738 V2 ch210 Catch w/ Jeremy (1/2)

He came over to us. ”Hey. Sorry about that. Thanks for waiting with Jake.”

”We don't mind.” Zeke got up first and held out his hand. Jeremy shook it. ”See ya around.”

”Yea.” Jeremy looked to Noah. ”Nice running out there today. You're looking like Ricky Henderson out there.”

”Thanks. I hope I can play for the A's too.” Noah grinned.

”Well, maybe we'll be teammates then.” Jeremy grinned. ”If you get lucky.”

Noah started to get restless. ”Did you finally sign your long-term contract with the A's?? For how long? For how much?”

”Noah.” Zeke said with warning.

Jeremy laughed. ”It's fine. He can ask. It'll be public tomorrow morning anyways.” He grinned. ”The bay is my home. I'll be staying for as long as I can. The new contract is for 8 years.”

”For how much??” Noah pressed him.

”200 million.” He said with pride.

Noah's jaw dropped. He wasn't the only one. I was also stunned.

”They really think you're worth that much??” Noah asked. ”You're only in your second season!”

”Hey, I'm in the running for MVP this year.” Jeremy told him. He grinned. ”It feels like I've finally made it. Of course, that pay doesn't start until next season, but it's nice to look forward to.”

”You look more relaxed.” I noted.

”I am.” He told me. He looked at Noah. ”Hey, you think I can borrow your glove?”

Noah was thrown off. ”What? Why?”

Jeremy glanced at me. ”I want to play catch with Jake for a few minutes..?”

I blinked. ”Okay.”

Noah looked between us then up at Zeke. Zeke nodded at him. Noah opened up his bag and gave his glove to Jeremy with an old baseball inside. ”Don't forget to put it in Jake's bag.”

”I won't.” Jeremy looked at me. ”Let's see if we can throw the ball in the outfield here?”

”Okay...” I waved at Noah and Zeke as we started to move away from them. ”I'll see you guys at home.”

”Yep!” Noah waved back. ”I'll have my phone on me too in case of emergencies. Later!”

Zeke also lifted a hand to wave.

Jeremy and I walked to the entrance of the varsity field. No one was around so we had the field to ourselves.