At a cost of nearly $33 million, the Giants retained the services of five key players Thursday when they exercised club options on Jason Schmidt and Randy Winn while Ray Durham, Moises Alou and LaTroy Hawkins activated the 2006 player options in their contracts. Schmidt, 32, will get paid $10.5 million in 2006 while Winn, 31, cost the Giants $5 million. Durham, 33, will be paid $7 million; Alou, 39, will get $6 million and Hawkins, 33, will be paid $4.35 million. The moves keep intact a large part of the veteran core around Barry Bonds. With Bonds out of the lineup because of knee problems until September, the Giants went 75-87 and finished third in the NL West. Schmidt went 12-7 with a 4.40 ERA last season while struggling with a groin injury. He's 67-28 since joining the Giants in July 2001, becoming a two-time All-Star and winning 47 games over the last three seasons. Winn, a Bay Area native acquired in a trade with Seattle on July 30, was one of the team's best players after joining the Giants. The center fielder batted .359 with 22 doubles, five triples, 14 homers, 26 RBIs and a .680 slugging percentage in just 58 games with San Francisco. Alou was the Giants' only All-Star, batting .321 with 19 homers and 63 RBIs. Durham batted .290 with 33 doubles, 12 home runs and 62 RBIs, excelling in the season's final weeks despite his usual litany of injuries. Hawkins, acquired from the Cubs on May 28, went 1-4 with a 4.10 ERA in San Francisco, but the veteran reliever became a dependable member of the bullpen. Although it was widely assumed the Giants would exercise Schmidt's $10.5 million option for next year, general manager Brian Sabean said late in the season that decision had not been made. However, he admitted then that he saw few alternatives in the free-agent or trade markets. Alou left little doubt he wanted to come back, stating near the end of the season that playing another season in San Francisco made the most sense. "Where else am I going to go?'' he said. "Unless something out of the ordinary happened to make me change my mind, I don't see myself going anywhere. I'm getting tired of switching places. Everywhere I go, I never want to leave. Unfortunately, because of the business side of the game, I'm always the odd man out everywhere I go. Here, I'm in a different situation, I think." In September, Durham also stated his intention was to return to the Giants. "I told them I want to come back," Durham told The Chronicle. "I like the guys here. I like the organization and I like everything about San Francisco.''