Milwaukee Brewers and Zack Greinke put the extension talk on hold –MLB UPDATE
The Milwaukee Brewers and the starter Zack Greinke’s agent have reportedly suspended the talks about the contract extension. An official confirmation, which was awaited, came in the form of the team general manager Doug Melvin’s statement.
"We're going to let it rest right now," Melvin said.
This is a rather interesting development. The contract extension talk has seen some progress and concomitant delay in the past as well. Greinke, back then, was directly dealing the whole issue both with the team’s general manager and Mark Attanasio, the principal owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The tabling of the talk at this juncture does not necessarily mean that it has been permanently shelved. It is rather tentative. As to when will it be scheduled is something that cannot be said with certitude at this point in time.
Currently the player is in the last year of his four-year contract that he had signed with the Milwaukee Brewers. He will reportedly earn around $13.5 million. The fact that he has remained the Cy Young Award winners will make him one of the most sough-after pitchers once his contract with the Brewers expires.
Back in March, Greinke had this to offer when he was inquired about the status and the future of the contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, as he had no agent. While free agency may well be a good thing, he has an altogether different view to share.
"Free agency, I think it could be kind of neat," he had said. "There could be positives to it, and then there could be negatives. It's not like everyone who gets to free agency it ends up working perfectly for them and everything comes true that they want. Sometimes it ends up backfiring on you and you would have been better off signing with the team."
With 3.82 ERA with which he has started this new season, it will be interesting to see how potent and effective he remains as the starter for the team as the season proceeds. If he vitalizes the rotation further, the Brewers will indeed redouble the effort to get the contract extended.
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