Braves get Cabrera, Dunn, cash
ESPN.com news servicesThe Yankees have acquired Javier Vazquez from the Atlanta Braves for Melky Cabrera, Mike Dunn and Boone Logan, sources told ESPN The Magazine senior writer Buster Olney.
Story | Conversation | December 22, 2009Defense highlights offseason moves
Buster Olney...decisions 1. The Reds extended Scott Rolen's contract and restructured his current deal to create some salary relief for 2010. It's good for Rolen and the Reds in the short term, but it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009
Court sets tentative May trial date
Associated PressA court commissioner has tentatively set a May trial date to decide whether Jamie McCourt has an ownership stake in the Dodgers.
Story | Conversation | December 15, 2009Slew of signings lie ahead
Buster OlneyThirty-nine more players were not tendered contracts Saturday night, so as of Sunday, this is the number of free agents who are looking for jobs, acco...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 13, 2009
Where we stand as winter meetings arrive
Buster Olney...who will look at offers of $600,000 or $800,000 or $1 million or $2 million, salaries that represent big cuts in salary. This is where the market is as the winter meetings of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
Talkin' winter baseball
Bruce LevineBack to baseball -- both Chicago baseball GMs has press briefings on Friday. Ironically, both teams are still in the hunt for a leadoff man, some le...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009Free-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
Weiner: Execs use press for influence
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comAs Major League Baseball monitors the free-agent market, the players' association is monitoring comments from team officials that it believes are meant to put a crimp in the money spent on talent this offseason.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009Hermida's move sure to be replicated
Buster Olney...to trade Teahen because they simply 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009
More on a rumored trade
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...done. And the Royals even sent some money to the White Sox to help pay Teahen's salary. So the beat goes on. On and on and on
Blog | November 05, 2009Sox trade for Teahen; Beckham to 2B
Bruce Levine, ESPNChicago.comWhite Sox agree to trade Getz, Fields to K.C. for Teahen.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders
Buster Olney...cutting him loose rather than paying him $4 million to $5 million in arbitration. To put that salary in context: Last winter, Orlando Hudson signed for a base salary of $3.38 million, with incentives...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009
Walk-off wisdom
Buster OlneyThis October has presented a treasure trove of comebacks and gut-wrenching moments and improbable finishes, and Monday was all about them. Some things...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009
Opening up the mailbag
Buster OlneyAfter two days into the playoffs, we'll reach into the mailbag: Q: I'm a Tigers fan and now that it's over officially, I'm trying to look forward to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009
White Sox retain Garcia, Thornton
Associated PressThe White Sox have exercised club options for 2010 on right-hander Freddy Garcia and left-hander Matt Thornton.
Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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