consecutive years. And all of the club officials from...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2009
Complete 2009 draft results
ESPN.comCheck out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009BP Daily: New evaluations of the RBI
Marc Normandin, Baseball ProspectusTo get the most bang for their buck, fantasy GMs need more advanced ways to study the RBI stat. Here now, we present a look at "Others Batted In," or OBI.
Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009
BP Daily: The one-year evaluation (NL)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball ProspectusA look at every team in the National League, one year after the 2008 MLB draft: who's hot, who's not, who will be hot and who's just plain indifferent?
Story | Conversation | May 29, 2009
Players express interleague angst
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comInterleague play is here to stay, but a majority of today's players dislike it and believe the annual NL-AL schedule needs some serious modifications.
Story | Conversation | May 21, 2009Pirates offense comes alive before, after rain in defeat of Rockies
Associated PressNate McLouth homered, Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young each had two hits and two RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 7-4 Saturday night.
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