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"Grant Balfour, RHP: Oakland's closer situation has been a mess at times this season. Balfour began the year with the gig, but he was replaced in May by Brian Fuentes, who was replaced by Ryan Cook, who was replaced by Balfour (again) in mid-August. The 34-year-old has been much better his second time around, converting 15 straight save attempts while fanning 21 in 18 2/3 innings. Balfour's velocity has dipped to 92-93 in recent years, which means he's relying on offspeed stuff more than ever. After throwing about 80% fastballs for his career, Balfour is down to 69.6% this season, but his slider has never been better."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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