Baseball’s free agents

Major League Baseball’s free agents sign multimillion-dollar deals.

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Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder smiles during batting practice before Game 4 of baseball's National League championship series against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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July 30, 2011

Free agent and three-time National League MVP Albert Pujols agreed to a 10-year, $250 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

Tom Gannam / AP

Dec. 7, 2011

New Miami Marlins’ shortstop Jose Reyes puts on a team cap during a news conference at the Major League Baseball 2011 Winter Meetings in Dallas. Reyes agreed to a six-year, $106 million contract.

L.M. Otero / AP

April 20, 2011

San Diego Padres’ relief pitcher Heath Bell yells as he celebrates saving the Padres' 1-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in San Diego. On Dec. 1, Bell agreed to a three-year, $27 million contract with the Miami Marlins.

Lenny Ignelzi / AP

Nov. 14, 2011

Philadelphia Phillies’ right-handed closer Jonathan Papelbon answers questions during a news conference in Philadelphia. The former Boston Red Sox player signed a $50 million, four-year contract with the defending NL East champions.

Joseph Kaczmarek / AP

May 6, 2007

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle throws to the plate during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif. Buehrle signed a four-year, $58 million contract with the Miami Marlins.

Mark J. Terrill / AP

July 23, 2010

Texas Rangers’ starting pitcher C.J. Wilson throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Tex. Wilson signed a five-year, $75 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels.

Mike Fuentes / AP

July 1, 2011

Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, of Japan, throws to the plate. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are reportedly in a bidding war over the free agent.

Mark J. Terrill / AP

July 30, 2010

The Nationals are targeting right-hander Roy Oswalt, multiple people close to the Nationals said.

Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post

May 12, 2010

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz accepted salary arbitration from the Red Sox, according to the Boston Globe, that will extend his time with the team for the 2012 season while both sides work on a multi-year deal.

Adam Hunger / Reuters

The Philadelphia Phillies re-upped veteran shortstop Jimmy Rollins for three years and $33 million. Rollins has been a fixture at the top of the lineup for 11 seasons, and in 2011, stole 30 bases for the ninth time in his career.

David J. Phillip / The Associated Press

Japan's Yu Darvish (shown pitching at the Beijing 2008 Olympics), could be bound for Texas after the Rangers bid a reported $51.7 million for the rights to negotiate with the 6-foot-5, 25-year-old ace.

Elaine Thompson / AP

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TV presenter and conservationist Anneka Tanaka-Svenska wears a hat designed by Louis Mariette during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNISADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

Photos of the day

Royal Ascot, protests in Brazil, Lego exhibition, flooding in India, Cheetah-Cub robot and more.

Two-year old male rat named Dyatlik wears a costume during a rodent exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Animal views

Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony at Howard University on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington, DC. Carrington, who grew up in Tyler House public-housing apartments and is graduating from one of DC's low-performing high schoolsy, where academic expectations are high. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Madonna attends the Dolce & Gabbana and The Cinema Society screening of the Epix World premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at The Paris Theatre on June 18, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Eye on entertainment

Madonna, Michael Buble, Barbara Streisand, Jackie Chan, Jerry Seinfeld, Estelle and other celebrities.

Inmates walk at a high-security male prison camp outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 14, 2013. High-security male prison camp number 17 is intended to house male inmates who are serving a sentence for the first time, and have been convicted for serious crimes. Prisoners at the facility work in wood and metal processing shops, manufacture furniture, sew clothes and do other kinds of work. They can also take part in educational, sport and cultural programs. Picture taken May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 4 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE SIBERIA'S PRISONS' SEARCH 'ILYA PRISON' FOR ALL IMAGES

Life in a Siberian prison

A look inside a high-security prison camp outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Reenactors dressed as knights stage a medieval jousting competition at Eltham Palace on June 16, 2013 in Eltham, England. The 'Grand Medieval Joust' event at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property which was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to give a great insight into life at the palace during the medieval period. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

The Grand Medieval Joust

The Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property that was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to lend insight through reenactment into life at the palace...

In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: John F. Tatum Sr. hugs his grandson John F. Tatum III during his annual Father's Day block party on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

Father’s Day picnic in Northeast D.C.

A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...

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