Ryan Braun Signs Extension With Brewers

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Breaking: Braun signs eight-year deal (seven-year extension)
Published 5/15/2008 by Tyler (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
One of the main Brewers concerns has been addressed today. Less than a week after RFB posted a rumor of an extension, Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has reportedly signed a seven-year, $45MM extension with the organization. The record-setting deal for a player with zero to three years experience is considered by the team to span eight years, but includes this season. No word on whether these new terms will augment his $455,000 salary for 2008. More HERE and HERE. Braun, 24, is considered to have "zero-plus" seasons of big league experience, and would not have ...

Ryan Braun Extension
Published 5/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
It's apparently happening today. Details coming in over at MLB Trade Rumors. Eight years (including 2008, because there's a bonus to be paid immediately) totalling something like $47M, with fancy-schmancy escalator clauses and other NFL-sounding things. Upshot: two years of free agency bought out for the Brewers, riches secured for Braun, and everyone can now commence having the same conversation about risk vs. reward that we had when Longoria and Peavy and all of the others signed their deals. ...