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Hot stove: MLB 2017-18 free agent tracker

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Jake Arrieta went 54-24 with a 2.71 ERA the last three seasons with the Cubs.

There were 167 free agents that hit the market this winter.

Who signed, for how much, who left and where they went. This chart will be updated throughout the offseason. (Player in italics have agreed to a deal.)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (4) —DH/1B Pedro Alvarez; C Wellington Castillo; 2B Ryan Flaherty; OF Craig Gentry; SS J.J. Hardy; RHP Jeremy Hellickson; RHP Ubaldo Jimenez; OF Seth Smith, LHP Wade Miley; RHP Chris Tillman.

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  • Departed: Castillo to Chi. White Sox; Flaherty to Philadelphia; Miley to Milwaukee. 
  • Re-signed: Gentry (Minor league deal, $900,000); Tillman (1-yr. $3M). Alvarez (Minor league deal, $1M).
  • Signed: RHP Andrew Cashner (2-yrs., $16M); OF Colby Rasmus (Minor league deal, $3M); 1B/3B Danny Valencia (Minor league deal, $1.2M).

BOSTON — LHP Fernando Abad; RHP Blaine Boyer; OF Rajai Davis; RHP Doug Fister; 1B Mitch Moreland; INF Eduardo Nunez; RHP Addison Reed; OF Chris Young.

  • Departed: Fister to Texas; Reed to Minnesota; Young to L.A. Angels; Davis to Cleveland; Boyer to Kansas City, Abad to Philadelphia.
  • Re-signed: Moreland (2-yr. $13M); Nunez (1-yr. $4M).
  • Signed: OF J.D. Martinez (5-yrs, $110M).

CHI. WHITE SOX (1) — RHP Mike Pelfrey; C Geovany Soto.

  • Signed: C Wellington Castillo (2-yr., $15M); RHP Miguel Gonzalez (1-yr. $4.75M); LHP Hector Santiago (Minor league deal, $2M).
  • Retired: Pelfrey.

CLEVELAND — LHP Craig Breslow; OF Jay Bruce; OF Austin Jackson; LHP Boone Logan, C Carlos Santana; RHP Bryan Shaw; RHP Joe Smith.

  • Departed: Santana to Philadelphia; Smith to Houston; Shaw to Colorado; Logan to Milwaukee; Bruce to N.Y. Mets; Jackson to San Francisco; Breslow to Toronto.
  • Signed: 1B Yonder Alonso (2-yr., $16M). C Ryan Hanigan (Minor league deal, $1.25M); OF Rajai Davis (Minor league deal, $1.75M); RHP Matt Belisle (Minor league deal, $1.5M); 1B Mike Napoli (Minor league deal, $1.75M).

DETROIT — RHP Anibal Sanchez.

  • Signed: INF Alexi Amarista (Minor league deal, $750,000); LHP Francisco Liriano (1-yr., $4M).
  • Departed: Sanchez to Minnesota. 

HOUSTON — DH Carlos Beltran; RHP Tyler Clippard; RHP Luke Gregerson; LHP Francisco Liriano; OF Cameron Maybin.

  • Signed: RHP Joe Smith (2-yr., $15M).
  • Departed: Gregerson to St. Louis; Maybin to Miami; Liriano to Detroit; Clippard to Toronto.
  • Retired: Beltran.

KANSAS CITY (2) — OF Melky Cabrera; RHP Trevor Cahill; OF Lorenzo Cain; SS Alcides Escobar; 1B Eric Hosmer; LHP Mike Minor; 3B Mike Moustakas; RHP Peter Moylan; LHP Jason Vargas.

  • Departed: Minor to Texas, Cain to Milwaukee; Vargas to N.Y. Mets; Hosmer to San Diego; Moylan to Atlanta. 
  • Re-signed: Escobar (1-yr., $2.5M); Moustakas (1-yr., $6.5M).
  • Signed: RHP Blaine Boyer (Minor league deal, $1M); 1B Lucas Duda (1-yr., $3.5M); OF Jon Jay (1-yr., $3M).

L.A. ANGELS (4) — RHP Andrew Bailey; RHP Jesse Chavez; 3B Yunel Escobar; RHP Ricky Nolasco; RHP Bud Norris; INF Cliff Pennington; RHP Yusmeiro Petit; 2B Brandon Phillips; OF Ben Revere; RHP Fernando Salas; RHP Huston Street.

  • Departed: Petit to Oakland; Salas to Arizona.; Norris to St. Louis; Chavez to Texas; Pennington to Cincinnati; Revere to Cincinnati. 
  • Signed: SS Zack Cozart (3-yr., $38M); C Rene Rivera (1-yr.,  $2.8M); OF Chris Young (1-yr. deal, $2M).
  • Retired: Bailey.

MINNESOTA — RHP Matt Belisle; RHP Bartolo Colon; RHP Dillon Gee; LHP Glen Perkins; LHP Hector Santiago.

  • Signed: RHP Michael Pineda (2-yr., $10M), RHP Fernando Rodney (1-yr., $4.5M); LHP Zach Duke (1-yr., $2.15M); RHP Addison Reed (2-yr., $16.75M); RHP Anibal Sanchez (1-yr., $2.5M); 1B Logan Morrison (1-yr., $6.5M); SS Erick Aybar (Minor league deal, $1.25M); RHP Lance Lynn (1-yr., $12M).
  • Departed: Colon to Texas; Santiago to Chicago White Sox; Belisle to Cleveland.; Gee to Japan.
  • Retired: Perkins.

N.Y. YANKEES (1) — 3B Todd Frazier; LHP Jaime Garcia; DH Matt Holliday; RHP Michael Pineda; LHP CC Sabathia.

  • Departed: Pineda to Minnesota; Frazier to N.Y. Mets; Garcia to Toronto.
  • Re-signed: Sabathia (1-yr., $10M).
  • Signed: 1B Adam Lind (Minor league deal, 1-yr., $2M); 2B Neil Walker (1-yr., $4M).

OAKLAND — None.

  • Signed: RHP Yusmeiro Petit (2-yrs., $10M); C Jonathan Lucroy (1-yr. deal).

SEATTLE (1) —1B Yonder Alonso; INF Gordon Beckham; OF Jarrod Dyson; RHP Yovani Gallardo; RHP Hisashi Iwakuma; C Carlos Ruiz; 1B/3B Danny Valencia.

  • Re-signed: Iwakuma (Minor league deal, $2.5M); Beckham (Minor league deal, $800,000).
  • Signed: RHP Juan Nicasio (2-yr., $17M); OF Ichiro Suzuki (1-yr., $750,000).
  • Departed: Alonso to Cleveland, Gallardo to Milwaukee; Dyson to Arizona; Valencia to Baltimore.

TAMPA BAY (1) — OF Peter Bourjos; RHP Steve Cishek; RHP Alex Cobb; 1B Lucas Duda; RHP Tommy Hunter; 1B Logan Morrison; 3B Trevor Plouffe; OF Colby Rasmus; RHP Sergio Romo.

  • Departed: Cishek to Chic. Cubs. Hunter to Philadelphia; Plouffe to Texas; Rasmus to Baltimore; Bourjos to Chi. Cubs; Morrison to Minnesota; Duda to Kansas City.
  • Signed: RHP Dustin McGowan (Minor league deal, $1.5M); OF Carlos Gomez (1-yr., $4M).
  • Re-signed: Romo (1-yr., $2.5M).

TEXAS (1) — RHP Tony Barnette, RHP Andrew Cashner; OF Carlos Gomez; RHP Miguel Gonzalez; RHP Jason Grilli, 1B Mike Napoli.

  • Re-signed: Barnette (1-yr., $1.5M)
  • Departed: Gonzalez to Chi. White Sox; Cashner to Baltimore; Gomez to Tampa Bay; Napoli to Cleveland.
  • Signed: RHP Doug Fister (1-yr., $4M), RHP Mike Minor (3-yrs., $28M); RHP Bartolo Colon (Minor league deal, $1.75M), 2B Darwin Barney (Minor league deal, $1.125M); 3B Trevor Plouffe (Minor league deal, $1.75M); RHP Jesse Chavez (1-yr., $1.5M).

TORONTO (2) — LHP Brett Anderson; 2B Darwin Barney, OF Jose Bautista; C Miguel Montero; OF Michael Saunders.

  • Signed: OF Curtis Granderson (1-yr., $5M); LHP Craig Breslow (Minor league deal, $1.25M); LHP Jaime Garcia (1-yr. $10M);  RHP Seung-Hwan Oh (1-yr., $2M); RHP Tyler Clippard (Minor league deal).
  • Departed: Barney to Texas; Montero to Washington; Saunders to Pittsburgh.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA —OF Gregor Blanco; LHP Jorge De La Rosa; RHP David Hernandez; C Chris Iannetta; OF J.D. Martinez; RHP Fernando Rodney; INF Adam Rosales.

  • Departed: Rodney to Minnesota; Iannetta to Colorado; Hernandez to Cincinnati; Rosales to Philadelphia; Blanco to San Francisco; Martinez to Boston. 
  • Re-signed: De La Rosa (Minor league deal, $2.25M)  
  • Signed: RHP Fernando Salas (Minor league deal, $1.5M); C Alex Avila (2-yrs., $8.5M); OF Jarrod Dyson (2-yrs., $7.5M).

ATLANTA (1) — RHP R.A. Dickey; RHP Jason Motte.

  • Signed: C Chris Stewart (1-yr., $575,000); RHP Peter Moylan (1-yr. $575,000).
  • Departed: Motte to St. Louis.

CHI. CUBS (3) — RHP Jake Arrieta; C Alex Avila; RHP Wade Davis; LHP Brian Duensing; OF Jon Jay; RHP John Lackey; C Rene Rivera; RHP Koji Uehara.

  • Re-signed: Duensing (2-yr., $7M)
  • Signed: RHP Tyler Chatwood (3-yrs., $38M); RHP Brandon Morrow (2-yr., $21M); RHP Steve Cishek (2-yr.,  $13M); RHP Yu Darvish (6-yrs., $126M); OF Peter Bourjos (Minor league deal. $1.45M)
  • Departed: Davis to Colorado; Rivera to L.A. Angels; Avila to Arizona; Jay to Kansas City; Uehara to Japan; Arrieta to Philadelphia. 

CINCINNATI (2) —RHP Bronson Arroyo; SS Zack Cozart; RHP Scott Feldman; RHP Drew Storen.

  • Signed: RHP David Hernandez (2-yr., $5M); INF Cliff Pennington (Minor league deal, $1.5M); LHP Oliver Perez (Minor league deal, $1.25M); OF Ben Revere (Minor league deal, $1.5 M).
  • Departed: Cozart to L.A. Angels.
  • Retired: Arroyo.

COLORADO (4) — INF Alexi Amarista; RHP Tyler Chatwood; OF Carlos Gonzalez; C Ryan Hanigan; RHP Greg Holland, C Jonathan Lucroy; LHP Jake McGee; RHP Pat Neshek; 1B Mark Reynolds.

  • Departed: Chatwood to Chi. Cubs.; Neshek to Philadelphia; Amarista to Detroit; Hanigan to Cleveland; Lucroy to Oakland.
  • Signed: C Chris Iannetta (2-yr., $8.5M); RHP Bryan Shaw (3-yr., $27M).; RHP Wade Davis (3-yr., $52M).
  • Re-signed: McGee (3-yr., $27M); Gonzalez (1-yr., $5M).

L.A. DODGERS (2) — RHP Yu Darvish; OF Andre Ethier; OF Curtis Granderson; OF Franklin Gutierrez; RHP Brandon Morrow; 2B Chase Utley; LHP Tony Watson.

  • Departed: Morrow to Chi. Cubs; Granderson to Toronto; Darvish to Chic. Cubs; Watson to San Francisco.
  • Re-signed: Utley (2-yrs., $2M).

MIAMI (1) — INF Mike Aviles; C A.J. Ellis; RHP Dustin McGowan; OF Ichiro Suzuki.

  • Signed: RHP Juan Nicasio (2-yr., $17M); OF Cameron Maybin (1-yr., $3.25M).
  • Departed: McGowan to Tampa Bay; Ellis to San Diego, Suzuki to Seattle.

MILWAUKEE (2) — RHP Matt Garza; RHP Anthony Swarzak; 2B Neil Walker.

  • Departed: Swarzak to N.Y. Mets; Walker to N.Y. Yankees.
  • Signed: LHP Boone Logan (1-yr., $2.5M); RHP Yovani Gallardo (1-yr., $2M), RHP Jhoulys Chacin (2-yr., $15,5M), OF Lorenzo Cain (5-yr., $80M), RHP Matt Albers (2-yrs., 5M); LHP Wade Miley (Minor league deal, $2.5M).

N.Y. METS — INF Jose Reyes.

  • Signed: C Jose Lobaton (Minor league deal, $1.25M); RHP Anthony Swarzak (2-yr., $14M); OF Jay Bruce (3-yr. $39M); 3B Todd Frazier (2-yrs., $17M); LHP Jason Vargas (2-yr., $16M)
  • Re-signed: Reyes (1-yr., $2M)

PHILADELPHIA (1) — INF Andres Blanco; RHP Clay Buchholz; OF Hyun-Soo Kim; OF Daniel Nava.

  • Signed: RHP Tommy Hunter (2-yr., $18M); RHP Pat Neshek (2-yr., $16.25M), C Carlos Santana (3-yr., $60M); INF Adam Rosales (Minor league deal, $1.75M); 2B Ryan Flaherty (Minor league deal, $1.9M); LHP Fernando Abad (Minor league deal, $2.5M); RHP Jake Arrieta (3-yr., $75M).
  • Departed: Blanco to San Francisco; Nava to Pittsburgh; Kim to South Korea.

PITTSBURGH (1) — RHP Joaquin Benoit; 1B John Jaso; C Chris Stewart.

  • Departed: Stewart to Atlanta; Benoit to Washington.
  • Signed:  OF Daniel Nava (Minor league deal, $1.5M); OF Michael Saunders (Minor league deal, $1.5M)

ST. LOUIS (1) — LHP Zach Duke; RHP Lance Lynn; RHP Juan Nicasio; RHP Seung-Hwan Oh.

  • Departed: Nicasio to Seattle; Duke to Minnesota, Oh to Toronto; Lynn to Minnesota. 
  • Signed: RHP Luke Gregerson (2-yr., $11M); RHP Bud Norris (1-yr., $3M).; RHP Jason Motte (Minor league deal, $1M).

SAN DIEGO — SS Erick Aybar; RHP Jhoulys Chacin; RHP Jordan Lyles; RHP Craig Stammen.

  • Re-signed: Lyles (1-yr., $1M); Stammen (2-yr., $4.5M).
  • Departed: Chacin to Milwaukee; Aybar to Minnesota.
  • Signed: 1B Eric Hosmer (8-yrs. $144M); C A.J. Ellis (Minor league deal, $1.25M).

SAN FRANCISCO (1) —RHP Matt Cain; C Nick Hundley; 1B/3B Jae-Gynn Hwang; OF Michael Morse.

  • Retired: Cain.
  • Re-signed: Hundley (1-yr., $2.5M).
  • Signed: OF Austin Jackson (2-yr., $6M), INF Andres Blanco (Minor league deal, $1.1M); OF Gregor Blanco (Minor league deal, $1M); LHP Tony Watson (2-yrs., $9M).
  • Departed: Hwang to South Korea.

WASHINGTON (3) — 1B Matt Adams, RHP Matt Albers; RHP Joe Blanton; OF Alejandro De Aza; 2B Stephen Drew; RHP Edwin Jackson; OF/2B Howie Kendrick; RHP Brandon Kintzler; 1B Adam Lind; C Jose Lobaton; LHP Oliver Perez; OF Ryan Raburn; OF Jayson Werth.

  • Re-signed: Adams (1-yr, $4M); Kendrick (2-yrs., $7M); Kintzler (2-yr., $10M); Raburn (Minor league deal, $800,000); Jackson (Minor league deal, $1.5M); De Aza (Minor league deal, $800,000). 
  • Signed: C Miguel Montero (Minor leage deal, $1.3M); RHP Joaquin Benoit (1-yr., $1M).
  • Departed: Lobaton to N.Y. Mets, Albers to Milwaukee; Perez to Cincinnati; Lind to N.Y. Yankees.

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