With the Yankees having signed CC Sabathia to a contract in the same realm as Johan Santana's, Diamondbacks' ace Brandon Webb appears to be in line for a rather large payday. With two years left on his current deal -- at $6.5 million in 2009 with an $8.5 million team option in '10 -- there is belief that if Arizona doesn't extend Webb's contract this winter, they eventually will lose him to free agency. Team officials won't comment on the situation. Jonathan Maurer, Webb's agent, also would not comment.