In a complicated off-season for Major League Baseball, a solid free-agent class has around a month to sign contracts ahead of the expected expiration of the league’s collective bargaining agreement on Dec. 1. If a lockout is imposed on Dec. 2, all transactions would be put on hold until it is resolved.
For now, we are tracking the larger free-agent signings, contract extensions and trades as they become official.
Terms: Five years, $77 million
Detroit is banking on Rodriguez, 28, as a front-end starter, which he was at times for the Boston Red Sox.