It is always sad when the Tampa Bay Rays need to get rid of a player. For some, like Grant Balfour, he has to wonder whether his successful career has reached the end of the line. For minor leaguers like Mikey O’Brien, meanwhile, they can’t know how many more chances they are going to get. There are always a multiplicity of questions following a release or trade, and several Rays will need to answer them for themselves in the coming days and weeks.
Grant Balfour was doing fine at Triple-A Durham.