MLB Free Agents & Free agent signings

Published 1:23 am Monday, January 25, 2016

Free Agents Signings

NEW YORK (AP) — The 72 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

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BALTIMORE (2) — Matt Wieters, c, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Darren O’Day, rhp, to a $31 million, four-year contract.

BOSTON (2) — Signed Chris Young, of, to a $13 million, two-year contract; signed David Price, lhp, Toronto, to a $217 million, seven-year contract.

CHICAGO (2) — 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.

CLEVELAND (5) — 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); signed Ross Detwiler, lhp, Atlanta, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Mike Napoli, 1b, Texas, to a $7 million, one-year contract.

DETROIT (6) — 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.

HOUSTON (2) — Colby Ramus, of, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Tony Sipp, lhp, to an $18 million, three-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (3) — 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.

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.

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

SEATTLE (4) — Re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Chris Ianetta, 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.

TEXAS (1) — Re-signed Colby Lewis, rhp, to a $6 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (2) — 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.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (1) — Signed Zack Greinke, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $206.5 million, six-year contract.

ATLANTA (4) — 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.

CHICAGO (4) — 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.

COLORADO (4) — 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.

LOS ANGELES (4) — 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.

MIAMI (3) — 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.

NEW YORK (4) — 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.

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).

PITTSBURGH (3) — 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.

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 (1) — Signed Carlos Villanueva, rhp, St. Louis, to a $1.5 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 (4) — 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.

Remaining Free Agents

NEW YORK (AP) — The 90 remaining free agents (q-did not accept qualifying offer):

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTMORE (2) — Chris Davis, 1b; Steve Pearce, of.

BOSTON (1) — Craig Breslow, lhp.

CHICAGO (2) — Matt Albers, rhp; Alexei Ramirez, ss.

CLEVELAND (3) — Gavin Floyd, rhp; Ryan Raburn, dh; Ryan Webb, rhp.

DETROIT (3) — Joe Nathan, rhp; Alfredo Simon, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.

KANSAS CITY (4) — Jonny Gomes, of; Jeremy Guthrie, rhp; Franklin Morales, lhp; Alex Rios, of.

LOS ANGELES (7) — David DeJesus, of; David Freese, 3b; Matt Joyce, of; Mat Latos, rhp; David Murphy, of; Shane Victorino, of; Wesley Wright, lhp.

MINNESOTA (4) — Blaine Boyer, rhp; Neal Cotts, lhp; Brian Duensing, lhp; Torii Hunter, of.

NEW YORK (1) — Chris Capuano, lhp.

OAKLAND (1) — Barry Zito, lhp.

SEATTLE (1) — Joe Beimel, lhp.

TAMPA BAY (1) — Grady Sizemore, of.

TEXAS (4) — q-Yovani Gallardo, rhp; Ross Ohlendorf, rhp; Drew Stubbs, of; Will Venable, of.

TORONTO (5) — Mark Buehrle, lhp; Jeff Francis, lhp; Maicer Izturis, 2b; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Munenori Kawasaki, inf.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

ATLANTA (1) — Peter Moylan, rhp.

CHICAGO (6) — Chris Denorfia, of; q-Dexter Fowler, of; Dan Haren, rhp; Tommy Hunter, rhp; Austin Jackson, of; Fernando Rodney, rhp.

CINCINNATI (4) — Burke Badenhop, rhp; Sean Marshall, lhp; Manny Parra, lhp; Skip Schumaker, inf-of.

COLORADO (2) — Kyle Kendrick, rhp; Justin Morneau, 1b.

LOS ANGELES (5) — Bronson Arroyo, rhp; q-Howie Kendrick, 2b; Joel Peralta, rhp; Jimmy Rollins, ss.

MIAMI (2) — Don Kelly, 3b; Casey McGehee, 3b.

MILWAUKEE (1) — Kyle Lohse, rhp.

NEW YORK (5) — Yoenis Cespedes, of; Tyler Clippard, rhp; Eric O’Flaherty, lhp; Bobby Parnell, rhp; Juan Uribe, 3b.

PHILADELPHIA (5) — Chad Billingsley, rhp; Jeff Francoeur, of; Aaron Harang, rhp; Cliff Lee, lhp; Jerome Williams, rhp.

PITTSBURGH (4) — Antonio Bastardo, lhp; A.J. Burnett, rhp; Corey Hart, 1b; Aramis Ramirez, 3b.

ST. LOUIS (2) — Matt Belisle, rhp; Randy Choate, lhp.

SAN DIEGO (4) — Clint Barmes, ss; Josh Johnson, rhp; q-Ian Kennedy, rhp; Brandon Morrow, rhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (5) — Jeremy Affeldt, lhp; Marlon Byrd, of; Tim Hudson, rhp; Tim Lincecum, rhp; Marco Scutaro, 2b.

WASHINGTON (6) — q-Ian Desmond, ss; Doug Fister, rhp; Casey Janssen, rhp; Nate McLouth, of; Matt Thornton, lhp; Dan Uggla, 2b.