BASEBALL
Free Agent
Signings
NEW YORK (AP) - The 119 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. For players with minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league contracts are in parentheses:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (2) - Signed Endy Chavez, of, Texas, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Wilson Betemit, 3b, Detroit, to a $3.25 million, two-year contract.
BOSTON (6) - Announced David Ortiz, dh, has accepted salary arbitration; signed Kelly Shoppach, c, Tampa Bay, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; signed Nick Punto, inf, St. Louis, to a $3 million, two-year contract; signed Aaron Cook, rhp, Colorado, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million); signed Cody Ross, of, San Francisco, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Vicente Padilla, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million).
CLEVELAND (5) - Re-signed Grady Sizemore, of, to a $5 million, one-year contract; signed Jose Lopez, 3b, Miami, to a minor league contract; signed Brad Hawpe, of, San Diego, to a minor league contract; signed Dan Wheeler, rhp, Boston, to a minor league contract ($900,000); signed Casey Kotchman, 1b, Tampa Bay, to a $3 million, one-year contract.
DETROIT (4) - Signed Gerald Laird, c, St. Louis, to a $1 million, one-year contract; re-signed Ramon Santiago, ss, to a $4.2 million, two-year contract; signed Octavio Dotel, rhp, St. Louis, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract; signed Prince Fielder, 1b, Milwaukee, to a $214 million, nine-year contract.
KANSAS CITY (3) - Re-signed Bruce Chen, lhp, to a $9 million, two-year contract; signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Yuniesky Betancourt, ss, Milwaukee, to a $2 million, one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (3) - Signed Albert Pujols, 1b, St. Louis, to a $240 million, 10-year contract; signed C.J. Wilson, lhp, Texas, to a $77.5 million, five-year contract; sign
