Ludwick goes to Reds
Cincinnati agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with free agent Ryan Ludwick on a busy day in baseball.
The Reds also avoided arbitration by signing the following players to one-year deals: righthander Homer Bailey ($2,425,000), reliever Bill Bray ($1,417,500) and shortstop Paul Janish ($850,000).
Tigers • Detroit's Victor Martinez might miss the entire season after injuring his left knee in offseason conditioning.
Brewers • Milwaukee signed Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki, 30, to a two-year deal with a club option for 2014. Milwaukee also signed reliever Francisco Rodriguez ($8 million) to a one-year deal. And Craig Counsell retired as a player and is taking a front office job.
Red Sox •. Boston outfielder Carl Crawford (left wrist) had surgery and might miss opening day. The Red Sox also signed outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury ($8.05 million).
Orioles • Baltimore hired former major league pitching coach Rick Peterson as director of pitching development.
Other top signings for one year • San Francisco's Melky Cabrera ($6 million); the Los Angeles Dodgers' Andre Ethier ($10.95 million) and James Loney ($6,375,000); Philadelphia's Cole Hamels ($15 million) and Wilson Valdez ($930,000); Miami's Juan Carlos Oviedo ($6 million) and Edward Mujica ($1.625 million); the New York Mets' Mike Pelfrey ($5,687,500), Ramon Ramirez ($2.65 million), Manny Acosta ($887,500) and Andres Torres ($2.7 million); Houston's J.A. Happ ($2.35 million); Atlanta's Michael Bourn ($6.845 million), Jair Jurrjens ($5.5 million) and Eric O'Flaherty ($2.49 million); Pittsburgh's Jeff Karstens ($3.1 million) and Evan Mee ($875,000); Cleveland's Shin-Soo Choo ($4.9 million), Chris Perez ($4.5 million) and Justin Masterson ($3,825,000); Baltimore's Darren O'Day ($1.35 million); Toronto's Kelly Johnson ($6,375,000), Carlos Villanueva ($2,277,500) and Ben Francisco ($1,537,500); Texas' Mike Adams ($4.4 million), Mark Lowe ($1.7 million) and David Murphy ($3.625 million); the Angels' Erick Aybar ($5,075,000); Tampa Bay's B.J. Upton ($7 million), David Price ($4.35 million) and Burke Badenhop ($1,075,000); the Yankees' Joba Chamberlain ($1,675,000) and David Robertson ($1.6 million); and Seattle's Jason Vargas ($4.5 million).
