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Now that the winter meetings have concluded, Buster Olney answers 10 questions. The first: Was Albert Pujols an impulse buy for the Los Angeles Angels?

Blog | Conversation | December 12, 2011

Free-agent left-handed starter C.J. Wilson said his agent, Bob Garber met with Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels on Tuesday night.

When the Milwaukee Brewers traded Brett Lawrie to the Toronto Blue Jays at the winter meetings, many believed Toronto was just getting another prima donna player. But the infielder is impressing his coaches this spring in adapting to a new position.

Blog | Conversation | March 13, 2011

Bud Selig talks about parity, but winter moves shift the power in baseball even more firmly to the east. A salary cap or other equalizing measure would limit the ability of its biggest, most watched teams to dominate.

Tuesday was a day for rumors and developments at baseball's Winter Meetings. Wednesday was a day for action. The most noteworthy thing to happen today is that both Chicago teams resolved their first base situations. The Chicago White Sox re-signed...

Buster Olney blogs from the first day of the winter meetings by looking at the Jayson Werth deal -- which may have said more about Scott Boras than about Werth -- and then looking at the markets for Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre off that deal.

Blog | Conversation | December 06, 2010

Buster Olney writes of the Derek Jeter deal, which may be the end of the innocence for him and the Yankees. Plus: The state of the market pre-Orlando, including the Orioles and Blue Jays as potential buyers.

Blog | Conversation | December 05, 2010

Scott Boras still exists on a higher plane of talent representation, which covers for his more prominent blunders in recent years. Plus, an argument for 2004 as baseball's greatest year of the decade and news, notes and analysis from around MLB.

Blog | Conversation | December 29, 2009

Where will Roy Halladay end up? What if the Cards decide they can't afford Matt Holliday? Who are the Red Sox targeting? These are among the most prominent unresolved questions coming out of the winter meetings.

Blog | Conversation | December 12, 2009

As other teams excitedly move in and out of deals and trades, sift through the vast market and seek to create a sense of optimism heading into the new year, the Dodgers are sitting out in the cold, paralyzed and seemingly lifeless. But for how long?

Blog | Conversation | December 10, 2009

Buster Olney discusses where MLB stands as the 2009 winter meetings arrive. Who needs to buy, who needs to sell and honestly, will anything happen with Roy Halladay?

Blog | Conversation | December 06, 2009

Whether it's a blockbuster deal or free agency, the winter meetings has something for everyone.

by Doug Mittler SportsTicker Baseball Editor ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Baseball's winter meetings made up for lost time today with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays taking part in a rare four-team trade and signing free agent slugger Greg Vaughn. D...

by Doug Mittler SportsTicker Baseball Editor ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Baseball's winter meetings made up for lost time today with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays taking part in a rare four-team trade and signing free agent slugger Greg Vaughn. D...

by Doug Mittler SportsTicker Baseball Editor ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Baseball's winter meetings made up for lost time today with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays taking part in a rare four-team trade and signing free agent slugger Greg Vaughn. Af...

by Doug Mittler SportsTicker Baseball Editor ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Baseball's winter meetings made up for lost time today with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays taking part in a rare four-team trade and signing free agent slugger Greg Vaughn. A...