SAN DIEGO - San Diego Padres outfielder Seth Smith signed a $13 million contract extension through 2016 after being told by owne

SAN DIEGO - San Diego Padres outfielder Seth Smith signed a $13 million contract extension through 2016 after being told by ownership that it is committed to winning. Nathan Shepherd Jersey . The deal was announced before Wednesdays game against Cincinnati. It had been in the works since before general manager Josh Byrnes was fired on June 22 and it came together in the last few days. Smith will make $6 million in 2015 and $6.75 million in 2016. The Padres hold a $7 million option in 2017, or a $250,000 buyout. Smith is making $4.5 million this year. He was obtained in an off-season trade with Oakland. The Padres started the day in third place in the NL West at 37-47, 10 1/2 games behind San Francisco. The Padres havent had a winning season since 2010, when they won 90 games and still missed the playoffs. Since then San Diego has had seasons with 91, 86 and 86 losses. Theyre on their third ownership group since 2009 and the new general manager will be the third since Kevin Towers was fired late in the 2009 season. "I wouldnt have signed if i didnt think we could win now," Smith said. "I think this season has been tough but theres still a lot of season left, theres still a lot of good players here. "Ive been to the playoffs four times and all four times no one thought any of the teams would make the playoffs," added Smith, who reached the post-season twice with Colorado and twice with Oakland. "Ownerships committed to winning and thats what Im all about. That was my first question: Are we going to try to win and try to win now? And the answer was. Yes. So I was like, Im in. Assistant GM A.J. Hinch said talks were "tricky" because of Byrnes firing, but added that Smiths desire to stay with San Diego and ownerships commitment helped overcome that. 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They trail sixth place Nashville and fifth place Dallas by two points.VAL DISERE, France - Lindsey Vonns days of competing in all five ski disciplines may be behind her, since the four-time overall World Cup champion is seriously considering giving up slalom in her comeback from a career-threatening knee injury.The 30-year-old American racer thinks she is still somewhat off the pace in speed events, despite clinching her first victory in nearly two years in a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, on Dec. 7.The 2010 Olympic downhill champion thinks ditching slalom may help her cause to become the No. 1 speed racer again.I definitely plan on doing (giant slalom), but I want to focus on the speed races right now, Vonn said on Thursday ahead of a downhill and super-G in the French resort of Val dIsere. I dont know if Ill do slalom again. Its difficult starting in the back. But well see. I havent skied slalom since my injuries, so I dont know how it feels yet.Vonns previous World Cup victory was in GS on Jan. 26, 2013, in Maribor, Slovenia, and she has raced only seven races since.Less than two months after that win, she injured her right knee in a heavy fall at the world championships.Desperate to get back in time for the Sochi Games, she partially tore one of the reconstructed ligaments in a training crash in Copper Mountain, Colorado.Again, she attempted to grind things out, only to sprain her MCL racing downhill in Val dIsere last December, and had a second surgery a month later.Im in a much different position this year than I was last year, Vonn said. I have a healthy knee finally. So Im looking forward to the races this weekend and hopefully the conditions will be good.It has been a big month.Racing downhilll for the first time since hurting her knee again in Val dIsere, Vonn finished eighth at Lake Louise and grabbed a second-place finish in super-G to go with her downhill triumph. Isaiah Crowell Jersey. I wasnt expecting to be as fast as I was in Lake Louise. The first race, being eighth place was about what I expected, she said. But I learned a lot from the first race and tried to improve, and both the second downhill and the super-G were good performances.Still, she thinks she can do much better.Im trying to be more comfortable with the speed and to be more aggressive. Downhill is a little bit farther along than super-G, and I definitely need more training. This weekend, hopefully Ill have good results like I did in Lake Louise. But its a process, coming back from two years of injury takes a bit of time.Vonn last raced slalom at Maribor, the day after her GS win, and the last time she scored points was when finishing eighth at Schladming, Austria, in March 2012.Although she did not finish her three slalom races before Schladming, she had previously shown good form in the discipline: Winning two races and securing three other podium finishes over a calendar year from November 2008-2009.Her reluctance to race slalom again is good news for World Cup leader Tina Maze.The 2013 overall champion competes in all five events, and the Slovenian heads into Val dIsere in superb form after winning a GS and placing second in slalom at the Swedish resort of Are last weekend.Its fun to change disciplines and try to be in front in each, Maze said.She leads overall with 560 points from Austrias Anna Fenninger on 303, while Vonn is eighth with 212. 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