The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Roger Clemens and Jeff Kent were offered salary arbitration by their old teams, Ray Durham moved across San Francisco Bay to the Giants, and the Texas Rangers said goodbye to catcher Ivan Rodriguez on a busy deadline night in baseball.

Teams had until midnight Saturday to re-sign their former players who became free agents or offer them arbitration. The New York Yankees made the offer to Clemens, who wants to re-sign, and the NL champion San Francisco Giants made the offer to Kent. They can continue negotiations through Jan. 8.

Durham, a second baseman who was the Oakland A's designated hitter, agreed to a $20.1 million, three-year contract with the Giants, who also gave him a $7 million player option for 2006. San Francisco also signed outfielder Marquis Grissom to a $4.25 million, two-year deal.

Left-hander Jamie Moyer got a $15.5 million, three-year contract to stay with Seattle, an agreement that includes $6 million in performance bonuses in the final season. The Mariners also agreed to a minor-league contract with catcher Pat Borders, who would get $500,000 if he's added to the major-league roster.

The Philadelphia Phillies re-signed left-handed reliever Dan Plesac to a $2 million, one-year contract, and the Boston Red Sox re-signed right-hander Frank Castillo to an $800,000, one-year deal.

The Arizona Diamondbacks re-signed outfielder Steve Finley to an $11.25 million, two-year contract and gave minor-league contracts to right-hander Armando Reynoso and infielder Chris Donnels. Reynoso would get $650,000 if he makes the Diamondbacks and Donnels would get $425,000.

The Houston Astros gave a $1 million contract to right-hander Shane Reynolds, who had surgery June 13 to repair a pinched nerve in his lower back and missed the rest of the season. He can earn an additional $5.75 million in roster and performance bonuses.

The Yankees agreed to a $750,000, one-year contract with backup catcher Chris Widger, but they declined to offer arbitration to a pair of relievers who had been key in their recent title run, left-hander Mike Stanton and right-hander Ramiro Mendoza.

Instead, New York closed in on a two-year contract with left-hander Chris Hammond for about $5 million.

The Montreal Expos, the team owned by the 29 others, agreed to a $600,000, one-year contract with outfielder Wil Cordero.

About 130 players faced the deadline, a group that included four-time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux and New York Mets third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo.

Scott Boras, Maddux's agent, was in Atlanta for a wedding and said he would speak with the Braves. Boras said he had been talking with seven or eight teams about Maddux.

"I anticipate we'll have something done by the end of the winter meetings," Boras said, a reference to the gathering that runs from Dec. 13-16 in Nashville, Tenn.

Arbitration offers can be accepted or rejected through Dec. 19. Also given offers were pitcher Brian Anderson, infielder Greg Colbrunn and first baseman Mark Grace (Arizona); pitchers Dave Burba and Terry Mulholland (Cleveland); pitcher Paul Byrd (Kansas City); third baseman Ron Coomer (Yankees); pitchers Terry Adams and Ricky Bottalico, center fielder Doug Glanville and catcher Todd Pratt (Philadelphia); and left-hander Chuck Finley (St. Louis).

Among those who declined arbitration were outfielders Kenny Lofton and Reggie Sanders (San Francisco) and shortstop Mike Bordick (Baltimore). They can't re-sign with their former teams until May 1.

RED SOX: Former major-league infielder Craig Shipley filled Boston's top player-development spot. Shipley, a native of Sydney, Australia, moves from the San Diego Padres, where he was a professional scout.

ETC: Former major-leaguer Hideki Irabu agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Central League, Kyodo News reported. The 33-year-old Irabu was released by the Rangers last month.