A's offer monster contract to Beltre

[love_that_reefer]

According to Enrique Rojas of ESPN.com, the Athletics offered Adrian Beltre a five-year, $64 million contract.
That's more like it. In fact, this is the same exact contract Beltre signed with the Mariners when he cashed in on an MVP-caliber season with the Dodgers in 2004. Beltre's representation will obviously do their due diligence here, but if true, this is a pretty nice offer for someone who turns 32 in April.

Holy shit! The A's aren't ****ing around this offseason. Getting Beltre would be huge for the A's for many reasons: the Angels love and want him, great defense and of course the offense. If he accepts this the A's will say bye bye to Encarnacion and Kouzmanoff. Adding DeJesus and Beltre improves this team dramatically. It will be interesting to see what the Red Sox and Angels do from here because five years is a long contract and I'm not sure a lot of teams are willing to go that long and I don't blame them but the A's have to do what they can to lure big names like that to Oakland.

[Providence A's]

Supposedly, he wants a Tori Hunter contract (5 years, $90 mil). Twitter / Jon Heyman: it appears the comp being ...

[K-Zone]

Supposedly, he wants a Tori Hunter contract (5 years, $90 mil). Twitter / Jon Heyman: it appears the comp being ...

He is definitely smoking something if he thinks he is going to get that sort of contract.

[Providence A's]

If the A's truly offered 5 years / $64 mil, then that's pretty good for Beltre. He turns 32 in April. I hope the A's get him, but he chose the Red Sox over the A's last year. The A's offered more money and more years than the Sox. This offer is greater than the one they made last season.

[love_that_reefer]

I think I read yesterday that the Saux weren't going to go past four years so this offer might take them out of the running. Plus Beltre has to see the great pitching the A's have and how they added DeJesus. Beltre, Pennington, Ellis and Barton make for one of the best fielding infields in all of baseball, making that pitching staff even better.

[K-Zone]

5 years may be a bit much, but the 64 million is OK. Not 90 million.

[realmofotalk]

He'll revert back to shitty Beltre once he signs his final big contract.

and **** Fred Claire for having turned down the chance to trade a then-unproven Beltre to re-acquire Pedro Martinez from Montreal.

[GiantsFanatic]

So in other words, Beltre could be AJ Burnett as a batter.

[Trendy Bastard]

So in other words, Beltre could be AJ Burnett as a batter.

Or he could be the Beltre after signing his first big contract.

[Porter]

Did he not learn after signing in Seattle. Hes a better fit for Fenway than Oakland.

[realmofotalk]

The whole purpose of his great season for the Red Sox is to maximize what will be his last big contract. Whether that lands him in a hitter-friendly home ballpark where he can replicate his 2010 stats is probably of secondary concern to him.