Buster Olney

Buster Olney

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Buster Olney is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. A baseball reporter since 1989, Olney has covered the Padres, Orioles, Mets and Yankees. Olney, a bestselling author, joined ESPN The Magazine in 2003, after six years at The New York Times.

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Buster Olney

SportsCenter

From baseball's annual winter meetings, Buster Olney spoke with Hannah Storm today on SportsCenter about Andy Pettitte's desire to pitch in 2010...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Winter Meetings Report

Buster Olney with the latest news from the Winter Meetings

Video | December 07, 2009

At This Hour 9:00 am ET : Weis, Cutler, Pettitte

SportsCenter

...low 17 passes. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) And a major league source tells our MLB Insider Buster Olney that Andy Pettitte has decided, for sure, to pitch in 2010. So now it's a...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Paxton, Duke and the Mets' catcher search

Keith Law

Editor's note: Keith wrote about this same topic on Friday; read that here. This is an update from the morning of Monday, December 7, 2009. The Ja...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Why Pineiro will get his payday

Buster Olney

In three of the past five seasons, Joel Pineiro has posted an ERA over 5 runs per game, and in every season from 2005 to 2008, opposing hitters posted...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Sources: Pettitte back in 2010

ESPN.com news services

The first step is complete for free agent Andy Pettitte's return to the Yankees next season as they seek to repeat.

Story | Conversation | December 07, 2009

MLB Winter Meetings Start Monday

SportsCenter

ESPN's Buster Olney previews baseball's winter meetings that get underway Monday in Indianapolis. Topics include Roy Halladay, John...

Blog | December 06, 2009

Winter Meetings Preview

Buster Olney previews MLB's winter meetings

Video | December 06, 2009

Where we stand as winter meetings arrive

Buster Olney

The Cleveland Indians have relative pennies to spend this winter, and the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers won't spend much, either. The Los Angeles ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009

Starters with same agents could push prices

Buster Olney

Chone Figgins is generally regarded as the third-best position player on the market, behind Matt Holliday and Jason Bay, and the fact that he is signi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Yankees to Tighten Belt

SportsCenter

Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images The Yankees are going to tighten their belt. ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports, that after two days of meetings the Yankees are going to chop their payroll for...

Blog | December 04, 2009

Scutaro talks of 'perfect team' for title

David Lefort, ESPNBoston.com

The Red Sox signed free-agent shortstop Marco Scutaro, who revealed at his introductory press conference that he took a little less money to join the Red Sox because he thought they gave him his best chance at a ring.

Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Yankees gearing up for offseason

ESPN.com news services

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is ready to start making offseason moves.

Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009

At This Hour 12pm ET: Notre Dame, Dwight Howard, Scutaro Deal

SportsCenter

...lot of people in it." ............................................................................................................................. AP Photo/Mark Duncan MARCO SCUTARO INSIDE THE NUMBERS: ESPN's Buster Olney has reported the terms for the Red Sox deal with Marco Scutaro. The shortstop will get...

Blog | December 04, 2009

Veteran catcher Zaun to join Brewers

ESPN.com news services

Veteran catcher Gregg Zaun has agreed to a one-year, $1.9 million deal with the Brewers.

Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009