COLLIN BALESTER RUMORS
White Sox 8, Rangers 4
Newly acquired Conor Gillaspie homered off Collin Balester in the sixth inning, helping the Chicago White Sox beat Texas 8-4 Wednesday and drop the Rangers to 0-5 in spring training.
Acquired Friday from San Francisco for minor league pitcher Jeff Soptic, Gillaspie had four RBIs Tuesday aghainst the Rangers.
Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer against left-hander Robbie Ross, and...
Via AP on Fox
February 27, 2013
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Tigers designate Collin Balester for assignment
The Detroit Tigers designated right handed pitcher Collin Balester for assignment according to the team official Twitter account.
Balester, 25, went 2-0 with a 6.50 ERA, 2.5 HR/9, 5.5 BB/9 and 6.0 SO/9 in 18.0 innings with the Tigers in 2012.
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TigsTown Transaction Blog: Balester DFA'd
Stay current with all the roster movement and personnel decisions with the TigsTown Transaction Blog. Collin Balester will be designated for assignment and Quintin Berry will be called up on Wednesday.
Via tigers.scout.com
May 23, 2012
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Balester seeking fresh start with Tigers
Manager Jim Leyland already had a good reason to like new reliever Collin Balester.
"He married a girl from Perrysburg, Ohio, my hometown," Leyland said. "So he can't be all bad."
Balester agreed it was unusual that his wife Ashley already had that connection with his new manager.
"She went to Ohio State and I met her when I was playing in Columbus...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
February 28, 2012
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Transaction Blog: Tigers Acquire Balester
Stay current with all the roster movement and personnel decisions with the TigsTown Transaction Blog. The Tigers exchanged right-handed relievers with the Washington Nationals on Friday, acquiring Collin Balester for Ryan Perry.
Via tigers.scout.com
December 10, 2011
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Plan C? Farewell to Collin Balester and his mustache.
(Up above, maybe the first photographic evidence of Collin Balester's mustache, circa February 2010. Photo courtesy of DC Sports Bog -- via CSN Washington's Kelli Johnson)
Godspeed, Collin Balester. Welcome, Ryan Perry.
So maybe Mike Rizzo's first move of the offseason really was all about roster flexibility. Or maybe, after a lost week in Dallas, it...
Nationals trade Balester to Tigers for Perry
The Washington Nationals have traded right-handed pitcher Collin Balester to the Detroit Tigers for right-handed pitcher Ryan Perry, the team announced via a press release.
Balester was orginally an Expo and had a 5-16 record with a 5.17 ERA in 62 games (22 starts) for the Nationals from 2008-2011. The 24-year-old Perry was 5-6 with a 4.07 ERA in 149 relief appearances for the...
Tigers acquire Balester from Nationals
The Tigers have acquired pitcher Collin Balester from the Washington Nationals in exchange for right-hander Ryan Perry.
Via Miami Herald
December 09, 2011
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Tigers exchange relievers with Nationals
The Detroit Tigers have exchanged arms with the Washington Nationals in a deal announced by the team Friday evening.
The Tigers sent former first-round draft pick Ryan Perry to the Nationals in exchange for right-hander Collin Balester.
Perry, drafted by the Tigers in 2008, spent the majority of 3 seasons with the club showing flashes of potential at times while appearing wild...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
December 09, 2011
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Here's video of Michael Morse's home run on Friday, as seen on TV in Taiwan
Above, video of Michael Morse (as seen on TV in Taiwan) absolutely destroying a baseball on Friday: a solo shot to center in the 3rd inning of the third game of the Taiwan All-Star series.
Translation? Beast Mode.
(Oh hey, look, Collin Balester earned the Curly W for MLB in Game 3!)
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