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Buzz: If Deadline Passes, Extension Likely

by D.J. Short on February 1st, 2008 at 4:46 pm

According to SI.com’s Jon Heyman, via WFAN, should the Mets fail to complete a contract with LHP Johan Santana before today’s 5 p.m. EST deadline, they will likely be granted an extension.

Likewise, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com writes that Major League Baseball would ‘almost certainly’ grant an extension should the two sides fail to reach an agreement by 5 p.m.

Rosenthal quotes a source close to the negotiations as saying…

“We’ve still got a ways to go, but we’re in a lot better position than we were a few days ago.”