32 teams, 32(give or take) free agents

Atlanta City Slickers signed zero free agents.

Burlington Chills resigned RP Doug Hines to a two-year, $7.5 million contract. Hines pitched only 7 innings all of last season, and will be counted on to be a bigger contributor this season.

Charleston Rebels signed zero free agents.

Charlotte knights signed RP Gary Prior to a three-year, $10,8 million contract. Prior has a 4.75 career ERA in 216 ML innings, but had a career best 3.16 ERA last season.

Cheyenne Chilipeppers signed CF Darrell Hennessey to a two-year, $2.8 million contract. Hennessey has never played a game in the majors. He has 155 steals in 175 attempts in 497 career minor league games.

Chicago Smooth Horses resigned 3B Willie Skinner to a three-year, $26.5 million contract. Unable to sign Skinner, who is 4th in Sharkey's World history with 813 hits, during the allotted time, Chicago was forced to dish out more money to keep him away from other teams, a move necessary to get Chicago into the playoffs.

Cleveland Steamers signed 37 players to minor league contracts.

Colorado Springs AltiDUDES resigned SS James Dorsey to a one-year, $2.9 million contract. Dorsey has spent his entire career with Colorado Springs, batting .296 in 616 games. He batted over .320 in each of the first two seasons, and under .270 in each of the last two.

Detroit Tigers signed RP Deivi Machado to a three-year, $14.8 million contract with a $5.5 million signing bonus. The 35 year old Machado is 3rd in Sharkey's World history with 145 career saves.

Fargo Nines resigned C Eugene Washington to a one-year, $3.5 million contract. The 34 year old C has been Fargo's starter for three full seasons now, and statistically seems to be improving with age. He's excited to give it one more go with the Nines.

Fresno Fire Dragons signed C Dick Medina to a two-year, $3 million contract. The defensive catcher has excelled in his career, throwing out 114 batters while only allowing 11 passed balls in 4000 career innings.

Houston Aggies signed P Hideo Ishii to a three-year, $14.4 million contract. The 34 year old pitcher has slipped in recent years, having only 17 of his 50 career victories in the last 2 seasons. He still has the skills, though, and hopefully a change of league will bring out the best in him.

Huntington Cousins signed zero free agents.

Iowa City Kaysons signed 1B Richie McGowan to a one-year, $6 million contract with a $1 million signing bonus. The 31 year old had a career low 220 at bats last season after losing his starting job, but belted a career high 41 home runs in season 3, his last full season as a starter.

Kansas City Shuffle signed zero free agents.

Little Rock Big Rocks signed a Sharkey's World record 47 free agents.

Louisville Freezer Monkeys resigned SS Benito Jose to a three-year, $21.3 million contract. The 31 year old SS has a .322 average in three seasons as the Freezer Monkey's starting SS, while starting 475 of 486 games.

Memphis Hound Dawgs signed LF Pat Becker to a five-year, $49.3 million contract, with a $4.0 signing bonus, the largest contract handed out this FA period. The 30 year old led Norfolk to within one game of the World Series last season, batting .310 while scoring 14 runs in 15 postseason games.

New Orleans Breeze signed 2B Mark Jones to a five-year, $25 million contract. The 26 year old Jones hasn't been a ML starter in over two seasons, and only has a .253 career batting average. He's hoping a fresh start in the Big Easy will revitalize his career.

New York Moon Shots signed CF Cookie Nieves to a two-year, $5.6 million contract. After losing out on prize Pat Becker in the 11th hour, Moonshots GM was sent scrambling, and all things considered found himself with a nice bargain in the steadfast Nieves.

Norfolk Nomads signed RF Robert Franco to a one-year, $3.9 million contract. Also losing out in the Pat Becker sweepstakes, after failing to resign him before he became a FA, Norfolk found a steal of their own in the form of a 35 year old who has never batted lower than .306 or hit less than 20 home runs.

Pawtucket Polythene signed RP Louis Serrano to a one-year, $1.1 million contract. The 34 year old has a 3.67 career ERA in 199 innings, but only pitched 7 innings for Fargo last season.

Rochester Raging Rhinos signed P Woody O'Leary to a two-year, $5 million contract. O'Leary has a 40-28 record in 109 career starts, and gives Rochester flexibility with their 5th starter/long relief slots.

Salem Dodgers resigned CF Philip Petrov to a one year, $750,000 contract. The former All star had a 56 home run, 150 RBI season 3 years ago, but has steadily declined with age since then.

San Antonio Border Jumpers signed zero free agents.

San Francisco Sourdoughs signed RP Joe Baldwin to a two-year, $9.2 million contract. The pitcher won Fireman of the Year in season 1 while with San Fran, left for the big lights of Chicago in free agency, and now returns to San Fran to setup their latest Fireman of the Year, Brad O'Toole.

Scottsdale T's signed LF Carlos Gomez to a one-year, $3.5 million contract. The former Silver Slugger has 159 career round trippers, never having blasted less than 33 in a single season. He joins rookie GM Jlinch's young T's as a stop-gap in LF, in hopes of not letting KC run away with the division again.

Scranton Dunder-Mifflings sign C Jamey Brown to a one-year, $450,000 contract. The 35 year old catcher was out of baseball last season, and joins the team as a late inning defensive specialist.

St. Louis Birdnals sign P Darrel Cooper to a three-year, $15.6 million contract. Cooper is slated to be the Birdnals 5th starter. The 31 year old had an 11-8 record last year with Louisville as a long-relief pitcher, and hasn't been a fulltime starter since season one.

Tampa Bay Tarpons signed zero free agents.

Texas Tittyballs signed RP Wally Collins to a one-year, $2 million contract. The reigning NL South division champions finally focused on pitching this offseason, bringing in the 36 year old setup man, who had a 2.49 era last season, to help him in those late inning slugfests against rivals Tampa Bay & Memphis.

Tuscon Turbocors signed zero free agents.