83 Results for johnson wagner

Seattle balances cash with caution

Buster Olney

A year ago, it was the Yankees who began the winter with their pockets full of cash, ready to spend on the best free agents, and after locking up CC S...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009

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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Tigers, Twins and my award picks

Buster Olney

Carl 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009

The Cubs share in Bradley's failure

Buster Olney

The Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009

Cracks in the AL contenders

Buster Olney

The 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...

ESPN Insider 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009

How Wagner shifted the market

Buster Olney

Sometime Tuesday morning, the reality of Billy Wagner's circumstances broadsided him. Regardless of whether he stayed with the Mets or not, Wagner almost certainly...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Inside another great Colorado run

Buster Olney

There 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009

Complete 2009 draft results

ESPN.com

Check out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009

Active seniors still living the good life

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

To quadrigenarians Jamie Moyer, Gary Sheffield and Randy Johnson, age is just another number in their illustrious careers.

Story | Conversation | May 27, 2009

One hundred stories to watch

Jonah Keri, Special to Page 2

To celebrate Opening Day, Jonah Keri presents 100 story lines to watch for the season.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2008

Spring Training Blog: Feb. 27, 2008

...spring training news that could impact your fantasy team, check out our daily fantasy camp notes. NATS' JOHNSON HAS DEJA VU (1:43 a.m. ET) Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson had a frightening flashback...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2008

Daily Notes: Harden is back

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen examines Sunday's matchups and where the advantages are for fantasy.

Story | Conversation | September 22, 2007

After blowing five-run lead, Phillies rally past Mets in 9th

Chase Utley hit an RBI single off Billy Wagner in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a huge sweep of the first-place New York Mets by rallying for an 11-10 victory Thursday in one of the wildest games of the season.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | August 30, 2007

Meet the Mets (for a week)

Jonah Keri, Special to Page 2

With his Expos no longer in existence, Jonah Keri decided to make the Mets his team for a week.

Story | Conversation | July 23, 2007