MLB Transactions in June 2012

Jun 30, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with OF Jorge Soler on a nine-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers signed SS Corey Seager to a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with 3B Matt Reynolds, 1B Jayce Boyd, RHP Logan Taylor, RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Andrew Massie and 1B Jon Leroux on minor league contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies traded 1B Jim Thome to Baltimore for RHP Kyle Simon and C Gabriel Lino.

Jun 29, 2012

  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with OF Yasiel Puig on a seven-year contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with C Ryan Doumit on a two-year contract through 2014.
  • The New York Yankees claimed RHP Chris Schwinden off waivers from Cleveland.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Cameron Copping on a minor league contract.

Jun 28, 2012

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with SS Nick Hamilton on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with INF Jimmy Rider on a minor league contract.

Jun 27, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with LHP Brian Johnson and RHP Austin Maddox on minor league contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians claimed INF Vinny Rottino off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed 2B Oscar Tejeda off waivers from Boston.

Jun 26, 2012

  • The Chicago White Sox released OF Kosuke Fukudome.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with INF Nolan Fontana.
  • The New York Yankees claimed RHP Danny Farquhar off waivers from Oakland.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with LHP Jamie Moyer on a minor league contract.

Jun 25, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles released INF Miguel Tejada from his minor league contract.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHP Nick Travieso on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with INF Rio Ruiz.
  • The San Diego Padres claimed RHP Mark Hamburger off waivers from Texas.
  • The Washington Nationals released RHP Brad Lidge.

Jun 24, 2012

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with RHP David Hernandez on a two-year contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox acquired INF-OF Brent Lillibridge and RHP Zach Stewart from the Chicago White Sox for 3B Kevin Youkilis and cash considerations.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed INF Drew Sutton off waivers from Tampa Bay.

Jun 23, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles released LHP Jamie Moyer from his minor league contract.

Jun 22, 2012

  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Livan Hernandez on a one-year contract.

Jun 21, 2012

  • The Kansas City Royals traded RHP Sean O-Sullivan to Toronto for cash considerations.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with SS Zach Green on a minor league contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays claimed 2B Brooks Conrad off waivers from Milwaukee.

Jun 20, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with SS Deven Marrero on a minor league contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Pierce Johnson on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Hector Ambriz on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP David Pauley off waivers from the L.A. Angels.

Jun 19, 2012

  • The Detroit Tigers released DH Brad Eldred from Toledo.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with SS Daniel Robertson and 1B Matt Olson.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Adrian Sampson, INF D.J. Crumlish and INF Chris Diaz on minor league contracts.

Jun 18, 2012

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with OF Courtney Hawkins on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Lance McCullers on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with LHP Matt Smoral on a minor league contract.

Jun 16, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Paul Blackburn, RHP Josh Conway, INF Stephen Bruno, LHP Michael Heesch and C Chadd Krist on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Matt Koch, SS Branden Kaupe, RHP Brandon Welch, RHP Corey Oswalt, C Tomas Nido, 2B Richie Rodriguez, RHP Paul Sewald, RHP Robert Whalen, RHP Matthew Bowman, C Stefan Sabol, RHP Tyler Vanderheiden, RHP Timothy Peterson and 3B Jeff Reynolds on minor league contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics released OF Manny Ramirez from his minor league contract.

Jun 15, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Pat Light, RHP Jamie Callahan, RHP Ty Buttrey, RHP Mike Augliera, C Miguel Rodriguez, RHP Kyle Kraus, 1B Nathan Minnich, INF Mike Miller, LHP Dylan Chavez, OF Shaq Thompson and 1B Jake Davies on minor league contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with OF Tyler Naquin and RHP Mitch Brown on minor league contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with OF David Dahl, RHP Eddie Butler, OF Max White, C Tom Murphy, RHP Ryan Warner, RHP Seth Willoughby, C Wilfredo Rodriguez, OF Derek Jones, RHP Zach Jemiola, 1B Ben Waldrip, RHP Trevor Oakes, 1B Correlle Prime, RHP Shane Broyles, RHP Scott Oberg, OF Jeff Popick, INF Jason Stolz, INF Kyle Newton, LHP Anthony Seise, RHP Rayan Gonzalez, RHP Jordan Mejia, RHP Andrew Brown, LHP Michael Mason, INF Alec Mehrten, RHP Justin Arrowood, 2B Patrick Hutcheson, RHP Shawn Stuart, OF Ryan Garvey and C Chris Cowell on minor league contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with OF Mitch Haniger, OF Tyrone Taylor, RHP Zach Quintana, RHP Tyler Wagner, SS Angel Ortega, LHP David Otterman, RHP Alex Lavandero, LHP Anthony Banda, RHP Eric Semmelhack, 1B Alan Sharkey, 1B Adam Giacalone, SS Alfredo Rodriguez, 3B Michael Garza, RHP Austin Blaski, C Michael Turay, OF Lance Roenicke, RHP Jonathan Armold, LHP Brent Suter, RHP Austin Hall, SS Jose Sermo and RHP Taylor Mangum on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with OF Barrett Barnes on a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with LHP Max Fried on a minor league contract.

Jun 14, 2012

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Sam Selman on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Jon Sandfort on a minor league contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with RHP Michael Wacha on a minor league contract.

Jun 13, 2012

  • The Chicago White Sox released RHP Terry Doyle.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Jake Thompson, CF Austin Schotts, LHP Joe Rogers, RHP Charlie Gillies, C Bennett Pickar, RHP Julio Felix, SS Jordan Dean, RHP Slade Smith, LHP Alex Phillips, RHP Nick Carmichael, SS Jared Reaves, RHP Josh Carr, OF Zach Kirksey, RHP Matt Davenport and LHP Ryan Longstreth on minor league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with OF Byron Buxton on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with INF Eric Wood, C Jake Stallings, RHP Pat Ludwig, LHP Dalton Friend, RHP Kyle Haynes, RHP Lance Breedlove and LHP Josh Smith on minor league contracts.

Jun 12, 2012

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with 1B Keon Barnum, 2B Joey DeMichele, SS Nick Basto, RHP Anthony Bucciferro, 1B Alex Williams, RHP Adam Lopez, OF Kale Kiser, 2B Eric Grabe, RHP Storm Throne, RHP James Hudelson, SS Jake Brown, 3B Corey Thompson and 3B Steve Nikorak and assigned them to Bristol (APPY); agreed to terms with RHP Chris Beck, RHP Brandon Brennan, RHP Zach Isler, 2B Micah Johnson, RHP Brandon Hardin, 1B Abe Ruiz, 3B Thomas McCarthy, SS Zachary Voight, RHP Cory McGinnis, LHP Zachary Toney and C Zachary Fisher and on minor league contracts and assigned them to Great Falls (NW).
  • The Cleveland Indians acquired RHP Esmil Rogers from Colorado for cash considerations.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with OF Andre Ethier on a five-year contract through 2017.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with C Kevin Plawecki on a minor league contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Chris Stratton.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with OF Lewis Brinson, 3B Joey Gallo, RHP Collin Wiles, OF Jamie Jarmon, OF Nick Williams and RHP Eric Brooks.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays released OF Vladimir Guerrero from his minor league contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with 2B Anthony Renda, OF Brandon Miller, C Spence Kieboom, OF Hayden Jennings, RHP Derek Self, C Craig Manuel, RHP Brian Rauh, 3B Carlos Lopez, LHP Elliott Waterman, OF Jordan Poole, RHP Ronald Pena, RHP Blake Schwartz, RHP David Fischer, 1B Bryan Lippincott, SS James Brooks, C Austin Chubb, RHP Will Hudgins, OF Casey Selsor, RHP Kevin Dicharry, SS Hunter Bailey, RHP Leonard Hollins, RHP Michael Boyden and 2B Mike McQuillan on minor league contracts.

Jun 11, 2012

  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Roy Alvarez, RHP Mark Sappington, SS Eric Stamets, C Andrew Patterson, C Zachary Wright, OF Quintin Davis, RHP Pat Lowery, OF Joel Capote, C Zachary Livingston, C Pedro Pizarro and RHP Kenny Hatcher on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates signed C Wyatt Mathisen.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with OF D.J. Davis, INF Mitchell Hay, RHP Tyler Gonzales, OF Anthony Alford, RHP Tucker Donahue, LHP Brad Delatte, INF/OF Eric Phillips, OF Ian Parmley, C Harrison Frawley, INF Jordan Leyland, OF Alex Azor, C John Silvano, LHP Zakery Wasilewski, LHP Shane Dawson, INF Jorge Flores, OF Dennis Jones, LHP Colton Turner, INF Jason Leblebijian, C Daniel Klein, INF Derrick Chung, C Jorge Saez, INF Shaun Valeriote, LHP Kyle Anderson, RHP Justin James, RHP Justin D-Allesandro, RHP Robert Joseph Brosnahan, RHP Charles Ghysels, RHP Tim Nicholas Brechbuehler and LHP Joseph Spano on minor league contracts.

Jun 10, 2012

  • The Kansas City Royals traded OF D-Andre Toney to Houston to complete an earlier trade.

Jun 9, 2012

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with C Stryker Trahan on a minor league contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with LHP Jeff Francis on a one-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Minor, OF Daniel Gulbransen, RHP Aaron West, INF Austin Elkins, INF Angel Ibanez, RHP Christian Garcia, RHP Jordan Jankowski and RHP Michael Dimock on minor league contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics claimed RHP Daniel Farquhar off waivers from Toronto; Agreed to terms with C Bruce Maxwell, OF Matthew Hillsinger, RHP Kristopher Hall and RHP Ryan Dull to minor league contracts.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals claimed LHP John Gaub off waivers from Texas; agreed to terms with 3B Patrick Wisdom, C Steve Bean, LHP Tim Cooney, RHP Kyle Barraclough, OF Yoenny Gonzalez, C Rowan Wick, INF Jacob Wilson, INF Brett Wiley, INF Anthony Melchionda, INF Bruce Caldwell, RHP Joe Scanio, RHP Chris Perry, 1B Jeremy Schaffer, RHP Steven Gallardo, OF Matthew Young, INF Jacoby Almaraz, LHP Lee Stoppelman, RHP Dixon Llorens, LHP Steven Sabatino, RHP Joey Cuda, OF Dodson McPherson, LHP Kyle Helisek, RHP Joey Donofrio, RHP Ronnie Shaban, LHP Mark Trentacosta, LHP Ben O-Shea and RHP Michael Aldrete on minor league contracts.

Jun 8, 2012

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Andrew Aplin, OF Terrell Joyce, LHP Brian Holmes, INF Joseph Sclafani, RHP Erick Gonzalez, C Richard Gingras, RHP John Neely and C M.P. Cokinos on minor league contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with C Clint Coulter and OF Victor Roache on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with SS Gavin Cecchini on a minor league contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals released RHP Scott Linebrink.

Jun 7, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Lucas Sims on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with SS Carlos Correa on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Zimmer on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Alec Asher, OF Preston Beck, OF Royce Bolinger, 2B Cam Schiller, RHP Cody Kendall, RHP John Niggli, RHP Casey Shiver, RHP Keone Kela, LHP Sam Stafford, 2B Janluis Castro, C Charles Moorman, RHP Josh McElwee, RHP Coby Cowgill, SS Gabriel Roa, LHP Austen Thraikill, LHP Joseph Burns, OF Barrett Serrato and RHP Paul Schwindel on minor league contracts.

Jun 6, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles signed LHP Jamie Moyer to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Norfolk.
  • The Cleveland Indians claimed RHP Chris Schwinden off waivers from Toronto and optioned him to Columbus.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Brady Rodgers.

Jun 4, 2012

  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Ross Ohlendorf.

Jun 2, 2012

  • The New York Yankees traded OF-1B Steve Pearce to Baltimore for cash.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP Chris Schwinden off waivers from the New York Mets.

Jun 1, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs claimed RHP Jairo Asencio off waivers from Cleveland.