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
Cash grab
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineDuring this winter's free agency and arbritration, good things won't come to those who wait.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009
The free agent do-call list
Buster OlneyThe free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money. But other free...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise
Buster OlneyIt was as if Michael Bourn had been staring at the same math equation for months, knowing that the answer was right there in front of him. His batting...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 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
The Spawn of 'Moneyball'
Buster OlneyAn American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster Olney...sign him, so offers will flood in. DeRosa won't get a contract close to what Matt Holliday or Jason Bay will receive, but his versatility, production and reputation for being a good team...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster OlneyThe latest seismic rumbling probably hit the baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the champagne-soaked Yankees reached the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Howard's slide-step hurting the Phillies
Buster Olney...in the same spot until you demonstrate that you can hit that pitch. The Dodgers pounded Matt Holliday with inside fastballs. Nick Swisher is seeing a ton of breaking balls. Shane Victorino is being...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders
Buster Olney...to be a large and lackluster free-agent class. The elite free agents like John Lackey, Matt Holliday and Jason Bay are going to be paid well (although perhaps not anywhere near the nine...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009
McGwire has a road map, but also a guide
Buster Olney...McGwire back in the game, and McGwire already has worked with some Cardinals hitters, most notably Matt Holliday, who is headed to free agency and could be drawn by the attraction of working with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009
Who will take the fall?
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineClutch players make or break any MLB team's postseason run. Buster Olney examines which traits are key in being a clutch performer in October.
Story | Conversation | October 20, 2009
La Russa may be leaving St. Louis
Buster Olney...bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2, if that little looping line drive had hit Matt Holliday in the pocket of his mitt instead of in the midsection. Maybe the St. Louis hitters...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009
Instant replay must be expanded … immediately
Buster Olney...Kemp. Carlos Gomez cost the Twins on Friday with an egregious baserunning error. And, of course, Matt Holliday made an simple error that, if the Cardinals are eliminated by the Dodgers, will be replayed...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009
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