Chapman's next step
Jorge Arangure Jr....agent for Athletes Premier International -- and both had driven together to Barcelona, where Chapman would spend the next several weeks in a large house with a swimming pool in an affluent part of town. Mejia...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...and possible non-tender markets that there probably won't be a lot of moves in the next couple of weeks, some general managers speculated Tuesday. One GM went so far as to say that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster Olney...make this work, because they have both Mike Lowell and David Ortiz coming off their payroll after next year, and they could conceivably ask the Tigers for major financial relief in 2010. That, or they...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 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
Final notes from Arizona Fall League
Jason GreyStephen Strasburg will not pitch in the Arizona Fall League championship game after injuring his knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 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
Ynoa making progress
Jorge Arangure Jr....said. Mateo to see eye specialist Amateur Dominican outfield prospect Wagner Mateo will visit an eye specialist next week in Florida with hopes that a new diagnosis will help speed up negotiations for a new...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Those who favored King Felix and Verlander
Keith LawThe 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009
Perhaps the offseason bar set too high, too soon
Peter Gammons...is that the Blue Jays are not going to get as good an offer this winter or next June as they got from Boston -- Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone, Josh Reddick and one or...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
News and notes from Latin baseball
Jorge Arangure Jr....Cangrejeros, who have won 12 league championships and five Caribbean World Series. The PRBL begins its season next week. Officials announced that players who were supposed to play for the Cangrejeros will be dispersed to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster Olney...can't afford to keep him, even at the $5 million salary he is likely to earn next season. For the White Sox, or for the Yankees or the Red Sox, he will be a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Philadelphia Phillies
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderThe Kiss 'Em Goodbye series has reached the two World Series teams. The Philadelphia Phillies didn't repeat -- so now what? Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Rumor Central all weigh in.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Crown 'Em: New York Yankees
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderThe 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.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009
Obstacles to a World Series rematch
Buster Olney...well within reason to think the Phillies and Yankees will face each other in the World Series next year, although the league champions each have hurdles to overcome beyond the Angels and the Braves and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
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