How Wagner shifted the market
Buster Olney...Aardsma, who has been solid), the Angels (Brian Fuentes), Texas (Frank Francisco), Oakland (Andrew Bailey or Joey Devine, both affordable). Here are the teams that might not have a set closer going into next...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009
Blue Jays among those waiting for reinforcements
The Toronto Blue Jays, the Angels, the Yankees and some other teams must wait for pitching reinforcements to arrive. It feels like a scene from one of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009
Nats and Boras under pressure with Strasburg
It was Mark Prior who received the highest signing bonus ever for a drafted player, a $10.5 million deal after being picked second by the Chicago Cubs...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2009
Aaron Hill has faced a difficult comeback
Aaron Hill can joke about the collision now. And as he tells the story, the guy who hit him with an elbow last May 29 is 6-foot-4 and 250 pounds, a mo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 09, 2009
Sorting through the AL scheduling
Buster OlneyTen notables from the American League schedule: 1. The Indians are looking at a meat grinder early in the year: In the first two months and one day o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009
Teahen a part of widespread optimism in K.C.
Buster OlneyMark 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009
Numbers tell the tale
Buster Olney...whom to square the baseball, of anybody who threw 40 or more innings, was Oakland's Joey Devine. Opponents mustered a .170 slugging percentage against him, with only three doubles, no triples and no...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2009
Pena, Rays keeping it simple
After Carl Crawford got hurt and Evan Longoria suffered a broken hand, Tampa Bay hitting coach Steve Henderson approached Carlos Pena and asked, "You ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008
Grading the deadline acquisitions
At the trade deadline in 2007, I remember saying and writing that the Boston Red Sox were the biggest winners because they had gotten the best shutdow...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 20, 2008
A's restocking the shelves
...are not short of candidates for Blanton's slot in the rotation. If Santiago Casilla and Joey Devine are healthy, the A's will have decent candidates for Street's old job if they...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 17, 2008
Harden could be the big prize
Rich Harden … Indians general manager Mark Shapiro is doing the right thing, collecting due diligence should he decide that trading C.C. Sabathi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 15, 2008
Monday Mendozas
...stadium proposal. Bottom line: the Rays have understated the public cost by $70 million. • Reliever Joey Devine has been fantastic for the A's this season, giving up just two runs in 18...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2008
MLB now a young man's game
We'll see when we reach August, when the 35-year-olds and 40-year-olds find out if their minds are making promises that their bodies can't keep. "It's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 26, 2008
Adenhart shows he's ready
...sidearm and Chad Bradford) gives a left-handed hitter like Barton a huge platoon advantage. • Joey Devine hit 95 several times in his one inning, but still doesn't get the sink on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2008
Under-the-radar players switching team
Eric KarabellThe Mets have made big news this week, no doubt. They got themselves a pitcher. He struggled a bit in 2007, at least compared to his solid 2006. He's ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 31, 2008
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