Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster Olney...so long as he is willing to take a large pay cut from his $14.8 million salary last season. 3. MacPhail thinks the market for late-inning relievers will develop slowly, but sounded confident...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 2009
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney...free agents, and Wagner is 38 years old. But one executive speculated that Wagner could reduce his salary demands so far that some team -- in particular, a team that finished with one of the 15...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Forcing Laraque on the ice is a better punishment
E.J. Hradek...current contract that carries a $5 million cap hit. That contract, based on his current play, is salary cap poison. The only way he'd move is if the New York Rangers were willing to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster OlneyThe Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...
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
The Bills' and Browns' coaching jobs
Adam SchefterNew Orleans' secondary has additions and subtractions for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. Safety Darren Sharper is expected back in the Saints' starti...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 22, 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
Plenty for Locker to consider
Todd McShay, Scouts Inc.Scouts Inc.'s Todd McShay looks at the NFL draft buzz being generated around the country as scouts finish the evaluation process.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009
Closing the market
Keith Law...the point that the Reds may be unable to move him without paying part of his remaining salary. Billy Wagner gave the Mets two-and-a-half good years out of four, and his replacement...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009
Marlins aren't your typical small-market team
Peter Gammons...again Beinfest & Co. have to weave some fiscal magic. Jeremy Hermida and his $2.5M-plus salary have been moved on to Boston. Dan Uggla, whose arbitration numbers will jump off his $5.35M...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009
Anderson, Kopitar are the real deals
E.J. Hradek...to add another quality second-pair defenseman. That's not so easy to do, especially considering their salary cap status. I think Heatley can help the Sharks (and their fans) get to where they want...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
The All-Stackhouse Team
Chris Sheridan, ESPN.comJerry Stackhouse leads the list of the top players looking for work in the NBA, Chris Sheridan writes.
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009
NBA season has unexpected parity
John Hollinger, ESPN.comThis season was supposed to be about the haves and have-nots. Not yet, it isn't.
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Warriors don't get much for Jackson
John Hollinger, ESPN.comThe Bobcats landed Stephen Jackson from Golden State, which makes one wonder: Why didn't the Cavs pull the trigger?
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Lackey's and Bay's markets emerge
Keith Law...people like to argue that Miller somehow damaged the game by breaking ownership's stranglehold on player salaries and movement. Yes, obtaining and enforcing players' rights has transferred enormous amounts of wealth from ownership to...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
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