The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that Barry Bonds is still in contract talks with the Giants. There’s nothing right now – Bonds chose not to sign a letter of agreement when the two parties initially agreed on a figure. It may be that the Giants are trying to carefully back out of the deal. I still don’t believe that Bonds would be left without a team though. A couple of teams would happily emerge to get him at $10 million or so.
The New York Times says the hangup remains Bonds’s conduct and entourage. Ray Ratto’s source calls it a coin-flip.
I projected Bonds to hit 27 home runs in 340 ABs in my ’07 fantasy guide.