Despite losing eight of their last nine and falling to 4.5 games back of the Houston Astros in the American League West, the Seattle Mariners will still have a chance to compete for a spot in the postseason, according to Buster Olney of ESPN.
As we slowly approach the mid-season mark, the Cleveland Guardians continue to be mentioned as possible power-hitter suitors in trade talks. In a recent episode of ESPN's Baseball Tonight, both Buster Olney and Jeff Passan threw out the idea of the Guardians landing Atlanta Braves star Marcell Ozuna.
Plenty of eyes were on the New York Yankees as they disposed of the New York Mets with an 8-2 win in the finale of their three-game Subway Series battle this past Sunday.
The Milwaukee Brewers are off to a slow start in 2025. They ran away with the National League Central last season, winning 93 games during the regular season.
The Baltimore Orioles have emerged as one of the teams possibly waiting to see if the Milwaukee Brewers become sellers. It seems odd to suggest that 15-24 Baltimore (entering Monday) could be looking to buy from 20-21 Milwaukee, but ESPN’s Buster Olney linked the two clubs on Monday.
The St. Louis Cardinals continue to find themselves in trade rumors with the New York Yankees. The latest — ESPN’s Buster Olney linked St. Louis’ perennial Gold Glover to the Yanks on Monday.
On Monday, we learned that Seattle Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby will throw a live bullpen session this weekend at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Assuming Kirby feels good out of that bullpen, the M's will start figuring out the next steps.
Over the weekend, Athletics' post-game host Chris Townsend took a shot at Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez, essentially calling him overrated after Rodriguez hit a game-winning home run on Sunday.
The Seattle Mariners made the surprising decision to cut ties with veteran outfielder Mitch Haniger earlier this week, eating $15.5 million in the process.
The Boston Red Sox are in a completely different position than they were even one year ago. At this point last year, there were plenty of people who thought the Red Sox were going to finish in the last place in the American League East again.
Could the Boston Red Sox be the team to topple the juggernaut Los Angeles Dodgers in 2025? ESPN’s Buster Olney thinks so. After a busy offseason of roster
The Chicago Cubs, apparently, weren’t as close to signing free agent third baseman Alex Bregman as reported. The push for Bregman was a crazy one. Chicago showed no interest in Bregman for almost the entirety of the offseason and then, as spring training approached, they were suddenly in hot pursuit of the veteran star and former Houston Astro.
As baseball is gearing up for the new season, ESPN's Buster Olney has published the names of top 10 shortstops for this coming campaign, and according to him, Baltimore Orioles star Gunnar Henderson is the third-best player at the position.
The Detroit Tigers are coming off a season that saw them finish third in the American League Central and make the playoffs thanks to a torrid final six weeks of the regular season.
Manager AJ Hinch and the Detroit Tigers will enter the 2025 MLB season with high hopes of surpassing last year's divisional round playoff exit, with their
The Los Angeles Dodgers have built what appears to be an unbeatable roster, but MLB insider Buster Olney believes the blue crew won't be achieving a certain milestone next season.
ESPN analyst Buster Olney listed his "Five Most Improved MLB Teams in 2025," and the Cincinnati Reds were top on his list. "The Reds had the worst record in the majors in one-run decisions last year -- 15-28 -- and they are likely to get better merely by moving to the mean," Olney wrote.
ESPN released their new year power rankings on Friday where they asked ESPN MLB experts David Schoenfield, Buster Olney and Jesse Rogers to rank every team in baseball based on a combination of what they've seen so far this offseason and what we already knew from 2024.
The Toronto Blue Jays have been linked to one of the best power-hitting free agents this coming off-season. No, it’s not the Juan Soto report from a few weeks ago.
A collision with the outfield wall left him with a right high ankle sprain back on July 21, and he was placed on the IL a couple of days later.
ESPN MLB insider Buster Olney suggested that he's not shocked New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz suffered a sticky-stuff ejection in the ninth inning of what became New York's 5-2 win at the Chicago Cubs on Sunday evening.
An old tweet sent by Buster Olney has gone viral in response to the news of Jackson Holliday’s call-up to the majors.
The New York Mets are concerned over how star closer Edwin Diaz will be used in the World Baseball Classic when he competes for Puerto Rico, according to ESPN's Buster Olney.
It was reported before Judge set a new AL single-season record of 62 home runs that the four-time All-Star selection could earn up to $375 million over 10 years via his next contract.
Baseball fans who stayed up extra late on Sunday night in hopes of seeing New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge get one last crack at hitting his 61st home run of the season were left disappointed, as the contest against the Boston Red Sox was called after six innings, resulting in a 2-0 New York victory.
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