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PHDram
Blythe will not be back next year unless they cant find a better option.
“It is interesting. We’re in talks with Austin Blythe, but we’ve got to get through the free agency and this is the time of year when a lot of things can change, just because there’s no guarantees, right” Snead said.
It seems to me that Blythe is asking for more than they're willing to pay so they have invited him to go test FA and see what happens. So basically neither side is strongly committed to him returning but both sides have interest.
It seems like a mutual backup relationship.
