Sources: Johnson on Yankees' radar
Buster Olney, ESPN The MagazineWith the Yankees' negotiations with Johnny Damon seemingly at a standstill as of Wednesday evening, the team is pursuing negotiations with free agent Nick Johnson, sources say.
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
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
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
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
Hermida'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
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
Cleveland, 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
Type 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
Duensing 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
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