Left-hander Randy Johnson filed for free agency on Nov. 13 after last-ditch talks during the Diamondbacks' sole negotiating window ended without resolution, creating the possibility that Johnson's time with the team is over.

The D-backs offered Johnson a one-year deal worth just less than $3 million, while Johnson apparently offered to play for about $8 million, based on a statement by his agents that Johnson would take a "50 percent pay cut (from his 2008 salary) to remain a Diamondback."

Arizona is expected to have a 2009 budget of about $70 million, and it still must fill a hole at second base while also allocating a larger than normal amount to its 2009 draft class because it could have eight selections in the first 75 picks.

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Randy Johnson filed for free agency on Thursday after failing to reach a contract agreement to return to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 45-year-old lefty is five wins shy of 300 and "hopes to find a team where he can continue to pitch at a high level and contribute to another world championship," agents Barry Meister and Alan Nero said in a statement.

Tim Lincecum hung up the phone after learning the good news he'd been waiting more than a month to hear. "My reaction was 'Whoo hoo!"' the newly crowned NL Cy Young Award winner hollered for a news conference bigger than any the San Francisco Giants had seen since the days of home run king Barry Bonds.