Jim Peltz at the Los Angeles Times reported Monday night that Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley and the team have reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract extension worth at least $30 million.
Dodgers, Chad Billingsley Reportedly Agree To Contract Extension
Meanwhile, Tony Jackson at ESPN LA reported that despite multiple sources confirming the deal, Billingsley refused to confirm it.
“We’re talking, yeah,”‘ Billingsley said. “[But] nothing is done, and nothing is signed.”
Jackson’s sources claim the deal is for more than $30 million through 2014 with a possible option for 2015.
Billingsley, 26, was eligible for arbitration for the second time. He was paid $3.85 million in 2010. He and the Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing in January when Billingsley signed a one-year, $6.275-million contract.
Billingsley was 12-11 with a 3.57 earned-run average in 2010 and enters 2011 with a career record of 59-41 and a 3.55 ERA. He was a first-round pick of the Dodgers in 1993 and says he “love what this organization stands for.”
Keep an eye on negotiations with Dodger blog True Blue LA.
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