Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reports on his blog that the San Francisco Giants will probably not bring back former All Star and right fielder Randy Winn for the 2010 campaign.  Winn, who’s already filed for free agency, is looking for an everyday outfield role.

The Giant’s have a large pool of young players who need more experience and with Winn out of the picture, the Giants can develop and experiment with players such as Fred Lewis, Nate Schierholtz, Andres Torres, Eugenio Velez and John Bowker.

Winn is coming off a 3 year $23.25 million contract.  He grew up in the Bay Area and went to school at Santa Clara University.  With his family and friends here, you would think he would give a hometown discount to stay close to home and play a reserve role.  However, his poor right-handed hitting abilities and lack of home run power (2 home runs in 2009) proved be a liability to the Giants and possibly to any future employer.  However, he does bring switch hitting capabilities and veteran leadership to any clubhouse, so I see him signing with a club quickly.  I see Winn going for one last 3-4 year contract at $3-4 million per season.