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Free-agent signing list

ASSOCIATED PRESS01/26/2010

The 79 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. For players with minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league contracts are in parentheses:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (2): Signed Bob Howry, rhp, San Francisco, to a $2.25 million, one-year contract; signed Adam LaRoche, 1b, Atlanta, to a $6 million, one-year contract.

ATLANTA (3): Signed Billy Wagner, lhp, Boston, to a $7 million, one-year contract; signed Troy Glaus, inf, St. Louis, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract; signed Eric Hinske, of, N.Y. Yankees, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (2): Re-signed John Grabow, lhp, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract; signed Marlon Byrd, of, Texas, to a $15 million, three-year contract.

COLORADO (2): Re-signed Rafael Betancourt, rhp, to a $7.55 million, two-year contract; signed Miguel Olivo, c, Kansas City, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract.

HOUSTON (4): Signed Pedro Feliz, 3b, Houston, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract; signed Brandon Lyon, rhp, Detroit, to a $15 million, three-year contract; re-signed Jason Michaels, of, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Brett Myers, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $5.1 million, one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (3): Re-signed Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b, to a minor league contract ($550,000); signed Jamey Carroll, 2b, Cleveland, to a $3.85 million, two-year contract; re-signed Vicente Padilla, rhp, to a $5,025,000, one-year contract.

MILWAUKEE (6): Signed Gregg Zaun, c, Tampa Bay, to a $2.15 million, one-year contract; signed Randy Wolf, lhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $29.75 million, three-year contract; re-signed Craig Counsell, inf, to a $2.1 million, one-year contract; signed LaTroy Hawkins, rhp, Houston, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Claudio Vargas, rhp, to a $900,000, one-year contract; signed Doug Davis, lhp, Arizona, to a $5.25 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (5): Re-signed Alex Cora, ss, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Henry Blanco, c, San Diego, to a $750,000, one-year contract; re-signed Elmer Dessens, rhp, to a minor league contract ($700,000); signed Kelvim Escobar, rhp, Los Angeles, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Bay, of, Boston, to a $66 million, four-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA (5): Signed Brian Schneider, c, N.Y. Mets, to a $2.75 million, two-year contract; signed Juan Castro, ss, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $750,000, one-year contract; signed Placido Polanco, inf, Detroit, to an $18 million, three-year contract; signed Ross Gload, 1b-of, Florida, to a $2.6 million, two-year contract; signed Danys Baez, rhp, Baltimore, to a $5.25 million, two-year contract.

PITTSBURGH (3): Signed Bobby Crosby, inf, Oakland, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Brendan Donnelly, rhp, Florida, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; signed Octavio Dotel, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3): Re-signed Jason LaRue, c, to a $950,000, one-year contract; signed Brad Penny, rhp, San Francisco, to a $7.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Matt Holliday, of, to a $120 million, seven-year contract.

SAN DIEGO (2): Signed Jerry Hairston Jr., inf-of, N.Y. Yankees, to a $2,125,000, one-year contract; signed Matt Stairs, of, Philadelphia, to a minor league contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (4): Signed Mark DeRosa, inf-of, St. Louis, to a $12 million, two-year contract; re-signed Juan Uribe, 2b, to a $3.25 million, one-year contract; signed Aubrey Huff, of, Detroit, to a $3 million, one-year contract; re-signed Bengie Molina, c, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract.

WASHINGTON (3): Signed Ivan Rodriguez, c, Texas, to a $6 million, two-year contact; signed Jason Marquis, rhp, Colorado, to a $15 million, two-year contract; signed Eddie Guardado, lhp, Texas, to a minor league contract ($850,000).

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (1): Signed Mike Gonzalez, lhp, Atlanta, to a $12 million, two-year contract.

BOSTON (4): Signed Marco Scutaro, ss, Toronto, to a $12.5 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Cameron, of, Milwaukee, to a $15.5 million, two-year contract; signed John Lackey, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to an $82.5 million, five-year contract; signed Adrian Beltre, 3b, Seattle, to a $10 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (5): Signed Omar Vizquel, ss, Texas, to a $1,375,000, one-year contract; signed Andruw Jones, of, Texas, to a $500,000, one-year contract; signed J.J. Putz, rhp, New York Mets, to a $3 million, one-year contract; re-signed Ramon Castro, c, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

CLEVELAND (1): Signed Mike Redmond, c, Minnesota, to an $850,000, one-year contract.

DETROIT (2): Re-signed Adam Everett, ss, to a $1.55 million, one-year contract; signed Jose Valverde, rhp, Houston, to a $14 million, two-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (3): Signed Jason Kendall, c, Milwaukee, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed Scott Podsednik, of, Chicago White Sox, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract; signed Rick Ankiel, of, St. Louis, to a $3.25 million, one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (3): Signed Hideki Matsui, of, N.Y. Yankees, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signed Fernando Rodney, rhp, Detroit, to an $11 million, two-year contract; signed Joel Pineiro, rhp, St. Louis, to a $16 million, two-year contract.

MINNESOTA (1): Signed Carl Pavano, rhp, to a $7 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (2): Re-signed Andy Pettitte, lhp, to an $11.75 million, one-year contract; signed Nick Johnson, 1b, Florida, to a $5.75 million, one-year contract.

OAKLAND (2): Signed Coco Crisp, of, Kansas City, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Justin Duchscherer, rhp, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract.

SEATTLE (2): Signed Chone Figgins, 3b, Los Angeles Angels, to a $36 million, four-year contract; signed Chris Woodward, inf, Boston, to a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY (1): Signed Rafael Soriano, rhp, to a $7.25 million, one-year contract after acquiring him from Atlanta.

TEXAS (4): Signed Rich Harden, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $7.25 million, one-year contract; signed Darren Oliver, lhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract; signed Vladimir Guerrero, dh, Los Angeles Angels, to a $6.5 million, one-year contract; signed Khalil Greene, ss, St. Louis, to a $750,000, one-year contract.

TORONTO (2): Re-signed John McDonald, ss, to a $3 million, two-year contact; signed Alex Gonzalez, ss, Boston, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.

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