FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
NEW YORK -- The 26 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANAHEIM (1) -- Signed Kelvim Escobar, rhp, Toronto, to an $18.75 million, three-year contract.
BOSTON (1) -- Re-signed Mike Timlin, rhp, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.
CHICAGO (1) -- Re-signed Sandy Alomar Jr., c, to a $750,000, one-year contract.
CLEVELAND (2) -- Re-signed Jason Bere, rhp, to a minor league contract ($400,000); re-signed Mark Wohlers, rhp, to a minor league contract ($500,000).
KANSAS CITY (4) -- Re-signed Kevin Appier, rhp, to a $300,000, one-year contract; re-signed Brian Anderson, lhp, to a $6.5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Curtis Leskanic, rhp, to a $1,375,000, one-year contract; re-signed Joe Randa, 3b, to a $3.75 million, one-year contract.
NEW YORK (2) -- Signed Tom Gordon, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $7.25 million, two-year contract; re-signed Felix Heredia, lhp, to a $3.85 million, two-year contract.
SEATTLE (1) -- Signed Raul Ibanez, of, Kansas City, to a $13.25 million, three-year contract.
TEXAS (1) -- Signed Andy Fox, inf, Florida, to a minor league contract ($450,000).
TORONTO (1) -- Signed Pat Hentgen, rhp, Baltimore, to a $2.2 million, one-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (1) -- Signed Jesse Orosco, lhp, Minnesota, to a minor league contract ($800,000).
CHICAGO (1) -- Signed LaTroy Hawkins, rhp, Minnesota, to an $11 million, three-year contract.
FLORIDA (2) -- Re-signed Luis Castillo, 2b, to a $16 million, three-year contract; re-signed Mike Mordecai, 3b, to a one-year contract.
HOUSTON (3) -- Re-signed Dan Miceli, rhp, to a $600,000, one-year contract; re-signed Jose Vizcaino, ss, to a $1.2 million, one-year contract; re-signed Brad Aumus, c, to a $4 million, two-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (1) -- Re-signed Tom Martin, lhp, to a $3.3 million, two-year contract.
ST. LOUIS (2) -- Re-signed Chris Carpenter, rhp, to a $500,000, one-year contract; re-signed Chris Widger, c, to a $500,000, one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO (2) -- Re-signed Dustin Hermanson, rhp, to an $800,000, one-year contract; re-signed Jeffrey Hammonds, of, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
REMAINING FREE AGENTS
NEW YORK -- The 184 remaining free agents:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANAHEIM (2) -- Eric Owens of; Scott Spiezio 1b.
BALTIMORE (8) -- Tony Batista, 3b; Albert Belle, of; Hector Carrasco, rhp; Deivi Cruz, ss; Scott Erickson, rhp; Brook Fordyce, c; Kerry Ligtenberg, rhp; B.J. Surhoff, dh.
BOSTON (7) -- John Burkett, rhp; Bill Haselman, c; Todd Jones, rhp; Dave McCarty, of; Robert Person, rhp; Jeff Suppan, rhp; Todd Walker, 2b.
CHICAGO (5) -- Roberto Alomar, 2b; Bartolo Colon, rhp; Carl Everett, of; Tony Graffanino, ss; Scott Sullivan, rhp.
CLEVELAND (2) -- Ellis Burks, dh; Terry Mulholland, lhp.
DETROIT (3) -- Shane Halter, 3b; Dean Palmer, dh; Matt Walbeck, c.
KANSAS CITY (10) -- Mike DiFelice, c; Jason Grimsley, rhp; Alan Levine, rhp; Jose Lima, rhp; Graeme Lloyd, lhp; Brent Mayne, c; Tom Prince, c; Michael Tucker, of; Rondell White, of; Jamey Wright, rhp.
MINNESOTA (6) -- Chris Gomez, 2b; Eddie Guardado, lhp; Denny Hocking, 2b; Rick Reed, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp; Shannon Stewart, of.
NEW YORK (8) -- Roger Clemens, rhp; John Flaherty, c; Jeff Nelson, rhp; Antonio Osuna, rhp; Andy Pettitte, lhp; Ruben Sierra, dh; David Wells, lhp; Gabe White, lhp.
OAKLAND (5) -- Keith Foulke, rhp; Jose Guillen, of; Ricardo Rincon, lhp; Steve Sparks, rhp; Miguel Tejada, ss.
SEATTLE (8) -- Armando Benitez, rhp; Pat Borders, c; Mike Cameron, of; Shigetoshi Hasegawa, rhp; John Mabry, of; Mark McLemore, ss; Arthur Rhodes, lhp; Rey Sanchez, ss.
TAMPA BAY (5) -- Ben Grieve, dh; Travis Lee, 1b; Al Martin, dh; Rey Ordonez, ss; Terry Shumpert, dh.
TEXAS (4) -- Juan Gonzalez, of; Rafael Palmeiro, dh; John Thomson, rhp; Ismael Valdes, rhp.
TORONTO (2) -- Mike Bordick, ss; Cory Lidle, rhp.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (6) -- Carlos Baerga, 1b; Miguel Batista, rhp; Mark Grace, 1b; Felix Jose, of; Raul Mondesi, of; Mike Myers, lhp.
ATLANTA (11) -- Darren Bragg, of; Vinny Castilla, 3b; Julio Franco, 1b; Matt Franco, 1b; Roberto Hernandez, rhp; Darren Holmes; Javy Lopez, c; Greg Maddux, rhp; Kent Mercker, lhp; Shane Reynolds, rhp; Gary Sheffield, of.
CHICAGO (11) -- Antonio Alfonseca, rhp; Shawn Estes, lhp; Doug Glanville, of; Tom Goodwin, of; Mark Grudzielanek, 2b; Mark Guthrie, lhp; Eric Karros, 1b; Kenny Lofton, of; Troy O'Leary, of; Dave Veres, rhp; Tony Womack, ss.
CINCINNATI (1) -- Todd Van Poppel, rhp.
COLORADO (6) -- Greg Norton, 3b; Darren Oliver, lhp; Steve Reed, rhp; Chris Stynes, 3b; Mark Sweeney, of; Gregg Zaun, c.
FLORIDA (7) -- Chad Fox, rhp; Lenny Harris, 3b; Rick Helling, rhp; Todd Hollandsworth, of; Ivan Rodriguez, c; Ugueth Urbina, rhp; Gerald Williams, of.
HOUSTON (4) -- Orlando Merced, of; Brian Moehler, rhp; Ron Villone, lhp; Rick White, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (9) -- Wilson Alvarez, lhp; Andy Ashby, rhp; Jeromy Burnitz, of; Ron Coomer, 1b; Rickey Henderson, of; Brian Jordan, of; Fred McGriff, 1b; Paul Quantrill, rhp; Robin Ventura, 3b.
MILWAUKEE (7) -- Dave Burba, rhp; Royce Clayton, ss; Keith Osik, c; Eduardo Perez, c; Todd Ritchie, rhp; Glendon Rusch, lhp; John Vander Wal, of.
MONTREAL (5) -- Wil Cordero, 1b; Vladimir Guerrero, of; Jose Mercedes, rhp; Fernando Tatis, 3b; Todd Zeile, 3b.
NEW YORK (4) -- Pedro Astacio, rhp; Jay Bell, 2b; Tony Clark, 1b; John Franco, lhp.
PHILADELPHIA (8) -- Terry Adams, rhp; Jose Mesa, rhp; Kevin Millwood, rhp; Dan Plesac, lhp; Todd Pratt, c; Kelly Stinnett, c; Turk Wendell, rhp; Mike Williams, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (6) -- Pat Meares, 2b; Jeff Reboulet, 2b; Pokey Reese, 2b; Reggie Sanders, of; Matt Stairs, of; Julian Tavarez, rhp.
ST. LOUIS (14) -- Miguel Cairo, 2b; Mike DeJean, rhp; Cal Eldred, rhp; Jeff Fassero, lhp; Joe Girardi, c; Sterling Hitchcock, lhp; Steve Kline, lhp; Lance Painter, rhp; Orlando Palmeiro, of; Eduardo A. Perez, of; Russ Springer, rhp; Garrett Stephenson, rhp; Brett Tomko, rhp; Fernando Vina, 2b.
SAN DIEGO (1) -- Rod Beck, rhp.
SAN FRANCISCO (9) -- Rich Aurilia, ss; Marvin Benard, of; Jose Cruz Jr., of; Andres Galarraga, 1b; Sidney Ponson, rhp; Benito Santiago, c; J.T. Snow, 1b; Tim Worrell, rhp; Eric Young, 2b.
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