MLB Rumor Central

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Yanks deepen staff; Braves, their prospect pool

Keith Law

Even in his down years, Javier Vazquez has been a pretty good pitcher, giving around 200 innings of league-average performance to his employers. But t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009

An all-decade, all-value lineup card

Erik Manning, FanGraphs.com

Erik Manning of FanGraphs pored over every performance from an MLB player between 2000 and 2009 and created the best possible 1-9 lineup of players from that period. Odd: Carlos Delgado (2000) leads off. Cool: This team would average nine runs a game.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Where we stand as winter meetings arrive

Buster Olney

The Cleveland Indians have relative pennies to spend this winter, and the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers won't spend much, either. The Los Angeles ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009

12/10: Winter meetings

Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli discuss the CC Sabathia deal and all of the other news and rumors from Las Vegas. Terry Francona says catching is a priority in Boston

Audio PodCast | December 10, 2008

Michael Kay

...the Yankees, Nets coach Lawrence Frank on his contract extension and Jayson Stark with the latest MLB rumors

Audio PodCast | July 23, 2007

Michael Kay

Roger Clemens discusses his 350th win and Jon Heyman discusses the latest MLB rumors

Audio PodCast | July 03, 2007

Michael Kay

Mets general manager Omar Minaya on the Mets, Jon Heyman on MLB rumors and Frank Isola on the Knicks

Audio PodCast | June 26, 2007

The internal trade deadline

Buster Olney

In the hours after Alex Anthopoulos was named as general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, he returned to his hotel room in Baltimore and just absorbe...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009

Defense highlights offseason moves

Buster Olney

Coco Crisp is nearing a deal with the Oakland Athletics, according to late word from MLB Trade Rumors' Tim Dierkes. Presumably Crisp will slot into Oakland's center field and be flanked by Ryan...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009

Winter meetings recap

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at the fantasy impact of many of the key moves during this week's winter meetings.

Story | Conversation | December 11, 2009

The untold tales of the winter meetings

Jim Caple, Page 2

We've heard lots of news from the MLB winter meetings, but here are some ultra-secret scoops.

Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

Keith Law

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Crown 'Em: New York Yankees

Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN Insider

The Kiss 'Em Goodbye series can't rightfully kiss "goodbye" to a team that won it all, so we're crowning 'em -- the World Series champion 2009 New York Yankees. As for what's next, Buster Olney, BP and Rumor Central all weigh in.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Boston Red Sox

Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN Insider

Buster 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.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Baltimore Orioles

Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN Insider

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Baltimore Orioles, who do, for once, seem to have a shot at contending -- in 2011.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009