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Especially when you consider that the M's usually are so tight lipped about these things. If they were working on a contract extension behind the scenes, it seems like no one would say anything. So, the fact that it got out the way it did suggests someone leaked it with a specific purpose and specific result in mind. The Griffey scenario makes sense. Braves? Mets? You have to think the Yankees are out and the Dodgers more or less done spending.