AS FREE AGENTS: Catcher - Infielder DAVE ROBERTS, 29, who hit.238 with the
Rangers last season, to a five - year, $ 1.1 million contract with the Astros;
Pitcher JOHN D'ACQUISTO, 29, whose 1980 record with the Padres and Expos was 2 - 5, to a four - year deal with the Angels worth $ 1.15 million; and First Baseman LEE MAY, 37, formerly of the Orioles, to a one - year contract with the Royals.
Greenberg, a Reed Smith sports attorney who has interests in such minor league baseball teams
as the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, was looking to buy the Texas
Rangers, along with Hall of Fame
pitcher Nolan Ryan.