FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
NEW YORK -- The 104 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 (3) -- Signed Kelvim Escobar, rhp, Toronto, to an $18.75 million, three-year contract; signed Bartolo Colon, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $51 million, four-year contract; signed Jose Guillen, of, Oakland, to a $6 million, two-year contract.65
BALTIMORE (2) -- Signed Miguel Tejada, ss, Oakland, to a $72 million, six-year contract; signed Javy Lopez, c, Atlanta, to a $22.5 million, three-year contract.
BOSTON (4) -- Re-signed Mike Timlin, rhp, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract; re-signed Dave McCarty, of, to a minor league contract ($500,000); signed Keith Foulke, rhp, Oakland, to a $25.5 million, four-year contract; signed Pokey Reese, 2b, Pittsburgh, to a $1 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).
DETROIT (5) -- Re-signed Dean Palmer, dh, to a minor league contract ($300,000); signed Fernando Vina, 2b, St. Louis, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed Rondell White, of, Kansas City, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed Alan Levine, rhp, Kansas City, to a $925,000, one-year contract; signed Mike DeFelice, c, Kansas City, to a $650,000, one-year contract.
KANSAS CITY (10) -- 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; re-signed Jason Grimsley, rhp, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Matt Stairs, of, Pittsburgh, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Sullivan, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $5 million, two-year contract; signed Benito Santiago, c, San Francisco, to a $4.3 million, two-year contract; signed Tony Graffanino, ss, Chicago White Sox, to a $2.2 million, two-year contract; signed Kelly Stinnett, c, Philadelphia, to a $500,000, one-year contract.
MINNESOTA (1) -- Re-signed Shannon Stewart, of, to an $18 million, three-year contract.
NEW YORK (9) -- 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; re-signed Ruben Sierra, of, to a $1 million, one-year contract; re-signed John Flaherty, c, to a $775,000, one-year contract; signed Gary Sheffield, of, Atlanta, to a $39 million, three-year contract; signed Paul Quantrill, rhp, Los Angeles, to a $6.4 million, two-year contract; signed Miguel Cairo, 2b, St. Louis, to a $900,00 one-year contract; announced Gabe White, lhp, had accepted salary arbitration; signed Kenny Lofton, of, Chicago Cubs, to a $6.2 million, two-year contract.
OAKLAND (2) -- Re-signed Ricardo Rincon, lhp, to a $3.65 million, two-year contract; signed Arthur Rhodes, lhp, Seattle, to a $9.2 million, three-year contract.
SEATTLE (4) -- Signed Raul Ibanez, of, Kansas City, to a $13.25 million, three-year contract; re-signed Shigetoshi Hasegawa, rhp, to a $6.3 million, two-year contract; signed Eddie Guardado, lhp, Minnesota, to a $13 million, three-year contract; signed Scott Spiezio, 1b, Anaheim, to a $9.15 million, three-year contract.
TAMPA BAY (3) -- Signed Eduardo A. Perez, of, St. Louis, to a $1.7 million, two-year contract; signed Rey Sanchez, ss, Seattle, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Jose Cruz Jr., of, San Francisco, to a $6 million, two-year contract.
TEXAS (1) -- Signed Andy Fox, inf, Florida, to a minor league contract ($450,000).
TORONTO (3) -- Signed Pat Hentgen, rhp, Baltimore, to a $2.2 million, one-year contract; signed Kerry Ligtenberg, rhp, Baltimore, to a $4.5 million, two-year contract; signed Miguel Batista, rhp, Arizona, to a $13.1 million, three-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (5) -- Signed Jesse Orosco, lhp, Minnesota, to a minor league contract ($800,000); re-signed Carlos Baerga, 1b, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Brent Mayne, c, Kansas City, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Steve Sparks, rhp, Oakland, to a $500,000, one-year contract; signed Shane Reynolds, rhp, Atlanta, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
ATLANTA (4) -- Signed John Thomson, rhp, Texas, to a $7 million, two-year contract; signed Eduardo Perez, c, Milwaukee, to a $1.25 million, two-year contract; signed Antonio Alfonseca, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; re-signed Julio Franco, 1b, to a minor league contract ($750,000).
CHICAGO (6) -- Signed LaTroy Hawkins, rhp, Minnesota, to an $11 million, three-year contract; re-signed Mark Grudzielanek, 2b, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract; re-signed Tom Goodwin, of, to a $650,000 one-year contract; signed Kent Mercker, lhp, Atlanta, to a $1.2 million, one-year contract; signed Todd Hollandsworth, of, Florida, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Todd Walker, 2b, Boston, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract.
CINCINNATI (1) -- Re-signed Todd Van Poppel, rhp, to a minor league contract ($300,000).
COLORADO (3) -- Re-signed Steve Reed, rhp, to a $625,000, one-year contract; signed Vinny Castilla, 3b, Atlanta, to a $2.1 million, one-year contract; signed Jeromy Burnitz, of, Los Angeles, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.
FLORIDA (5) -- Re-signed Luis Castillo, 2b, to a $16 million, three-year contract; re-signed Mike Mordecai, 3b, to a $425,000, one-year contract; re-signed Lenny Harris, 3b, to a minor league contract ($400,000); re-signed Gerald Williams, of, to a minor league contract ($325,000); signed Armando Benitez, rhp, Seattle, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract.
HOUSTON (4) -- 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 Ausmus, c, to a $4 million, two-year contract; signed Andy Pettitte, lhp, New York Yankees, to a $31.5 million, three-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (3) -- Re-signed Tom Martin, lhp, to a $3.3 million, two-year contract; re-signed Robin Ventura, 3b, to a one-year contract; re-signed Wilson Alvarez, lhp, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.
MILWAUKEE (2) -- Re-signed Dave Burba, rhp, to a minor league contract ($440,000); signed Ben Grieve, dh, Tampa Bay, to a $700,000, one-year contract.
MONTREAL (1) -- Signed Carl Everett, of, Chicago White Sox, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract.
NEW YORK (2) -- Signed Mike Cameron, of, Seattle, to a $19.5 million, three-year contract; re-signed John Franco, lhp, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA (4) -- Re-signed Todd Pratt, c, to an $875,000, one-year contract; signed Tim Worrell, rhp, San Francisco, to a $5.5 million, two-year contract; signed Roberto Hernandez, rhp, Atlanta, to a $750,000, one-year contract; announced Kevin Millwood, rgp, had accepted salary arbitration,
PITTSBURGH (1) -- Signed Chris Stynes, 3b, Colorado, to a $975,000, one-year contract.
ST. LOUIS (6) -- Re-signed Chris Carpenter, rhp, to a $500,000, one-year contract; re-signed Chris Widger, c, to a $500,000, one-year contract; re-signed Steve Kline, lhp, to a $1.7 million, one-year contract; re-signed Cal Eldred, rhp, to a $900,000, one-year contract; signed Jeff Suppan, rhp, Boston, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed Reggie Sanders, of, Pittsburgh, to a $6 million, two-year contract.
SAN DIEGO (3) -- Re-signed Rod Beck, rhp, to a $1.85 million, one-year contract; signed Sterling Hitchcock, lhp, St. Louis, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Ismael Valdes, rhp, Texas, to an $800,000, one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO (4) -- Re-signed Dustin Hermanson, rhp, to an $800,000, one-year contract; re-signed Jeffrey Hammonds, of, to a $1 million, one-year contract; re-signed J.T. Snow, 1b, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract; signed Michael Tucker, of, Kansas City, to a $3.5 million, two-year contract.
REMAINING FREE AGENTS
NEW YORK -- The 106 remaining free agents (a-may negotiate with former teams through Jan. 8):
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANAHEIM (1) -- Eric Owens of.
BALTIMORE (7) -- Tony Batista, 3b; Albert Belle, of; Hector Carrasco, rhp; Deivi Cruz, ss; Scott Erickson, rhp; Brook Fordyce, c; a-B.J. Surhoff, dh.
BOSTON (4) -- John Burkett, rhp; Bill Haselman, c; Todd Jones, rhp; Robert Person, rhp.
CHICAGO (1) -- Roberto Alomar, 2b.
CLEVELAND (2) -- Ellis Burks, dh; a-Terry Mulholland, lhp.
DETROIT (2) -- Shane Halter, 3b; Matt Walbeck, c.
KANSAS CITY (4) -- Jose Lima, rhp; Graeme Lloyd, lhp; Tom Prince, c; Jamey Wright, rhp.
MINNESOTA (4) -- Chris Gomez, 2b; Denny Hocking, 2b; Rick Reed, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp.
NEW YORK (4) -- Roger Clemens, rhp; Jeff Nelson, rhp; Antonio Osuna, rhp; a-David Wells, lhp.
SEATTLE (3) -- a-Pat Borders, c; John Mabry, of; Mark McLemore, ss.
TAMPA BAY (4) -- Travis Lee, 1b; Al Martin, dh; Rey Ordonez, ss; Terry Shumpert, dh.
TEXAS (2) -- Juan Gonzalez, of; Rafael Palmeiro, dh.
TORONTO (2) -- Mike Bordick, ss; Cory Lidle, rhp.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (4) -- Mark Grace, 1b; Felix Jose, of; Raul Mondesi, of; Mike Myers, lhp.
ATLANTA (4) -- Darren Bragg, of; Matt Franco, 1b; Darren Holmes; Greg Maddux, rhp.
CHICAGO (7) -- Shawn Estes, lhp; Doug Glanville, of; Mark Guthrie, lhp; Eric Karros, 1b; Troy O'Leary, of; Dave Veres, rhp; Tony Womack, ss.
COLORADO (4) -- a-Greg Norton, 3b; Darren Oliver, lhp; a-Mark Sweeney, of; Gregg Zaun, c.
FLORIDA (4) -- Chad Fox, rhp; Rick Helling, rhp; Ivan Rodriguez, c; Ugueth Urbina, rhp.
HOUSTON (4) -- Orlando Merced, of; Brian Moehler, rhp; Ron Villone, lhp; Rick White, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (5) -- Andy Ashby, rhp; Ron Coomer, 1b; Rickey Henderson, of; Brian Jordan, of; Fred McGriff, 1b.
MILWAUKEE (5) -- Royce Clayton, ss; Keith Osik, c; Todd Ritchie, rhp; Glendon Rusch, lhp; a-John Vander Wal, of.
MONTREAL (5) -- Wil Cordero, 1b; Vladimir Guerrero, of; Jose Mercedes, rhp; Fernando Tatis, 3b; Todd Zeile, 3b.
NEW YORK (3) -- Pedro Astacio, rhp; Jay Bell, 2b; Tony Clark, 1b.
PHILADELPHIA (5) -- Terry Adams, rhp; Jose Mesa, rhp; a-Dan Plesac, lhp; Turk Wendell, rhp; Mike Williams, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (3) -- Pat Meares, 2b; Jeff Reboulet, 2b; Julian Tavarez, rhp.
ST. LOUIS (8) -- Mike DeJean, rhp; Jeff Fassero, lhp; Joe Girardi, c; Lance Painter, rhp; a-Orlando Palmeiro, of; Russ Springer, rhp; Garrett Stephenson, rhp; Brett Tomko, rhp.
SAN FRANCISCO (5) -- Rich Aurilia, ss; Marvin Benard, of; Andres Galarraga, 1b; Sidney Ponson, rhp; Eric Young, 2b.
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