Free agency begins at 9:01 p.m. Pacific Time Friday. Update.

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We’ve known for a while that free agency would begin five days after the World Series ended.

What we couldn’t know until today: the World Series ended after midnight Monday in New York, and Sunday across the non-Eastern portion of the United States and Canada.

So when does free agency begin? Friday, according to an MLB spokesperson who confirmed this small-but-important fact after the game.

Update (10 a.m.): Free agents can officially sign contracts beginning at 9:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.