Good afternoon A’s fans! I just have a little but exciting update for today as we have learned that the Athletics have officialy offered shortstop Rafael Furcal a contract offer. The deal would be for four years and pay him $40 million dollars over the four year.
You probably remember that the A’s offered Furcal four years and $9 million per year last month but he was wanting $13 million a year. Now it looks like the market has come down for the shortstops and the A’s are hoping he will take their new deal at $10 million.
As it appears right now, the A’s are the front runners to sign Furcal. The Blue Jays are dropping out of the running for him, and I don’t see the Royals spending $40 million on him. I also doubt that he goes back to the Dodgers.
