Off-season 2038
Free Agent Signings
Note: only players who signed as Free Agents or accepted Qualifying Offers are included below. Players acquired via trade are not included in this list.
January 11, 2021
Spring Training has begun and any signing from here on out is no longer classified as an Off-season Signing.
January 10, 2021
VAN RP Donny Sarvaila $1M/1yr, $1M for an All-Star season, VAN postseason berth, VAN World Series appearance, team-leading saves season, and/or < 5 BB/9 AND > 12 SO/9, player option for second year (signed away from TEX)
BOS RP Todd Benjamin $1M/1yr (signed away from TEX)
January 9, 2021
DET RP Brian Ballard $7M/1yr (signed away from KAN)
DET RP Len Woods $7M/1yr (signed away from KAN)
January 8, 2021
WAS RP Milton Douglas $3/ 1yr (signed away from ANA)
January 7, 2021
BAL C Jayson Pitts $10M/1yr (signed away from TEX)
STL SP Vilhjalmur Johnsson $10M/1yr (signed away from KAN)
LAD SS Edwin Foster $3M/1yr (signed away from ARI)
TEX OF Damien Foster $4M/4yrs, club option for 5th year, $11M mutual options until declined (signed Free Agent)
LV 3B Mark Lost $7M/1yr, $13M club option for second year (signed away from TEX)
January 6, 2021
LAD RP Tony Cohen $6M/2yrs (signed away from TOR)
LAD RP Kareem Davenport $5M/2yrs (signed away from KAN)
TOR SP Chuck Ruff $36M/1yr (signed away from LAD)
January 5, 2021
TOR 2B Wally Woodard $6M/1yr (re-signed with TOR)
MIN OF Petar Vucevic $7M/3yrs (24+ IFA)
NYY C Bruno Garcia $1M/1yr (signed away from CHC)
NYY RP Richard Ohka $1M/1yr (signed away from BOS)
WAS SP August Brett $27M/3yrs/+$10M per year, then $46M/8yrs/-$1M per year, no-trade clause (24+ IFA)
January 4, 2021
SJ OF Carlton Kadar $3M/3yrs (signed Free Agent)
January 3, 2021
TEX OF Ju-Won Lee $25M/1yr, then $15M/4yrs, $23M/4yrs player option for 6th-9th years (signed away from DET)
SJ RP Ricky Butler $4M/3yrs (signed away from BOS)
SF RP Dexter Hairston $8M/1yr (re-signed with SF)
STL RP Ginataras Havel $3M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
STL RP Alberto Parent $1M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
January 2, 2021
ARI 2B Jamie Garcia $5M/3yrs
ARI SP Lenny Robles $12M/2yrs
January 1, 2021
WAS SP Haywood Barr $15M/1yr (signed away from PHI)
PIT OF Bo Morton $10M/2yrs (signed away from LV)
PIT RP Huey Lyles $15M/2yrs (signed away from TOR)
TB SP Nicky Minor $12M/2yrs, $2M increase for each season with a career-low in WHIP, player option for third year, mutual option for fourth year (signed away from CHC)
TOR SP Lucas Kimmel $16M/1yr (signed away from LV)
December 31, 2020
ATL 3B Jerry Easley $6M/5yrs (signed away from PIT)
ATL 2B Victor Gonzalez $6M/3yrs (signed away from DET)
ATL RP Keith Thurston $4M/3yrs (signed away from SD)
SJ C Oghenekevwe Sipos $35M/6yrs (re-signed with SJ)
ATL 1B Ryuunsouke Yamasaki $10M/2yrs (signed away from TEX)
December 30, 2020
TEX SP Lane Pryor $7M/2yrs (signed away from ATL)
SEA RP Nursultan Vandale $24M/7yrs (re-signed with SEA)
DET SP Adam Donaldson $7M/1yr (signed away from BAL)
STL 2B Luis Angel Esparza $9M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
BAL RP Sam Chaves $4M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
BAL RP Sefu Bailey $4M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
December 29, 2020
CIN RP Grady Beavers $10M/1yr (re-signed with CIN)
CIN RP Romero Whitehead $9M/1yr (signed away from PIT)
DET 2B Rodney E. Matthews $10M/1yr (signed away from VAN)
DET SP Oleg Dobrev $6M/4yrs (signed Free Agent)
December 28, 2020
SF RP Kyle Voigts $6M/1yr (signed Free Agent)
SF RP Jarred Foster $8M/3yrs (signed away from LAD)
VAN RP Archie Contreras $6M/3yrs (signed away from ARI)
ANA SP Miguelito Van Essen $7M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
SD 1B Branko Ellison $6M/4yrs, $4M increase for a 40+ HR season (24+ IFA)
TEX SS Emmett Jefferson $10M/2yrs (signed away from PHI)
December 27, 2020
ANA RP Weston Keyes $1M/1yr (signed away from STL)
ANA SS Johan Fernandez $30M/4yrs (re-signed with ANA)
MIN SS Ciriaco Iglesias $7M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
December 26, 2020
NONE
December 25, 2020
NYM SP Sydney Wise $17M/1yr, player option for second year
December 24, 2020
TEX C Hans-Gunter Seegar $11M/4yrs (24+ IFA)
STL OF Iikka Summers $4M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
BAL RP Huey Allegri $15M/3yrs (signed away from SD)
SF RP Lacy Wall $6M/1yr (signed away from SJ)
MIN DH Granville Bateson $5M/4yrs, $10M/4yrs mutual option for 5th-8th years (signed Free Agent)
December 23, 2020
SD OF Trent Gordon $19M/3yrs, $1M increase for each 25+ HR season, $2M increase for an All-Star season/.300+ AVG season (signed away from PIT)
ANA SS Fernando Cabrera $11M/1yr, mutual option for second year (signed away from LAD)
CWS RP Rod Woods $17M/3yrs, $1M increase for each < 1.10 WHIP season, $16M mutual option for fourth season (signed away from SF)
TEX 1B Romero Bates $5M/2yrs, $6M club option for 3rd-4th years, $6M unlimited mutual options for 5th and beyond years (signed away from LON)
TEX RP Emilien Travert $20M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
TB OF Les Man $20M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
MIN SP Ryan Robinson $26M/5yrs (re-signed with MIN)
LV 1B Cleveland Bates $11M/1yr (signed away from CWS)
December 22, 2020
WAS C Brian Neal $5M/2yrs/-$1M per year, $3M vesting option for third year (200+ games played) (signed away from MIN)
CIN RP Alan Wiggins $6M/2yrs (signed away from TOR)
CIN RP Alexis Lee $5M/2yrs (re-signed with CIN)
NYM C Ned Lost $1M/1yr (signed away from NYY)
TOR C Romero Hunt (accepted $26 QO during FA)
HOU 3B Josh Goodwin (accepted $26 QO during FA)
SA 3B Brian Stephenson (accepted $26 QO during FA)
ANA 1B Dexter Sobczak (accepted $15 QO during FA)
ATL RP Stanley Reyna (accepted $15 QO during FA)
NYM SP Armann Vilhjalmsson (accepted $15 QO during FA)
December 21, 2020
TB RP Tadija Mac an Aba $8M/3yrs; $1M increase for an All-Star Season/TB postseason appearance/ROTY finalist, $6M player option for fourth year (signed away from SEA)
SD 3B Monty Hairston $16M/1yr (signed away from BAL)
CIN C Du-Ri Park $8M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
STL SP Naito Toyo $3M (Amateur IFA) (23U IFA)
LV RP Buddy Hernandez $6M/3yrs (signed away from SF)
WAS SP Olamide Waldroup $19M/5yrs/+$8M per year, then $47M+/1yr, no-trade clause, $1M increase for a Nationals SP lead in DICE, $2M increase for a Cy Young Finalist season, $3M increase for a Cy Young season, $43M+/6yrs/-$4M player option for 8th-13th years, $15M unlimited player options for 14th+ years (24+ IFA)
SF 1B Spencer Jackson $8M/1yr (signed away from LON)
HOU OF Benito Harris $15M/1yr (signed away from ATL)
CIN C Lou Washington $8M/1yr (signed away from SEA)
SF OF Blair Wall $7M/1yr (signed away from NYM)
December 20, 2020
BAL 1B Shane Logan $5M/4yrs (signed away from PHI)
ANA 3B Jaden Valez $15M/1yr, mutual option for second year (Signed away from TEX)
SF SS Jerry Cox $10M/2yrs
TB OF Lance Cruz, $29/5yrs/-$2M per year, $2M increase for a 160+ hit season, $3M increase for an All-Star season/Silver Slugger or Gold Glove season, $25M player option for sixth year (signed away from PHI)
December 19, 2020
NYM OF Ian Cretella $15M/2yrs, no-trade clause, mutual option for third year (signed away from BOS)
WAS SS Stan Simonson $12M/4yrs/-$1M per year, no deduction for team leader in assists (signed away from BAL)
SF 1B Spencer Jackson $8M/1yr (signed away from LON)
ANA RP Jeong-Woo Im $18M/4yrs (24+ IFA)
TB 2B Spencer Navarro $8M/3yrs/-$1M per year (signed away from WAS)
NYM 3B Fernando Attaway $18M/5yrs (24+ IFA)
December 18, 2020
NYY SS Jonah Cook $4M/2yrs (signed away from WAS)
BOS 3B Anthony Ulrich $5M/1yr (re-signed with BOS)
STL C Benedikt Lamon $18M/10yrs, no-trade clause (signed away from ARI)
LON OF Quincy Rose $12M/3yrs (signed away from HOU)
LON SP Tim Johnson $12M/1yr, $8M mutual options for 2nd-3rd years (signed away from TOR)
December 17, 2020
NONE
December 16, 2020
NYY OF Jeremy Walters $27M/5yrs, $1M increase for each All-Star season/top 5 MVP finish, $3M increase for each MVP season (re-signed with NYY)
December 15, 2020
PIT OF Donte Starkey $15/ 2yrs (signed away from LAD)
SD OF Zachary White $15M/ 1yr, mutual option for second year (signed away from STL)
December 14, 2020
PHI 2B Noah Montana $24M/ 3yrs, $1M increase for a 40+ HR season (signed away from PIT)
TB C Jorge Illescas $1M/ 2yrs (signed away from KAN)
CHC SP Andreas Lin $15M/ 3yrs, $1M increase for each All-Star season/ 15+ win season/Cy Young season/ league leading strikeout season, $22M/ 5yrs player option for 4th-8th years (signed away from SEA)
Available Monies for Each Team
Free Agency - Day 1 - Who has the most money to spend in Free Agency? Let's have a look!
$97 - Dodgers (GM polski) [Tony Cohen | Kareem Davenport | Edwin Foster]
$83 - Royals (GM lachupacabra)
$53 - Tigers (GM johnmaddox48) [Rodney E. Matthews | Oleg Dobrev | Adam Donaldson | Brian Ballard | Len Woods]
$44 - Reds (GM joeyrex) [Du-Ri Park | Lou Washington | Alan Wiggins | Alexis Lee | Grady Beavers | Romero Whitehead]
$37 - Gamblers (GM jfinlay01) [Buddy Hernandez | Cleveland Bates | Mark Lost]
$35 - Volcanoes (GM gmshortystuff) [Archie Contreras | Donny Sarvaila]
$33 - Pirates (GM wallercrawler74) [Donte Starkey | Bo Morton | Huey Lyles]
$22 - Blue Jays (GM fritz) [Romero Hunt | Lucas Kimmel | Wally Woodard | Chuck Ruff]
$21 - Angels (GM glory) [Jeong-Woo Im | Jaden Valez | Dexter Sobczak | Fernando Cabrera | Weston Keyes | Johan Fernandez | Miguelito Van Essen]
$19 - Rangers (GM jade800) [Romero Bates | Emilien Travert | Hans-Gunter Seegar | Emmett Jefferson | Lane Pryor | Ju-Won Lee]
$19 - Giants (GM erikito) [Spencer Jackson | Jerry Cox | Spencer Jackson | Blair Wall | Lacy Wall | Kyle Voigts | Jarred Foster | Dexter Hairston]
$19 - Lions (GM marinerjoe) [Quincy Rose | Tim Johnson]
$16 - Orioles (GM killswitch) [Shane Logan | Huey Allegri | Sam Chaves | Sefu Bailey | Jayson Pitts]
$15 - Red Sox (GM nikobiko) [Anthony Ulrich | Todd Benjamin]
$15 - Cardinals (GM htennis) [Benedikt Lamon | Naito Toyo | Iikka Summers | Luis Angel Esparza | Ginataras Havel | Alberto Parent | Vilhjalmur Johnsson]
$14 - Bandits (GM exposfan) [Brian Stephenson]
$13 - Phillies (GM wooster96) [Noah Montana]
$12 - White Sox (GM roadmap) [Rod Woods]
$9 - Astros (GM beansnap) [Benito Harris | Josh Goodwin]
$9 - Braves (GM greywolves) [Stanley Reyna | Jerry Easley | Victor Gonzalez | Keith Thurston | Ryuunsouke Yamasaki]
$8 - Twins (GM thegovernor) [Ryan Robinson | Granville Bateson | Ciriaco Iglesias | Petar Vucevic]
$6 - Mariners (GM pantherking21) [Nursultan Vandale]
$4 - Nationals (GM stonemob) [Stan Simonson | Olamide Waldroup | Brian Neal | Haywood Barr | August Brett | Milton Douglas]
$4 - Yankees (GM omulrion) [Jeremy Walters | Jonah Cook | Bruno Garcia | Richard Ohka]
$4 - Rays (GM tabloutablou) [Jorge Illescas | Spencer Navarro | Lance Cruz | Tadija Mac an Aba | Les Man | Nicky Minor]
$3 - Mets (GM williams_482) [Ian Cretella | Fernando Attaway | Ned Lost | Armann Vilhjalmsson | Sydney Wise]
$2 - Diamondbacks (GM potholes) [Jamie Garcia | Lenny Robles]
$1 - Cubs (GM coachbirdy) [Andreas Lin]
$1 - Padres (GM devofrik) [Zachary White | Monty Hairston | Trent Gordon | Branko Ellison]
($1) - Athletics (GM apathetix) [Oghenekevwe Sipos | Ricky Butler | Carlton Kadar]
It will be very interesting to see how those clubs with big money (and big needs) spend those dollars.