Sunday, January 5, 2003

Baseball free agent signings



The Associated Press

NEW YORK - The 67 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 (2) - Signed Deivi Cruz, ss, San Diego, to a $1.2 million, one-year contract; signed Omar Daal, lhp, Los Angeles, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract.

BOSTON (4) - Re-signed Willie Banks, rhp, to a $750,000, one-year contract; re-signed Frank Castillo, rhp, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Mike Timlin, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $1.85 million, one-year contract; signed Ramiro Mendoza, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $6.5 million, two-year contract.

CHICAGO (2) - Re-signed Frank Thomas, 1b, to $22.5 million, four-year contract, signed Sandy Alomar Jr., c, to a $700,000, one-year contract.

CLEVELAND (2) - Signed Jason Bere, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Brian Anderson, lhp, Arizona, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

DETROIT (1) - Signed Bill Haselman, c, Texas, to a minor league contract ($550,000).

NEW YORK (5) - Re-signed Robin Ventura, 3b, to a $5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Chris Widger, c, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Todd Zeile, 3b, Colorado, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Chris Hammond, lhp, to a $4.8 million, two-year contract; re-signed Roger Clemens, rhp, to a $10.1 million, one-year contract.

SEATTLE (5) - Re-signed John Olerud, 1b, to a $15.4 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jamie Moyer, lhp, to a $15.5 million, three-year contract; re-signed Pat Borders, c, to a minor league contract ($500,000); re-signed Norm Charlton, lhp, to a minor league contract ($500,000); signed Greg Colbrunn, inf, Arizona, to a two-year contract.

TEXAS (3) - Re-signed Rudy Seanez, rhp, to a minor league contract ($750,000); signed Doug Glanville, of, Philadelphia, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Ugueth Urbina, rhp, to $4.5 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (2) - Signed Greg Myers, c, Toronto, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Mike Bordick, ss, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ATLANTA (5) - Re-signed Darren Holmes, rhp, to a $700,000, one-year contract; signed Paul Byrd, rhp, Kansas City, to $10 million, two-year contract; announced Greg Maddux, rhp, had accepted salary arbitration; re-signed Darren Bragg, of, to a minor league contract ($450,000); re-signed Julio Franco, 1b, to a minor league contract ($600,000).

ARIZONA (4) - Re-signed Chris Donnels, inf, to a minor league contract ($425,000); re-signed Steve Finley, of, to an $11.25 million, two-year contract; re-signed Armando Reynoso, rhp, to a minor league contract ($650,000); re-signed Mark Grace, 1b, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (4) - Signed Mike Remlinger, lhp, Atlanta, to a $10.65 million, three-year contract; signed Troy O'Leary, of, Montreal, to a $750,000, one-year contract; signed Shawn Estes, lhp, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Dave Veres, rhp, St. Louis, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

CINCINNATI (3) - Re-signed Jimmy Haynes, rhp, to a $5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jose Rijo, rhp, to minor league contract ($500,000): signed Pete Harnisch, rhp, Colorado, to minor league contract.

HOUSTON (2) - Re-signed Shane Reynolds, rhp, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Jeff Kent, 2b, to an $18.2 million, two-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (1) - Signed Fred McGriff, 1b, to a $3.75 million, one-year contract.

MONTREAL (1) - Re-signed Wil Cordero, of, to a $600,000 one-year contract.

NEW YORK (5) - Signed Tom Glavine, lhp, Atlanta, to a $35 million, three-year contract; re-signed Steve Trachsel, rhp, to an $8 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Stanton, lhp, New York Yankees, to a $9 million, three-year contract; signed Cliff Floyd, of, to a $26 million, four-year contract; agreed with Rey Sanchez, inf, on a $1.3 million, one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA (5) - Signed David Bell, 3b, San Francisco, to a $17 million, four-year contract; signed Jim Thome, 1b, Cleveland, to an $85 million, six-year contract; re-signed Dan Plesac, lhp, to a $2 million, one-year contract; announced Terry Adams, rhp, accepted salary arbitration; re-signed Todd Pratt, c, to a minor league contract ($850,000).

PITTSBURGH (2) - Re-signed Brian Boehringer, rhp, to a $3.8 million, two-year contract; signed Matt Stairs, of, Milwaukee, to a $900,000, one-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3) - Re-signed Woody Williams, rhp, to a $14.9 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jeff Fassero, lhp, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Joe Girardi, c, Chicago Cubs, to $725,000, one-year contract.

SAN DIEGO (3) - Signed Jesse Orosco, lhp, Los Angeles, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Dave Hansen, 1b, Los Angeles to a $1.3 million, two-year contract, signed Charles Nagy, rhp, to a minor league contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (3) - Signed Marquis Grissom, of, Los Angeles, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Ray Durham, 2b, Oakland, to a $20.1 million, three-year contract; signed Edgardo Alfonzo, ss, New York Mets, to a $26 million, four-year contract.



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