The Giants and right-hander Matt Cain were close to agreement Wednesday on a four-year contract with an option for a fifth year.
"It's ongoing," said Bobby Evans, the Giants' director of player personnel. "It's not finalized."
Several issues were still to be worked out.
The 22-year-old Cain, coming off an impressive rookie season and considered the ace of the future, is slated to be the club's No. 2 starter this season behind left-hander Barry Zito. Cain's contract will be comparable to the deal left-hander Noah Lowry received last spring: $9.25 million for the same number of years.
Cain led all rookies with 13 wins and 179 strikeouts last season, going 13-12 with a 4.15 ERA in 190 2-3 innings, finishing in a tie for fourth place in NL Rookie of the Year voting.
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Feb 28, 2007 12:36 PM EST
In an candid interview with KGO Radio in San Francisco, Barry Bonds on Tuesday said he receives death threats.
Bonds didn't elaborate on the nature of the death threats in the approximately 90-minute interview.
Bonds told KGO that he's sorry if he appears standoffish, but he's just trying to be careful because of the threats that are circulating within his camp.
"There's a lot of times I want to say I'm sorry to some of the fans. You're only strong to a point and then you get nervous," Bonds told KGO. "I'm kind of standoffish and stuff and you can't really explain that.
"I'm mostly gun-shy of what can happen. Once this is all over and done, whether I get lucky enough to do it or not, I'll be able to release just a little bit of the anxiety and fear of what can happen."You don't want anything to happen to yourself. You don't want anything to happen to your family," Bonds told KGO.
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Tim Lincecum got a pair of fly balls and a four-pitch strikeout. Talk about an efficient work day.
San Francisco's top draft pick in 2006 threw all of nine pitches in an intrasquad game Tuesday, seven for strikes. Aside from his stint with Class-A San Jose last summer, it was the first time the strong-armed right-hander wore Giants across his chest in competition -- and his bosses liked what they saw.
"He had an easy inning," manager Bruce Bochy said. "He threw strikes and had good stuff. Well, he's impressive. Shoot, obviously we think a lot of him. He has tremendous arm speed. You can tell he's a good competitor and a great athlete, too. This kid has a chance to be real special."
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Giants Feb 2007 Archive
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Mercury News | Feb 24, 2007
Brian Sabean isn't ready to talk extension with Omar Vizquel, but owner Peter Magowan is more open to the idea.
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Mercury News | Feb 24, 2007
Brian Sabean's contract expires after this season and Giants owner Peter Magowan said Friday that he would not entertain an extension for his longtime baseball architect until the course of this season becomes clear.
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MLB.com | Feb 23, 2007
Peter Magowan, the Giants' managing general partner, is hoping Barry Bonds will be included in the July 10 All-Star Game festivities.
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AP | Feb 23, 2007
Russ Ortiz expects nothing less than to be in San Francisco's rotation as the fifth starter this season.
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AP | Feb 21, 2007
Barry Bonds had a pointed message for the grand jury: Go ahead, investigate me.
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MLB.com | Feb 20, 2007
Giants general manager Brian Sabean remained noncommittal about Omar Vizquel's hopes of obtaining a contract extension before the season ends.
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MLB.com | Feb 20, 2007
Barry Bonds arrived without fanfare in the Giants' clubhouse at 8:30 a.
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MLB.com | Feb 16, 2007
Barry Zito started the session measuring the distance from the rubber to a line he drew in the dirt, then with feet about shoulder-width apart, bouncing slightly he took a large step backward to gain momentum, pushed off hard using his now-stronger legs and finished off with a much longer stride.
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Yahoo.com | Feb 15, 2007
The deal originally was announced last month, but contract terms were not finalized until Thursday.
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AP | Feb 15, 2007
Even if Barry Bonds shows up on time to spring training Monday, he likely won't practice with the team until he signs his contract.
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AP | Feb 15, 2007
Armando Benitez expects nothing less than to be San Francisco's closer this season.
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AP | Feb 15, 2007
Prison time appeared to be looming for two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who refused to divulge who leaked them secret grand jury documents from the BALCO steroids investigation.
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AP | Feb 9, 2007
Jeff Fassero is retiring from baseball after winning 121 games over 16 major league seasons.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 9, 2007
Armando Benitez arrived in Scottsdale for camp early with a good attitude and a little heavier.
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MLB.com | Feb 9, 2007
There was a time last July when heat, humidity and time-zone weariness -- along with numerous pat-downs from airport security folks -- had Giants announcer Jon Miller asking himself a serious question.
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AP | Feb 9, 2007
Barry Bonds might get a telephone call from commissioner Bud Selig instead of a handshake if the Giants slugger breaks Hank Aaron's home run record.
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Boston Globe | Feb 7, 2007
The Giants reportedly didn't want to part with their young pitching.
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New York Times | Feb 3, 2007
Sources on both sides of the Barry Bonds' contract issue said Friday that Bonds wanted the Giants to do something about another contract clause because he was unhappy it became public knowledge.
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AP | Feb 2, 2007
Giants owner Peter Magowan sent a letter to about 27,000 season-ticket holders this week explaining why the club decided to re-sign free agent slugger Barry Bonds for another season.
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Mercury News | Feb 2, 2007
According to club and league officials, Barry Bonds would be placed on the 40-man roster once Major League Baseball approves his contract.
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MLB.com | Feb 2, 2007
Mike Matheny, a four-time Gold Glove catcher, reluctantly but advisedly retired from baseball Thursday because of lingering post-concussion symptoms.
