Starters with same agents could push prices
Buster Olney...Angels worse by working out a deal with Figgins -- it's not quite done yet, as Larry Stone writes, but some of the folks involved are telling others that it's going to get done...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009
Much gray area in defensive analysis
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comWhen it comes to defensive analysis, should we believe our eyes or the numbers? Perhaps a little of both.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009Phillies wind their way back to NLCS
Jayson Stark, ESPN.com...came the 1975-76 Reds. And before those two, you have to travel back to the baseball stone age -- to the 1921-22 Giants and the 1907-08 Cubs. And that's all, friends. So...
Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009Porcello's fastball will be his tell
Buster OlneyRick Porcello's fastball will be his tell Tuesday, a longtime scout said Monday. A poker player might betray something with the way he shifts in his c...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009
Tigers, Twins and my award picks
Buster OlneyCarl 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2009
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster OlneyIf you're looking for a CliffsNotes version of what has happened in San Diego, just flip on the movie "Major League." To review the events of the pas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
For one night, Ordonez worth the cost
Buster OlneyIt's too bad there isn't a transcript of the conversation that took place sometime this summer between Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and his baseba...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009
A slimmer Kung Fu Panda is needed
Buster OlneyThe Giants lost again Saturday and will soon be eliminated, and in time their focus will shift to 2010, as John Shea writes. Pablo Sandoval will like...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 27, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Oakland Athletics
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Oakland Athletics. On the plus side, Aaron Sorkin is rewriting the script for a "Moneyball" movie, which might star Brad Pitt as Billy Beane.
Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009
The Cubs share in Bradley's failure
Buster OlneyThe Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
Rays prospect Davis set to debut
AJ Mass, ESPN.comAJ Mass previews this weekend's games, which include the major league debut for Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Wade Davis.
Story | Conversation | September 04, 2009Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition
Buster Olney...Joel Zumaya once did -- from Bobby Howry of the Giants to Huston Street of the Rockies to Ryan Franklin of the Cardinals and the Phillies' Brad Lidge -- are officially on notice for the rest of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009
Why Greinke should win the Cy Young
Buster OlneyBy the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009
Rays simply couldn't afford to keep Kazmir
Buster OlneyHad Scott Kazmir remained with the Tampa Bay Rays for 2010, he likely would have been one member of an elite group of about 50 players in Major League...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 29, 2009
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