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Wednesday, Ryen Russillo and Danny Kanell host from the Bristol, CT studios. They'll welcome ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney (1:30 p.m. ET), ESPN NBA analyst Jon Barry (1:45), ESPN.com Heat Index writer Michael Wallace (2:30), Cincinnati coach Tommy Tu...

Nobody will ever feel sorry for the New York Yankees because of their payroll, their bank account, and all of those championship flags flapping above their home ballpark. Think about this: The small handful of players who are unavailable to the Yanke...

Blog | June 18, 2013

"There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there's 50 feet of crap ... and then there's us" -- Brad Pitt as Billy Beane in "Moneyball" ATLANTA -- Many miles from here, an embarrassment for baseball played out Sunday. If it was an isolate...

Blog | June 17, 2013

ATLANTA -- Braves slugger Evan Gattis has a total of two hits in 21 at-bats in June, so the threat of his impact on games probably outweighs his actual production. But the mere threat is tangible, maybe because rival pitchers, catchers and manager...

Blog | June 16, 2013

It took a while for Mike Minor to develop full confidence in his fastball, but now, throwing that pitch inside is the default decision for him. "If I'm not sure what I want to do," he said earlier this season, "I just throw the fastball." And it s...

Blog | June 14, 2013

From Buster Olney's blog yesterday, discussing Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado: NL executive: "I'd have Machado at No. 1 because he is more graceful, with flowing athletic skills -- poised and athletic easy-action skills are able to make ...

Through eight innings and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, it was all good for the Detroit Tigers in Kansas City on Wednesday. Justin Verlander threw seven scoreless innings, Prince Fielder drove in another run and the Tigers were literall...

Blog | June 13, 2013

One of baseball's most popular debates in the past year has involved two players: Mike Trout or Bryce Harper? Harper is perceived to have more power, Trout more speed. Trout is thought to have more range, Harper the better arm. But it's time t...

Blog | June 12, 2013

Wednesday, Ryen Russillo and Adnan Virk host from the Bristol, CT studios. They'll welcome ESPN's Scott Van Pelt (1:15 p.m. ET), ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney (1:30), ESPN NBA analyst Kurt Rambis (2:30) and Jets center Nick Mangold (3:30). Today's ...

In Buster Olney's feature on Brian Cashman for ESPN The Magazine's Money issue, the article ends with an interesting point and a little bit of a warning shot. Cashman will continue to adjust as needed, and the Yankees are expected to be active be...

In ESPN The Magazine, MLB Insider Buster Olney examines how GM Brian Cashman is leading the Yankees in cutting payroll to get below the salary cap while still fielding a winning roster.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2013

George Brett's Hall of Fame story was well-known to Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore before he talked to Brett last month, again, about joining the Kansas City coaching staff. Drafted by the Royals in the second round in 1971, B...

Blog | June 10, 2013

CINCINNATI -- Pitching to the St. Louis Cardinals is like standing on a hill of fire ants. You might get one or two of them, but the rest will keep coming, and they will get you. The other day, the Reds' Mike Leake -- who has been pitching well late...

Blog | June 09, 2013

Vin Scully has been doing his job since 1950, which means he saw Jackie Robinson steal home, witnessed a perfect game by Sandy Koufax, and was there when Kirk Gibson hit one of the most incredible home runs in baseball history. So if you can amaze th...

Blog | June 07, 2013

A smart baseball executive talked the other day about how difficult the new rules have made it for teams to build through the draft. Under the old rules, organizations could divert funds into their draft spending and aggressively pay players in the l...

Blog | June 06, 2013

Melky Cabrera was suspended for the use of performance-enhancing drugs in 2012 and lost about a third of his salary, or about $1.8 million of the $6 million that he made. Then, when he went into free agency, he signed a two-year, $16 million deal wit...

Blog | June 05, 2013