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Source: Reliever Grant Balfour is on Mets' trade radar

Originally published: July 18, 2012 9:06 PM
Updated: July 18, 2012 10:38 PM
By DAVID LENNON  david.lennon@newsday.com

Grant Balfour of the Oakland Athletics pitches against

Photo credit: Getty Images | Grant Balfour of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Texas Rangers. (July 1, 2012)

WASHINGTON -- The Mets have targeted the A's Grant Balfour as one of their potential trade options for improving the bullpen, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday.

General manager Sandy Alderson indicated a day earlier that relief help is the team's "No. 1 priority" as the July 31 non-waiver deadline draws closer and the Mets did nothing to change his mind by blowing two saves...

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