Cameron centered on the playoffs
Buster OlneyA longtime NL advance scout watched Mike Cameron late in the 2009 season and came away thinking that even at age 36, Cameron remains one of the game's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 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
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, 2009Sheets' plan: 100 percent by spring
Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.comAgent Casey Close said that pitcher Ben Sheets is doing "very well" in his rehab from flexor tendon surgery and plans to be 100 percent by the start of spring training.
Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009Do you want Milton Bradley back?
Richard Durrett...There's a reason Chicago wants him out badly enough to pay a good chunk of his salary. I don't think we need to recount it all here, but you take a risk that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 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
Do you still want Ben Sheets? I do
Richard Durrett...failed a physical prior to the 2009 season), I'd write the check as long as the salary was reasonable and included plenty of incentives and not guaranteed money to protect the club should he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 25, 2009Walk-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
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
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
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