GRANT BALFOUR RUMORS
A's P Balfour lands on 15-day DL
Oakland Athletics right-hander Grant Balfour was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique.
The A's announced the move on Tuesday, retroactive to June 22.
Trystan Magnuson was called up from Triple-A Sacramento to take Balfour's roster spot. It is his second appearance in the majors this year.
Balfour is 4-1 with two saves and a 2.48 ERA on the...
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June 28, 2011
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June 28, 2011
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Athletics and Grant Balfour close to multi-year deal
In a Tweet by Jon Paul Morosi and FOXSports, a source tells him that the Oakland Athletics are close to signing relief pitcher Grant Balfour to a multi-year deal.
The right-handed pitcher is a Type-A free agent, so the Tampa Bay Rays will benefit from additional draft picks should he sign with another team. However, the Oakland A's have a protected first-round pick because of...
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January 14, 2011
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January 14, 2011
Grant Balfour declines Rays arbitration offer
Grant Balfour is no longer a Ray.Grant Balfour has decided to decline the Rays arbitration offer. This is very surprising news for the Rays organization who believed he would sign the estimated $2 million dollar, 1-year deal for the Rays. Now as a free agent, Balfour will be able to sign with any team he chooses, but this may be hard. Balfour is considered a Type-A free agent...
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November 30, 2010
Will the Rays’ Grant Balfour accept arbitration?
There's some thought, according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin, that right-handed relief pitcher Grant Balfour will accept arbitration and return to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. Balfour is a Type-A free agent, so if he goes to another team, he'll cost them a draft pick. Topkin says that Balfour wants to return to Tampa Bay.
The 33-year-old Balfour was 2-1 with...
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November 29, 2010
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November 29, 2010
Assessing the players: Grant Balfour
What grade does Grant Balfour get?Good day mates, time for another player assessment (add Australian accent here). If you haven’t figured it out, this time we are taking a look at Aussie native Grant Balfour. Balfour had a solid season for the Rays, despite missing a large portion of the season with a back injury suffered after wrestling pitching coach Jim Hickey (yes, he...
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November 09, 2010
ALL PAIN, NO GAIN
Balfour Latest To Suffer Odd Injury
At what point, does MLB just get up and decide that all players must be frozen in carbonite except for when they have to actually play games?
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August 02, 2010
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August 02, 2010
Jim Hickey’s Grappling Skills Knock Grant Balfour Out for 4-6 Weeks
Filed under: Rays , AL East , MLB Injuries The job of a pitching coach is not only to be a teacher or a coach to his pitchers, but in some cases, a friend and a confidant. Sometimes this means that when you're warming up before a game, you have to wrestle with your players. Tampa Bay Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey was doing just that on Saturday with Rays reliever Grant Balfour...
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August 01, 2010
Rays reliever Balfour out 4-6 weeks
Tampa Bay relief pitcher Grant Balfour is out 4-6 weeks with an rib strain after he and Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey were wrestling on
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August 01, 2010
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August 01, 2010
Balfour To Miss 4-6 Weeks After “Horseplay” With Hickey
There were a lot of crazy (and highly exaggerated) stories floating around about Grant Balfour following last night’s game. And today, Balfour was placed on the DL to make room for Chad Qualls. Now we know why (via The Heater)…
Rays reliever Grant Balfour hurt (intercostal strain) as result of a freak injury, involving horseplay w/pitching coach Jim Hickey on field before...
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July 31, 2010
Is Grant Balfour Worth 2.1 Million?
Monday the Rays avoided arbitration with Grant Balfour by agreeing to a 1 year 2.1 million dollar contract with the right handed flame thrower.
The Rays need all the bullpen arms we can muster up at this point, but bringing back Balfour at 2.1 million, making him the 7th highest paid player on a team that [...]
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December 16, 2009
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