| 2009 STATS | FANTASY 2009 | |||||
| ERA | W-L | SO | WHIP | BAA | OWN(WK+/-) | AVG DRAFT |
| 3.22 | 14-13 | 181 | 1.24 | .272 | 98.1(-0.0) | 80.8 |
Is Seattle Milton Bradley's last chance?
Buster OlneyDifficult teammates come with all forms of behavior. Albert Belle was known as Mr. Freeze to the others in the Indians' clubhouse because he liked to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009
Three Strikes -- Happy Halladays edition
Jayson Stark...pitcher in the game. You can debate whether it was worth what they gave up, including Cliff Lee. But there's no debate about the pedigree of the guy they got. Strike Two -- Money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Searching for Bobby Abreu
Buster OlneyIt wasn't until Feb. 12 that Bobby Abreu signed last winter, after waiting and waiting and waiting. The music had stopped, the big dollars were gone a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Trading A-Gon a matter of timing
Buster OlneyHow much would the Padres have to get in return for Adrian Gonzalez to get a fair deal? "I don't know if you can put together enough young talent t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009
New state of the Phillies' farm system
Jayson Stark...at least the next 88 years: Were the Phillies really thinking sanely when they traded away Cliff Lee? Or had they just squirted too much Cheez Whiz on their cheesesteaks? Well, I've heard...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009
A new Chuck takes on Texas
Buster Olney...of ERA and ground-ball ratios and whether Roy Halladay is necessarily a better option than Cliff Lee, or whether the Phillies should have taken this route, and consider a couple of things. For...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009
The deal: Mariners win, Jays win, Phillies lose
Keith Law...cost), which is more impact talent than Cleveland and Philadelphia received in total in the two Cliff Lee deals. Kyle Drabek is a potential No. 2 starter with good velocity and a potential out...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2009
ATH : Next Year's Biggest Winner?
Which MLB team has made the best choices for their new offseason acquisitions?
Video | December 15, 2009
Multiple avenues for Philly
Buster Olney...evening was built around this question: Is the Phillies' decision to acquire Roy Halladay and trade Cliff Lee the best way to go? They could have taken two other routes. Avenue No. 1: Even...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2009
5 p.m.: Kurkjian/Dilfer
...Kurkjian breaks down the pending three-team trade that will send Roy Halladay to Philly and Cliff Lee to Seattle. Trent Dilfer talks about bad football at the Meadowlands and how Randy Moss didn...
Audio PodCast | December 14, 2009
Red Sox strengthen rotation with Lackey
Keith Law...Angels get Boston's first-rounder -- but puts Los Angeles in a tough predicament: Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee appear to be off the trade market and Lackey is gone, meaning there's no viable...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2009
PTI : MLB Cooks on the Hot Stove
A few MLB teams have made significant movements for some of the league's highest profile pitchers as of late.
Video | December 14, 2009
Why Pineiro will get his payday
Buster Olney...the 19th best among qualifying starting pitchers -- better than Josh Beckett, Johan Santana, Wandy Rodriguez and Cliff Lee. Part of the reason Pineiro is drawing significant interest, for sure, is that there are so...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009
My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot
Keith LawI don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
Marlins may handle Johnson as Indians did Lee
Buster Olney...fall out of the race, Florida could look to trade him, just as the Indians traded Cliff Lee in the middle of the 2009 season -- with another year and a half until he becomes...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 2009
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