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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

The Cubs share in Bradley's failure

Buster Olney

The Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009

The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix

Buster Olney

...since 1900 to follow a 15-strikeout game with a one-hitter, matching Vida Blue (1971), Randy Johnson (1998) and Pedro Martinez (1999). He will enter his final three starts 20 strikeouts shy of the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Cracks in the AL contenders

Buster Olney

The count was full, the bases were loaded and Brian Fuentes fired a fastball at the lowest part of the strike zone Wednesday night, and when home plat...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 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

Seven possibilities for a Mets front man

Buster Olney

Ordinary news briefings have become public-relations disasters for the New York Mets, writes Ben Shpigel, and members of the team's ownership have end...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009

Top pitchers finish key series

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass previews Thursday's action and says a number of top pitchers are finishing off series with pennant-race implications.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Trade deadline ripples

Buster Olney

...the best overall work in summertime deals so far. The Braves have reshaped their offense by acquiring Nate McLouth and Adam LaRoche, and only four teams scored more runs than the Braves in July. They...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 02, 2009

Dr. BP's Prescriptions: NL East

Steve Goldman, Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus knows what ails every team in the NL East. Now the Phillies, Marlins, Braves, Mets and Nationals simply have to listen, and every pitch, swing and trade will be that much better -- satisfaction guaranteed!

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 16, 2009

Midpoint of season a significant time

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN The Magazine

The season is at the halfway point and two-thirds of the teams still have a legitimate chance to make the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Full Massmomentum rankings

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass has the full list of his Massmomentum rankings.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009

Welcome to the only MLB preview that mentions Anna Benson

DJ Gallo, Page 2

DJ Gallo welcomes you to the only MLB preview that mentions Anna Benson.

Story | Conversation | April 03, 2009

Possible decline limits Ramirez options

Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus

With spring training rapidly approaching, we can use our fresh PECOTA projections to estimate the marginal gains several teams would make if they signed Manny Ramirez.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | January 29, 2009

Fantasy World: Geek Stats Win

Rick Paulas

...of the AL East. The AL Champions ended up collecting 97 wins. That prediction was written by Nate Silver, who spent much of the year trading in his baseball duties to crunch election poll numbers...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009

Lincecum matches career high with 13 strikeouts in Giants' win

Associated Press

Giants ace Tim Lincecum matched his career high with 13 strikeouts to finish with a majors-best 265, and gave Cy Young Award voters an impressive final start to think about in San Francisco's 3-1 win.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 28, 2008