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
Rivera, Nathan lead '10 relief rankings
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell reviews each team's bullpen situation this year and previews the closer situations for 2010.
Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009The 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
Baseball's all-time 'train-wreck' seasons
David Schoenfield, ESPN.comThe 2009 Mets have company as one of several teams in baseball history that have had "train-wreck" seasons -- disastrous results despite high hopes.
Story | Conversation | September 03, 2009Why 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
Morgan, Bourn better than you think
Brendan Roberts, ESPN.comBrendan Roberts tries to show that speedsters often are underrated by fantasy owners even though they rank higher than sluggers on the Player Rater.
Story | Conversation | August 27, 2009If the season ended today …
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comWe already know who's going to win the NL MVP, but the other five races are still very much up for grabs.
Story | Conversation | August 27, 2009How 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
West, Nunez shut down Mets; Gload sparks Marlins
Associated PressSean West pitched six impressive innings, lifting the Marlins to a 2-1 victory over an injury-battered Mets team shaken by the loss of ace Johan Santana for the season.
Recap | Box Score | Conversation | August 25, 2009Inside 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
Our (preliminary) All-Decade Team
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;s a lot closer to Vladimir Guerrero in right field than you might guess. SP1 Randy Johnson SP2 Pedro Martinez SP3 Johan Santana SP4 Roy Oswalt SP5 Mike Mussina/Curt Schilling I must quibble...
Blog | June 01, 2009Closer Chart
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell's updated closer depth chart displays the four top closing options for each team.
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