Earlier the week, news trickled out that the Nationals were interested in free agent closer Grant Balfour, a veteran reliever who could, as General Manager Mike Rizzo likes to say, help strengthen a strength. We explored in this space why Balfour would be a fit for the Nationals. And, given the fact the Baltimore Orioles and Balfour nearly completed a two-year, $15-million deal, the right-handed reliever could come at an affordable price and length of contract.