Orioles
Will **t
Sign Grant Balfour
The
Orioles Will **t
Sign Grant Balfour, executive vice president Dan Duquette told reporters, including Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (
Twitter link). The Baltimore Sun's Dan Con**lly quotes Duquette (
via Twitter) as saying:*
"We would never say never or close the door, but we're going to turn our attention elsewhere."*Duquette said the
Orioles could look to
Sign a**ther free agent, trade for a closer or stay in-house for the closer, but they're **t done adding pitching or other pieces (
also via Con**lly).
The
Orioles agreed to terms with
Balfour on a two-year, $15MM contract earlier this week, but problems with the physical placed the contract in jeopardy. With him out of the picture, the
Orioles have reportedly begun to focus on
Fernando Rodney, with whom they should be plenty familiar following two excellent season with the division rival Rays.
