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Red Sox	27	17	0.5
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Grant Balfour

Birthdate: 12/30/1977 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-2/200 Position: P
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5/18/2013: Balfour pitched a perfect ninth inning to record his seventh save of the season and preserve the A's win over the Royals on Friday.

5/5/2013 - Bullpen Report: May 5, 2013 by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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2/22/2013 - Athletics Bullpen: Depth Chart Discussions by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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2/15/2013 - Closer Carousel Starts Early by Howard Bender (RotoGraphs)

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1/23/2013 - Rotographs Mock Draft: The Rest of the Relievers by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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9/23/2012 - Bullpen Report: September 23, 2012 by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

Standard Projections

Season	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	SO
2013	RotoChamp	2	2	3.15			30	60.0	37		21	4	22	1	58
2013	Steamer	3	2	3.44	49	0	23	54.0	49	23	21	6	21	1	51
2013	Bill James	5	3	2.22	75	0	35	77.0	53			6	28	1	83
2013	Oliver	5	2	2.82				64.0	50	21	20	4	23	1	59
2013	ZiPS	3	2	3.14	61	0		57.3	47	21	20	5	21	0	57
2013	All Fans (10)	4	3	2.69	62	0	27	62.0	55	20	19	5	21	2	59
2013	Other Fans (8)	4	2	2.82	60	0	23	60.0	53	20	19	5	20	2	57
2013	Team Fans (2)	4	4	2.25	71	0	43	71.0	61	19	18	6	23	2	71

Advanced Projections

Season	Type	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	FIP
2013	RotoChamp	8.70	3.30	2.64	0.60	.179	0.98	.229		3.11
2013	Steamer	8.50	3.52	2.42	1.02	.241	1.28	.294	77.2 %	3.92
2013	Bill James	9.70	3.27	2.96	0.70	.196	1.05	.259		3.02
2013	Oliver	8.32	3.24	2.57	0.56	.211	1.14	.264	77.2 %	3.12
2013	ZiPS	8.95	3.30	2.71	0.79	.225	1.19	.287	77.0 %	3.34
2013	All Fans (10)	8.56	3.05	2.81	0.73	.239	1.23	.301	81.7 %	3.36
2013	Other Fans (8)	8.55	3.00	2.85	0.75	.239	1.22	.300	80.9 %	3.38
2013	Team Fans (2)	9.00	2.92	3.09	0.76	.234	1.18	.299	86.3 %	3.25

Value Projections

Season	Type	Start-IP	Relieving	Relief-IP	RAR	WAR
2013	All Fans (10)	-6.0	9.3	68.0	9.3	1.0
2013	Other Fans (8)	-6.0	8.7	66.0	8.7	0.9
2013	Team Fans (2)	-7.0	12.5	78.0	12.5	1.3

Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:18 AM ET

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