This sounds it should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Remember, Beane likes to be 'in' on every deal he can to gather information about who's going where at what price.. it's useful to know who *is* trying to sign him and how much they're giving him..
The end of his time here previously aside, he's been degrading each year. He'd be a depth guy at this point that I probably wouldn't want him starting games outside of injury fill-in. If I had a choice.. I'd currently take Levi Wallace at 4 million over Gilmour.. and I doubt Gilmour is looking at playing for 4 million.