Guaranteeing a fifth year could land Burnett
...his agent tells Christian Red. The Mets are preparing to woo some relievers, David Lennon writes. Brian Fuentes to the Mets makes as much sense as any match on the market. • At a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2008
Rangers lure Maddux away from Milwaukee
...around. • The Manny carnival has begun. • The Mets are among the teams interested in Brian Fuentes, writes Michael Schmidt. • The Yankees are considering making an offer to Carl Pavano, writes Mark...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008
Gotta like the Mets, if they sign Lowe and Fuentes
...the Mets may be going after, next month: The Mets plan on targeting Derek Lowe and Brian Fuentes in the free agent market, an NL executive who has talked to team officials told the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2008
Mets' bullpen just needs to be good
...Mets need to go out and get the very best options from that class: Francisco Rodriguez, Brian Fuentes and Juan Cruz. Simply signing middle relievers to large deals won't guarantee much of anything...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2008
Matchups favor Rays' diverse bullpen
The Rays are the only playoff team that began the week not knowing who would take the ball for them in the ninth inning, with Troy Percival nursing so...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2008
Ten thoughts about the free-agent market
...an economic hurricane. 2. As the Giants consider ways to bolster the power in their lineup, GM Brian Sabean can go into the winter knowing that he can probably add a major hammer, if he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2008
Yankee Stadium a true treasure
This, in all likelihood, is the last day baseball will be played in Yankee Stadium, and some players, managers and coaches have shared their thoughts ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2008
Remembering Lyman Bostock
I never saw Lyman Bostock play, in person or on television. We didn't have a television, and we rarely left the county in Vermont where we lived, let ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 20, 2008
Brewers' crushing loss could have been avoided
Somebody loses a series in May and some young player talks about a particular defeat being a huge loss, and you think: Not really. You think: It's a l...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008
Offensively challenged Rays find ways to win
The question about the Rays shouldn't be why they suddenly stopped hitting. The question should be how they managed to score enough runs to go 21-7 in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2008
Lesson learned: MLB must enforce deadline
Eric Hosmer, the Royals' No. 1 pick, has been taken off the field, as Major League Baseball and the union prepped for their arbitration hearing about ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2008
Nightly drama just getting started
There will be a lot of nights like last night over the next 33 days, when the TV remote control becomes life's most indispensable item. On one channel...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2008
Pena, Rays keeping it simple
After Carl Crawford got hurt and Evan Longoria suffered a broken hand, Tampa Bay hitting coach Steve Henderson approached Carlos Pena and asked, "You ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008
Monday Mendozas
• On Sunday in Baltimore, Mariano Rivera clinched the Yankees' victory by striking out Nick Markakis with a fastball that must have been four or...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2008
Grading the deadline acquisitions
At the trade deadline in 2007, I remember saying and writing that the Boston Red Sox were the biggest winners because they had gotten the best shutdow...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 20, 2008
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