Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster OlneySo many teams are sitting back and waiting for the completion of the Type A free-agent and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster OlneyThere are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster OlneyExecutives and agents packed their bags and boarded planes in Chicago, thinking about what they had seen and heard over the previous 48 hours, such as...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster OlneyFor years, the Elias Sports Bureau rankings that determined what kind of draft-pick compensation would be attached to free agents meant nothing to som...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
A game filled with crossroads
Buster OlneyThe moment Nick Swisher lifted the ball over the infield, Angels reliever Brian Fuentes shot his arm into the air, that arm driven by the exultation o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009
For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
Jays must trade Halladay now
Buster OlneyA whole bunch of baseball people traveled to Toronto this weekend to watch Roy Halladay pitch, as Ken Fidlin writes. It's a sure sign of a robust mark...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2009
Don Long and maple bats, one year later
Buster OlneyDon Long, the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, ventured over to the back fields at the Phillies' complex in Clearwater, Fla., on Friday after...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2009
Rizzo might clean up the Nationals' roster mess
Buster OlneyThere is a sense within the Nationals organization that a new sheriff is in town. His name is Mike Rizzo, and he'll act as general manager until Natio...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2009
Is Strasburg the best prospect ever?
Buster OlneySo just how good is Stephen Strasburg, the San Diego State right-hander who is regarded as the No. 1 talent in this year's draft? "The best I've eve...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2009
Giants could ultimately be in mix for Manny
Buster Olney...a chip on his shoulder drops in their lap. "We're still talking to him," Giants president Larry Baer said on Friday, "and we have interest. But it's one of those things where it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 31, 2009
Type A free agents face dilemma
Buster OlneyOrlando Cabrera and Jason Varitek and Juan Cruz continue to reside in compensation-pick purgatory, a place where no free agent ever wants to land. It'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 22, 2009
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