Cubs and Grabow discussing multi-year deal

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<!--quoteo(post=70059:date=Nov 24 2009, 03:12 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Nov 24 2009, 03:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70058:date=Nov 24 2009, 03:07 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Nov 24 2009, 03:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70053:date=Nov 24 2009, 02:40 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Nov 24 2009, 02:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->That's my biggest beef too. Soriano should have gotten 5-6 years max, and Bradley 1-2 years. Hendry seems to love tacking on an extra 2-3 years (in the case of guys like Miles and Blanco 1 year) to otherwise reasonable contracts. I don't even take issue with the amount we pay our players per annum, but it's the contract lengths that are head scratchers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

If I remember correctly, either the angels or Astros were offering 7 years as well. That is why Hendry bumped it up by a year. But again, none of us KNOWS what happened.
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That is true. I just remember a lot of speculation revolved around most teams offering 5-6 years. We'll never know for sure though.
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The only reason Im fairly confident those offers were there was the fact that Hendry actually upped his offer from 7 years to 8 years. Even if you despise Hendry, you'd have to admit he would at least need SOME reason to do that.