Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster Olney...2008. "The improvement in the standings, like Tampa Bay showed, can come overnight," MacPhail said. "We are...SEA Carlos Delgado NYM (B) Nomar Garciaparra OAK Jason Giambi COL Ross Gload FLA Aubrey Huff DET...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
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
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
Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Lackey's and Bay's markets emerge
Keith Law...baseball operations budget. And hard-slotting wouldn't have kept the Pirates from taking Danny Moskos over Jason Heyward. Joe Posnanski -- for my money the best sports writer today, even if he refuses to recognize...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
The free agent do-call list
Buster Olney...signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money. But other free agents might draw more interest...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise
Buster OlneyIt was as if Michael Bourn had been staring at the same math equation for months, knowing that the answer was right there in front of him. His batting...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 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
The Spawn of 'Moneyball'
Buster OlneyAn American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster Olney...offers will flood in. DeRosa won't get a contract close to what Matt Holliday or Jason Bay will receive, but his versatility, production and reputation for being a good team guy could mean...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
PTI : The Yankees Stop Spending?
Does anyone believe that the New York Yankees will not bid on the biggest free-agents during this offseason?
Video | November 06, 2009
Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster OlneyThe latest seismic rumbling probably hit the baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the champagne-soaked Yankees reached the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders
Buster Olney...large and lackluster free-agent class. The elite free agents like John Lackey, Matt Holliday and Jason Bay are going to be paid well (although perhaps not anywhere near the nine-figure numbers speculated...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009
ALCS Game 2 filled with regrets, redemption
Buster OlneyThe Yankees and Angels played through 13 innings, 432 pitches and 310 minutes (not to mention 6,980 meetings between Yankees catcher Jose Molina and h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 18, 2009
Top 10 matchups of the LCS
Buster OlneyHere's what I see as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitte...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009
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