From what I can tell, an extension actually can make sense for both parties...
At the current moment, JRam is set to make what 24 million Over the next two seasons and likely would get 30 Millionish a season if he actually hit free agency... So if you do the next four years... About 84 million dollars would be reasonable price for JRam over this time period. If we rework JRams contract, and do a 4 year 80ish million over the next 4 years, he would be getting the same amount of money he would be if he would have hit free agency after the 23 season, so JRam would lose nothing by taking the extension...
Also since we did offer Lindor over 20 million per season, I am guessing Dolan has okayed an extension like this. I actually would front load personally, but either way, the numbers plus Bimbos opinion and the agents normal way of doing contracts, it would actually be weird if the extension didn't happen... Also the PR side says "we need a face of the franchise" and extending JRam would give the PR guys someone as the face of the franchise..