Grant Balfour Has Surgery on Knee – Out 4-6 Weeks

On Thursday, the A’s announced that Grant Balfour, their first option at Closer, was to go under the knife for a minor surgery on his knee.  This is by no means good news for the A’s but it certainly isn’t tragic either.  While Balfour may be ready to go for the start of the regular season, the A’s – and Balfour – would be wise to take this slow and let his leg fully recover from the surgery.  The team has two more than capable arms to fill the role for the time being in Ryan Cook and Sean Doolittle. 

As I say that, Balfour has already reported to camp today to begin rehabbing his leg.  Look, Grant has been my favorite player on the roster the past two seasons, but please do not rush back and please let the leg recover fully!  The 2013 A’s have the chance to do some magical things and need to weather the storms in the earlier parts of the season to prepare for September baseball and hopefully well beyond that!

I really hope that this does not become an omen for the 2013 club.  (Crosses fingers … please do the same!)

(Note that this plea comes from a Timberwolves fan, who has seen their current season turn into an unmitigated disaster because of injuries.)

 

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