Rays sign Grant Balfour!!!

[Melonhead1991]

Just say on the Rays Facebook page they signed Balfour, 2-years $12 million! :flex:

[Tugarpj]

Great pickup for them.

[Cubs]

Id take that

[seancoyle]

Mets made the exact same offer :(

[Tugarpj]

Mets made the exact same offer :(

Climate and playoff hopes probably swayed him.

[XL5]

Climate and playoff hopes probably swayed him.

That or not having to deal with the NY Daily Post back page "puns" every time he walked someone.

[Haze28]

I like it!!!!!!!!

[Tugarpj]

That or not having to deal with the NY Daily Post back page "puns" every time he walked someone.

Yep. That too. You have to want to play in NY to put up with the scrutiny, but he sure seems the type that would thrive on that. I could see front page photos of him flipping off the media, fans, teammates lol.

[jeffmagley]

I think its a good fit

[toppsfan]

Yep. That too. You have to want to play in NY to put up with the scrutiny, but he sure seems the type that would thrive on that. I could see front page photos of him flipping off the media, fans, teammates lol.

Took me a moment... Grant BALLFOUR hah! It's so sad that New York media in General is so negatively received, because the Times is a fantastic paper.

[Jaypers]

And they did this the day after trading for Brad Boxberger. Uh huh.

The funny part is, this announcement was billed as "significant" by their PR department. Uh huh.

[Djameson79]

Did Baltimore ever disclose what exactly happened with Balfour's physical?

Probably can't due to legal reasons/union rules, I assume.

[kream88]

^Claimed they were worried about knee and wrist problems.