102 Results for sean burnett

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Washington Nats

Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus and Insider staff, ESPN Insider

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the Washington Nationals in 2009.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Hiring Hinch in line with Arizona's philosophy

There are only a handful of major league managers who are under contract through the 2012 season, and one of them is someone who, until Friday night, ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 09, 2009

If You're Hardcore: Potential Padres starting options

Will Harris, Special to ESPN.com

Will Harris looks at potential options for the Padres' fifth starter, a decent low-end option in NL-only leagues.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 09, 2008

Nats' Park very much Washington

There was a debate about what material should be used in the construction of the Nationals' new park, and whether it should be built in a style simila...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 29, 2008

Potent offense will drive Yankees

The Yankees scored 504 runs in the last 76 games last year, after Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano emerged from early-season slumps, after Johnny Damon b...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2008

Moyer's deceptive legs

Pitching is really all about deception, Jamie Moyer said the other day, sitting in front of his locker in Clearwater, Fla. He cited an example from th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2008

Upton's waiting game pays off

B.J. Upton had already pulled a home run down the left-field line against the Yankees' Kei Igawa on April 23, 2007. And when he shot a double down the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2008

Rays have a fine system in place

You find yourself talking much more deliberately when speaking with the muscle behind the Tampa Bay … Rays' … system of $1 fines. You feel a...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 13, 2008

Nix creates an opportunity

Jayson Nix played six seasons in the minor leagues without reaching the big leagues, his offensive production holding him back. So last year, playing ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2008

Pettitte still the tiebreaker

...have hired Baseball America editor Chris Kline as a scout, Dejan Kovacevic writes within this piece. Sean Burnett still has a chance to make the Pittsburgh rotation. • Erik Bedard is still sitting at...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 07, 2008

Brewers on the upswing

The Brewers won more games in 2007 than in any season since 1992, a year of remarkable growth. And yet, as Milwaukee talent evaluators have reviewed t...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 09, 2008

The Big Rotowski: Go Get 'Em Rook

Christopher Harris, ESPN.com

Christopher Harris evaluates how good rookie pitching can be when called up midseason.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | April 23, 2007

Cockcroft: Pittsburgh Pirates preview

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan Cockcroft previews the 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates from a fantasy angle.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | February 20, 2007

'One of the luckiest people on the earth'

Peter Gammons, Special to ESPN.com

Returning from a near-fatal aneurysm, Peter Gammons salutes the many who cared for him during his recovery.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 19, 2006

FLB: Forty-Man Madness

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN Fantasy Games

Tristan Cockcroft discusses some players who will get the call when rosters expand.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 31, 2006