Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Boston Red Sox
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderBuster Olney and Baseball Prospectus combine to dissect the demise of the 2009 Boston Red Sox, who most pundits had slotted for another ALCS battle with the Yankees -- but then a funny thing happened on the way to the Bronx.
Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: St. Louis Cardinals
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 St. Louis Cardinals. Some people thought the Cards could win the entire thing on pitching and Pujols -- but they were dismissed in an NLDS sweep, and now face real questions.
Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009
Top three key for Dodgers
Special to ESPN.comChris Carpenter dominated the Dodgers during the regular season, but the numbers might be a bit misleading.
Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009
The catch heard 'round the Rockies
Buster Olney...free-agent updates and much more, you must be an ESPN Insider. If it did drop, Julio Lugo would race home with the tying run from third base and Albert Pujols -- the St. Louis...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 28, 2009
Duensing among unlikely September stars
Buster Olney...in a crucial role for a contender -- and the same could be said for the Cardinals' Julio Lugo, who is hitting .294 since joining St. Louis; Nate Robertson, who stepped into the Tigers' rotation...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
ATH : The MLB Story of Interest?
What is a bigger story in baseball, Mark Buehrle's perfect game or the division race?
Video | July 27, 2009
PTI : Lasers in Baseball Parks
How can the MLB stop its players from having laser pointers aimed at them during their at bats?
Video | July 27, 2009
The return of baseball's great divide
Buster OlneyThere have been nine different teams that have won championships in the past 10 seasons, from the Yankees to the Diamondbacks to the Angels and Marlin...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009
BP Daily: Sorting out the playoff odds
Clay Davenport, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus uses an improved playoffs-odds system to assess winners and losers at the 2009 MLB trade deadline. The Cardinals, Marlins and Phillies won. The White Sox, even with Jake Peavy, did not.
Story | Conversation | August 03, 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
BP Daily: Trade, then prosper
Christina Kahrl and Clay Davenport, Baseball ProspectusEveryone, it seems, wants a piece of Roy Halladay right now. If he does leave Toronto, how might he do? Pretty well, according to Baseball Prospectus, which shows that superstars perform extremely well after in-season trades.
Story | Conversation | July 22, 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
Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason
Buster OlneyHere's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009
Ranking the AL's roughest roads to the playoffs
Buster OlneySchedule advantages and disadvantages are difficult to calculate in baseball, because you don't know who will be hurt, which team will be hot and whic...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2009
Atlanta's potential trade partners
The Atlanta Braves rank 22nd in the majors in runs scored and 20th in OPS, and today they are a game under .500 -- and two games out of first place in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 04, 2009
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