Joe Strauss
Player Card | Career Stats| CAREER BATTING STATS | |||||||
| G | H | R | HR | RBI | BA | SLG | |
| 101 | 86 | 46 | 1 | 36 | .216 | .281 | |
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
The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
New 3B on deck for Cardinals
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotMore early news about a 2010 lineup, this time from MLB Trade Rumors: According to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Freese should get first crack at the Cardinals' third...
Blog | October 20, 2009How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster Olney...and managers by charging around the bases aggressively and compelling their rivals to make mistakes. Yankees manager Joe Girardi doesn't want his pitchers preoccupied with the Angels' runners, such as Chone Figgins; rather, he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Kershaw is the great X factor
Buster OlneyThe first inning that Clayton Kershaw threw in the major leagues lasted 32 pitches. He was 20 years old at the time, working too quickly, and learning...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009
Manuel's faith in Lidge pays off
Buster OlneyThe fates of managers and pitching coaches are tied to their pitchers, and when a pitcher starts to go bad, some staffers instinctively separate thems...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster Olney...the regular season. Maybe the Cardinals would have come home riding a different wave, and taken out Joe Torre's team. Or maybe the Los Angeles Dodgers would've beaten them anyway. In any event...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster OlneyThere were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
Opening up the mailbag
Buster OlneyAfter two days into the playoffs, we'll reach into the mailbag: Q: I'm a Tigers fan and now that it's over officially, I'm trying to look forward to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009
The Tigers must address Cabrera
Buster OlneyPolice reportedly don't know everything that took place inside Miguel Cabrera's home Saturday morning because neither the Tigers' first baseman nor hi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009
Porcello's fastball will be his tell
Buster Olney...matchup challenge: How should he handle the No. 3 and No. 4 hitters in the Twins' lineup? Joe Mauer has been the best player in the American League this year, almost assuredly winning the league...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009
Tigers, Twins and my award picks
Buster OlneyCarl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
The catch heard 'round the Rockies
Buster OlneyThere 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009
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