Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Toronto Blue Jays
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Toronto Blue Jays. The Roy Halladay situation hangs over them, as does playing in the AL East, but this team could be more competitive soon.
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009
Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars
Buster OlneyIt is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Kansas City Royals
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the rapid April-to-late summer decline of the Kansas City Royals in 2009.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009
Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir
Buster Olney...does not include Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira, or any member of the Boston Red Sox. Jose Guillen and Travis Hafner are part of that club, but CC Sabathia is not. It's the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009
Three Strikes: Break up the Rockies edition
Jayson StarkSTRIKE ONE -- CAN'T STOP THE ROCK DEPT. I was talking about those rampaging Colorado Rockies this week with an executive of another club. And he got ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009
BP Daily: A Royal problem in K.C.
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus looks at how the rushed development of Alex Gordon illustrates the Kansas City Royals' problems in grooming talent.
Story | 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
Nationals lack building blocks for future
Keith Law, Scouts Inc.Outside of Ryan Zimmerman and Nick Johnson, the Nationals lack the pieces to be a contender any time soon.
Story | Conversation | July 21, 2006
The maddening pace of perfection
Buster OlneyNobody had to tell Mark Buehrle to work so fast or to pitch his innings with the frantic pace of someone running to the bathroom during a commercial b...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2009
Eight reasons for Halladay to be a Phillie
Buster OlneyEight great reasons the Blue Jays and Phillies should work out a Roy Halladay trade: Maximizing value: Halladay will have very high trade value for t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 23, 2009
A cheap Halladay alternative
Buster OlneyHere are the statistical lines for two starting pitchers, compiled over a season: Pitcher A: 132 innings, 124 hits, 2.73 ERA, 17 walks, 113 strikeou...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009
Joe Mauer's Derby power muse
There was a day many years ago when Jim O'Neill had to try to coax Joe Mauer into trying to power the baseball. So a few days ago, O'Neill was surpris...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009
BP Daily: Opponent strength watch
Marc Normandin, Baseball ProspectusMarc Normandin of Baseball Prospectus breaks down a few pitchers who have faced tough opponents so far and offers fantasy baseball recommendations off those stats.
Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009
BP Daily: Good luck moving that guy
Christina Kahrl, Baseball ProspectusAs the trade winds begin to blow stronger, Baseball Prospectus examines MLB's most untradeable players. The likes of Todd Helton and Barry Zito combine huge contracts with sagging performance.
Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009
Updates on Carpenter, Nady and others
Stephania Bell, ESPN.comIt's a busy, busy week in the world of sports. The playoffs have started in the NBA and NHL, the NFL draft is upon us and baseball is in full swing al...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2009
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