A chip-cashing trade
Buster OlneyThe trade will include big names and first-round picks when it is finally completed. Curtis Granderson is an All-Star with some major numbers and a su...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Cashman casts praise far and wide
Buster OlneyAs the Yankees' players hopped happily in the middle of the infield late Wednesday, in the first moments after winning the World Series, plastic glass...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009
The Cubs share in Bradley's failure
Buster OlneyThe Cubs finally had had enough with Milton Bradley, who almost certainly will never play another game in their uniform. The organization is ready to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 21, 2009
Trevor Hoffman's tour of Memphis
Buster OlneyMilwaukee general manager Doug Melvin wrote in an e-mail posted here Monday that Trevor Hoffman is the Cal Ripken of pitchers, in the way that he prep...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2009
How Wagner shifted the market
Buster OlneySometime Tuesday morning, the reality of Billy Wagner's circumstances broadsided him. Regardless of whether he stayed with the Mets or not, Wagner alm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 26, 2009
The New York Mets' guru problem
Buster OlneyA constant challenge for those who worked for George Steinbrenner when he ran the Yankees was to try to keep track of who had his ear and happened to ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 26, 2009
Diminished skills aside, Sheff can still help Mets
Buster OlneyDarryl Strawberry's physical regression in his late 30s was evident every time he had to run in something other than a straight line -- when he pursue...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2009
Hamels among most indispensable players
Buster OlneyNow it all makes sense, a scout said Monday afternoon, after hearing that Cole Hamels has gone to Philadelphia to have his elbow examined. The scout h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 17, 2009
Deion Sanders' thoughts still heard years later
Buster OlneyLost in the fog of the A-Rod-palooza, I forgot a sacred blog tradition -- to kick off spring training by revisiting a story from many years ago. I do...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 22, 2009
Ziegler ready for second act
Buster OlneyPHOENIX -- It's been only a little more than two years since Brad Ziegler learned how to throw a baseball from down by his shoelaces, so forgive him i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 16, 2009
Positions of interest among NL teams
Buster Olney...ll need one to emerge in spring training. Milwaukee Brewers: Rotation The Brewers are confident that Yovani Gallardo will bounce back, so even with Ben Sheets and CC Sabathia's departing through free agency...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 05, 2009
At this point, Brewers very much a work in progress
Buster Olney...Brewers would probably be Carlos Villanueva. The Brewers' No. 5 starter would be Seth McClung, behind Yovani Gallardo, Jeff Suppan, Dave Bush and Manny Parra. But as Milwaukee GM Doug Melvin chatted about his...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2008Teams that still have significant holes to fill
Buster Olney...into the role of staff ace is not somebody they will acquire, but rather it's Yovani Gallardo, the power-armed youngster. But the Brewers do need a strong supporting cast in the rotation...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008Brewers' time in the spotlight has, sadly, passed
Buster Olney...up to the Cubs and other National League contenders. They need a lot more pitching, beyond Yovani Gallardo, and within a year or two, they'll probably have to trade Fielder, their first baseman...
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