Duensing among unlikely September stars
Buster OlneyThe crises come daily in the pennant races, and all the stuff that really matters at the outset of spring training -- pedigree, salary, past statistic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
Why Holliday could end up a rental
Buster Olney...will earn $4.25 million, and Adam Wainwright will make $4.6 million. Ryan Franklin and Trever Miller just signed contract extensions that will cost St. Louis about $5 million next year. That's $55...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009
Zito bolsters Giants' wild-card push
Buster Olney...walked to the mound with a chance for a shutout. A home run off the bat of Brad Hawpe ended that, and Giants manager Bruce Bochy paused at the top step of the San Francisco...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2009
Rice swung and missed on Jeter
Buster OlneyOn a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009
The return of baseball's great divide
Buster OlneyThere have been nine different teams that have won championships in the past 10 seasons, from the Yankees to the Diamondbacks to the Angels and Marlin...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009
The biggest holes for trades to fill
Buster Olney...their rotation has been diminishing day by day. Brad Penny was awful Wednesday. The offense has been...for the Angels to go get Halladay, Jeff Miller writes. Colorado Rockies, reliever. Colorado has stepped up...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 30, 2009
A cheap Halladay alternative
Buster Olney...a starting pitcher, most recently in 2008. So if you're not interested in Carl Pavano or Brad Penny or some of the other names that hit the market in the next 10 days, or...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009
Peavy a Padres bright spot ... but for how long?
Buster OlneyThe Cubs were on the cusp of a deal for Jake Peavy in the winter, much closer than anybody realized at the time. They were so close, in fact, that Pea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009
Moyer's pearls of wisdom
Buster OlneyThe gray in Jamie Moyer's hair is thickening above his ears. The man is 46 years old, after all, and he pitched to Tony Perez. When you stick around t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 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
Is Strasburg the best prospect ever?
Buster OlneySo just how good is Stephen Strasburg, the San Diego State right-hander who is regarded as the No. 1 talent in this year's draft? "The best I've eve...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2009
Heightened pressure now heaped on Teixeira
Buster OlneySo Alex Rodriguez embarks on an uncertain course. The Yankees don't know if he'll be available Opening Day or in May. They don't know if he'll be avai...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2009
Dodgers second to Yankees in offseason spending
Buster OlneyNow that Manny Ramirez has signed, we're close to putting a bow on the free agent spending of the offseason. Mark Simon of ESPN Research compiled thes...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009
With Cruz, others, Royals eager to improve
Buster Olney...best free agent accessible to the Royals (or, at least, the one not named Manny Ramirez). "Only Brad Lidge had a higher percentage of missed swings than Cruz last year," Moore said. "He'll help...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 2009
A night to celebrate stars
Buster Olney...said, was extremely brief in two replies, characterizing Longoria as a "beast" and a "good dude." Closer Brad Lidge of the world-champion Philadelphia Phillies, the Sid Mercer-Dick Young Player of the Year, presented...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 26, 2009
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