Reply With QuotePredictions. By 10 games into the season the A's will be going with a closer by committee. Balfour is not the answer.
Grant Balfour to close for A's
Interesting, let's see how he does in the role.
Predictions. By 10 games into the season the A's will be going with a closer by committee. Balfour is not the answer.
i agree, balfour won't keep the job long. his skills are in free-fall.
dobber pro 2012-2013; campbell conference
c; b richards, ribiero, desharnias, zajac
lw; sedin, e kane, pacioretty, kunitz
rw; kessel, callaghan, cole, paranteau
d; chara, seabrook, souray, leddy, markov, s elliott
g; rinne, elliott
bench; garon, giguerre, hodgson, orpik, d roy
ir; nobody, yet
He'll be fine in that role.
Keeper League:
F) N.Backstrom, E.Malkin, V.Lecavalier, P.Mueller, A.Mcdonald, B.Boyes, A.Hemsky, S.Horcoff, K.Turris, D.Jeffrey, M.Perreault, C.O'Reilly, S.Upshall, M.Erat, S.Gagne, D.Legwand D) S.Souray, M.Streit, A.Babchuk, T.Gilbert, I.Cole, J.Hillen, M.Methot G) B.Elliott, S.Varlamov, C.Ward, J.Reimer P) N.Kadri, E.Kuznetsov, S.Shirokov, V.Tarasenko, J.Blum, OEL, J.Moore, O.Pavelec
He might last, but Fautino De Los Santos will be their future closer.
these #'s concern me;
four year decline in k/9. four year decline in fb velocity. 2011 babip .232. hr/9 spike. four year ct% increase. lost considerable time to arm injuries early in his career. injured each of the last two seasons.
if i drafted balfour, i would certainly draft a handcuff, not named fuentes.
dobber pro 2012-2013; campbell conference
c; b richards, ribiero, desharnias, zajac
lw; sedin, e kane, pacioretty, kunitz
rw; kessel, callaghan, cole, paranteau
d; chara, seabrook, souray, leddy, markov, s elliott
g; rinne, elliott
bench; garon, giguerre, hodgson, orpik, d roy
ir; nobody, yet
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