Dodgers frozen, and falling behind
Buster Olney...lineup of the defending champions -- and in the hopefulness of the Rays, as they moved to add Rafael Soriano, the kind of reliever they so desperately needed in 2009. And then there were the Dodgers...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2009
Seattle balances cash with caution
Buster Olney...Cafardo. Moves, deals and decisions 1. The Braves now have a budget problem on their hands after Rafael Soriano accepted their offer of arbitration. They had hoped that Soriano would turn down arbitration so that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009
Why Pineiro will get his payday
Buster Olney...team will bet that it was. The Milwaukee Brewers, perhaps, or the Mets. Elsewhere … • Rafael Betancourt is going to accept the Rockies' offer of arbitration, Tracy Ringolsby reported Sunday night, and we...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009
Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display
Buster OlneyYou say you are young, and didn't see Roberto Alomar play? No problem. You get a chance to witness the brilliance of Roberto Alomar just about every ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
Cameron centered on the playoffs
Buster OlneyA longtime NL advance scout watched Mike Cameron late in the 2009 season and came away thinking that even at age 36, Cameron remains one of the game's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2009
The free agent do-call list
Buster OlneyThe free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Type A positive (and negative)
Buster Olney...fit with the Cardinals, Cubs, Mets or any number of teams. There was bad news for: Rafael Betancourt. He is a Type A free agent whom Colorado is clearly angling to keep, and because...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Type A positive
Buster Olney...along with Matt Holliday, and it was unanimous that the Red Sox will offer him arbitration. Rafael Betancourt, Rockies -- Earning $3.35 million this season with a $5.4 million club option for 2010...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
The Cy Young cases for Greinke and King Felix
Buster OlneyThis time of year, teams begin to include information in their media dispatches about their various candidates for major awards. The AL Cy Young Award...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009
Inside another great Colorado run
Buster Olney...you must be an ESPN Insider. So O'Dowd went shopping for relief help. He grabbed Rafael Betancourt from Cleveland, and lefty Joe Beimel from Washington. Betancourt has been an enormous help; he still...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2009
Trade deadline ripples
Buster OlneySome rippling after the trade deadline: The Padres had to trade Jake Peavy lest they run the risk of having one guy take up 30 to 40 percent of their...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 02, 2009
Why Rose can't escape himself
Buster OlneyMLB commissioner Bud Selig is said to be seriously mulling a pardon for Pete Rose, Bill Madden writes. A pardon would clear the way for Rose to make i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 27, 2009
The maddening pace of perfection
Buster OlneyNobody 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 24, 2009
Holliday likely to be next free-agent prize
Buster OlneyMatt Holliday is set to become a free agent in the fall, and Oakland will not re-sign him. For the Athletics, a team with a modest payroll, an investm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2009
Carmona shouldn't try so hard
Buster OlneyGOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Fausto Carmona threw at much less than maximum effort in his first official bullpen session of spring training Saturday, gliding ea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 15, 2009
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