Dan Hayes of the North County Times reports that San Diego Padres’ Adrian Gonzalez is seeking a big dollar payday when his contract comes due after the 2011 season. Gonzalez says, “This next contract is going to be the one where I look for what I deserve. I’m going to let my agent worry about those negotiations, but in talking to my agent, it’s going to be about where my value is.”

Hayes says that Gonzalez could get a deal similar to the one Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees received in December 2008 ($180 million over eight season).

Gonzalez checked trade sites over the winter, and he said that “99.9 percent of everything’s false, so you don’t believe everything you read.” It was rumored this off season that Gonzalez was a trade target of the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. If the Padres can trade him this year, they can fetch a good bounty considering the new team will have him for two play off runs.

Gonzalez hit .277 with 40 home runs and 99 RBIs in 2009 with the Padres. You can see Gonzalez’s statistics and contract history here.

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