“Franklin had a breakthrough season last year,” GM Jack Zduriencik said in a release from the team. “But the exciting thing for us is that we believe he will only continue to get better. We feel he was the best defensive center fielder in the American League last year, and he was a huge part of the success of our pitching staff leading the AL in ERA. Offensively, his combination of speed and power is a perfect fit for our club and he is an outstanding person.”

I think everything that needed to be said was posted here and here, at least until we know the actual year-to-year breakdown.

Now let’s keep the extensions rolling…