Infielder Hudson signs with Dodgers  —  All-Star second baseman costs team first-round Draft pick  —  PHOENIX — Free agents are on sale, and the Dodgers picked one up on the cheap Friday when they agreed with second baseman Orlando Hudson on a one-year contract, baseball sources confirmed.

Crede agrees to deal with Twins  —  Third baseman Joe Crede dives for the ball in 2005.  (Tribune archive photo)  —  Joe Crede was a fan favorite among White Sox fans for 61/2 seasons.  —  Now he will be playing for one of the Sox's biggest enemies.  —  Crede, 30, agreed to terms Friday night …

Assets of two New York Yankees frozen in financial fallout  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees outfielders Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady are among the investors whose accounts were caught in a freeze by the government of a company affiliated with Robert Allen Stanford.

Several Yanks pick camp over Classic  —  Pitchers Ramirez, Veras latest to decline participation in tournament  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees have nine members of their 40-man roster listed as provisional participants for the World Baseball Classic, but numerous players are deciding to remain in camp instead and compete for jobs.

Rays sign Isringhausen to minor-league deal  —  The Rays have signed former All-Star closer Jason Isringhausen to a minor-league deal.  —  Isringhausen, 36, was with St. Louis last season, but did not pitch after Aug. 16 and had surgery Sept. 12 to repair a torn flexor tendon …

A's halt plans for ballpark village in Fremont  —  (02-20) 11:50 PST Fremont — Oakland Athletics officials today asked the City of Fremont to halt the planning process required to build a new stadium and move the team there, saying they want to reconsider their options.

Rangers to sign right-hander Benson  —  Minor League deal with spring invite likely done this weekend  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Rangers are expected to sign pitcher Kris Benson to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training, possibly this weekend.

Minnesota Twins' Jason Jones content with anti-Yankees  —  Lifelong N.Y. hopeful likes Twins now  —  This text is replaced by the Flash movie.  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — When Jason Jones' brother called him in December with the news that he had been drafted moments earlier by the Twins …

A-Rod's pal, the tainted trainer: Steroid-linked friend is banned by every MLB team  —  Embattled Yankee Alex Rodriguez has had a long relationship with a steroid-linked trainer who's been banned from major league clubhouses, four independent sources told the Daily News.

Brian Roberts signs $40M extension with Baltimore Orioles  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Brian Roberts has signed a $40 million, four-year extension so he won't have to worry about being traded anytime soon, nor will money be an issue in the foreseable future.  —  The Baltimore Orioles second baseman signed the extension Friday.

Why Griffey chose Seattle over Atlanta … Drive 22 miles beyond Orlando, well past Walt Disney World and through a snarl of unlit dirt roads, and you begin to understand why the Atlanta Braves thought they had the inside track on a Hall of Famer.  —  Ken Griffey Jr.'s home in Windermere …

Zimmerman Avoids Arbitration, Signs One-Year Deal  —  The contract Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman signed late last night didn't satisfy the ultimate goal — a long-term deal — but at least it erased the most immediate fear.  Because of the one-year, $3.325 million agreement …