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A New Year's resolution for agents

Buster Olney

Jason Bay's agent has been calling the Red Sox in an attempt to re-engage in negotiations, writes Nick Cafardo, and the only way to make a deal happen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2009

Angels overpay for underperforming Rodney

Keith Law

The Angels do need another reliever to help cover the seventh and eighth innings along with Kevin Jepsen, or perhaps to push Brian Fuentes into a less...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Five on the fringe

Luke Cyphers and Doug McIntyre

What a difference a day makes. Or a week. Some readers who've seen The Magazine's feature on Americans abroad -- featuring DaMarcus Beasley and Mauri...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Brandon for Brandon creates two winners

Keith Law

The Seattle Mariners gained some 2010 value and more predictability -- but at the cost of some upside -- by flipping Brandon Morrow for Brandon League...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

Eight options for the Mets, post-"Baywatch"

Buster Olney

For the Mets, there are already legitimate questions about whether Jason Bay is the right investment for their ballpark. He is a below-average defende...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2009

The true MVP of the '00s

Dave Cameron, FanGraphs.com

Dave Cameron of FanGraphs explains why, as the decade draws to a close, Albert Pujols is not the game's most valuable player.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 23, 2009

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

From spare parts to top 20: A Beaver tale

Bruce Feldman

Tonight's Las Vegas Bowl features a compelling matchup between BYU and Oregon State. You have two of the most underrated coaching staffs in the countr...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009

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 Sweeney...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009

Cubs better off without Bradley or Silva

Keith Law

The Cubs failed in their trade with the Mariners. They would have been better off simply releasing Milton Bradley rather than trading him for Carlos S...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 19, 2009

Three Strikes -- Happy Halladays edition

Jayson Stark

Strike One -- The Halladay Effect Dept. I swapped e-mails Thursday with one of my most loyal readers, Julian McCracken, about ways to measure the tru...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Five for Friday: Pinning down league's best team

E.J. Hradek

Maybe I'm figuring this picks thing out? After a dreadful start with my weekly Thursday night predictions, I've put together back-to-back strong showi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009

The 2010 rise of the Pac-10

Bruce Feldman

Here is this week's mailbag and our first batch of bowl picks. A little reminder: Last year, I had a shockingly fortunate run picking bowl games; this...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 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