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
Red Sox in a curious position
Peter Gammons, ESPN.comVoodoo economics, Boras Market make this an interesting winter in Boston.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009Cash 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
Pushing for a minimum payroll threshold
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comCries for a salary cap were sparked by the Yankees' winning the World Series, but what baseball really needs is a minimum payroll threshold.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Money talks, but baseball won't listen
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comDid the Yankees buy a World Series celebration? Their money didn't hurt, but that $207 million payroll is the least of baseball's competitive-balance problems.
Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009Lackey'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
Perhaps the offseason bar set too high, too soon
Peter Gammons...ceilings or destinations of Matt Holliday or any other major free agent, no one accurately knows what salaries have to be dumped, or who will be on the non-tender list. We don't even...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
Executives chime in on offseason topics
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comAs the hot stove season gets under way, ESPN.com surveys executives in the game on eight notable questions that will play out in the coming weeks.
Story | Conversation | November 09, 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
Postseason had many defining moments
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comWhile the Yankees returned to glory by winning the World Series, the inevitability of full-scale instant replay in baseball stood out as perhaps the most important aspect of the 2009 postseason.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009Bad choice?
Jon Greenberg, ESPNChicago.comThe Cubs chose Lou Piniella over Joe Girardi, whose Yanks may win it all.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009Time to choose the team of the decade
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comThe World Series will certainly decide this year's champion, but it also might decide the team of the decade.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009A wrong message in McGwire's return
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comTony La Russa, Bud Selig and others celebrating Mark McGwire's return to baseball still don't get it. This isn't the lesson baseball needs to be teaching.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Kate Hudson, A-Rod are World Serious
Jim Caple, Page 2Kate Hudson prepares the Yankees' WAGs for the World Series and the corresponding media crush.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009A-Rod letting his play speak for him
Howard Bryant, ESPN.comInstead of talking to the media, Alex Rodriguez is leaning on his extraordinary talent to change the perception about his postseason failures.
Story | Conversation | October 16, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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