Management and fans are between a rock and a hard place.
If you push too hard to try to get him to sign now, Petey might get ticked off and not negotiate at the end of the season.
Trade him unless it's a knock your socks off deal, the team could get burned.
PA seems to be treading carefully as he should. I know Petey said he didn't want the contract to be a distraction, but I wonder if that's why his mind seems to be elsewhere?