Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...Sullivan doesn't think the timing is right for the Padres to move him. Heard this: Billy Wagner could help to overcome his Type A status by reducing his asking price so much that some...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 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
The Cubs share in Bradley's failure
Buster OlneyThe Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
Cracks in the AL contenders
Buster OlneyThe count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home plat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009
Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster Olney...a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to pitch in a meaningful game in his life. He has yet to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
How Wagner shifted the market
Buster OlneySometime Tuesday morning, the reality of Billy Wagner's circumstances broadsided him. Regardless of whether he stayed with the Mets or not, Wagner almost certainly...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009
Inside another great Colorado run
Buster OlneyThere was gleeful jumping and running and hat-tossing and a pig-pile kind of thing, and this was all taking place about 1,500 miles away from the Litt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009
Rice swung and missed on Jeter
Buster OlneyOn a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009
Offensively challenged Rays find ways to win
...a right-handed reliever. So Tampa Bay decided Tuesday morning to summon the left-handed hitting Dan Johnson to the big leagues. Because of injuries, the Rays had planned on starting Johnson on Tuesday, until...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2008
White Sox could get big lift from Linebrink
Scott Linebrink had been on the other side of a pennant race for almost two months, and he finally got to feel the adrenaline of September on Sunday. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008
Webb, Haren faltering at wrong time
...lead them, especially at a time when Randy Johnson is hurting. Each ace has four starts left...writes Helene Elliott. • It appears that Billy Wagner's season is over, as Peter Botte writes...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2008
Grey Matter: Post-All-Star-break leaders
Jason Grey, ESPN.comJason Grey takes a category-by-category look at the hitting and pitching leaders since the All-Star break, then offers his perspective.
Story | Conversation | August 16, 2008
Playing with Numbers: Discussing pitchers' values
AJ Mass, Special to ESPN.comAJ Mass follows up last week's column on hitters' values by discussing the value of pitchers.
Story | Conversation | August 11, 2008
If You're Hardcore: Back of Pirates rotation
Will Harris, Special to ESPN.comWill Harris discusses Jeff Karstens' insertion to the Pirates' rotation and the other options for the back end of the Pittsburgh staff.
Story | Conversation | August 07, 2008
Playing with Numbers: Hard-working pitchers
A.J. Mass, Special to ESPN.comA.J. Mass looks at the pitchers who may have a second-half falloff due to being overworked in the first half.
Story | Conversation | July 21, 2008
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