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There's yet another contract extension coming out of Minnesota Twins camp this spring, and once again, it's not for Joe Mauer. No, this extension belongs to center fielder Denard Span who has reportedly agreed to a five-year contract extension with the club. The deal will pay Span $16.5 million over the next five seasons, and includes a club option for $9 million in 2015.This extension follows the four-year, $14-million extension that the Twins gave Nick Blackburn earlier this week, and locks up another one of their up-and-coming young stars. Span played so well in center for the Twins last season that they had no qualms with trading Carlos Gomez -- the key piece in the Johan Santana trade -- to the Milwaukee Brewers this winter.
Span, the Twins' first-round pick in the 2002 amateur draft, was the table-setter for the Twins' offense in 2009. Batting leadoff, Span hit .311 while posting an on-base percentage of .392, stealing 23 bases and scoring 97 runs. Span also drove in 68 runs, which is hard to do at the top of the order, and he covered a lot of ground for the Twins in the outfield.
Span will make $750,000 in 2010 with his salary increasing every year of the deal and finishing with a $6.5 million salary in 2014. That means that the team has bought out his remaining years of arbitration, and Span will only be 30 when he can test the free-agent waters.
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