Slew of signings lie ahead
Buster OlneyThirty-nine more players were not tendered contracts Saturday night, so as of Sunday, this is the number of free agents who are looking for jobs, acco...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 13, 2009
Astros finalize deal with reliever Lyon
Associated PressReliever Brandon Lyon and the Astroscompleted a $15 million, three-year contract on Saturday.
Story | Conversation | December 12, 2009Soriano's decision 'going down to wire'
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comRafael Soriano's agent said Saturday that the pitcher is giving serious consideration to accepting arbitration and returning to Atlanta for a one-year deal.
Story | Conversation | December 05, 2009Deadline looming for arbitration offers
Associated PressWorld Series MVP Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero and Randy Wolf were among the free agents who weren't offered salary arbitration, moves that enable new teams to sign them without losing draft picks.
Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009Running with Bob Sheppard
Buster OlneyBob Sheppard, the longtime public address announcer for the Yankees, is stepping away from the microphone for good. I hope he enjoys whatever he deci...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2009
Closing the market
Keith Law...Billy Wagner (No. 24), Ryota Igarashi (No. 26), Rafael Betancourt (No. 34), Jose Valverde (No. 37), Fernando Rodney (No. 43), and Brandon Lyon (No. 47) all made my top 50 free agents (appearing on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster OlneyExecutives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Minnesota Twins
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Minnesota Twins, who surged to make the playoffs, met a real power and folded -- and now need to start worrying about Joe Mauer's contract and other future issues.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009
Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotToday's links were created of whole cloth while marveling at this fact: Fernando Rodney converted 37 of 38 save opportunities this season. It's amazing how excited I can...
Blog | October 09, 2009GM: Cabrera to address issues
Associated PressTigers GM Dave Dombrowski spoke to the media for more than an hour about last season and next year. The first question and many more that followed were about Miguel Cabrera's infamous weekend.
Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Detroit Tigers
Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Detroit Tigers, who weren't supposed to be around as long as they were, then were around three more innings longer than that, and then -- well, here's to 2010!
Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009
Leyland rode Rodney too hard
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;s ultimate game, at the very end of a long and no-doubt tiring season, Fernando Rodney threw 48 pitches. Is 48 pitches a great number of pitches? Well, I suppose that depends...
Blog | October 07, 2009Casilla's hit in 12th lifts Twins in AL Central tiebreaker
Associated PressAlexi Casilla's one-out single in the bottom of the 12th inning scored Carlos Gomez> from second base and the Twins beat Detroit 6-5.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | October 06, 2009Twins, Tigers save the best for last
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.comIn the final regular-season game at the Metrodome, the Twins and Tigers turned Game No. 163 into an instant classic.
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