Dodgers frozen, and falling behind
Buster OlneyThe wind here in Indianapolis shook light poles, and the snow rode the same horizontal plane as a Lincecum fastball. Winter meetings, indeed. But insi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2009
Seattle balances cash with caution
Buster Olney...trade now, but the Braves might have difficulty moving him without eating a sizable chunk of his salary. Braves GM Frank Wren told reporters that this development would not alter their team-building for 2010...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009
Why Pineiro will get his payday
Buster Olney...outside the glut of relievers (there are about 50 available) that is likely to pull down the salaries for many veterans, and outside the list of relievers available through trade (Matt Lindstrom and the Dodgers...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 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
Starters with same agents could push prices
Buster Olney...that he is signing with Seattle for less than $10 million a year tells you that the salaries for position players continue to come down. Figgins' contract is not good news for the second layer...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009
Breaking down market moves and chatter
Buster OlneyLet's pick through some recent developments in the market … Item A: The Phillies know Placido Polanco from his days with the team earlier this...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009
The Yankees' case for Halladay
Buster Olney...along, with (generally) two more years of major league service time. Both players will be eligible for salary arbitration for the first time after next season. Hughes, 23, is coming off a year in which...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009
Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display
Buster OlneyYou say you are young, and didn't see Roberto Alomar play? No problem. You get a chance to witness the brilliance of Roberto Alomar just about every ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
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
Orioles' pieces starting to fall in place
Buster Olney...so long as he is willing to take a large pay cut from his $14.8 million salary last season. 3. MacPhail thinks the market for late-inning relievers will develop slowly, but sounded confident...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 26, 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
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster OlneyThe Tigers are in cost-cutting mode and they are willing to discuss a possible trade of Miguel Cabrera, writes Lynn Henning. Set aside, for a momen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Signing Mauer a percentage play
Buster OlneyThere are a couple of Dodgers fans in Aberdeen, S.D., as I learned over the last week, and a lot of Orioles fans, because of the team's past minor lea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 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
The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings
Buster Olney...indicated to other teams a willingness -- and rival executives are reading it as a plea -- to dump salary. Among the players said to be in play: Bronson Arroyo, Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, Carlos Guillen, Brandon...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
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