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CBeisbol · 12-19-2020, 04:44 PM

We pick up the options on all three players

Bonilla – He's been too good to just let go. We keep him for one more season, and hope he'll return to form.

Jim Gott – As mentioned before. He's slowing down, but $800,000 isn't too much to see if he has one more good year in him

Orel Hershiser – We have some discussions about a longer term deal. But, settle on the option. At least for now. With Belcher a free agent after the season, Ramon a free agent after next season. Young pitchers like the two Pedros hoping to establish themselves in the rotation. Locking up Hershiser in his late thirties isn't something that we're going to rush into. But, that doesn't mean we've cut off discussion with him either.

With the arbitration eligible players
We'd prefer to avoid arbitration and work out some deals.
We think we're pretty close with everyone except Ramon Martinez, Tony Fossas and Mike Huff.

With a Cy Young under his belt, and a solid season coming back from injury, Martinez is looking for a long term deal. We'd like to see another healthy year before we sign up long term.

Tony Fossas (along with Kent Mercker) solidfied a position that has been a bit problematic for us (left-handed relief). We remain optimistic that we'll work something out.

Huff was been a very productive backup. Not sure if a long-term deal for a backup is the direction that we want to go.

12-19-2020, 04:44 PM	#126
CBeisbol Banned Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Ban land in 3...2... Posts: 2,943	Offseason 2 - contract talk We pick up the options on all three players Bonilla – He's been too good to just let go. We keep him for one more season, and hope he'll return to form. Jim Gott – As mentioned before. He's slowing down, but $800,000 isn't too much to see if he has one more good year in him Orel Hershiser – We have some discussions about a longer term deal. But, settle on the option. At least for now. With Belcher a free agent after the season, Ramon a free agent after next season. Young pitchers like the two Pedros hoping to establish themselves in the rotation. Locking up Hershiser in his late thirties isn't something that we're going to rush into. But, that doesn't mean we've cut off discussion with him either. With the arbitration eligible players We'd prefer to avoid arbitration and work out some deals. We think we're pretty close with everyone except Ramon Martinez, Tony Fossas and Mike Huff. With a Cy Young under his belt, and a solid season coming back from injury, Martinez is looking for a long term deal. We'd like to see another healthy year before we sign up long term. Tony Fossas (along with Kent Mercker) solidfied a position that has been a bit problematic for us (left-handed relief). We remain optimistic that we'll work something out. Huff was been a very productive backup. Not sure if a long-term deal for a backup is the direction that we want to go.