Official Baseball Free Agent Signings
January 5, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Odds and Ends, Transactions
Although other deals have been struck — such as Mark Teixeira signing with the New York Yankees — here are the baseball free agent signings that have become official to date.
CC Sabathia, SP - NY Yankees - 7 years, $161,000,000
A.J. Burnett, SP - NY Yankees - 5 years, $82,500,000
Ryan Dempster, SP - Chicago Cubs - 4 years, $52,000,000
Francisco Rodriguez, RP - NY Mets - 3 years, $37,000,000
Raul Ibanez, LF - Philadelphia - 3 years, $31,500,000
Rafael Furcal, SS - LA Dodgers - 3 years, $30,000,000
Kerry Wood, RP - Cleveland - 2 years, $20,500,000
Edgar Renteria, SS - San Francisco - 2 years, $18,500,000
Casey Blake, 3B - LA Dodgers - 3 years, $17,500,000
Brian Fuentes, RP - LA Angels - 2 years, $17,500,000
Jamie Moyer, SP - Philadelphia - 2 years, $13,000,000
Juan Rivera, RF - LA Angels - 3 years, $12,750,000
Kyle Farnsworth, RP - Kansas City - 2 years, $9,250,000
Nick Punto, SS - Minnesota - 2 years, $8,500,000
Jeremy Affeldt, RP - San Francisco - 2 years, $8,000,000
Randy Johnson, SP - San Francisco - 1 years, $8,000,000
Willy Taveras, CF - Cincinnati - 2 years, $6,250,000
Cesar Izturis, SS - Baltimore - 2 years, $5,000,000
Mike Lincoln, RP - Cincinnati - 2 years, $4,000,000
Arthur Rhodes, RP - Cincinnati - 2 years, $4,000,000
Ramon Vazquez, 3B - Pittsburgh - 2 years, $4,000,000
Felipe Lopez, SS - Arizona - 1 years, $3,500,000
David Ross, C - Atlanta - 2 years, $3,000,000
Doug Brocail, RP - Houston - 1 years, $2,750,000
Bob Howry, RP - San Francisco - 1 years, $2,750,000
Daniel Cabrera, SP - Washington - 1 years, $2,600,000
Chan Ho Park, RP - Philadelphia - 1 years, $2,500,000
Alan Embree, RP - Colorado - 1 years, $2,250,000
Mike Hampton, SP - Houston - 1 years, $2,000,000
Horacio Ramirez, SP - Kansas City - 1 years, $1,800,000
Russell Branyan, 3B - Seattle - 1 years, $1,400,000
Joe Nelson, RP - Tampa Bay - 1 years, $1,300,000
Mark Loretta, 2B - LA Dodgers - 1 years, $1,250,000
John Bale, SP - Kansas City - 1 years, $1,200,000
Adam Everett, SS - Detroit - 1 years, $1,000,000
Jorge Julio, RP - Milwaukee - 1 years, $950,000
Tony Clark, 1B - Arizona - 1 years, $800,000
Joey Gathright, CF - Chicago Cubs - 1 years, $800,000
Greg Norton, LF - Atlanta - 1 years, $800,000
Aaron Boone, 3B - Houston - 1 years, $750,000
Jason Michaels, OF - Houston - 1 years, $750,000
Trever Miller, RP - St. Louis - 1 years, $500,000
Mike Lamb, 3B - Milwaukee - 1 years, $400,000
Which players are the best of the remaining free agents? Here are the best of the baseball free agents still available.
