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
Winter 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
Moehler, Astros exercise option
Associated PressBrian Moehler and the Astros have exercised a mutual $3 million contract option for next season.
Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009Cleveland, Washington should consider Valentine
Buster OlneyBobby Valentine's first full season as manager of the Mets was 1997, a year in which I took a job with The New York Times, and I covered him for just ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009
A "Major League" move by the Padres
Buster Olney...will still be paying him -- and next October, he could have pressed him to accept a lower salary. If Towers had said no, Moorad could've let him walk away after his contract expired. But...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009
MVPs and LVPs, Cy Youngs and Yuks …
Jayson Stark, ESPN.comIt's time to bid farewell to another season that was filled with highs, lows and so much in between. With that said, here come the awards.
Story | Conversation | October 02, 2009Type A positive
Buster Olney...Marco Scutaro, Miguel Tejada, Randy Wolf, and many more: Bobby Abreu, Angels -- About $6 million in base salary and incentives. It's unanimous: All asked expect that the Angels will offer arbitration, and probably work...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
Moneyed clubs cleaning up in '09
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...fairly significant revenue sharing over the past decade, the owners' claims for anything drastic like a salary cap have been mostly refuted by the ability of small-market teams to compete through investments in...
Blog | October 01, 2009Duensing among unlikely September stars
Buster Olney...the pennant races, and all the stuff that really matters at the outset of spring training -- pedigree, salary, past statistics -- really doesn't matter in September. If you show that you can be part of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
A somber celebration in Detroit
Buster OlneyErnie Harwell will chat with his extended family tonight, from a baseball field in Detroit, and Al Kaline has a pretty good idea of what he will say. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009
Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Chicago Cubs
Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN InsiderInsider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the team that led the National League in wins last season, the Chicago Cubs.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009
The overlooked stars of the season
Buster OlneyZack Greinke is battling for the Cy Young Award, and that standing has hoisted him out of the second division and into the national conversation. Simi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009
Why Holliday could end up a rental
Buster Olney...away from conversations with the Cardinals believing St. Louis wasn't in position to take on much salary. The Cardinals opened the year with a payroll of about $89 million. But as St. Louis played...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009
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