Red Sox/Dustin Pedroia in extension talks; $100 million???

espnboston.com / 7-20-13

BOSTON -- Last month, Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said it was only a matter of time before the Red Sox renewed talks that began last winter with Dustin Pedroia regarding a contract extension for the second baseman.

That time has come. No sense in waiting to see what kind of dollars new agent Jay-Z commands for his hottest baseball client, Robinson Cano, who is entering free agency after the season.

According to a major league source, the Red Sox made a formal offer to Pedroia and his New York-based agents, Sam and Seth Levinson, over the All-Star break in New York, where Pedroia coincidentally replaced Cano in the American League lineup after the Yankees second baseman was struck by a pitch.

Yahoo! Sports reported the deal could be in the $100 million range and average more than $20 million a year, which by annual average value would make Pedroia the second-highest-paid middle infielder in the game's history, eclipsing the $18.9 million per-year average Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter had in the 10-year, $189 million deal he signed in 2001. (Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was still playing shortstop when he signed a 10-year, $252 million deal with the Texas Rangers in 2000.) However, Cano is expected to seek more in both dollars and years than Pedroia.

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9493898/dustin-pedroia-talks-boston-red-sox-100m-extension-report-says

The deal reportedly is for five or six years.