12 Results for joe smith

Marlins may handle Johnson as Indians did Lee

Buster Olney

...Mike DiGiovanna and Dylan Hernandez. 2. The Rays may reassign Jake McGee to their bullpen, writes Joe Smith, as he comes back from Tommy John surgery. 3. The Pirates' biggest splash could come in...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 2009

A "Major League" move by the Padres

Buster Olney

If you're looking for a CliffsNotes version of what has happened in San Diego, just flip on the movie "Major League." To review the events of the pas...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009

The catch heard 'round the Rockies

Buster Olney

There were no tangible advantages working in favor of Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes in the ninth inning late Sunday afternoon as he turned to pu...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009

Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars

Buster Olney

...good. Joba Chamberlain pitched much better, so much more aggressively and purposefully you got the feeling manager Joe Girardi and pitching coach Dave Eiland sat down with him and told him he doesn't have...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009

The King becomes a craftsman

Buster Olney

It wasn't the optimal situation for a new pitching coach to get to know a star pitcher. In spring training, Felix Hernandez was away from the Mariners...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2009

The Cubs share in Bradley's failure

Buster Olney

The Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009

Rice swung and missed on Jeter

Buster Olney

On a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009

Smoltz and Sox face difficult decisions

Buster Olney

All Boston manager Terry Francona could do was to try to contain the damage the Yankees had done to John Smoltz in the fourth inning Thursday night. A...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009

Nine reasons this NYY-BOS series is pivotal

Buster Olney

...of Boston this week has pulled them right back into the race in the AL East, writes Joe Henderson. It's official, writes Gary Shelton: The Rays are in the thick of the playoff chase...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 06, 2009

The return of baseball's great divide

Buster Olney

...12 months, Minnesota probably will come face-to-face with its next great challenge: whether to give Joe Mauer a contract that outstrips the Twins' budget or face losing him to another team. "Every year...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009

Peavy a Padres bright spot ... but for how long?

Buster Olney

The Cubs were on the cusp of a deal for Jake Peavy in the winter, much closer than anybody realized at the time. They were so close, in fact, that Pea...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009

Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.

Buster Olney

Mark Teahen's transition to second base began on a Little League field in Peoria, Ariz., in December. He went there with his brother and girlfriend to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009