J. Byrnes, Hall get 8-year extensions

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D'Backs Extend Josh Byrnes Through 2015
Published 2/21/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes doesn't have to worry about making moves with his job hanging in the balance.  Arizona extended Byrnes and President Derrick Hall through 2015 today. ...

Nick Piecoro: [Josh] Byrnes, [Derrick] Hall get 8-year extensions
Published 2/21/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Nick Piecoro: [Josh] Byrnes, [Derrick] Hall get 8-year extensions Diamondbacks General Manager Josh Byrnes and President Derrick Hall are being rewarded with contract extensions, each receiving an eight-year deal that will run through 2015. Not a bad extension for a fourth outfielder… Also, in unrelated bone-breaking news, ...

Thursday Morning Rockpile:
Published 2/21/2008 by Rox Girl <info@purplerow.com> at Purple Row
... Dan O'Dowd's former assistant Josh Byrnes got an eight year extension from the Diamondbacks to be their GM until 2015. He's made some decent trades to clear salary, but a lot of the team that went to the NLCS last season was inherited from the Garagiola regime. That's just a long commitment to me without a clear track record to say he's earned it yet, but D-backs fans seem to like the direction he's taking the team so I hope it works out for them. ...

Josh Byrnes and Derrick Hall: D-Backs 4 Life
Published 2/21/2008 by Jim McLennan <info@azsnakepit.com> at AZ Snakepit
... From the Republic: "Diamondbacks General Manager Josh Byrnes and President Derrick Hall are being rewarded with contract extensions, each receiving an eight-year deal that will run through 2015." Wow. I'm thinking this is pretty much unprecedented. I can't think of any other GMs, in particular, who have been locked in by their teams for so long. But I'm glad to hear it; there were rumblings a couple of months ago that Byrnes had been approached by another team [no-one's saying which franchise, but the Cardinals seem a possible guess]. He's done such a brilliant job in his time ...

Roundup - Howard Calims First Arbitration Win for Players
Published 2/21/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... balls continued to give him a tough time, resulting in 199 K in 2007 (most in NL) and finishing the season with a .268 average, well below his career average of .279. Howard has hit 105 bombs the last two seasons. Our Fielding Bible data shows that he still ranks among the worst first basemen in the majors defensively, posting a -5 rating and ranking 20th last season, an improvement over his 25th place finish in 2006. - Arizona GM Josh Byrnes has been handed job security with an eight-year extension to his contract , until 2015. You can see all the moves he's made since ...

This Week's Hacks
Published 2/24/2008 by Matt Scarborough at Diamondhacks
... Diamondhacks' withering assessment of the new JByrnes and Derrick Hall contracts can be found in the comments section beneath the linked Republic article. ...