NEW YORK — The agent for Barry Bonds said no teams have expressed interest in signing the all-time home run king, and, the agent added that he does not expect any to make a pitch for him.

Jeff Borris, the agent, was at the Major League Baseball All-Star headquarters hotel in Manhattan today and said, "I am not optimistic any team will approach me about Barry before the (July 31) trading deadline."

He added that he had made a sweeping offer to many major- league teams, which he compared to the one Andre Dawson once made, when he offered to sign a blank contract and let his team fill in the salary amount. Borris said he made it known throughout the big leagues that Bonds would play for the major-league minimum of $390,000, and still got no offers.

"If that doesn't raise a level of suspicion, I don't know what does," the agent said. "I think it's a pathetic ending to the story."

Borris shot down speculation that the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks had shown interest. He had heard one report that Bonds had engaged in a secret workout for the Red Sox.

"We joke about that. Yeah, it was at the Pentagon," Borris said.

"There hasn't been a field manager who has told me he doesn't want him in the lineup," he said, adding that front offices send a different message. "I get very generic responses like, `It's not a good fit.' Nothing concrete or that's believable."

The agent added that if a team signed Bonds today, he would start taking live batting practice tomorrow and would be ready within two weeks.