AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb.

The last thing Barry Bonds cared to discuss was his latest step toward Hank Aaron's home run record. Getting swept at home by the Colorado Rockies for the first time stung.

Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants reached agreement on a $16 million, one-year contract Thursday night that will keep the controversial slugger in the Bay Area to take aim at baseball's home run record.

Tom Glavine returned to the New York Mets and Ray Durham stayed with the San Francisco Giants on Friday as teams started preparing for next week's winter meetings. The Giants also declined arbitration with Barry Bonds, coming off a $90 million, five-year contract.

Brad Penny and the Los Angeles Dodgers are enjoying this stretch of their topsy-turvy season. Penny became the NL's first 13-game winner, recently acquired Wilson Betemit hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Saturday.