Baseball Rumor News

The Arizona Republic reports that the Diamondbacks and ace Brandon Webb are once again talking contract extension. It now appears that the two sides are getting close to working out a deal.

“Yeah, some progress has been made,” Webb said. “We’ve been talking a little bit more. We’ve made some headway. We’ll see where it goes.”

The team has an option for 2010, but it makes sense that they want to lock up one of the best pitchers in the game. The Diamondbacks had made him an offer for a three year extension over the off-season, but Webb didn’t think it was enough so he called off the negotiations. With his dominating start to this year, maybe the Diamondbacks have finally decided to pony up the cash required to keep Webb around. The only problem I see with this is the timing. At this point, Webb’s value is at an all-time high. If they have him under their control for two more years, it might be a better idea to wait until he cools off a little bit. Some time in the middle of next seaon might be a more affordable way of adding years to his deal with Arizona.