PT TODAY: Balfour lands in Baltimore
Dec 19 2013
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| Orioles | Grant Balfour agrees | |
| The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a two-year, $14 million deal with free-agent RP Grant Balfour (Athletics) Tuesday, Dec. 17, according to a team source. He will take over as the team's new closer. Source: ESPN.com | |
| BHQ take: Balfour takes Jim Johnson's place as the BAL closer, after Johnson took over the closing gig in OAK. Balfour's 1.0 HR/9 in the comfortable confines of the O.co Coliseum (-28% LHB HR and -7% RHB HR) could become a problem in Camden Yards (+34% LHB HR and +17% RHB HR). He will be significantly challenged in BAL to continue... |
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