10 Results for mike moore

A "Major League" move by the Padres

Buster Olney

...the events of the past 15 months in San Diego: With the divorce of Padres owner John Moores getting very ugly, the team's front office was ordered to do a "Friday The 13th" slash...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Type A positive

Buster Olney

...affected as Varitek and Cruz were last winter; the consensus is that Mark DeRosa, Billy Wagner and Mike Gonzalez might be the players hurt by their Type A status. Here are all the players currently...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars

Buster Olney

...do that, you can bet the Angels' scouts are already gleefully writing up reports for the roadrunners Mike Scioscia places in his lineup. And thus a major issue for the Red Sox in the postseason...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009

Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition

Buster Olney

Joe Torre loved having Darryl Strawberry on his bench in the days when the two were manager and player with the New York Yankees. Strawberry didn't pl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009

Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir

Buster Olney

...of decisions has been devastating, almost debilitating. Now that Kazmir is reunited with his former pitching coach, Mike Butcher, it's possible that he might discover whatever he has been missing over the last season...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009

Trade deadline ripples

Buster Olney

...Marlins, who at least have lots of talent. During the past year, the ugly divorce of John Moores from the Padres has forced them to conduct a garage sale, unloading almost all of their meaningful...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 02, 2009

Eight reasons for Halladay to be a Phillie

Buster Olney

Eight 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 23, 2009

Jays must trade Halladay now

Buster Olney

A 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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 19, 2009

Wieters ready now, but might wait

Buster Olney

Matt Wieters just keeps on hammering the ball this spring, and Saturday, he did it in the clutch, Peter Schmuck writes. He's hitting better than .400 ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2009

With Cruz, others, Royals eager to improve

Buster Olney

...last year," Moore said. "He'll help us get to [Joakim] Soria." The Royals have improved in many ways, including their collective confidence. They've installed Coco Crisp in their outfield and Mike Jacobs at...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 2009