The biggest issue in extension talks between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Hanley Ramirez is not the value of a possible deal, but rather the length.

If the two sides reach an agreement, the average annual value is expected to be in the range of $22 million to $25 million.

The length of the deal has been a problem, according to sources.

Ramirez is scheduled to hit free agency before his age-31 season, just as Robinson Cano did.

Cano, who signed a ten-year, $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners, has a career OPS (.860) lower than that of Ramirez (.879).