MLB Transactions in March 2012

Mar 31, 2012

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks traded RHP Robby Rowland to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Mar 30, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Livan Hernandez on a one-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros released RHP Livan Hernandez.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Alex Gordon on a four-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF-DH Jack Cust on a minor league contract; released INF Russell Branyan from his minor league contract, then re-signed him to a new minor league contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies traded INF/OF Matt Rizzotti to Minnesota for cash considerations.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Ryota Igarashi to Toronto for a player to be named or cash considerations.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Cory Luebke on a four-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants released INF Mike Fontenot.

Mar 29, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves traded RHP Jairo Asencio to Cleveland for cash.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed INF Zelous Wheeler off waivers from Milwaukee.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers released OF Cory Sullivan and C Josh Bard from their minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with SS Josh Rodriguez on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with INF/OF Steve Pearce on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers released 1B-OF Brad Hawpe.

Mar 28, 2012

  • The Cleveland Indians released INF Cristian Guzman.
  • The Minnesota Twins released RHP Joel Zumaya.
  • The New York Yankees claimed C Craig Tatum off waivers from Arizona.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with OF Tito Polo, 2B Fredys Padilla, 3B Gustavo Barrios, SS Jesus Ronco and OF Angelo Del Castillo on minor league contracts.

Mar 27, 2012

  • The Colorado Rockies released 3B Casey Blake.
  • The Houston Astros released 1B-OF Jack Cust unconditionally and LHP Zach Duke from his minor league contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with C Jonathan Lucroy on a five-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees released 1B-OF Preston Mattingly.

Mar 26, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Camp on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Chris Young on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Dustin McGowan on a three-year contract.

Mar 25, 2012

  • The St. Louis Cardinals released INF Alex Cora and C Koyie Hill unconditionally.

Mar 23, 2012

  • The Detroit Tigers claimed LHP Kelvin De La Cruz off waivers from Cleveland and optioned him to Erie (EL).

Mar 21, 2012

  • The Cleveland Indians claimed RHP Rick Vandenhurk off waivers from Toronto.

Mar 20, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with LHP Dontrelle Willis on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals traded LHP Kevin Chapman and a minor league player to be named to Houston for C Humberto Quintero and OF Jason Bourgeois.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with C Nick Hundley on a three-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Derek Holland on a five-year contract.

Mar 19, 2012

  • The Cleveland Indians acquired INF Davis Stoneburner from Texas to complete an earlier trade and assigned him to their minor league camp.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Joel Pineiro.
  • The Seattle Mariners released LHP Hong-Chih Kuo.

Mar 18, 2012

  • The Los Angeles Dodgers released LHP Alberto Castillo unconditionally.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with OF Xavier Nady on a minor league contract.

Mar 17, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox released RHP Carlos Silva.

Mar 16, 2012

  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with LHP Andy Pettitte on a minor league contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies released LHP Dontrelle Willis.

Mar 15, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs traded RHP Aaron Kurcz to Boston as part of the compensation deal for hiring executive Theo Epstein.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with SS Alcides Escobar on a four-year contract.

Mar 13, 2012

  • The Oakland Athletics claimed INF Brandon Hicks off waivers from Atlanta.

Mar 12, 2012

  • The Detroit Tigers released RHP David Pauley.

Mar 11, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with LHP Gerardo Concepcion on a five-year contract.

Mar 10, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with INF Ryan Adams, RHP Jake Arrieta, INF Josh Bell, RHP Jason Berken, LHP Zach Britton, INF Chris Davis, RHP Oliver Drake, INF Ryan Flaherty, RHP Tommy Hunter, INF Joe Mahoney, LHP Troy Patton, LHP Zach Phillips, OF Nolan Reimold, RHP Alfredo Simon, RHP Pedro Strop, C Taylor Teagarden and RHP Chris Tillman on one-year contracts; renewed the contract of C Matt Wieters.

Mar 9, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Michael Bowden, LHP Drake Britton, RHP Chris Carpenter, LHP Felix Doubront, RHP Mark Melancon, RHP Clayton Mortensen, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, RHP Junichi Tazawa, C Luis Exposito, C Ryan Lavarnway, INF Lars Anderson, INF Will Middlebrooks, INF Oscar Tejeda, OF Ryan Kalish, OF Che-Hsuan Lin and OF Darnell McDonald on one-year contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with 2B Jason Kipnis, C Lou Marson, OF Shelley Duncan, RHP Vinnie Pestano, RHP Frank Herrmann, RHP Zach McAllister, LHP Nick Hagadone, LHP Scott Barnes, OF Ezequiel Carrera, INF Lonnie Chisenhall, INF Russ Canzler and INF Juan Diaz on one-year contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics released C Landon Powell.

Mar 8, 2012

  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with LHP Glen Perkins on a four-year contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Bass, RHP Brad Brach, RHP Andrew Cashner, RHP Ernesto Frieri, RHP Erik Hamren, RHP Nick Vincent, LHP Jose De Paula, LHP Cory Luebke, LHP Juan Oramas, LHP Josh Spence, INF Everth Cabrera, INF James Darnell, INF Logan Forsythe, INF Jesus Guzman, INF Andy Parrino, INF Edinson Rincon, INF Jeudy Valdez, OF Kyle Blanks, OF Rymer Liriano and OF Blake Tekotte on one-year contracts.

Mar 7, 2012

  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with 2B David Adams, OF Zoilo Almonte, RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Cesar Cabral, C Francisco Cervelli, 2B Corban Joseph, RHP George Kontos, 3B Brandon Laird, OF Justin Maxwell, OF Melky Mesa, RHP Brad Meyers, RHP William Mitchell, RHP Ivan Nova, SS Eduardo Nunez, SS Ramiro Pena, RHP David Phelps, RHP Michael Pineda, C Austin Romine and RHP Cory Wade on one-year contract

Mar 6, 2012

  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with OF Andrew McCutchen on a six-year contract.

Mar 5, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Alberto Cabrera, RHP Lendy Castillo, RHP Casey Coleman, RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Marcos Mateo, RHP Jeff Samardzija, RHP Casey Weathers, LHP Jeff Beliveau, LHP John Gaub, LHP Scott Maine, LHP James Russell, LHP Travis Wood, C Welington Castillo, C Steve Clevenger, INF Darwin Barney, INF Adrian Cardenas, INF Starlin Castro, INF Bryan LaHair, INF Junior Lake, INF Anthony Rizzo, INF Josh Vitters, OF Tony Campana, OF Dave Sappelt and OF Matt Szczur on one-year contracts.

Mar 4, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles released LHP Dennys Reyes for failure to report.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with C Tyler Flowers, INF Gordon Beckham, INF Eduardo Escobar, INF Ozzie Martinez, INF Brent Morel, OF Alejandro De Aza, OF Brent Lillibridge, RHP Dylan Axelrod, RHP Anthony Carter, RHP Simon Castro, RHP Deunte Heath, LHP Pedro Hernandez, RHP Philip Humber, RHP Gregory Infante, RHP Nate Jones, LHP Charlie Leesman, RHP Jhan Marinez, RHP Nestor Molina, RHP Addison Reed, LHP Chris Sale, LHP Hector Santiago, RHP Zach Stewart, LHP Jose Quintana and LHP Donnie Veal on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Pedro Beato, LHP Robert Carson, 1B Ike Davis, OF Lucas Duda, RHP Jeurys Familia, SS Wilmer Flores, RHP Dillon Gee, 2B Reese Havens, RHP Jeremy Hefner, LHP Daniel Herrera, OF Juan Lagares, 3B Zach Lutz, RHP Jenrry Mejia, 1B Daniel Murphy, C Mike Nickeas, LHP Jonathon Niese, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, RHP Robert Parnell, OF Cesar Puello, RHP Armando Rodriguez, 2B Josh Satin, RHP Chris Schwinden, RHP Josh Stinson, 2B Ruben Tejada, C Josh Thole, 2B Justin Turner and 2B Jordany Valdespin on one-year contracts.

Mar 3, 2012

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with RHP Sam Demel, RHP Barry Enright, RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Brett Lorin, RHP Yonata Ortega, RHP Bryan Shaw, LHP Zach Kroenke, LHP Wade Miley, LHP Joe Paterson, RHP Mike Zagurski, C Konrad Schmidt, C Craig Tatum, OF Cole Gillespie, OF David Winfree and INF Paul Goldschmidt on one-year contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with OF Michael Brantley, RHP Carlos Carrasco, OF Aaron Cunningham, INF Jason Donald, RHP Jeanmar Gomez, LHP David Huff, RHP Corey Kluber, INF Matt LaPorta, OF Thomas Neal, INF Cord Phelps, RHP Danny Salazar, C Carlos Santana, LHP Tony Sipp, RHP Josh Tomlin and OF Nick Weglarz on one-year contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Jhoulys Chacin, LHP Rex Brothers, C Wilin Rosario, INF Tommy Field, OF Charlie Blackmon, RHP Tyler Chatwood, LHP Edwar Cabrera, INF Hector Gomez, OF Tyler Colvin, RHP Edgmer Escalona, LHP Christian Friedrich, INF Jonathan Herrera, OF Jamie Hoffmann, RHP Guillermo Moscoso, LHP Drew Pomeranz, INF DJ LeMahieu, OF Eric Young Jr., RHP Juan Nicasio, LHP Matt Reynolds, INF Chris Nelson, RHP Josh Outman, INF Jordan Pacheco, RHP Zach Putnam, RHP Josh Roenicke, RHP Esmil Rogers and RHP Alex White on one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with SS Chase d-Arnaud, 1B Matt Hague, 3B Josh Harrison, OF Gorkys Hernandez, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Chris Leroux, RHP Brad Lincoln, LHP Jeff Locke, OF Starling Marte, OF Andrew McCutchen, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP James McDonald, C Michael McKenry, RHP Kyle McPherson, INF Jordy Mercer, RHP Bryan Morris, LHP Daniel Moskos, SS Yamaico Navarro, INF Gustavo Nunez, LHP Rudy Owens, OF Alex Presley, 2B Neil Walker, LHP Tony Watson, RHP Duke Welker and LHP Justin Wilson on one-year contracts.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with OF Cameron Maybin on a five-year contract.

Mar 2, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Jairo Asencio, RHP Brandon Beachy, RHP Jaye Chapman, RHP Erik Cordier, RHP Randall Delgado, RHP Cory Gearrin, RHP Tommy Hanson, RHP J.J. Hoover, RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Cristhian Martinez, RHP Kris Medlen, RHP Todd Redmond, RHNP Julio Teheran, RHP Anthony Varvaro, RHP Arodys Vizcaino, LHP Luis Avilan, LHP Robert Fish, LHP Mike Minor, LHP Jonny Venters, INF Freddie Freeman, INF Brandon Hicks, INF Tyler Pastornicky, OF Jose Constanza and OF Jason Heyward on one-year contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF J.D. Martinez on a one-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with LHP Ross Detwiler, LHP Atahualpa Severino, RHP Cole Kimball, RHP Ryan Mattheus, RHP Ryan Perry, RHP Henry Rodriguez, RHP Craig Stammen, C Wilson Ramos, C Jhonatan Solano, INF Ian Desmond, INF Danny Espinosa, INF Steve Lombardozzi, INF Chris Marrero, INF Tyler Moore and OF Eury Perez on one-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of RHP Drew Storen and OF Roger Bernadina.

Mar 1, 2012

  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with C Yadier Molina on a six-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Kelvin De La Cruz, RHP Cody Eppley, OF Craig Gentry, C Luis Martinez, 1B/OF Mitch Moreland, RHP Neil Ramirez, INF Brandon Snyder and RHP Matt West on one-year contracts.