MLB Transactions in February 2012

Feb 29, 2012

  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with C Bryan Anderson, RHP Mitchell Boggs, 3B Matt Carpenter, OF Adron Chambers, RHP Maikel Cleto, OF Allen Craig, C Tony Cruz, 2B Daniel Descalso, RHP Brandon Dickson, RHP Chuckie Fick, LHP Sam Freeman, 3B David Freese, 2B Tyler Greene, 1B Mark Hamilton, OF Jon Jay, OF Erik Komatsu, 2B Pete Kozma, RHP Lance Lynn, RHP Adam Ottavino, RHP Adam Reifer, OF Shane Robinson, LHP Marc Rzepczynski, RHP Fernando Salas and RHP Eduardo Sanchez on one-year contracts.

Feb 28, 2012

  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms RHP Collin Balester, RHP Luis Marte, RHP David Pauley, INF Danny Worth and OF Clete Thomas on one-year contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Jorge De Leon and OF J.B. Shuck on one-year contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Danny Duffy on a one-year contract.

Feb 27, 2012

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with LHP Sean Marshall on a four-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with INF Marwin Gonzalez on a one-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Vin Mazzaro on a one-year contract and C Salvador Perez on a five year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with 3B Eric Chavez on a one-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with OF Engel Beltre, OF Julio Borbon, RHP Jacob Brigham, LHP Miguel De Los Santos, RHP Neftali Feliz, RHP Wilmer Font, RHP Mark Hamburger, LHP Derek Holland, LHP Michael Kirkman, RHP Roman Mendez, RHP Justin Miller, RHP Alexi Ogando and LHP Martin Perez on one-year contracts.

Feb 26, 2012

  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with 3B Ryan Zimmerman on an eight-year contract.

Feb 25, 2012

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Fernando Martinez, LHP Sergio Escalona and RHP Wilton Lopez on one-year contracts.

Feb 24, 2012

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with INF Alcides Escobar and INF Johnny Giavotella on one-year contracts.

Feb 23, 2012

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Jason Bourgeois, RHP David Carpenter and LHP Wesley Wright on one-year contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed OF Matt Angle off waivers from Baltimore and added him to the 40-man roster.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with 3B Eric Chavez on a one-year contract.

Feb 22, 2012

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with INF Cristian Guzman on a minor league contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with LHP Matt Hoffman, LHP Andy Oliver, LHP Adam Wilk, INF Hernan Perez and OF Andy Dirks on one-year contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Jason Bourgeois, RHP David Carpenter and LHP Wesley Wright on one-year contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Louis Coleman and RHP Greg Holland one-year contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Jason Isringhausen on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Rick VandenHurk on a one-year contract.

Feb 21, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs traded RHP Chris Carpenter and a player to be named to Boston for a player to be named to complete the compensation for Theo Epstein joining the Cubs as president of baseball operations.
  • The Cleveland Indians traded LHP Kelvin De La Cruz to Texas for cash considerations.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Kintzler on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF Raul Ibanez on a one-year contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Suppan on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with OF Val Majewski on a minor league contract.

Feb 20, 2012

  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with manager Jim Tracy on a contract extension through the 2013 season.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Tim Dillard, RHP Marco Estrada, RHP Mike McClendon, RHP Mark Rogers and C Martin Maldonado on one-year contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with OF Manny Ramirez on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Neal Cotts on a minor league contract.

Feb 19, 2012

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHP Brett Tomko on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees traded RHP A.J. Burnett and cash to Pittsburgh for RHP Diego Moreno and OF Exicardo Cayones.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Kendrick on a two-year contract.

Feb 18, 2012

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with LHP Fernando Abad, OF Brian Bogusevic, C Jason Castro, RHP Paul Clemens, IF Chris Johnson, RHP Fernando Rodriguez and IF Brett Wallace on one-year contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Luis Mendoza, INF Eric Hosmer, INF Mike Moustakas and OF Lorenzo Cain on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with LHP Clay Rapada on a minor league contract.

Feb 17, 2012

  • The New York Yankees released LHP Hideki Okajima from a minor league contract.

Feb 16, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with 1B Mauro Gomez and RHP Ross Ohlendorf on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with 3B Casey McGehee on a one-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Ramon Ortiz, OF Justin Christian and LHP Travis Blackley on minor league contracts.

Feb 15, 2012

  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with INF Alexi Casilla on a one-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with LHP Travis Blackley on a minor league contract.

Feb 14, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with CF Adam Jones on a one-year contract.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with OF Kosuke Fukudome on a one-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Jose Ortega, RHP Tyler Stohr, RHP Brayan Villarreal, LHP Duane Below, LHP Casey Crosby and OF Avisail Garcia on one-year contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with INF Jeff Bianchi and RHP Wily Peralta on one-year contracts.

Feb 13, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with DH David Ortiz on a one-year contract and with RHP John Maine on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Jon Garland on a minor league contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with OF Yoenis Cespedes on a four-year contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Casey Janssen on a two year contract.

Feb 12, 2012

  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with C Mike Napoli on a one-year contract.

Feb 10, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms RHP Luis Ayala to a one-year contract and 1B Nick Johnson on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with INF Asdrubal Cabrera on a one-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with with RHP Nate Adcock, RHP Kelvin Herrera, RHP Jeremy Jeffress, RHP Sean O-Sullivan, RHP Blake Wood, LHP Everett Teaford, LHP Ryan Verdugo, C Manuel Pina, 1B Clint Robinson, OF Jarrod Dyson, OF David Lough and OF Derrick Robinson on one-year contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with RHP Scott Linebrink on a minor league contract.

Feb 9, 2012

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with LHP Craig Breslow on a one-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Alex Gordon on a one-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms OF Caleb Gindl, 1B Brock Kjeldgaard, RHP Amaury Rivas and RHP Cody Scarpetta on one-year contracts.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Guillermo Mota and INF Ryan Theriot on one-year contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with OF Nelson Cruz on a two-year contract.

Feb 8, 2012

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with OF Ryan Ludwick on a one-year contract and LHP Jeff Francis on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with SS Jed Lowrie on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with INF Russell Branyan, RHP Manny Delcarmen and Dewayne Wise on minor league contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with SS Elvis Andrus on a three-year contract.

Feb 7, 2012

  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with LHP Clayton Kershaw to a two-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with INF Bill Hall on a minor league contract.

Feb 6, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles traded RHP Jeremy Guthrie to Colorado for RHP Jason Hammel and RHP Matt Lindstrom.
  • The Chicago Cubs claimed INF Adrian Cardenas off waivers from Oakland (AL).
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Guthrie on a one-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Justin Ruggiano on a minor league contract.
  • The Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Camp and LHP Hong-Chih Kuo on one-year contracts.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with INF Alex Cora on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Joe Beimel and 1B-OF Conor Jackson on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with OF Rick Ankiel and INF-OF Mark Teahen on minor league contracts.

Feb 5, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Alfredo Aceves on a one-year contract.

Feb 3, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Matt Garza on a one-year contract.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with 1B Dan Johnson on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with 1B Casey Kotchman on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Matt Belisle on a two-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with RHP Todd Correy on a one-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Shaun Marcum on a one-year contract.

Feb 2, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with LHP Sean Gilmartin, LHP Dusty Hughes, RHP Peter Moylan, RHP Zeke Spruill, C Christian Bethancourt, C Evan Gattis, C Matt Kennelly, INF Andrelton Simmons, INF Joe Terdoslavich, OF Todd Cunningham and OF Stefan Gartrell on minor league contracts.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with LHP Casey Fossum on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Chad Bettis, INF Nolan Arenado, OF Andrew Brown, C Wilkin Castillo, RHP Stephen Dodson, INF Brendan Harris, OF Kent Matthes, C Lars Davis, RHP Mike Ekstrom, INF Ben Paulsen, OF Tim Wheeler, C Matt McBride, RHP Joe Gardner, INF Chad Tracy, C Wil Nieves, RHP Dustin Molleken, INF Brandon Wood, RHP Rob Scahill and RHP Josh Sullivan on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Brandon Sisk on a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Micah Owings on a one-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Edwin Jackson on one-year contract.

Feb 1, 2012

  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Juan Cruz on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with INF Carlos Guillen on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Francisco Cordero on a one-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Chad Durbin on a minor-league contract.