How the Yankees can slow the Angels
Buster OlneyThe Yankees' internal conversation about how to slow down the Angels' running game in this postseason started a little while back -- before spring tra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
Why Rose can't escape himself
Buster OlneyMLB commissioner Bud Selig is said to be seriously mulling a pardon for Pete Rose, Bill Madden writes. A pardon would clear the way for Rose to make i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2009
Revenge of the fallen
David Fleming, ESPN The MagazineAt the end of last season the Lions were hopeless and winless. What a difference 180 days make. Don't believe us? The Mag's David Fleming chronicled every step of the way.
Story | Conversation | July 27, 2009
Top 10 softest nonconference schedules
Bruce FeldmanThis week's top 10 list: the softest nonconference schedules in the country. I'm using a formula in which I've assigned a value to each opponent based...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 15, 2009
Early trade winds for Boston and Milwaukee
Some executives report that in the past couple of weeks, they've started the process of defining their own team's needs, of glancing over the rosters ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009
The secret to Josh Johnson's success
...early this season. Johan Santana is the best or second-best or third-best. The other pitcher? Josh Johnson of the Florida Marlins. "Great power stuff," said the scout. "Fastball ranging from 92 to 96...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009
Marlins' Bonifacio adapting nicely to hot corner
The Marlins' coaches have been running this drill for Emilio Bonifacio, as he learns how to play third base: One coach kneels by a bucket of balls and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 28, 2009
Padres are ready to move on
The Padres' attendance is going to plummet. The bullpen is a mess. The minor league system needs a whole lot of work. The team's second-best position ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2009
Loyal to the core
I was a teenage nerd who spent way too much time playing baseball board games, looking at baseball cards and thinking about the upcoming baseball seas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 15, 2009
Some young arms could crack A's rotation
Buster OlneyWhen spring training began, the odds of Brett Anderson and/or Trevor Cahill and/or Vin Mazzaro being part of the Oakland Athletics' rotation on April ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009
The ponderous Ramirez negotiations
Buster OlneyManny Ramirez probably needs one at-bat, or less, to prepare for the start of the regular season, and given that this is the last day of February, the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 28, 2009
Early line on key position battles
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusPECOTA's still hot for Clay Buchholz, and has intel on the Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Indians, A's, Giants and more.
Story | Conversation | February 16, 2009
Positions of interest among AL teams
Buster Olney...addition to the days when knuckleballer Tim Wakefield pitches. The other catchers on Boston's roster include Josh Bard, Dusty Brown and George Kottaras. It'll be up to manager Terry Francona how much to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009
Harrell, Ringer, Bradford among prospects in top matchups
Todd McShay, Scouts Inc.Todd McShay's latest Draft Buzz looks at the plethora of big-time individual matchups in Week 13 and spotlights a small-school standout.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2008
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