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NEW YORK (AP) — The 60 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 source. For players with minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league contracts are in parentheses:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (2) — Matt Wieters, c, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Darren O'Day, rhp, to a $31 million, four-year contract.

BOSTON (2) — Signed Chris Young, of, to a $13 million, two-year contract; signed David Price, lhp, Toronto, to a $217 million, seven-year contract.

CHICAGO (2) — Signed Alex Avila, c, Detroit, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Dioner Navarro, c, Toronto, to a $4 million, one-year contract.

CLEVELAND (4) — Signed Rajai Davis, of, Detroit, to a one-year contract; signed Tom Gorzelanny, lhp, Detroit, to a minor league contract; signed Joe Thatcher, lhp, Houston, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Ross Detwiler, lhp, Atlanta, to a minor league contract ($1 million).

DETROIT (5) — Signed Jordan Zimmermann, rhp, Washington, to a $110 million, five-year contract; signed Mike Pelfrey, rhp, Minnesota, to a $16 million, two-year contract; signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c, Arizona, to a $507,500, one-year contract; signed Mark Lowe, rhp, Toronto, to an $11 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Aviles, inf-of, Cleveland, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

HOUSTON (2) — Colby Ramus, of, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Tony Sipp, lhp, to an $18 million, three-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (2) — Re-signed Chris Young, rhp, to an $11.5 million, two-year contract; signed Joakim Soria, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $25 million, three-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (2) — Signed Cliff Pennington, ss, Toronto, to a $3.75 million, two-year contract; signed Geovany Soto, c, Chicago White Sox, to a $2.8 million, one-year contract.

OAKLAND (2) — Signed Rich Hill, rhp, Boston, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Madson, rhp, Kansas City, to a $22 million, three-year contract.

SEATTLE (4) — Re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Chris Ianetta, c, Los Angeles Angeles, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Nori Aoki, of, San Francisco, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Hisashi Iwakuma, rhp, to a $12 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (2) — Re-signed Marco Estrada, rhp, to a $26 million, two-year contract; signed J.A. Happ, lhp, Pittsburgh, to a $36 million, three-year contract.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (1) — Signed Zack Greinke, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $206.5 million, six-year contract.

ATLANTA (3) — Re-signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, to a $3 million, two-year contract; signed Bud Norris, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Gordon Beckham, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO (4) — Signed John Lackey, rhp, St. Louis, to a $32 million, two-year contract; signed Ben Zobrist, inf, Kansas City, to a $56 million, four-year contract; re-signed Trevor Cahill, rhp, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Heyward, of, St. Louis, to a $184 million, eight-year contract.

COLORADO (3) — Signed Jason Motte, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $10 million, two-year contract; signed Chad Qualls, rhp, Houston, to a $6 million, two-year contract. Signed Mark Reynolds, 1b-3b, St. Louis, to a $2.6 million, one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (3) — Brett Anderson, lhp, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Chase Utley, 2b, to a $7 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Kazmir, lhp, Houston, to a $48 million, three-year contract.

MIAMI (1) — Re-signed Jeff Mathis, c, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (4) — Signed Asdrubal Cabrera, ss, Tampa Bay, to an $18.5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jerry Blevins, lhp, to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Bartolo Colon, rhp, to a $7.25 million, one-year contract; signed Alejandro De Aza, of, San Francisco, to a $5.75 million, one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA (2) — Signed David Hernandez, rhp, Arizona, to a $3.9 million, one-year contract; signed Edward Mujica, rhp, Oakland, to a minor league contract ($2.5 million).

PITTSBURGH (3) — Re-signed Sean Rodriguez, inf-of, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Vogelsong, rhp, San Francisco, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed John Jaso, 1b-c, Tampa Bay, to a $8 million, two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3) — Signed Brayan Pena, c, Cincinnati, to a $5 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Leake, rhp, San Francisco, to an $80 million, five-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Signed Jeff Samardzija, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $90 million, five-year contract; signed Johnny Cueto, rhp, Kansas City, to a $130 million, six-year contract.

WASHINGTON (2) — Signed Shawn Kelley, rhp, San Diego, to a $15 million, three-year contract; signed Oliver Perez, lhp, Houston, to a $7 million, two-year contract.

NEW YORK (AP) — The 159 players eligible for salary arbitration. Eligible players may file on Jan. 12:AMERICAN LEAGUEBALTIMORE (8) — Brad Brach, rhp; Zach Britton, lhp; Ryan Flaherty, 2b; Miguel Gonzalez, rhp; Manny Machado, 3b; Brian Matusz, lhp; Chris Tillman, rhp; Mark Trumbo, of-1b.BOSTON (3) — Joe Kelly, rhp; Robbie Ross, lhp; Junichi Tazawa, rhp.CHICAGO (4) — Avisail Garcia, of; Dan Jennings, lhp; Brett Lawrie, 3b; Zach Putnam, rhp.CLEVELAND (6) — Cody Allen, rhp; Lonnie Chisenhall, 3b-rf; Jeff Manship, rhp; Zach McAllister, rhp; Bryan Shaw, rhp; Josh Tomlin, rhp.DETROIT (4) — Jose Iglesias, ss; J.D. Martinez, of; Andrew Romine, inf; Justin Wilson, lhp.HOUSTON (6) — Jason Castro, c; Josh Fields, rhp; Evan Gattis, dh; Marwin Gonzalez, inf; Dallas Keuchel, lhp; Luis Valbuena, 3b.KANSAS CITY (7) — Drew Butera, c; Lorenzo Cain, of; Louis Coleman, rhp; Tony Cruz, c; Danny Duffy, lhp; Jarrod Dyson, of; Mike Moustakas, 3b.LOS ANGELES (4) — Kole Calhoun, of; Garrett Richards, rhp; Fernando Salas, rhp; Hector Santiago, lhp.MINNESOTA (6) — Eduardo Escobar, ss; Casey Fien, rhp; Kevin Jepsen, rhp; Tommy Milone, lhp; Eduardo Nunez, inf; Trevor Plouffe, 3b.NEW YORK (6) — Dustin Ackley, 2b-of; Aroldis Chapman, lhp; Nathan Eovaldi, rhp; Didi Gregorius, ss; Ivan Nova, rhp; Michael Pineda, rhp.OAKLAND (4) — Yonder Alonso, 1b; Josh Reddick, of; Fernando Rodriguez, rhp; Danny Valencia, 3b.SEATTLE (4) — Anthony Bass, rhp; Charlie Furbush, lhp; Leonys Martin, of; Evan Scribner, rhp.TAMPA BAY (10) — Alex Cobb, rhp; Hank Conger, c; Logan Forsythe, 2b; Brandon Guyer, of; Desmond Jennings, of; Jake McGee, lhp; Logan Morrison, 1b; Erasmo Ramirez, rhp; Rene Rivera, c; Drew Smyly, lhp.TEXAS (7) — Robinson Chirinos, c; Jake Diekman, lhp; Mitch Moreland, 1b; Jurickson Profar, 2b-ss; Tanner Scheppers, rhp; Shawn Tolleson, rhp; Tom Wilhelmsen, rhp.TORONTO (8) — Brett Cecil, lhp; Jesse Chavez, rhp; Steve Delabar, rhp; Josh Donaldson, 3b; Drew Hutchison, rhp; Aaron Loup, lhp; Ben Revere, of; Michael Saunders, of.NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONA (7) — Welington Castillo, c; Patrick Corbin, lhp; Rubby De La Rosa, rhp; Randall Delgado, rhp; Daniel Hudson, rhp; Shelby Miller, rhp; A.J. Pollock, of.ATLANTA (2) — Arodys Vizcaino, rhp; Chris Withrow, rhp.CHICAGO (7) — Jake Arrieta, rhp; Chris Coghlan, of; Justin Grimm, rhp; Hector Rondon, rhp; Pedro Strop, rhp; Adam Warren, rhp; Travis Wood, lhp.CINCINNATI (2) — Zack Cozart, ss; J.J. Hoover, rhp.COLORADO (3) — Nolan Arenado, 3b; Charlie Blackmon, of; DJ LeMahieu, 2b.LOS ANGELES (6) — Luis Avilan, lhp; Yasmani Grandal, c; Chris Hatcher, rhp; Kenley Jansen, rhp; Justin Turner, inf; Scott Van Slyke, of.MIAMI (8) — Carter Capps, rhp; Jose Fernandez, rhp; Dee Gordon, 2b; Adeiny Hechavarria, ss; Tom Koehler, rhp; Bryan Morris, rhp; David Phelps, rhp; A.J. Ramos, rhp.MILWAUKEE (3) — Wily Peralta, rhp; Jean Segura, ss; Will Smith, lhp.NEW YORK (9) — Lucas Duda, 1b; Josh Edgin, lhp; Jeurys Familia, rhp; Matt Harvey, rhp; Jenrry Mejia, rhp; Addison Reed, rhp; Ruben Tejada, ss; Carlos Torres, rhp; Neil Walker, 2b.PHILADELPHIA (3) — Freddy Galvis, ss; Jeanmar Gomez, rhp; Jeremy Hellickson, rhp.PITTSBURGH (7) — Francisco Cervelli, c; Jared Hughes, rhp; Jeff Locke, lhp; Mark Melancon, rhp; Jordy Mercer, ss; Chris Stewart, c; Tony Watson, lhp.ST. LOUIS (4) — Matt Adams, 1b; Seth Maness, rhp; Brandon Moss, of-1b; Trevor Rosenthal, rhp.SAN DIEGO (4) — Andrew Cashner, rhp; Derek Norris, c; Drew Pomeranz, lhp; Tyson Ross, rhp.SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Brandon Belt, 1b; George Kontos, rhp.WASHINGTON (5) — Danny Espinosa, 2b; Wilson Ramos, c; Anthony Rendon, 2b-3b; Drew Storen, rhp; Stephen Strasburg, rhp.

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