Searching for Bobby Abreu
Buster Olney...his best available offer with the Angels, for $5 million -- a cut of about $11 million in salary. Abreu went on to have a fantastic season, becoming one of the best per-dollar values in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009
Carroll agrees with Dodgers
Associated PressThe Dodgers have reached preliminary agreement with free agent Jamey Carroll on a $3.85 million, two-year contract.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009Trading A-Gon a matter of timing
Buster Olney...as much or more than Gonzalez will make over the next two seasons. In other words: His salary would become almost an immediate problem for the Padres, and given that he is represented by Scott...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009
Slew 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
Redding, Reed, Sullivan let go by Mets
Associated PressTim Redding has been let go by the New York Mets after going 3-6 with a 5.10 ERA in 17 starts this year for the injury ravaged team.
Story | Conversation | December 12, 2009The untold tales of the winter meetings
Jim Caple, Page 2We've heard lots of news from the MLB winter meetings, but here are some ultra-secret scoops.
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009Braves drop Church to add Soriano
Associated PressThe Braves surplus of closers forced the team to part ways with outfielder Ryan Church on Tuesday.
Story | Conversation | December 08, 2009Where 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, 2009Schneider, Phillies agree to deal
Associated PressFree-agent catcher Brian Schneider and the Phillies agreed to a $2.75 million, two-year contract.
Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009Average salary just short of $3 million
Associated PressThe average baseball salary fell just short of $3 million this year, with the percentage increase slowing to its lowest level since 2004.
Story | Conversation | November 30, 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
Selig: Some teams lost money in '09
Associated PressSome teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Holliday vs. Bay: D is the difference
Jay Jaffe, Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus analyzes the defensive aptitude of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. The outcome? Holliday is clearly more valuable, but a fit is easier to find for Bay.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 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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