The free agent do-call list
Buster OlneyThe free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster Olney...reading it as a plea -- to dump salary. Among the players said to be in play: Bronson Arroyo, Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, Carlos Guillen, Brandon Phillips, Aaron Harang et al. This is a surprise...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Boston velocity versus Anaheim speed
Buster OlneyThere are going to be two hard truths in play in the forthcoming division series between the Red Sox and the Angels, according to some talent evaluato...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir
Buster OlneyHad Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of an elite group of about 50 players in Major League...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009
Seven possibilities for a Mets front man
Buster OlneyOrdinary news briefings have become public-relations disasters for the New York Mets, writes Ben Shpigel, and members of the team's ownership have end...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009
The productive plunkers
Buster OlneyBuck Showalter walked over to the rest of the "Baseball Tonight" pod in Bristol on Thursday night holding a stat sheet in his hand and bearing the kin...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 14, 2009
How the league broke the code
Buster OlneyBob Watson played 19 seasons in the major leagues and was hit by pitches 48 times. He probably had a pretty good idea of when he was hit on purpose an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2009
The maddening pace of perfection
Buster OlneyNobody had to tell Mark Buehrle to work so fast or to pitch his innings with the frantic pace of someone running to the bathroom during a commercial b...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 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
Hope meets reality as new season dawns
Buster OlneyThe optimism that manifests itself in every spring training will begin to seep away today at 8 p.m., just like clockwork, when Brett Myers throws the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2009
Diminished skills aside, Sheff can still help Mets
Buster OlneyDarryl Strawberry's physical regression in his late 30s was evident every time he had to run in something other than a straight line -- when he pursue...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2009
Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.
Buster OlneyMark Teahen's transition to second base began on a Little League field in Peoria, Ariz., in December. He went there with his brother and girlfriend to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009
The ponderous Ramirez negotiations
Buster OlneyManny Ramirez probably needs one at-bat, or less, to prepare for the start of the regular season, and given that this is the last day of February, the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 28, 2009
Rockies not sure whether to buy or sell
Buster Olney...in case they are buyers instead of sellers. The Rockies have talked to the Reds about Bronson Arroyo, and to Oakland about Justin Duchscherer
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2008Red-hot Tribe turn to Sabathia
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