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Giants Sign Winn To Three-Year Extension

Feb 28, 2006 8:44 PM EST

The San Francisco Giants signed outfielder Randy Winn to a three-year contract extension through the 2009 season on Tuesday.

Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Winn, a 31-year-old switch hitter, hit .359 with 14 homers, 26 RBI in 58 games with the Giants after being traded from the Seattle Mariners on July 30, 2005.

His .356 batting average and .380 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot in 2005 led all big league players with at least 200 plate appearances atop the lineup.

Via Seattle PI

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Bonds Hits 500 Foot Home Run In BP

Feb 24, 2006 11:10 PM EST

Barry Bonds put on a batting-practice show Friday, hitting some long home runs that impressed observers -- even if they did come off a 50-year old coach.

Bonds took batting practice for a third straight day in a positive sign for the San Francisco Giants, who are counting on him being fully recovered from three operations last year on his right knee.

He connected for eight home runs off first-base coach Luis Pujols, who was throwing from well in front of the mound. None of the homers were cheap, and one memorable shot went over the pavilion in right field and might have traveled close to 500 feet.

"He looks good, fresh," manager Felipe Alou said. "If you don't have any bat speed it's hard to catch up with what Pujols throws from such a short range."

Via AP

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Bonds Won't Change Leagues To Keep Playing

Feb 22, 2006 8:46 PM EST

Barry Bonds' decision about whether he plays next season might not come until next winter.

But he made one thing clear when he reported to spring training with the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday - if he does play in 2007, he doesn't want it to be as a designated hitter for some new team. He wants it to be with the team he grew up around and in the same uniform he has worn while becoming the game's biggest star over the last decade.

"San Francisco is my home. That's the love of my life right there,'' Bonds said. "The fans there, the people there, everything about it is just great for me. Thinking that there could be a possibility, just hypothetically, to go somewhere else and DH or something like that. I really don't want to think about that at this time right now. I know I can swing a bat. I take a lot of pride to be on that field and stay in this uniform.''

Via SI.com

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Giants Feb 2006 Archive

  • Bonds Says He'll Play In 2007 If He Healthy

    MLB.com | Feb 20, 2006

    "If I can play [in 2007], I'm going to play; if I can't I won't," Bonds told MLB.com in a telephone interview Sunday. "If my knee holds up, I'll keep on going."

  • USAToday: Bonds Will Retire After 2006 Season

    USAToday.com | Feb 19, 2006

    "I'm not playing baseball anymore after this," Barry Bonds said a wide-ranging telephone interview near his home in Beverly Park, Calif.

  • Winn Hopes To Get Contract Done Before Opening Day

    Oakland Tribune | Feb 18, 2006

    Randy Winn's agent broke ground on contract talks, but no figures were exchanged. Winn hoped negotiations would conclude before the start of the season but said that wasn't a "hard and fast rule."

  • Alou Counting On Bonds To Be Healthy

    AP | Feb 14, 2006

    By the time Barry Bonds first played a game for the San Francisco Giants last year, they were 14 games under .

  • Fogg Unlikely To Land In San Francisco

    SF Chronicle | Feb 8, 2006

    The Giants appear unlikely to sign free-agent starting pitcher Josh Fogg, who is seeking a major-league contract and is said to have an offer from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

  • Giants Sign Todd Greene To Minor League Deal

    San Jose Mercury | Feb 8, 2006

    Catcher Todd Greene agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday and will be invited to spring training.

  • From PacBell To SBC To AT&T For Giants

    AP | Feb 6, 2006

    The San Francisco Giants' ballpark is changing its name to AT&T Park beginning in March.

  • Fogg Considering D-Backs, Rockies And Giants

    Beaver County Times | Feb 6, 2006

    Pitcher Josh Fogg, released by the Pirates in December, is considering three National League West teams as a free agent - Arizona, Colorado and San Francisco.

  • Nationals Sign Felix Rodriguez

    AP | Feb 1, 2006

    Reliever Felix Rodriguez agreed Tuesday to a $600,000, one-year contract with the Washington Nationals.