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.
