A chip-cashing trade
Buster Olney...payroll forced the Granderson trade, writes Drew Sharp. The Tigers are still looking for a closer, writes John Lowe. The prospects are not enough for the Tigers, writes Bob Wojnowski. Clutch is the question about...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Why Pineiro will get his payday
Buster Olney...could be that Pineiro will get the largest contract for any veteran free-agent pitcher not named John Lackey. Pineiro refined a sinker through his work with St. Louis pitching coach Dave Duncan, and relied...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009
Starters with same agents could push prices
Buster Olney...a relatively small core group making up the second tier of free-agent starters who rank below John Lackey. Those would be Randy Wolf, Joel Pineiro, Jason Marquis, Vicente Padilla, Rich Harden and Brad Penny...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009
Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display
Buster Olney...league baseball field, when infielders make plays that Alomar all but invented and popularized. A shortstop, like John McDonald, goes to his right to glove a ball and suddenly slides to a stop -- like he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 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
TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "john dutton" make the list?