FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
Free Agent Signings
NEW YORK -- The 85 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
BALTIMORE (1) -- Signed Ramon J. Hernandez, c, San Diego, to a $27.5 million, four-year contract.
BOSTON (3) -- Announced Tony Graffanino, 2b, accepted salary arbitration; signed Rudy Seanez, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.1 million, one-year contract; signed John Flaherty, c, New York Yankees, to a $650,000, one-year contract.
CHICAGO (1) -- Re-signed Paul Konerko, 1b, to a $60 million, five-year contract.
CLEVELAND (6) -- Signed Paul Byrd, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $14.25 million, two-year contract; re-signed Bob Wickman, rhp, to a $5 million, one-year contract; signed Lou Merloni, 3b, Los Angeles Angels, to a minor league contract ($500,000); signed Steve Karsay, rhp, Texas, to a minor league contract ($600,000); signed Danny Graves, rhp, New York Mets, to a minor league contract ($600,000); signed Einar Diaz, c, St. Louis, to a minor league contract ($625,000).
DETROIT (2) -- Signed Todd Jones, rhp, Florida, to an $11 million, two-year contract; signed Kenny Rogers, lhp, Texas, to a $16 million, two-year contract.
KANSAS CITY (8) -- Re-signed Joe McEwing, 3b, to a minor league contract ($650,000); signed Elmer Dessens, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $3.4 million, two-year contract; signed Scott Elarton, rhp, Cleveland, to a two-year contract; signed Mark Grudzielanek, 2b, St. Louis, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b, New York Mets, to a $1.85 million, one-year contract; signed Paul Bako, c, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $700,000, one-year contract; signed Reggie Sanders, of, St. Louis, to a $10 million, two-year contract; signed Joe Mays, rhp, Minnesota, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (2) -- Signed Hector Carrasco, rhp, Washington, to a $6.1 million, two-year contract; re-signed Tim Salmon, dh, to a minor league contract ($400,000).
MINNESOTA (1) -- Signed Rondell White, of, Detroit, to a $3.25 million, one-year contract.
NEW YORK (4) -- Signed Kyle Farnsworth, rhp, Atlanta, to a $17 million, three-year contract; signed Mike Myers, lhp, Boston, to a $2.4 million, two-year contract; re-signed Bernie Williams, of, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Johnny Damon, of, Boston, to a $52 million, four-year contract.
OAKLAND (1) -- Signed Esteban Loaiza, rhp, Washington, to a $21,375,000, three-year contract.
SEATTLE (4) -- Re-signed Jamie Moyer, lhp, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract; signed Carl Everett, dh, Chicago White Sox, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Jarrod Washburn, lhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $37 million, four-year contract; signed Matt Lawton, of, New York Yankees, to a $400,000, one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY (1) -- Announced Travis Lee, 1b, accepted salary arbitration.
TEXAS (1) -- Re-signed John Wasdin, rhp, to a $600,000, one-year contract.
TORONTO (2) -- Signed B.J. Ryan, lhp, Baltimore, to a $47 million, five-year contract; signed A.J. Burnett, rhp, Florida, to a $55 million, five-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (2) -- Signed Damion Easley, 2b, Florida, to a $700,000, one-year contract; signed Jason Grimsley, rhp, Baltimore, to an $825,000, one-year contract.
ATLANTA (1) -- Signed Todd Pratt, c, Philadelphia, to an $850,000 one-year contract.
CHICAGO (4) -- Signed Scott Eyre, lhp, San Francisco, to an $11 million, three-year contract; signed Bobby Howry, rhp, Cleveland, to a $12 million, three-year contract; signed John Mabry, of, St. Louis, to a $1,075,000, one-year contract; signed Jacque Jones, of, Minnesota, to a $16 million, three-year contract.
CINCINNATI (2) -- Re-signed Jacob Cruz, of, to a minor league contract ($625,000); signed Chris Hammond, lhp, San Diego, to an $800,000, one-year contract.
COLORADO (1) -- Signed Jose Mesa, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $2,515,000, one-year contract.
FLORIDA (2) -- Re-signed Brian Moehler, rhp, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Lenny Harris, dh, to a minor league contract ($450,000).
HOUSTON (3) -- Re-signed Russ Springer, rhp, to a $750,000, one-year contract; re-signed Orlando Palmeiro, of, to a $1.9 million, two-year contract; re-signed Brad Ausmus, c, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (7) -- Signed Rafael Furcal, ss, Atlanta, to a $39 million, three-year contract; re-signed Olmedo Saenz, 1b, to a $2 million, two-year contract; signed Sandy Alomar Jr., c, Los Angeles, to a $650,000 one-year contract; signed Bill Mueller, 3b, Boston, to a $9.5 million, two-year contract; signed Nomar Garciaparra, ss, Chicago Cubs, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signed Kenny Lofton, of, Philadelphia, to a $3.85 million, one-year contract; signed Brett Tomko, rhp, San Francisco, to an $8.7 million, two-year contract.
MILWAUKEE (2) -- Re-signed Rick Helling, rhp, to an $850,000, one-year contract; re-signed Jeff Cirillo, 3b, to an $850,000, one-year contract.
NEW YORK (3) -- Signed Billy Wagner, lhp, Philadelphia, to a $43 million, four-year contract; signed Jose Valentin, 3b, Los Angeles, to a $912,500, one-year contract; signed Julio Franco, 1b, Atlanta, to a $2.2 million, two-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA (2) -- Signed Abraham Nunez, 3b, St. Louis, to a $3.35 million, two-year contract; signed Tom Gordon, rhp, New York Yankees, to an $18 million, three-year contract.
PITTSBURGH (2) -- Signed Terry Adams, rhp, Philadelphia, to a minor league contract ($500,000); signed Roberto Hernandez, rhp, New York Mets, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.
ST. LOUIS (5) -- Signed Gary Bennett, c, Washington, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Deivi Cruz, 2b, Washington, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Ricardo Rincon, lhp, to a $2.9 million, two-year contract; signed Braden Looper, rhp, New York Mets, to a $13.5 million, three-year contract; signed Juan Encarnacion, of, to a $15 million, three-year contract.
SAN DIEGO (5) -- Signed Geoff Blum, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $650,000, one-year contract; re-signed Eric Young, of, to a $700,000, one-year contract; re-signed Brian Giles, of, to a $30 million, three-year contract; re-signed Trevor Hoffman, rhp, to a $13.5 million, two-year contract; signed Doug Brocail, rhp, Texas, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO (4) -- Signed Tim Worrell, rhp, Arizona, to a $4 million, two-year contract; signed Mark Sweeney, 1b, San Diego, to a $1.8 million, two-year contract; signed Matt Morris, rhp, St. Louis, to a $27 million, three-year contract; signed Jose Vizcaino, 2b, Houston, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.
WASHINGTON (3) -- Signed Marlon Anderson, inf, New York Mets, to a $1.85 million, two-year contract; re-signed Joey Eischen, rhp, to a $1.1 million, one-year contract; signed Robert Fick, c, San Diego, to an $850,000, one-year contract.
Free Agents List
NEW YORK -- The 96 remaining free agents (a-rejected salary arbitration offer and may negotiate with former team through Jan. 8):
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (5) -- James Baldwin, rhp; Eli Marrero, of; Rafael Palmeiro, 1b; Sammy Sosa, of; B.J. Surhoff, of.
BOSTON (3) -- Matt Mantei, rhp; Kevin Millar; 1b; John Olerud, 1b.
CHICAGO (2) -- Raul Casanova, c; Frank Thomas, dh.
CLEVELAND (3) -- Juan Gonzalez, of; Jose Hernandez, 1b; a-Kevin Millwood, rhp.
DETROIT (3) -- Jason Johnson, rhp; Bobby Higginson, of; Fernando Vina, 2b.
KANSAS CITY (4) -- Brian Anderson, lhp; Denny Hocking, of; Jose Lima, rhp; Scott Sullivan, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (2) -- Jason Christiansen, lhp; Bengie Molina, c.
MINNESOTA (1) -- Terry Mulholland, lhp.
NEW YORK (8) -- Kevin Brown, rhp; Alan Embree, lhp; a-Al Leiter, lhp; Tino Martinez, 1b; a-Ramiro Mendoza, rhp; Felix Rodriguez, rhp; Rey Sanchez, ss; Ruben Sierra, dh.
OAKLAND (4) -- Alberto Castillo, c; Octavio Dotel, rhp; Erubiel Durazo, dh; Scott Hatteberg, dh.
SEATTLE (5) -- Shigetoshi Hasegawa, rhp; Dave Hansen, 1b; Jeff Nelson, rhp; Pokey Reese, ss. Dan Wilson, c.
TAMPA BAY (4) -- Roberto Alomar, 2b; Danny Bautista, of; a-Alex S. Gonzalez, 3b; a-Eduardo A. Perez, 1b.
TEXAS (2) -- Greg Colbrunn, 1b; Richard Hidalgo, of.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (3) -- Royce Clayton, ss; Shawn Estes, lhp; Buddy Groom, lhp.
ATLANTA (4) -- Todd Hollandsworth, of; a-Brian Jordan, of; a-Eduardo Perez, c; Jay Powell, rhp.
CHICAGO (2) -- Jeromy Burnitz, of; Chad Fox, rhp.
CINCINNATI (2) -- a-Rich Aurilia, 2b; Luis Lopez, 3b.
COLORADO (4) -- Todd Greene, c; a-Byung-Hyun Kim, rhp; Dan Miceli, rhp; Jamey Wright, rhp.
FLORIDA (7) -- Antonio Alfonseca, rhp; Jeff Conine, of; Alex Gonzalez, ss; Jim Mecir, rhp; Mike Mordecai, 3b; Paul Quantrill, rhp; Ismael Valdez, rhp.
HOUSTON (1) -- Roger Clemens, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (2) -- Darren Dreifort, rhp; a-Jeff Weaver, rhp.
MILWAUKEE (1) -- Wes Helms, 3b.
NEW YORK (7) -- Miguel Cairo, 2b; Mike DeFelice, c; Jose Offerman, 1b; Mike Piazza, c; Felix Heredia, lhp; Shingo Takatsu, rhp; Gerald Williams of.
PHILADELPHIA (3) -- Ramon E. Martinez, ss; Michael Tucker, of; Ugueth Urbina, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (3) -- Brian Meadows, rhp; Daryle Ward, 1b; Rick White, rhp.
ST. LOUIS (4) -- Cal Eldred, rhp; Al Reyes, rhp; Julian Tavarez, rhp; Larry Walker, of.
SAN DIEGO (2) -- a-Pedro Astacio, rhp; Joe Randa, 3b.
SAN FRANCISCO (1) -- J.T. Snow, 1b.
WASHINGTON (4) -- a-Tony Armas Jr., rhp; Carlos Baerga, 3b; Jeffrey Hammonds, of; Preston Wilson, of.
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