One-year $2 million contract for Piazza

Mike Piazza agreed a $2 million, one-year contract with the San Diego Padres, Mike Piazza had been interested in signing a free-agent; he will stay in the NL and return to the West Coast for the first time since the Los Angeles Dodgers traded him to Florida in 1998.

Mike Piazza holds the major league record for most career home runs by a catcher. Piazza