Buster Blog: Franklin Gutierrez

Buster blogs about the stellar defense of Franklin Gutierrez

The internal trade deadline

...no-trade clause. The Orioles got Adam Jones, Chris Tillman and others in trading Erik Bedard to Seattle two years before his free agency, but Bedard was much less expensive in his salary than Halladay...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009

ESPN 1000, Chicago

Cubs SS Ryan Theriot reacts to Milton Bradley being traded. Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick. NFL Network's Rich Eisen. Bert Blyleven gives...

The decade's forgotten glove masters

How come great fielders are often ignored by Gold Glove voters? Stat guru Tom Tango has a theory.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2009

Defense highlights offseason moves

...the current marketplace. The Athletics, Red Sox and Mariners -- teams steeped in the use of numbers to...have shifted their focus to pitching and defense. Seattle scored fewer runs in 2009 than 2008 but...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009

...CA - MAY 27: Erik Bedard #45 of the Seattle Mariners pitches during the game against the Oakland Athletics...

Seattle Mariners Edgar Martinez rounds 3rd base after a solo...

Seattle Mariners' Edgar Martinez hits a three-run home run...

Blyleven: Health Silva's biggest question

Bert Blyleven says a healthy new Cub Carlos Silva is a 'battler.'

M's and Cubs swap headaches

Boy, talk about trading headaches. Larry Stone: The Seattle Mariners have found a way to get rid of...

ESPN 1000, Chicago

Twins television analyst Bert Blyleven joined "Waddle & Silvy" to talk about new Cubs pitcher Carlos Silva, who was acquired Friday for Milton Bradley...

...APRIL 25: Pitcher Carlos Silva #52 of the Seattle Mariners throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the...

ESPN 1000, Chicago

...opinion on Milton Bradley's departure to the Seattle Mariners

Cubs trade Bradley to Seattle

The Cubs have traded Milton Bradley to the Mariners for Carlos Silva.

Mariners, Rangers in running for Bradley

The Seattle Mariners have emerged as a new suitor for the Cubs' Milton Bradley.