Randy Winn News

The Giants didn't offer salary arbitration to catcher Bengie Molina or any of their other free agents Tuesday, meaning they won't get draft compensation if those players sign elsewhere.

In a mildly surprising decision, the Giants declined to offer salary arbitration Tuesday to free-agent catcher Bengie Molina.

For a group of big-name baseball free agents over the age of 35, last year was a winter of serious discontent.

In Ken Rosenthalsa TM Latest Buzz From The MLB Offseason piece on FOXSports.com , he mentions that the Washington Nationals are receiving strong interest in OF Josh Willingham.

Randy Winn is as good as gone from the Giants. But maybe it's more fitting to consider him good and almost certainly gone.

Giants prospect Angel Villalona is out of jail, but his future remains in doubt.

General manager Brian Sabean, who signed left-hander Jeremy Affeldt shortly after open bidding in free agency began last offseason, recently said that the Giants might chart a new course by taking a "wait-and-see" approach toward players on the market.

Although general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy just received contract extensions, it is safe to say that both already had their wish lists set out for the 2009 offseason.

With the news that both GM Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy have received two-year extensions to stay in their respective roles for the San Francisco Giants, fans and media alike are starting to look for a new scapegoat.

The day after GM Brian Sabean got a new two-year contract, it's only fitting that the two deadline deals that didn't exactly live up to the billing during the stretch drive.

Back at the trade deadline, I wrote the following: Forget Freddy Sanchez. I don't have a problem with average-dependent players, per se, but this one is hurt.

's observation that it "came off the bat hot." "I'm guessing it was going over 100 miles an hour when it hit him," Posey said.

The season opened April 7 with most prognosticators figuring the team would finish well out of playoff contention.

They shared a hug, the 1989 National League Most Valuable Player and a possible future MVP, a Boogie Bear and a Panda Bear.

I suppose we can all use a little break. Two hits. A couple of walks. No runs. Wade LeBlanc.

Catcher Bengie Molina and outfielder Randy Winn probably won't start either of the Giants' remaining two games, manager Bruce Bochy said Friday.

Thursday at AT&T Park was a farewell festival. It was kind of like the last day of high school, except with strikeouts and garlic fries.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy hopes Lincecum gets consideration for a second straight NL Cy Young Award despite a relatively low win total.

If I were rookie Giants owner Bill Neukom, I definitely would like what the Brian Sabean-Bruce Bochy tandem did with the Giants this season.

Pruritusani "Muscles" Keger...at the garlic fries stand has got to go! 1. Manager Bruce Bochy The contracts for both Giants General Manager Brian Sabean and Field Manager Bruce Bochy are up, and retaining or removing Sabean/Bochy looms as the biggest decisions team owner Bill Neukom will make at the start of his ownership era.