Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Three Strikes: Award-winning edition
Jayson Stark...leaderboard: Joe DiMaggio, 6. Yogi Berra, 6. Willie Mays, 6. Alex Rodriguez, 6. Mike Schmidt, 5. Frank Thomas, 5. Pretty amazing company -- for a man who hasn't even turned 30 yet. Strike Two...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster OlneyThe Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Edgar's HOF chances
Jorge Arangure Jr.Last weekend former Seattle Mariners slugger Edgar Martinez, in an interview with the Puerto Rican newspaper Primera Hora during an autograph session ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
South Florida starts 5-0, again
ESPN Stats & Information, Special to ESPN.comCoaches Bob Stoops and Mack Brown will meet for the 11th time in the Red River Rivalry, the longest streak between two coaches in this matchup.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009
PTI : Youth In HR Derby
Other than Joe Mauer, couldn't the American League have come up with better Home Run Derby participants than Brandon Inge, Nelson Cruz and Carlos Pena?
Video | July 13, 2009
Update: 10 Futures Game prospects
Keith Law, InsiderKeith Law has gone to the videotape, and he's back with some fresh observations about 10 top prospects from Sunday's Futures Game.
Story | Conversation | July 13, 2009
Verlander ascends to 'King of the Mountain'
When I was growing up in Vermont, the most popular winter activity was playing "King on the Mountain." It was played on the piles of plowed snow in th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 11, 2009
BP Daily: Cubs' Bradley at risk in right?
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusBy moving from DH to RF, the fragile Milton Bradley is in uncharted waters.
Story | Conversation | April 23, 2009
1988 Draft versus 1989 Draft
Jason A. Churchill...potential Hall of Famers in Jeff Bagwell , Mike Piazza, Jeff Kent, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Thome and Frank Thomas and Jason Giambi. And on top of that, 1989 was a strange draft, at least near...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009
Sheffield might have trouble finding work
You would assume that someone who has a baseball card that looks like Gary Sheffield's would have more job opportunities. The slugger has 499 career h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009
BP Daily: Through the fun-house mirror
Nate Silver, Baseball ProspectusNate Silver wonders how projections would change if Prince Fielder and CC Sabathia were skinny and Tim Lincecum and Dustin Pedroia were tall.
Story | Conversation | March 26, 2009
Scouting Report: Jeff Malm
Keith Law...it as he makes contact. (There are exceptions to this rule of thumb, of course, like Frank Thomas, but Malm didn't show raw power in BP or the game.) Malm is limited to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2009
Market still loaded with names
Buster OlneySome teams are continually reviewing the list of available free agents, a list as long as a football field, to see whether there is someone they need,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009
Odd offseason nearing end
Buster Olney...one day make speeches in Cooperstown is currently very, very long: Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas, Ivan Rodriguez, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling and Manny Ramirez. In addition, there are some unemployed guys...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 01, 2009
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