Melvin, D-Backs agree to extension

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07/09/2006 8:01 PM ET
Melvin, D-Backs agree to extension
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com

PITTSBURGH -- The Diamondbacks have reached an agreement with manager Bob
Melvin on a two-year contract extension with an option for the 2009 season,
multiple baseball sources told MLB.com.

Negotiations began in early June, a source said, and the two sides reached
the agreement not long thereafter, but the club did not feel the timing was
right to announce it with the D-Backs in the midst of a 3-20 slump. An
announcement is expected to come next week, following Tuesday's All-Star Game.

Melvin and club officials declined to comment.

Melvin originally was signed a two-year contract with two club options in
November 2004 after the club withdrew a contract offer to Wally Backman
following the revelation of his legal troubles.

The D-Backs got off to a great start in 2005, before slumping in midseason.
They rallied in September to stay in the National League West race until the
final week of the season and their 77-85 record was good for second place,
five games behind the Padres.

Despite that, Melvin's future in Arizona was not assured since he entered
this year in the final year of his contract working for a general manager --
Josh Byrnes -- who was not with the organization when he was hired.

Byrnes and Melvin, though, seemed to hit it off from the time Byrnes was
hired in late October and built a solid relationship.

"Josh is always prepared," Melvin said earlier this season. "He always thinks
things through."

Byrnes has commented in the past how impressed he was with the Spring
Training camp Melvin ran and the way the manager goes about putting together
his lineup on a daily basis.

When asked recently if Melvin's job status was secure, Byrnes answered with
an emphatic, "Absolutely."

Melvin was the D-Backs bench coach in 2001 when the club won the World Series
and was hired to manage the Mariners in 2003. After guiding the M's to a
93-69 record in 2003 and setting a club record for most wins by a rookie
manager, the Mariners fell to 63-99 and Melvin was dismissed.

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推 mittermeyer:這個結果應該是出乎大家的意料
推 Pulsars:沒錯～之前不是美國網友還說要他跟3A教練換嗎？
推 Rioss:坦白講我不喜歡Bob Melvin XD
推 Rioss:2+1的合約包括2009club option,看來他至少跟Byrnes合作到08
推 Rioss:年,突然發現Bob Melvin的經紀人是Alan Nero:p
推 Rioss:蛇隊裡面還真不少是他的客戶XD
推 deejaylife:我願意再給他一年試試。一下子就簽兩年，太冒險了點
推 Rioss:看來他的人馬Price和Aldrete應該也會留下來
推 mittermeyer:坦白說  他今年沒犯什麼錯誤...
→ mittermeyer:除了他還是喜歡亂燒牛棚之外...不過這也沒辦法
→ mittermeyer:我們只有Webb一個人會吃局數
推 Pulsars:教練也可以被DFA嗎？XD
推 Rioss:教練不是DFA是直接fire XD
推 Pulsars:不行就掰吧，也不貴阿，跟Ortiz比起來都很便宜阿~