As players and teams started rushing to settle arbitration cases last Monday, thirteen MLB players have now agreed to contracts, leaving 124 set to exchange figures after 142 filed for arbitration last week. This is a recap of some of the agreed deal.

Tim Lincecum offered $17M after asking for $21M

Tim Lincecum asked the San Francisco Giants $21.5 million in arbitration, just shy of the record for a player, and the Giants offered their ace a club-record $17 million on a day when 80 players agreed to contracts.

The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner was among 54 players who exchanged figures with their teams, and his request fell short of the record $22 million requested by Houston's Roger Clemens before the 2005 season.

• Designated hitter David Ortiz, who accepted Boston's offer of arbitration, had the second-highest request at $16.5 million and was offered $12.65 million.
• There was just one multiyear agreement among Tuesday's deals, with Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval getting a $17.15 million, three-year contract.
• The largest one-year deals went to Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels ($15 million), Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier ($10.95 million), Boston OF Jacoby Ellsbury ($8.05 million) and Milwaukee reliever Francisco Rodriguez ($8 million).

Hamels sets record (for now) with $15M deal

Cole Hamels' record contract won't last long. San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum asked for a record $21.5 million in salary arbitration. The club has offered him $17 million.  Both figures will top Hamels' current record of $15 million.

Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels won't be a free agent until November, but found a way Tuesday to still hit the jackpot.

Hamels agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract, the highest salary ever paid to an arbitration-eligible pitcher before free agency. The previous record was Carlos Zambrano's $12.4 million contract in 2007 with the Chicago Cubs.

Hamels' record deal Tuesday is expected to last as short as a few hours, and certainly no more than a few weeks.

Pitcher Saunders rejoins D-backs in $6 million deal

Cut loose by Arizona last month, former All-Star pitcher Joe Saunders agreed to a $6 million, one-year contract with the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

He made $5.5 million last season, when he went 12-13 with a 3.69 ERA in a career-high 33 starts. The D-backs didn't want him to become eligible for arbitration, so they declined to offer a contract by the Dec. 12 deadline.

Saunders, 30, teamed with Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson and Josh Collmenter in a rotation that helped Arizona go from last place to first in the NL West.

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