The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix
Buster OlneyThis time of year, teams begin to include information in their media dispatches about their various candidates for major awards. The AL Cy Young Award...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
Gonzalez likely sticking with Padres
Maybe rock bottom for the Padres was the day that Trevor Hoffman left, or maybe it was when John Moores acknowledged that he was trying to sell the te...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2009
Seven possibilities for a Mets front man
Buster OlneyOrdinary news briefings have become public-relations disasters for the New York Mets, writes Ben Shpigel, and members of the team's ownership have end...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009
Money for nothin'
Buster OlneyThe largest pure salary dump in Major League Baseball history was concluded Monday evening, when Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi info...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009
BP Daily: No longer on the warpath
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus examines the problems with the Cleveland Indians and finds that shoddy bullpen work and some questionable moves by Mark Shapiro and Eric Wedge are among the culprits.
Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009
The familiar angle on Houston's surge
Buster OlneyThe Astros are 27-17 in their last 44 games, which is actually par for the course for Houston. Year after year, the Astros seem to start slowly and th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 20, 2009
Josh Johnson's quiet dominance
It was midway through Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson's latest piece of dominance Saturday night when Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano turned and men...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 21, 2009
Sosa a reason to re-examine PED blame game
Sammy Sosa was in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago when he was asked by ESPNDeportes about allegations of steroid use, and Sosa artfully answered ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 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
Notes on Penny, Blackburn
Tom Haberstroh, Special to ESPN InsiderTom Haberstroh breaks down Brad Penny's matchup versus the Yankees and Nick Blackburn versus Oakland.
Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009
Mets must face possibility that Reyes has peaked
A Jose Reyes triple exists somewhere on the list of the best things you might see at a baseball game, somewhere alongside an Albert Pujols laser and a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 06, 2009
Stanford is top baseball factory
Jason A. Churchill...overall pick last June, and RHP Greg Reynolds, the No. 2 pick in 2006. Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, a mainstay in the Baltimore Orioles starting rotation, was the Cleveland Indians' first-round pick in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009
The secret to Mauer's power surge
Joe Mauer lingered on the disabled list into late April, and he didn't hit any homers during his injury rehabilitation assignment. In his first at-bat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 26, 2009
Why Jake Peavy could go to the White Sox
Jake Peavy met with San Diego manager Bud Black after the Padres' game Wednesday to discuss a possible deal with the White Sox, Tom Krasovic writes. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009
Sit Tallet, play Guthrie
Tom Haberstroh, Special to ESPN InsiderTom Haberstroh discusses why Brian Tallet doesn't match up well with the Yankees, and why Jeremy Guthrie gopher-ball ways won't hurt him in Kansas City.
Story | Conversation | May 13, 2009
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