Fuentes may land in offseason bargain bin
Buster Olney...out by finishing games, if help was needed, and eventually wind up as a set-up guy. Dodgers: They need a closer, but given their other needs, they might spend elsewhere, rather than in the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 21, 2008Numbers keep dropping for free agents
Buster OlneyThe other day, a general manager chatted about Arizona's signing of veteran second baseman Felipe Lopez for $3.5 million. When I referred to it as a l...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2008Numbers keep dropping for free agents
Buster Olney...s office have otherwise confirmed the deal. Neither occurred here. "4. Furcal ultimately decided to accept the Dodgers' offer, taking into consideration a number of factors the most important of which was his desire to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2008
Inside the Furcal fiasco
Buster Olney...8226; The Dodgers stole Rafael Furcal back from Atlanta, Tony Jackson writes. Furcal is a worthy risk, writes Steve Dilbeck...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008
Inside the Furcal fiasco
Buster Olney...aftermath of Rafael Furcal's decision to step back from a verbal agreement and sign with the Dodgers. You have to be upset with the turn of events, Wren told David O'Brien. So how...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008Furcal's version of the dating game
Buster Olney...said. "Then, on Monday night, he got engaged to the Braves. And now, the ex-husband -- the Dodgers -- has come back into the picture." Oddly, with each subsequent development, the numbers for Furcal seem to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2008Sources: Teixeira to Orioles unlikely
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineUnless Mark Teixeira is willing to give the Orioles a major hometown discount, it does not appear he will be playing in Baltimore.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2008Mulder trying to find his groove
Buster Olney...the new year. Heard this: As of Monday afternoon, there was virtually no ongoing dialogue between the Dodgers and free-agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. The Dodgers have effectively made two offers to the left fielder...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2008Sources: A's offer deal to Furcal
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineWith Rafael Furcal moving closer to making a decision on where to sign, the Athletics appear to be in the lead to sign the free-agent shortstop, with an offer of four years and $40 million, according to sources.
Story | Conversation | December 15, 2008Teams that still have significant holes to fill
Buster OlneyThe Las Vegas winter meetings stage show was busy, compared with those in the past. CC Sabathia agreed to a record-setting contract, record-setting cl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008Sabathia's New York-sized challenge
Buster Olney...s now excited about becoming a Yankee," one source said. Although there were varying signals from the Dodgers (owner Frank McCourt reached out to Sabathia personally), the Giants (who had talked about meeting with Sabathia...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2008Fundamental Change
Buster OlneyBaseball is going back to basics-just not the ones you learned from your old man
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2008Rays likely to get a slugger on the relative cheap
Buster OlneyLet's ignore the standoff that exists between Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers, and consider the market for the corner outfield/DH-type of guys. Here is the list of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008Up Against It
Buster OlneyTodd Helton puts up big numbers and says all the right things. Does he have to leave Colorado to prove his worth?
Story | Conversation | December 08, 2008Searching for answers in Vegas
Buster Olney• The Washington Nationals are prowling around for a big-time slugger, most notably beginning the process of courting first baseman Mark Teixeir...
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