[情報] Padres closing in on Peavy extension
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It was during a ceremony at PETCO Park last month when National League
Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy told anyone who would listen that he "wants
to be a Padre for my [entire] career."
He just might get that wish.
A day before the start of the Winter Meetings in Nashville, the Padres
and Peavy were reportedly close to agreeing to a three-year extension that
would keep the 26-year-old right-hander in San Diego through 2012.
"I would say we're making progress," said Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod.
"It's pretty encouraging."
A report on FoxSports.com indicated that the Padres and Axelrod were
close to a three-year extension that would be worth between $17 million
and $17.5 million per year with an option for a fourth year.
San Diego general manager Kevin Towers and Peavy weren't available for
immediate comment late Sunday.
Axelrod said Peavy was returning early to his Alabama home from a hunting
trip.
That the Padres and Peavy's camp were talking isn't exactly news, as
the two sides have had discussions since Peavy won the Cy Young Award last
month.
On Friday, Towers told reporters that his contact with Axelrod about
Peavy was "almost daily," and that "as of now, we're moving toward an
extension."
Peavy's contract would be the largest in franchise history, surpassing
the four-year $34 million contract Phil Nevin signed in 2001.
Peavy, the unanimous winner of the Cy Young Award after leading the
National League in victories (19), strikeouts (240) and ERA (2.54), is
currently under contact through the 2009 season.
Peavy will earn $6.5 million next season with the Padres holding an $11
million option on him for 2009.
Now it appears that Peavy -- the team's 15th-round pick in the 1999
First-Year Player Draft -- will be in San Diego long after his current
deal expires.
"I know what I can get on the open market, but if I get to the open market,
it won't be about the money," Peavy said last month. "This team has given me
financial security for this Alabama boy's life. I'm very comfortable to be
where I'm at."
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