Free Agents Signings

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NEW YORK (AP) – The 136 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 source. For players with minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league contracts are in parentheses:

AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (4) – Matt Wieters, c, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Darren O’Day, rhp, to a $31 million, four-year contract; re-signed Chris Davis, 1b, to a $161 million, seven-year contract; signed Yovani Gallardo, rhp, Texas, to a $22 million, two-year contract,

BOSTON (3) – Signed Chris Young, of, to a $13 million, two-year contract; signed David Price, lhp, Toronto, to a $217 million, seven-year contract; signed David Murphy, of, Los Angeles Angels, to a minor league contract ($2 million) and released him.

CHICAGO (6) – Signed Alex Avila, c, Detroit, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Dioner Navarro, c, Toronto, to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Matt Albers, rhp, to a $2.25 million, one-year contract; signed Mat Latos, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Jimmy Rollins, ss, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Austin Jackson, of, Chicago Cubs, to a $5 million, one-year contract.

CLEVELAND (9) – Signed Rajai Davis, of, Detroit, to a $5.25 million, one-year contract; signed Tom Gorzelanny, lhp, Detroit, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Joe Thatcher, lhp, Houston, to a minor league contract ($1 million) and released him; signed Ross Detwiler, lhp, Atlanta, to a one-million, one-year contract; signed Mike Napoli, 1b, Texas, to a $7 million, one-year contract; signed Tommy Hunter, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Will Venable, of, Texas, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million) and released him; signed Juan Uribe, 3b, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Marlon Byrd, of, San Francisco, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

DETROIT (8) – Signed Jordan Zimmermann, rhp, Washington, to a $110 million, five-year contract; signed Mike Pelfrey, rhp, Minnesota, to a $16 million, two-year contract; signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c, Arizona, to a $507,500, one-year contract; signed Mark Lowe, rhp, Toronto, to an $11 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Aviles, inf-of, Cleveland, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Justin Upton, of, San Diego, to a $132.75 million, six-year contract; signed Bobby Parnell, rhp, New York Mets, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million) and released him; signed Casey McGehee, 3b, Miami, to a minor league contract ($1.1 million) and released him.

HOUSTON (4) – Colby Ramus, of, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Tony Sipp, lhp, to an $18 million, three-year contract; signed Doug Fister, rhp, Washington, to a $7 million, one-year contract; signed Neal Cotts, lhp, Minnesota, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million) and released him.

KANSAS CITY (8) – Re-signed Chris Young, rhp, to an $11.5 million, two-year contract; signed Joakim Soria, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $25 million, three-year contract; re-signed Alex Gordon, of, to a $72 million, four-year contract; signed Ian Kennedy, rhp, San Diego, to a $70 million, five-year contract; signed Peter Moylan, rhp, Atlanta, to a minor league contract ($750,000) and released him; signed Brian Duensing, lhp, Minnesota, to a minor league contract ($2 million) and released him; signed Ross Ohlendorf, rhp, Texas, to a minor league contract ($1.85 million) and released him; signed Clint Barmes, ss, San Diego, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million) and released him.

LOS ANGELES (2) – Signed Cliff Pennington, ss, Toronto, to a $3.75 million, two-year contract; signed Geovany Soto, c, Chicago White Sox, to a $2.8 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (1) – Signed Chris Denorfia, of, Chicago Cubs, to a minor league contract ($1 million) and released him.

OAKLAND (2) – Signed Rich Hill, lhp, Boston, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Madson, rhp, Kansas City, to a $22 million, three-year contract.

SEATTLE (5) – Re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Chris Iannetta, c, Los Angeles Angeles, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Nori Aoki, of, San Francisco, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Hisashi Iwakuma, rhp, to a $12 million, one-year contract; signed Joel Peralta, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY (2) – Signed Steve Pearce, 1b-of, Baltimore, to a $4.75 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Webb, rhp, Cleveland, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

TEXAS (5) – Re-signed Colby Lewis, rhp, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signed Jeremy Guthrie, rhp, Kansas City, to a minor league contract ($1.75 million) and released him; signed Ian Desmond, inf-of, Washington, to an $8 million, one-year contract; re-signed Drew Stubbs, of, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million) and released him; signed Kyle Lohse, rhp, Milwaukee, to a minor league contract ($2 million).

TORONTO (5) – Re-signed Marco Estrada, rhp, to a $26 million, two-year contract; signed J.A. Happ, lhp, Pittsburgh, to a $36 million, three-year contract; re-signed Maicer Izturis, 2b, to a minor league contract ($900,000) and placed him on the voluntary retired list; signed Gavin Floyd, rhp, Cleveland, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Randy Choate, lhp, St. Louis, to a minor league contract ($1 million) and released him.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (3) – Signed Zack Greinke, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $206.5 million, six-year contract; signed Wesley Wright, lhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a minor league contract ($507,500) and released him; signed Tyler Clippard, rhp, New York Mets, to a $12.25 million, two-year contract.

ATLANTA (6) – Re-signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, to a $3 million, two-year contract; signed Bud Norris, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Gordon Beckham, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract; signed Kelly Johnson, of-inf, New York Mets, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Kyle Kendrick, rhp, Colorado, to a minor league contract ($2 million) and released him; signed Jeff Francoeur, of, Philadelphia, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (9) – Signed John Lackey, rhp, St. Louis, to a $32 million, two-year contract; signed Ben Zobrist, inf, Kansas City, to a $56 million, four-year contract; re-signed Trevor Cahill, rhp, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Heyward, of, St. Louis, to a $184 million, eight-year contract; signed Munenori Kawasaki, inf, Toronto, to a minor league contract ($900,000) and released him; signed Manny Parra, lhp, Cincinnati, to a minor league contract ($520,000) and released him; re-signed Dexter Fowler, of, to a $13 million, one-year contract; Shane Victorino, of, Los Angeles Angeles, to a minor league contract ($1 million) and released him; signed Joe Nathan, rhp, Detroit, to a $507,500, one-year contract.

CINCINNATI (1) – Signed Alfredo Simon, rhp, Detroit, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

COLORADO (5) – Signed Jason Motte, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $10 million, two-year contract; signed Chad Qualls, rhp, Houston, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed Mark Reynolds, 1b-3b, St. Louis, to a $2.6 million, one-year contract; signed Gerardo Parra, of, Batimore, to a $27.5 million, three-year contract; signed Ryan Raburn, of, Cleveland, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (5) – Brett Anderson, lhp, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Chase Utley, 2b, to a $7 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Kazmir, lhp, Houston, to a $48 million, three-year contract; signed Joe Blanton, rhp, Pittsburgh. to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Howie Kendrick, 2b, to a $20 million, two-year contract.

MIAMI (5) – Re-signed Jeff Mathis, c, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Edwin Jackson, rhp, Atlanta, to a $507,500, one-year contract; signed Wei-Yin Chen, lhp, Baltimore, to an $80 million, five-year contract; re-signed Don Kelly, 3b, to a minor league contract ($1.25 million) and released him; signed Craig Breslow, lhp, Boston, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

MILWAUKEE (3) – Signed Chris Capuano, lhp, New York Yankees, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Blaine Boyer, rhp, Minnesota, to a $950,000, one-year contract; signed Franklin Morales, lhp, Kansas City, to a minor league contract ($2.3 million) and released him.

NEW YORK (6) – Signed Asdrubal Cabrera, ss, Tampa Bay, to an $18.5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jerry Blevins, lhp, to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Bartolo Colon, rhp, to a $7.25 million, one-year contract; signed Alejandro De Aza, of, San Francisco, to a $5.75 million, one-year contract; signed Antonio Bastardo, lhp, Pittsburgh, to a $12 million, two-year contract; re-signed Yoenis Cespedes, of, to a $75 million, three-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA (2) – Signed David Hernandez, rhp, Arizona, to a $3.9 million, one-year contract; signed Edward Mujica, rhp, Oakland, to a minor league contract ($2.5 million) and released him.

PITTSBURGH (6) – Re-signed Sean Rodriguez, inf-of, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Vogelsong, rhp, San Francisco, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed John Jaso, 1b-c, Tampa Bay, to a $8 million, two-year contract; signed Eric O’Flaherty, lhp, New York Mets, to a minor league contract ($1.75 million) and traded him to Atlanta; signed Matt Joyce, of, Los Angeles Angels, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed David Freese, inf, Los Angeles Angels, to a $3 million, one-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3) – Signed Brayan Pena, c, Cincinnati, to a $5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Leake, rhp, San Francisco, to an $80 million, five-year contract.

SAN DIEGO (7) – Signed Carlos Villanueva, rhp, St. Louis, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Alexei Ramirez, ss, Chicago White Sox, to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Brandon Morrow, rhp, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million); signed Fernando Rodney, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Skip Schumaker, inf-of, Cincinnati, to a minor league contract ($1.25 million) and released him; signed Casey Janssen, rhp, Washington, to a minor league contract ($1.25 million) and released him; signed Matt Thornton, lhp, to a $1.6 million, one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (3) – Signed Jeff Samardzija, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $90 million, five-year contract; signed Johnny Cueto, rhp, Kansas City, to a $130 million, six-year contract; signed Denard Span, of, Washington, to a $31 million, three-year contract.

WASHINGTON (7) – Signed Shawn Kelley, rhp, San Diego, to a $15 million, three-year contract; signed Oliver Perez, lhp, Houston, to a $7 million, two-year contract; signed Daniel Murphy, 2b, New York Mets, to a $37.5 million, three-year contract; signed Stephen Drew, 2nd-ss, New York Yankees, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Bronson Arroyo, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor league contract ($2 million) and released him; signed Matt Belisle, rhp, St. Louis, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract; signed Burke Badenhop, rhp, Cincinnati, to a minor league contract ($1 million) and released him.

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JAPAN PACIFIC LEAGUE
RAKUTEN (1) – Signed Jonny Gomes, of, Kansas City, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

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