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Posted on: Sunday, December 14, 2008

Free Agent Signings

The 22 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

CLEVELAND (1) — Signed Kerry Wood, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $20.5 million, two-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (1) — Signed Kyle Farnsworth, rhp, Detroit, to a $9.25 million, two-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (1) — Announced Darren Oliver, lhp, had accepted salary arbitration.

MINNESOTA (1) — Re-signed Nick Punto, ss, to an $8.5 million, two-year contact.

SEATTLE (1) — Signed Russell Branyan, 3b, Milwaukee, to a $1.4 million, one-year contract.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (1) — Signed Felipe Lopez, inf, St. Louis, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (1) — Re-signed Ryan Dempster, rhp, to a $52 million, four-year contract.

CINCINNATI (3) — Re-signed Mike Lincoln, rhp, to a $4 million, two-year contract; announced David Weathers, rhp, had accepted salary arbitration; signed Arthur Rhodes, lhp, Florida, to a $4 million, two-year contract.

HOUSTON (2) — Re-signed Doug Brocail, rhp, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract; signed Mike Hampton, lhp, Atlanta, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (2) — Re-signed Casey Blake, to a $17.5 million, three-year contract; signed Mark Loretta, 2b, Houston, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.

MILWAUKEE (2) — Signed Jorge Julio, rhp, Atlanta, to a $950,000, one-year contract; re-signed Mike Lamb, 3b, to a $400,000, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (1) — Signed Francisco Rodriguez, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $37 million, three-year contract.

PITTSBURGH (1) — Signed Ramon Vazquez, 3b, Texas, to a $4 million, two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (1) — Signed Trever Miller, lhp, Tampa Bay, to a $500,000, one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (3) — Signed Jeremy Affeldt, lhp, Cincinnati, to an $8 million, two-year contract; signed Bobby Howry, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract; signed Edgar Renteria, ss, Detroit, to an $18.5 million, two-year contract.

REMAINING FREE AGENTS

The 149 remaining free agents:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (4) — Juan Castro, ss; Alex Cintron, ss; Kevin Millar, 1b; Jay Payton, of.

BOSTON (9) — Paul Byrd, rhp; Sean Casey, 1b; Bartolo Colon, rhp; Alex Cora, ss; Mark Kotsay, of; David Ross, c; Curt Schilling, rhp; Mike Timlin, rhp; Jason Varitek, c.

CHICAGO (6) — Orlando Cabrera, ss; Joe Crede, 3b; Ken Griffey Jr., of; Toby Hall, c; Horacio Ramirez, lhp; Juan Uribe, 3b.

CLEVELAND (4) — Brendan Donnelly, rhp; Scott Elarton, rhp; Sal Fasano, c; Juan Rincon, rhp.

DETROIT (5) — Casey Fossum, lhp; Freddy Garcia, rhp; Todd Jones, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp; Vance Wilson, c.

KANSAS CITY (1) — Mark Grudzielanek, 2b.

LOS ANGELES (4) — Garret Anderson, of; Jon Garland, rhp; Juan Rivera, of; Mark Teixeira, 1b.

MINNESOTA (3) — Adam Everett, ss; Eddie Guardado, lhp; Dennys Reyes, lhp.

NEW YORK (8) — Bobby Abreu, of; Jason Giambi, 1b; Chad Moeller, c; Mike Mussina, rhp; Carl Pavano, rhp; Andy Pettitte, lhp; Sidney Ponson, rhp; Ivan Rodriguez, c.

OAKLAND (4) — Emil Brown, of; Alan Embree, lhp; Keith Foulke, rhp; Frank Thomas, dh.

SEATTLE (3) — Willie Bloomquist, of; Miguel Cairo, inf; Raul Ibanez, of.

TAMPA BAY (3) — Rocco Baldelli, dh; Cliff Floyd, dh; Eric Hinske, of.

TEXAS (3) — Milton Bradley, dh; Jason Jennings, rhp; Jamey Wright, rhp.

TORONTO (4) — A.J. Burnett, rhp; John Parrish, lhp; Brad Wilkerson, of; Gregg Zaun, c.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (7) — Tony Clark, 1b; Juan Cruz, rhp; Adam Dunn, of; David Eckstein, ss; Orlando Hudson, 2b; Randy Johnson, lhp; Brandon Lyon, rhp.

ATLANTA (6) — Elmer Dessens, rhp; Tom Glavine, lhp; Greg Norton, of; Will Ohman, lhp; John Smoltz, rhp; Julian Tavarez, rhp.

CHICAGO (5) — Henry Blanco, c; Jim Edmonds, of; Chad Fox, rhp; Jon Lieber, rhp; Daryle Ward, 1b.

CINCINNATI (6) — Paul Bako, c; Josh Fogg, rhp; Jerry Hairston Jr., of; Kent Mercker, lhp; Corey Patterson, of; Javier Valentin, c.

COLORADO (6) — Brian Fuentes, lhp; Matt Herges, rhp; Livan Hernandez, rhp; Adam Melhuse, c; Scott Podsednik, of; Glendon Rusch, lhp.

FLORIDA (3) — Luis Gonzalez, of; Mark Hendrickson, lhp; Paul Lo Duca, c.

HOUSTON (2) — Brad Ausmus, c; Randy Wolf, lhp.

LOS ANGELES (13) — Joe Beimel, lhp; Gary Bennett, c; Rafael Furcal, ss; Nomar Garciaparra, ss; Jason Johnson, rhp; Jeff Kent, 2b; Derek Lowe, rhp; Greg Maddux, rhp; Pablo Ozuna; Chan Ho Park, rhp; Brad Penny, rhp; Manny Ramirez, of; Mark Sweeney, 1b.

MILWAUKEE (8) — Craig Counsell, 3b; Ray Durham, 2b; Eric Gagne, rhp; Gabe Kapler, of; Guillermo Mota, rhp; CC Sabathia, lhp; Ben Sheets, rhp; Brian Shouse, lhp.

NEW YORK (11) — Moises Alou, of; Tony Armas Jr., rhp; Luis Ayala, rhp; Damion Easley, 2b; Orlando Hernandez, rhp; Pedro Martinez, rhp; Ramon Martinez, 2b; Trot Nixon, of; Oliver Perez, lhp; Ricardo Rincon, lhp; Matt Wise, rhp.

PHILADELPHIA (4) — Pat Burrell, of; Tom Gordon, rhp; Jamie Moyer, lhp; Rudy Seanez, rhp.

PITTSBURGH (4) — Chris Gomez, 3b; Jason Michaels, of; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b; Luis Rivas, ss..

ST. LOUIS (7) — Juan Encarnacion, of; Jason Isringhausen, rhp; Cesar Izturis, ss; Braden Looper, rhp; Mark Mulder, lhp; Russ Springer, rhp; Ron Villone, lhp.

SAN DIEGO (2) — Trevor Hoffman, rhp; Mark Prior, rhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Rich Aurilia, 1b; Omar Vizquel, ss.

WASHINGTON (2) — Aaron Boone, 1b; Odalis Perez, lhp.