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It was a slow Friday night for Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout, relatively speaking. Cabrera had a single and two RBIs, and Trout had two hits and a walk and scored twice. Cabrera's batting average stands at .388, and Trout has an OPS of .963, and in p...

Blog | May 25, 2013

Jacoby Ellsbury is a free agent after this season, and in an ideal world for him and the Boston Red Sox, Ellsbury would begin to turn around his season today, delivering many hits and home runs, fueling the team and his market value at the same time....

Blog | May 22, 2013

Friends who play fantasy baseball ask me all the time about possible picks, and while I don't know about value relative to the rounds in a fantasy draft in the way Eric Karabell or Matthew Berry do, these are some of the names I've mentione...

Blog | March 29, 2013

Buster Olney gives his fantasy baseball recommendations for the 2013 season.

Blog | Conversation | March 29, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. -- We've got the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees on ESPN today in a 1 p.m. ET game. Jackie Bradley Jr. is expected to play for Boston, in the midst of a spring in which he's 18-for-41 and, just as impressively, he has drawn ...

Blog | March 20, 2013

The Boston Red Sox have a tough decision to make with Jackie Bradley Jr., writes Buster Olney.

Blog | Conversation | March 20, 2013

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - When the late, great Mike Flanagan served in the Baltimore Orioles' leadership in 2005, the team got off to a strong start, winning 30 of their first 46 games. I called "Flanny" in late May and asked him whether he thought they...

Blog | February 23, 2013

Buster Olney says the Kansas City Royals have the toughest schedule in the American League.

Blog | Conversation | February 23, 2013

Jim Bowden, Keith Law and Buster Olney bring you the latest installment of the Future Power Rankings, looking at how well each team is set up for sustained success.

Story | Conversation | February 20, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. -- A longtime player chatted recently about watching Melky Cabrera in the All-Star Game last summer. "Remember when he hit that home run?" the veteran said, referring to the laser Cabrera mashed over the left-field wall, among the many hi...

Blog | February 18, 2013

Buster Olney writes that players who say they can't discuss PED accusations, or would like to help but can't or any other variation of that standard response are simply spinning at best, and lying at worst.

Blog | Conversation | February 18, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. -- Don't tell Derek Jeter this, but time is gaining on him. He has heeded Satchel Paige's advice and refrained from looking back, and last summer he all but thumbed his nose at age. He fought off inside fastballs and rolled out...

Blog | February 17, 2013

Buster Olney writes that time is gaining on Derek Jeter. How long can he continue to hold up at shortstop for the New York Yankees? Plus, an assortment of news and notes from around baseball.

Blog | Conversation | February 17, 2013

The Boston Red Sox, a year removed from a spring that never once felt invigorating, are in a different mood this year. Also, will Chipper Jones get the itch? Buster Olney takes a look.

Blog | Conversation | February 15, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. -- Kyle Lohse started on Opening Day for the defending champions last season, and by the end of the summer, he had the best season of his career. A 2.86 ERA, which was the eighth best in baseball, a 1.09 WHIP, a career-high 211 innings. H...

Blog | February 13, 2013

It's still unclear where Kyle Lohse will land, and Buster Olney handicaps the field.

Blog | Conversation | February 13, 2013