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Opening up the mailbag

Buster Olney

After two days into the playoffs, we'll reach into the mailbag: Q: I'm a Tigers fan and now that it's over officially, I'm trying to look forward to ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009

Porcello's fastball will be his tell

Buster Olney

Rick Porcello's fastball will be his tell Tuesday, a longtime scout said Monday. A poker player might betray something with the way he shifts in his c...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Tigers, Twins and my award picks

Buster Olney

Carl Pavano seemed almost out of breath Sunday night, naturally, at the end of a day in which he and the Twins had won a game they had to win, after t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009

Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine

Buster Olney

Bobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009

Type A positive

Buster Olney

...them; the list includes Orlando Cabrera, Mark DeRosa, Mike Gonzalez, Vladimir Guerrero, Rich Harden, Matt Holliday, John Lackey, Bengie Molina, Placido Polanco, Marco Scutaro, Miguel Tejada, Randy Wolf, and many more: Bobby Abreu, Angels...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir

Buster Olney

Had Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of an elite group of about 50 players in Major League...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009

How Wagner shifted the market

Buster Olney

Sometime Tuesday morning, the reality of Billy Wagner's circumstances broadsided him. Regardless of whether he stayed with the Mets or not, Wagner alm...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Why the Yankees are now firing on all cylinders

Buster Olney

*Following this post, Buster will be taking a one week break to work on another project, and perhaps even play some King of the Mountain. He'll be bac...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2009

The maddening pace of perfection

Buster Olney

Nobody 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2009

Torii Hunter is of a rare breed

Buster Olney

...starts. For the Padres, Kevin Kouzmanoff hit his second home run in as many games, while Adrian Gonzalez went 0-for-4 and is now 1-for-14 in his past four games. The Padres...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 14, 2009

Some young arms could crack A's rotation

Buster Olney

...season in 2008, but has to show he can back it up. The 23-year-old Gio Gonzalez worked in 10 games for Oakland last season. The most talented guys on the staff, however, might...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009

Dodgers second to Yankees in offseason spending

Buster Olney

Now that Manny Ramirez has signed, we're close to putting a bow on the free agent spending of the offseason. Mark Simon of ESPN Research compiled thes...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2009

A-Rod had better hope he's told the truth

Buster Olney

On Tuesday, Alex Rodriguez offered up far more detail than Andy Pettitte and more substance than Jason Giambi, and he went way beyond where either Mar...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009

Sheets poster boy for unsettled offseason

Buster Olney

...gave Carlos Silva a four-year, $48 million deal, and it wasn't that long ago when Miguel Batista got $25 million over three years and when Jeff Suppan signed a four-year, $42 million...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2009

Around the National League

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

What must go right, what could go wrong? A team-by-team look at the National League.

Story | Conversation | February 16, 2005