Tony Gwynn, whose contract expires at the end of the season, wants an extension from the San Diego Padres in place before Opening Day–and at a substantial raise.
A season after becoming a member of the 3,000-hit club, Gwynn will make $4.3 million in the final year of his contract. Gwynn hasn’t been the Padres’ highest-paid player since 1997.
Four Padres are scheduled to make more than Gwynn in 2000, led by reliever Randy Myers with a base salary of $6.25 million.
Gwynn, who turns 40 in May, told the San Diego Union-Tribune it would take a salary higher than the low $5 million range to sign him for 2001.
– The minor-league contract Mariano Duncan agreed to with the Devil Rays was voided after the infielder told Tampa Bay he had changed agents and was unhappy with the deal.
