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NEW YORK (AP) — The 102 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 (1) — Re-signed Delmon Young, of, to a $2.25 million, one-year contract.

BOSTON (7) — Re-signed Koji Uehara, rhp, to an $18 million, two-year contract; signed Pablo Sandoval, 3b, San Francisco, to a $95 million, five-year contract; signed Hanley Ramirez, lf, Los Angeles Dodgers, to an $88 million, four-year contract; signed Justin Masterson, rhp, St. Louis, to a $9.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Craig Breslow, lhp, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Felipe Paulino, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a minor league contract ($925,000); signed Humberto Quintero, c, Seattle, to a minor league contract ($750,000).

CHICAGO (8) — Signed Zach Duke, lhp, Milwaukee, to a $15 million, three-year contract; signed Adam LaRoche, 1b, Washington, to a $25 million, two-year contract; signed David Robertson, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $46 million, four-year contract; signed Melky Cabrera, of, Toronto, to a $42 million, three-year contract; signed Emilio Bonifacio, 2b, Atlanta, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Jesse Crain, rhp, Houston, to a minor league contract ($2 million); signed Geovany Soto, c, Oakland, to a minor league contract; signed Brad Penny, rhp, Miami, to a minor league contract.

CLEVELAND (2) — Signed Gavin Floyd, rhp, Atlanta, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Downs, lhp, Kansas City, to a minor league contract ($800,000).

DETROIT (3) — Re-signed Victor Martinez, dh, to a $64 million, four-year contract; signed Tom Gorzelanny, lhp, Milwaukee, to a $1 million, one-year contract; re-signed Joel Hanrahan, rhp, to a minor league contract ($1 million).

HOUSTON (4) — Signed Luke Gregerson, rhp, Oakland, to an $18.5 million, four-year contract; signed Pat Neshek, rhp, St. Louis, to a $12.5 million, two-year contract; signed Jed Lowrie, ss, Oakland, to a $23 million, three-year contract; signed Colby Ramus, of, Toronto, to an $8 million, one-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (5) — Re-signed Jason Frasor, rhp, to a $1.8 million, one-year contract; re-signed Luke Hochevar, rhp, to a $10 million, two-year contract; signed Kendrys Morales, dh, Seattle, to a $17 million, two-year contract; signed Alex Rios, of, Toronto, to an $11 million, one-year contract; signed Edinson Volquez, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $20 million, two-year contract.

MINNESOTA (3) — Signed Torii Hunter, of, Detroit, to a $10.5 million, one-year contract; signed Ervin Santana, rhp, Atlanta, to a $55 million, four-year contract; signed Tim Stauffer, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.2 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (6) — Re-signed Chris Young, of, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Andrew Miller, lhp, Baltimore, to a $36 million, four-year contract; re-signed Chase Headley, 3b, to a $52 million, four-year contract; re-signed Chris Capuano, lhp, to a $5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Stephen Drew, ss, to a $5 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Baker, rhp, Texas, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million).

OAKLAND (1) — Signed Billy Butler, 1b, Kansas City, to a $30 million, three-year contract.

SEATTLE (3) — Signed Nelson Cruz, dh, Baltimore, to a $57 million, four-year contract; re-signed Endy Chavez, of, to a minor league contract ($750,000); re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY (2) — Signed Asdrubal Cabrera, ss, Washington, to a $7.5 million, one-year contract; signed Alexi Casilla, inf, Baltimore, to a minor league contract.

TEXAS (4) — Re-signed Colby Lewis, rhp, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Kyuji Fujikawa, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $1.1 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Ludwick, of, Cincinnati, to a minor league contract ($1.75 million); signed Nate Schierholtz, of, Washington, to a minor league contract.

TORONTO (3) — Signed Russell Martin, c, Pittsburgh, to an $82 million, five-year contract; re-signed Munenori Kawasaki, inf, to a minor league contract ($825,000); signed Ramon Santiago, ss, Cincinnati, to a minor league contract ($1.1 million).

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (1) — Signed Gerald Laird, c, Atlanta, to a minor league contract.

ATLANTA (8) — Signed Jim Johnson, rhp, Detroit, to a $1.6 million, one-year contract; signed Nick Markakis, of, Baltimore, to a $44 million, four-year contract; signed Alberto Callaspo, 3b, Oakland, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Grilli, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to an $8 million, two-year contract; signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, St. Louis, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Kelly Johnson, inf, Baltimore, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million); signed Jonny Gomes, of, Oakland, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Jose Veras, rhp, Houston, to a minor league contract.

CHICAGO (5) — Signed Jason Hammel, rhp, Oakland, to a $20 million, two-year contract; signed Jon Lester, lhp, Oakland, to a $155 million, six-year contract; signed Jason Motte, rhp, St. Louis, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract; signed David Ross, c, Boston, to a $5 million, two-year contract; signed Chris Denorfia, of, Seattle, to a $2.6 million, one-year contract.

CINCINNATI (3) — Signed Paul Maholm, lhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor league contract; signed Burke Badenhop, rhp, Boston, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Kevin Gregg, rhp, Miami, to a minor league contract ($1.5 million).

COLORADO (2) — Signed Nick Hundley, c, Baltimore, to a $6.25 million, two-year contract; signed Kyle Kendrick, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract.

HOUSTON (1) — Signed Roberto Hernandez, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES (2) — Signed Brandon McCarthy, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $48 million, four-year contract; signed Brett Anderson, lhp, Colorado, to a $10 million, one-year contract.

MIAMI (3) — Signed Michael Morse, of, San Francisco, to a $16 million, two-year contract; signed Nick Masset, rhp, Colorado, to a minor league contract ($1 million); signed Ichiro Suzuki, of, New York Yankees, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

MILWAUKEE (1) — Signed Neal Cotts, lhp, Texas, to a $3 million, one-year contract; agreed to terms with RHP Chris Perez on a minor league contract ($1.5 million).

NEW YORK (1) — Signed Michael Cuddyer, of, Colorado, to a $21 million, two-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA (2) — Signed Aaron Harang, rhp, Atlanta, to a $5 million, one-year contract; signed Chad Billingsley, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

PITTSBURGH (2) — Signed A.J. Burnett, rhp, Philadelphia, to an $8.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Francisco Liriano, lhp, to a $39 million, three-year contract.

ST. LOUIS (3) — Signed Matt Belisle, rhp, Colorado, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract; signed Mark Reynolds, 1b, Milwaukee, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Carlos Villanueva, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a minor league contract ($2 million).

SAN DIEGO (5) — Signed Clint Barmes, ss, Pittsburgh, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Brandon Morrow, rhp, Toronto, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Josh Johnson, rhp, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Wil Nieves, c, Philadelphia, to a minor league contract ($850,000); signed James Shields, rhp, Kansas City, to a $75 million, four-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (4) — Re-signed Sergio Romo, rhp, to a $15 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jake Peavy, rhp, to a $24 million, two-year contract; signed Nori Aoki, of, Kansas City, to a $4.7 million, one-year contract; re-signed Ryan Vogelsong, rhp, to a $4 million, one-year contract.

WASHINGTON (2) — Signed Max Scherzer, rhp, Detroit, to a $210 million, seven-year contract; signed Casey Janssen, rhp, Toronto, to a $5 million, one-year contract.

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JAPAN CENTRAL LEAGUE

HIROSHIMA (1) — Signed Hiroki Kuroda, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $3.3 million, one-year contract.

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JAPAN PACIFIC LEAGUE

FUKUOKA (1) — Signed Daisuke Matsuzaka, rhp, New York Mets.

ORIX (1) — Signed Hiroyuki Nakajima, ss, Oakland.

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SOUTH KOREAN LEAGUE

LG TWINS (1) — Signed Jack Hannahan, 3b, Cincinnati, to a $1 million, one-year contract.

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