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Grant Balfour, A's Reportedly Have Deal

Grant Balfour apparently has found a home for 2011 and beyond. The free-agent reliever has agreed to a multiyear deal with the Athletics pending a physical, according to multiple reports. Balfour will make $3.75 million in 2011 and $4 million in 2012, The Associated Press reports, with a $4.5 million club option for 2013...

Before Spring Comes, Here Are Top 7 Storylines to Watch

This year's Baseball Hall of Fame induction class is complete, most of the big free agents are off the board and the NFL playoffs are in full swing. Yes, spring training is close. But before we get to the palm trees, pitcher's fielding practice and split squad games, there are a few more loose ends to tie up in the...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Cardinals

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 19th episode of Fix My Team,...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Rockies

Jim Hickey's Grappling Skills Knock Grant Balfour Out for 4-6 Weeks

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...

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05/20/12 Oakland A's Doomed by Questionable Call in 4-0 Loss to... Source: CBS - KPIX 5 - San Francisco CA Either Ryan Vogelsong is secretly a comic book superhero, or he just may be the beneficiary of one of the more favorable calls of the 2012 MLB season.
05/17/12 Game 39: A's Overcome Bad Call and Rangers to Win 5-4... Source: Bleacher Report Justice was delayed, but in the end, it was served in Texas.
05/16/12 Fantasy Relief: Let's be Frank about Francisco Source: CBSSports.com Mets closer Frank Francisco must be blackmailing manager Terry Collins because the veteran is somehow managing to keep his late-inning role amid his recent struggles.
05/16/12 Value Picks: Relievers for 5/16/12 by Dan Mennella Source: Baseball Prospectus The debate between the old and new schools as to the usefulness of defined bullpen roles is as strong as ever, and with such a high turnover rate in the early going of this season, both sides have had plenty of fodder to build their arguments.
05/14/12 A handful of big-name closers already demoted Source: La Crosse Tribune - La Crosse WI Closer by committee is taking on new meaning during this mix-and-match May. Big names like Heath Bell and Francisco Cordero recently lost their ninth-inning jobs.