Stros' Extensions

[Foster]

1B Troy Smith
SP Eric Bearce
RP Matt Belisle

[Providence A's]

Smith - $2.21 mil x 2 years
Bearce - $4.45 mil x 5 years
Belisle - signed to a minor league contract

[Foster]

Sign Smith.

[Providence A's]

Smith - signed

[Foster]

Adding a bunch more here, sorry about not having them at the top.

SP J. Desantiago
LF C. Denorfia
RF D. Harrison
C L. Santangelo
MR R. Alonso

I believe that is all.

[Providence A's]

Desantiago - in prime, test market, offer?
Denorfia - $300k x 2 years
Harrison - $5.62 mil x 4 years
Santangelo - $1.8 mil x 2 years
Alonso - please let me hear your offer!

[Foster]

Sign Harrison
Sign Denorfia
Offer Desantiago $7.4 mil x 4 years
Offer Alonso $1mil x 3 years

[Providence A's]

Harrison - signed for $5.45 mil x 4 years
Denorfia - signed
Desantiago - $ not enough! Slowly, I am getting impatient.
Alonso - signed

[Foster]

Offer Desantiago $7.8mil x 4 years

[Providence A's]

$ not enough! I am pretty close to breaking off negotiations.

[Foster]

Offer $8.4mil x 4 years

[Providence A's]

Desantiago - you had your chance!

good thing he's under control since he's arby eligible. He'll be eligible for FA after next season if he stays in the majors for the whole year. He needs 138 more service days out of 172 (172 counts as a full year). You could try to trade him in the off-season and/or at the trade deadline next year. Or you could let him play it out and then send him down to AAA to prevent him from becoming a FA.

[Foster]

Thanks for that Prov.
I know I am new so any help is great.

Thanks again

[Providence A's]

not a prob...just trying to help people out.