After fielding just a couple of offers, the club reversed course and decided that they would be best served by going back to Noboru's agent and seeing if they couldn't close the deal on a shorter contract. They were surprised and delighted when it took just one offer to get it done.
04/25/2006 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $58,000,000 with the Las Vegas Hustlers organization.
Four years, $14.5 million per season. Seems reasonable enough for a player that was the first #1 pick of the "new era" (10th overall in 1995) and has become the face of the Hustlers. He's not a vocal leader but he's the picture of consistency, never batting lower than .312 in a season (last year's .312 was his career low). Noboru is also a versatile fielder, a Gold Glove level second baseman and an acceptable shortstop.
Barring injury, he should get his 2000th hit in the middle of this extension and then it'll be up to Mother Nature to see if he has a chance at 3000.
Based on his age, your player can be expected to play for 6 more years, at an average of 168.3 per year. At that rate, he will finish at 2503 for his career. He has a 17 percent chance to reach 3000.
