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Olney On Offseason, Athletics, Red Sox

ESPN's Buster Olney dishes hot stove opinions and rumors...

• In today's blog, Olney says some folks see the fairly expensive deals given to mid-level free agents Ted Lilly and Brandon Inge as a sign that teams will spend aggressively this offseason.  Olney feels that this forecast might make certain club options, like those of David Ortiz and Mark Ellis, more palatable.
• Final decisions aren't due yet, but Olney tweets that his sources expect the Athletics to pick up the 2011 options on Ellis ($5.5MM net) and Coco Crisp ($5.25MM net).  Based on the free agent market for center fielders, the Crisp option is looking like a good deal.
• Olney tweets that Boston's next pitching coach "may well be Curt Young, who turned down a two-year offer to stay with Oakland."  Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote recently that the A's offered Young a one-year deal.  Young interviewed with the Red Sox today, reports WEEI's Alex Speier, and was the most impressive external candidate so far.

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