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New York Mets signed free agent Shane Spencer on January 29, 2004.

New York Mets signed free agent Scott Atchison of the Boston Red Sox on January 29, 2013.

Detroit Tigers signed Wilson Ramos of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 29, 2021.

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