Dodgers’ Hanley Ramirez among 12 free agents to turn down qualifying offers

NEW YORK -- For the third straight year, baseball's free agents shunned qualifying offers from their former teams and chose to test the market.All 12 free agents who were given the $15.3 million offers last week chose not to accept by Monday's 5 p.m. EST deadline. One of the dozen, Colorado outfielder Michael Cuddyer, became the first major free agent to switch teams when he agreed to a $21 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets.