[新聞] Randy Johnson, Giants agree to 1-yea …
8M/1y, 2.5M/performance bonuses & 2.5M/awards bonuses
1.春訓在Phoenix area 2.在NL西岸,靠近RJ在Arizona的家
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Big Unit is heading home to the Bay Area.
Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants agreed to
an $8 million, one-year contract Friday, meaning the
45-year-old pitcher will go for his 300th win with a new team.
The five-time Cy Young Award winner has 295 victories
after going 11-10 with a 3.91 ERA in 30 starts last season.
He can earn an additional $5 million in performance bonuses.
The Giants offered several things on Johnson's wish list:
spring training in the Phoenix area,
and a chance to stay on the West Coast and in the NL West
so he can pitch near his current home in Arizona.
"All of those things kind of fell into place with the Giants,"
Johnson's agent, Barry Meister, said in a telephone interview.
"He's looking forward to pitching between Lincecum and Cain and
serving as a mentor for the young pitching staff," Meister said.
Johnson has 4,789 strikeouts, second on the career list to
Nolan Ryan (5,714). The 6-foot-10 lefty made $16 million
last season, when he struck out 173 and walked 44.
The Oakland Athletics were among the teams interested in Johnson,
a 10-time All-Star who filed for free agency last month.
He and the Diamondbacks had serious discussions about a new
deal that could have kept him in Arizona,
but the sides failed to reach an agreement.
"Randy continues to be one of the most intimidating and
competitive pitchers in baseball today," Sabean said in a statement.
"He commands respect and will have a dramatic influence
on the way the 2009 team conducts business."
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