The Yankees' case for Halladay
Buster Olney...more of the same this offseason. The Yankees won't necessarily be the winning bidder on John Lackey, Matt Holliday or Jason Bay, and they do intend to try to lower their payroll. But...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 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
Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes
Peter Gammons...pitch the seventh and eighth innings in front of Mariano Rivera, but a Yankees run at John Lackey, Ben Sheets or another starter hasn't been ruled out. The feeling inside the Yankees' offices...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Cash grab
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineDuring this winter's free agency and arbritration, good things won't come to those who wait.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Those who favored King Felix and Verlander
Keith LawThe AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...
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
Lackey's and Bay's markets emerge
Keith Law...less valuable relative to the norm, especially because Uggla's glove is playable at second. • John Lackey is the top starting pitcher available in free agency, and as a result he's seeing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
The free agent do-call list
Buster OlneyThe free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money. But other free agents might...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise
Buster OlneyIt was as if Michael Bourn had been staring at the same math equation for months, knowing that the answer was right there in front of him. His batting...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009
The significance of the Mauer market
Buster OlneyThe agent for Joe Mauer wouldn't characterize the state of the catcher's negotiations with the Twins on Thursday, or discuss them in any way, which is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
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
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster Olney...to the Type A albatross. Wagner is 38 years old and only 17 appearances removed from Tommy John surgery, and more than a dozen other closer candidates probably are available for teams to consider. Wagner...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Seattle could land Lackey
Buster OlneyThe John Lackey sweepstakes won't open until next week, but already rivals are sizing up the market and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 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
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