2011 Texas Rangers

[Mackus]

Just checking on a few guys:
OF Brad Wilkerson
SS Joaquin Arias
SP Chaz Roe
SP Kojirou Haruhiro

[Providence A's]

Wilkerson - please let me hear your offer!
Arias - in prime, test market, offer?
Roe - same as Wilkerson
Haruhiro - is not in his final year, won't talk...

[Mackus]

Arias 4 years @ $3,500,000 per year
Roe 6 years @ $4,500,000 per year

[Providence A's]

Arias - I want more money! Slowly, I am getting impatient.
Roe - I don't want so many years! Mood not too bad, next offer.

[Mackus]

I'll hold off on Arias, I think he's got two more years of arbitration before free agency anyways.

Lets try 5 years @ $4,000,000 per year for Roe

[Providence A's]

Roe - I don't want to be tied up for so long! Mood isn't too bad, next offer.

[Mackus]

4 years @ $3,500,000

[Providence A's]

Roe - same as last time

[Mackus]

I'll wait on him then. 3 years is just the years he is arbitration eligible. I'll see what they estimate for him once he gets enough service time and then make a decision.

Thanks.

[Providence A's]

yea...the same BS happened with my soon-to-be arby guys...they all didn't want to be tied up for so long. Seems like they all want 3 year deals, which defeats the purpose of an extension through arby. It's their way of getting paid more when we don't have to pay them. I don't mind paying them more, but I want the extension to be beyond arby