Dan Haren signed to extension

The Diamondbacks and right-hander Dan Haren have agreed to a $44.75 million contract extension that runs through 2012 and includes a club option for 2013, a deal that will be announced today at a 3 p.m. news conference at Chase Field. The contract, which nullifies Haren’s previous deal, is worth $41.25 million over the next four seasons and includes a $15.5 million option for 2013 with a $3.5 million buyout.Haren will be paid $7.5 million in 2009, $8.25 million in ’10, $12.75 million in ’11 and $12.75 million in ’12.

I'm thrilled to see him get signed up long-term. Now let's get Webb an extension too, and we're a long-term threat to this division.

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Beat ya

but I’ll go ahead and delete mine, no point spamming the board.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 5, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

D'oh, sorry!

Forgot to check before I posted.

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by kishi on Aug 5, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do we get a discount for last night?

:-) I’m very please to see this news. Though here’s hoping he ends up doing better than the other recent long-term contracts we’ve signed, e.g. Byrnes, Tracy, Young…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 5, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’d say one big difference is that Haren’s earned the big money. =)

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by kishi on Aug 5, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tracy earned it too,

with his big 2005. He’s also our only LH slugger. And I still like the CY deal, even though he’s underperformed this year.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good for Haren

But I am more concerned about the extension (or lack thereof) for Webb. Webb’s few comments/quotes in the paper and the tone of his voice on the radio when he said he wasn’t going to negotiate any more during the season and that if things didn’t get done in the off-season he would just test free agency scare me. Eek!

by TwinnerA on Aug 5, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Me too

I really hope the DBacks find some way to make a deal with Webb. Getting Haren to stick around is nice. He has had a great season, and was pretty good in Oakland. But, Webb has been fantastic for our team for years and has proved himself to be one of the best pitchers in the league. If the DBacks let him get to free agency, we can kiss him goodbye. I have this nightmare of the pitching starved Yankees snatching him up. Ick.

But anyway, Haren has pitched great this year and I am happy to see him rewarded.

by SongBird on Aug 5, 2008 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And actually...

I have a question now. If the DBacks are paying this much for Haren, how much would they have to pay Webb to get him to stay? I wonder how far apart Webb and the team were in their negotiations. I mean, this seems like a good deal for Haren. How much is Webb wanting?

by SongBird on Aug 5, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this should help not hurt

it’s really not that much cash, considering… and locking up a pitching-mate for Webb should provide incentive for him that the D-Backs are serious about their future.

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 5, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point

I was just thinking that it shows commitment, and Webb knows he won’t be forced to plow a lonely furrow, like Johnson in 2004.

Oh, and I hid your fanpost [and the resulting apology!] on the topic, just in case you’d wondered where it had gone. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Aug 6, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, Webb said on the radio that they had agreed to the money in a new deal already, but there were some other issues they hadn’t agreed on yet. I hope that means they are close and can get the deal done as soon as the season ends. It would be pretty great to have Webb and Haren here for a few years to come.

by SongBird on Aug 6, 2008 2:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that would be great news. any link to that interview?

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 6, 2008 6:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I idn't hear the radio interview

but this article was at AZ Central this morning.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 6, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's the story

at Dbacks.com

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorta wondering

whether they were talking about incentives, or something like that. For example, if Webb wanted a bonus for winning the World Series or the Cy Young or something, since the Byrnes administration doesn’t do incentives.

Anyway, I am a bit alarmed, since he seemed a little miffed at the FO.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Jim.
The only thing that my post might have made clearer was the comparative dollars and cents. Basically, we’re paying $2.5M more next year, $1.5M more in 2010, and then we’re able to lock up Haren for three years at just under $13M per. This makes a ton of sense to me. Haren may not be a $20M per guy on the open market, but he’s certainly a guy who would fetch upwards of $15M per. Well done Byrnes. Well done.

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 6, 2008 6:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

This deal makes a ton of sense for the Dbacks. I only hope there’s no jealousy from Webb’s end.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't feel

That Webb is really the jealous type, somehow… If he’s jealous of that deal, I’m also pretty sure the D-backs would give him exactly the same one!

by Jim McLennan on Aug 6, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure

the Dbacks would sign Webby to the same deal in a heartbeat. I don’t really think Webb is the jealous type either, but he might feel a bit put out that the Dbacks completed an extension with the traded-for Dan Haren before their native son, Brandon Webb.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Updated the post

With more details of the deal. It replaces his previous contract, which gave him a salary of $5.5 million in 2009 with a $6.75 million option for 2010, so he’s getting a bump in those two years as well. I presume that’s the price you pay for the extension…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 5, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs