The internal trade deadline
Buster OlneyIn the hours after Alex Anthopoulos was named as general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, he returned to his hotel room in Baltimore and just absorbe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009
Is Seattle Milton Bradley's last chance?
Buster OlneyDifficult teammates come with all forms of behavior. Albert Belle was known as Mr. Freeze to the others in the Indians' clubhouse because he liked to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009
Three Strikes -- Happy Halladays edition
Jayson Stark...Bigggg difference, wouldn't you say? That's the true Roy Halladay Effect. And really, only Johan Santana and Roy Oswalt have approached anything like it over the past eight seasons. I looked at...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Post-winter meetings questions
Buster Olney...about how certain pitchers possess mound presence, whether it be Chris Carpenter or Roy Oswalt or Johan Santana. Well, new Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos clearly possesses executive presence. His peers came away from...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2009
A chip-cashing trade
Buster Olney...Jackson comes with more than two years of advance notice, having once been part of the Johan Santana trade talks. But some talent evaluators who chatted about the deal in the lobby in Indianapolis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Why Pineiro will get his payday
Buster Olney...OPS of .673 against Pineiro, the 19th best among qualifying starting pitchers -- better than Josh Beckett, Johan Santana, Wandy Rodriguez and Cliff Lee. Part of the reason Pineiro is drawing significant interest, for sure...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009
The Yankees' case for Halladay
Buster Olney...to Roy Halladay. Two winters ago, the Yankees essentially passed on the opportunity to trade for Johan Santana because they were unwilling to absorb the double-barreled cost of first trading prospects like Phil...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009
Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster OlneyIt was in the middle of the afternoon, the day before Thanksgiving, and yet Orioles president Andy MacPhail was at his desk, answering his phone. That...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes
Peter Gammons...and is taking the conditioning program seriously. It's a little different Mets team if he, Johan Santana, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes are all healthy. Is this Billy Beane, or what? The A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 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
Ynoa making progress
Jorge Arangure Jr.On Friday, heralded Oakland A's prospect Michael Ynoa, who was signed last year to a record $4.25 million bonus, will pitch in a game for the first ti...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 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
Cashman casts praise far and wide
Buster OlneyAs the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 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
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
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