A game filled with crossroads
Buster OlneyThe moment Nick Swisher lifted the ball over the infield, Angels reliever Brian Fuentes shot his arm into the air, that arm driven by the exultation of someone who had...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009
ALCS Game 2 filled with regrets, redemption
Buster Olney...s thoughts on the American League Championship Series, you must be an ESPN Insider. 1. Regret: Brian Fuentes allows a home run to Alex Rodriguez with no balls and two strikes in the bottom...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009
Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars
Buster OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
Cracks in the AL contenders
Buster OlneyThe count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009
The overlooked stars of the season
Buster OlneyZack Greinke is battling for the Cy Young Award, and that standing has hoisted him out of the second division and into the national conversation. Simi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009
How teams can learn from the Marlins
Buster OlneyRicky Nolasco came into the season projected to be a leader of one of the best young rotations in the majors. On May 22, Nolasco gave up eight runs ov...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2009
How Wagner shifted the market
Buster Olney...Cleveland (Kerry Wood), Kansas City (Joakim Soria), Seattle (David Aardsma, who has been solid), the Angels (Brian Fuentes), Texas (Frank Francisco), Oakland (Andrew Bailey or Joey Devine, both affordable). Here are the teams that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009
Yanks unconcerned about A-Rod Being A-Rod
Buster OlneyAlex Rodriguez has nine years and about $275 million remaining on his contract, and he'll probably outlast everybody currently in the organization not...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009
Break from baseball sickening
Buster OlneyYou'll have a great time with the kids at Disney World, my friends told me. It'll be so much fun, they said. A nice break from baseball, they told me....
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2009
Decision-makers have decided on Manny
Buster OlneyWhenever there are words here or elsewhere about the ugliness and the impact of Manny Ramirez's departure from Boston, there is uniform reaction from ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2009
Perez, Motte vying to become Cardinals' closer
Buster OlneyJason Isringhausen earned 217 saves over seven seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, but now he is gone and manager Tony La Russa is left to identify a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 14, 2009
Where's the accountability?
Buster OlneyBaseball officials are mad at Gene Orza, Michael Schmidt writes. The issue of who was directly responsible for disposing of the 2003 test results re...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2009
Furcal's version of the dating game
Buster Olney...today, and Peter Schmuck sees it as a fight over principal. • The Cardinals' offer to Brian Fuentes, according to Joe Strauss: two years, for something between $16 million and $18 million. • The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2008
Yanks improve rotation, keep young talent
Buster Olney• With the signing of Kerry Wood, the Indians look like they have a chance to have a really, really good bullpen. Think about the talent that wi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2008
New GMs turning to sabermetrics
Buster Olney...a three-year, $36 million deal to Francisco Rodriguez; a three-year, $30 million offer to Brian Fuentes; and a two-year, $18 million offer to Kerry Wood. And then they could tell all...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2008
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