In arbiteation, I agree. But I seriously doubt either side even wants to talk extension right now. We'd want a huge discount and I'd certainly think he'd rather hit the market after a solid season, than agree on a much lesser deal right now. At least he's a guy we can be pretty sure to get a pick for if we offer a qualifier after a strong season. That's if we don't trade him at the deadline. I wish they would have traded him during this past offseason his value will likely never be higher than it was then. Yep. They took a risk and they lost. I don't blame them for asking for the moon last offseason though. And now they are in cleanup duty. Hopefully (our best bet) is for him to have an amazing first half, is the far and away best pitcher available at the deadline, and we can get a very nice package for him. He's not going to lower his demands for a contract, what happened is nothing but negative for the Cubs, there is no positive spin here.