MLB Transactions in June 2015

Jun 30, 2015

  • The Atlanta Braves sgreed to terms with SS Angel Perez on a minor league contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OFs Andrew Benintendi and Tyler Spoon , Cs Aistom Reo and Andrew Noviello and LHP Bobby Poyner.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with SS Alberto Gonzalez on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Rhodes on a minor league contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies added Jorge Velandia to the coaching staff.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with LHP Daniel Zamora on a minor league contract and assigned him to West Virginia (NYP).
  • The Tampa Bay Rays signed OF Garrett Whitley to a minor league contract.

Jun 29, 2015

  • The Philadelphia Phillies named Andy MacPhail special assistant to the president and announced he will become president after the season is completed.
  • The Texas Rangers signed RHP Tyler Ferguson, RHP Tyler Phillips and OF Scott Heineman to minor league contracts.

Jun 28, 2015

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with OF DJ Stewart on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with 3B Bobby Wernes on a minor league contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with LHP Phil Coke on a minor league contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with OFs Drew Heid, Mark Laird and Joshua Tobias on minor league contracts.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Phil Bickford on a minor league contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with 3B Dalton DiNatale and RHP Andrew Lee on minor league contracts.

Jun 27, 2015

  • The San Diego Padres signed RHP Austin Smith, RHP Jacob Nix, C Austin Allen, CF Josh Magee, RHP Jordan Guerrero, RHP Trevor Megill, CF Aldemar Burgos, LHP Jerry Keel, CF Justin Pacchioli, RHP Brett Kennedy, SS Peter Van Gansen, RHP William Headean, C Kyle Overstreet, RHP Elliot Ashbeck, RHP Trey Wingenter, RHP Phil Maton, RHP Nick Monroe, LHP Christian Cecilio, SS Kodie Tidwell, LHP Corey Hale, 2B Tyler Moore, C A.J. Kennedy, RHP Louis Distasio, RHP Braxton Lorenzini, 3B Ty France, LHP Nathan Foriest and RHP Blake Rogers to minor league contracts.

Jun 26, 2015

  • The Houston Astros signed RHP Riley Ferrell to a minor league contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies announced the resignation of manager Ryne Sandberg. Named Pete Mackanin interim manager.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Shane Kemp to a minor league contract.

Jun 25, 2015

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with RHP Juan Taveras on a minor league contract.
  • The Baltimore Red Sox signed RHP Daniel Zandona, OF Kyri Washington and RHP Max Watt to minor league contracts.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with OFs Donnie Cimino, Daniel Spingola, Alex Bautista, Darryl Wilson and Donnie Dewees; RHPs Kyle Miller, Matt Rose and M.T. Minacci; LHPs Kyle Twomey and Tyler Peitzmeier; Cs Tyler Payne and Ian Rice; and 2B Sutton Whiting on minor league contracts.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHPs Alexis Diaz, Ian Kahaloa and Antonio Santillan on minor league contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies signed RHP Peter Lambert to a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with SS Alex Bregman on a minor league contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with C Zach Taylor on a minor league contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with OF Lean Marrero on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with OF Ricky Eusebio on a minor league contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with Cs Chris Chinea and Ryan McCarvel on minor league contracts.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays acquired 1B/OF Marc Krauss from the Los Angeles Angels RHP Kyle Winkler.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with 3B Jonathan Meyer on a minor league contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with OF Andrew Stevenson and RHPs Kevin Mooney and Koda Glover on minor league contracts.

Jun 24, 2015

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with C Kendry Herrera on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Justin Garza on a minor league contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP David Hill.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Michael Vinson on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with LHP Zac Person on a minor league contract.

Jun 23, 2015

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with C Trey Keegan; 2B Kurt Hoekstra; 3B Jacob Lanning; LHPs Ryan Lawlor, Chase Mullins and Trevor Belicek; and RHPs Matthew Withrow, Patrick Weigel, Evan Phillips, Stephen Moore, Sean McLaughlin, Grayson Jones, Joshua Graham and Ryan Clark on minor league contracts.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Zandona on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with 2B Ford Stainback on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with 3B Brendon Davis on a minor league contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with OF Grady Sizemore on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with INF Jhonniel Alvarez and OF Connor McKay on minor league contracts.

Jun 22, 2015

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with 2B Jack Graham and Frank Crinella, SS Branden Becker and OF Jaylen Ferguson on minor league contracts.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OFs Chris Madera, Jerry Downs and Nicholos Hamilton on minor league contracts.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with C Justin Cohen, OFs Isaiah White and Tony Bennett and RHPs Kelvin Rivas, R.J. Peace, Chris Paddack and Ryan McKay on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets sSigned INF David Thompson, OF Kevin Kaczmarski, LHP Jake Simon, RHP Joe Shaw, LHP P.J. Conlon, 2B Vincent Siena, RHP Dillon Becker, RHP Jordan Humphreys, RHP Thomas McIlraith, OF Kenneth Bautista and C Anthony Dimino to minor league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees signed RHP Diego Moreno and RHP Nick Rumbelow and selected their contracts from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Agreed to terms with RHP Cody Hamlin on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with C Garrett Russini, LHP Austin Sodders and RHP Shane Kemp on minor league contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners released OF Rickie Weeks.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with 1B Chad Smith, OF London Lindley and 3B Curtis Terry on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with OFs Angelo La Bruna and Blake Perkins, SS Clayton Brandt, LHP Grant Borne and RHPs Mariano Rivera, Matthew Crownover, Mick Van Vossen, Tommy Peterson, Jorge Pantoja, Ryan Brinley and Adam Boghosian on minor league contracts.

Jun 21, 2015

  • The Boston Red Sox claimed C Erik Kratz off waivers from Kansas City. Agreed to terms with OFs Tate Matheny and Jagger Rusconi, LHP Logan Allen and RHP Nick Duron.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with 1B James Vasquez, LHP Joe Paterson and RHP Matt Buschman on minor league contracts.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with OF Todd Isaacs and RHP Jarrett Grube on minor league contracts.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with LHPs Matt Hall and Toller Boardman, OFs Christin Stewart and Cole Bauml, 1B Tanner Donnels and RHPs Dominic Moreno, Ryan Milton, Drew Smith, Jake Shull, Taylor Hicks and Ryan Castellanos on minor league contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with RHP Christopher Powell on a minor league contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Alex Farina on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with C Patrick Mazeika, LHPs Seth Davis and Taylor Henry and RHPs Dillon Becker, Witt Haggard, Chase Ingram, Joseph Shaw and Thomas McIlraith on minor league contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics claimed OF Jake Smolinski off waivers from Texas and optioned him to Nashville (PCL).
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with 1B Kewby Meyer, 2B Brett Sullivan, INF Blake Butera, OF Landon Cray, LHP Porter Clayton and RHPs Ian Gibaut and Noel Rodriguez.
  • The Texas Rangers claimed OF Jake Smolinski off waivers from Oakland and optioned him to Nashville (PCL).
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with 3B Chris Nelson on a minor league contract.

Jun 20, 2015

  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with CF Skye Bolt, OF James Terrell and RHP Xavier Altamirano on minor league contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners reassigned hitting coach Howard Johnson to the minor league system. Named Edgar Martinez hitting coach.

Jun 19, 2015

  • The Boston Red Sox signed RHP Kevin Kelleher, LHP Logan Boyd, LHP Brad Stone, RHP Trevor Kelley and RHP Adam Lau.
  • The Cincinnati Reds signed LHP Brady Aiken to a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros signed CF Myles Straw, LF Justin Garcia, C Kevin Martir, OF Aaron Mizell, LHP Steve Naemark and C Christian Correa to minore league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins released OF Jordan Schafer.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Stephan Myer and LHP Sean Keselica to minor league contracts.

Jun 18, 2015

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with OF Ian Happ, LHPs Ryan Kellogg and John Williamson, 3B Blake Headley, SS Vimael Machin, 2B Angelo Amendolare, C Marcus Mastrobuoni and RHPs Jared Cheek, Craig Brooks and Dave Berg on minor league contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHPs Chad Smith and Matt Esparza, S Tyler Krieger, 2B Mark Mathias and Sam Haggerty and OFs Connor Marabell, Nathan Lukes and Ka'ai Tom.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHPs Drasen Johnson, Logan Cozart, Mike Nikorak, Sam Thoele, Christian Talley, James McMahon, Parker French and Dakota Behr; LHP Daniel Koger; 3B Christopher Keck; SS Mylz Jones; INF Tyler Nevin; and OFs Bobby Stahel, Jensen Park, Sam Hilliard and Cole Anderson on minor league contracts.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHPs Jogan Longwith and Joseph Havrilak, OFs Cam Gibson and Kyle Dowdy, 1B Blaise Salter, 2B Patrick Mackenzie, 3B Josh Lester and C Tyler Servais on minor league contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with LHP Michael Freeman, C Garrett Stubbs and RHPs Ralph Garza, Jacob Dorris and David Schmidt.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with OF Jahmai Jones and RHP Grayson Long on minor league contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with LHPs Rob McDonnell and Wes Helsabeck and RHPs Kevin Brown, Marcus Crescentini, Cameron Palmer, Ivan Vieitez, Andrew Istler and Tommy Bergjans on minor league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins released RHP Tim Stauffer.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Corey Taylor, LHPs P.J. Conlon and Max Wotell, 2B Vincent Siena and OF Desmond Lindsay on minor league contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with C Edgard Cabral and LHP Bailey Falter on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with 1B Zach George, INFs Mitchell Tolman, Albert Baur and Logan Ratledge, Cs Christian Kelley and John Bormann, OFs Ty Moore, Casey Hughston and Logan Hill and RHPs Logan Sendelbach, Scooter Hightower, Jacob Taylor, Chris Plitt, Nick Hibbing and Nathan Trevillian on minor league contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Dylan Thompson on a minor league contract.

Jun 17, 2015

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with 3B Nic Coffman on a minor league contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox signed RHP Ben Taylor, INF Tucker Tubbs, INF Mitchell Gunsolus, LHP Matt Kent and INF Chad De La Guerra to minor league contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with SS Brendan Rogers on a minor league contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Beau Burrows on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with LHP Alex Winkelman, C Jose Martinez, OFs Nestor Muriel and Johnny Sewald and RHPs Kevin McCanna, Makay Nelson, Chris Murphy and Zac Grotz on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Cody Jones on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with 3B Michael Pierson, LHP Jo-Jo Reyes and OFs Brendon Sanger, Jared Foster and Jeff Boehm on minor league contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with OFs Trent Clark and Omar Cotto, RHPs Cody Ponce, Nate Griep, Karsen Lindell, Gentry Fortuno, David Lucroy, Jonathan Perrin, Cross Colton, Scott Grist, Jose Flores and Nash Walters, LHPs Drake Owenby and Quintin Torres-Costa, INFs Jose Cuas, Tyrone Perry, Steven Karkenny and C Mitch Ghelfi.
  • The Minnesota Twins signed LHPs Tyler Jay and Alex Robinson to minor league contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies signed SS Cornelius Randolph to a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHPs Mike Wallace, Nicholas Economos and Tanner Anderson on minor league contracts.

Jun 16, 2015

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with SS Ryan Mountcastle on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with LHPs William Strode and Ryan Perez, Cs Daniel Salters and Jack Goihl, INF Anthony Miller and RHPs Devon Stewart, Brock Hartson and Christian Meister on minor league contrracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHPs Ryan Deems, Adam Whitt, Scott Weathersby and Trent Thornton; OFs Kyle Tucker, Drew Ferguson and Pat Porter; SS Keach Ballard; 2B Brooks Marlow; and C Anthony Hermelyn on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHPs Alex Luna, Daniel Concepcion, Matt Ditman, Brian Bayliss, Tyler Carvalho and Jacob Bodnar; LHPs Byron Davis, Joseph Markus, Matt Portland, Drew Milligan, Mark McCoy and Jake Kalish; OFs Anderson Miller, Roman Collins, Ben Johnson, Colton Frabasilio and Luke Willis; SSs Gabriel Cancel, Emmanuel Rivera, Austin Bailey, Brian Bien and Trey Stover; Cs Nick Dini, Alex Close and Nate Esposito; 2B Jonathan McCray; and 1B Taylor Ostrich on minor league contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers claimed 3B Matt Dominguez off waivers from Houston.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes and 1B Kevin Kramer to a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres named Pat Murphy interim manager.
  • The Seattle Mariners signed RHPs Nick Neidert, Cody Mobley, Jio Orozco, Ryne Inman, Joey Strain, Joe Peeler, Ljay Newsome, Michael Rivera and Gianni Zayas; 1B Rob Fonseca; SS Taylor Perez; LHP Jared West; RF Gus Craig and SS Julius Gaines to minor league contracts and assigned them to Peoria (MWL). Signed RHPs Andrew Moore, Kyle Wilcox, Lance Thonvold, Colin Tornberg and Darin Gillies; OF Braden Bishop; SS Drew Jackson; 1B Ryan Uhl; 3B Logan Taylor; LHPs Matt Clancy, Joe Pistorese and Anthony Misiewicz; and C P.J. Jones to minor league contracts and assigned them to Everett (NWL).
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with INFs Daniel Martin and R.J. Dennard, LHP Jacob Evans, C Jesse Jenner, OF Thomas Spitz, 3B Michael Polcyn and RHPs Carson Cross, Greg Tomchick and Harley Holt on minor league contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers signed OF Chad Smith.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHPs John Kravetz, Gunner Eastman, Ryan Cook, Josh Degraaf, Tyler Burden, Geno Encina, Jackson McClelland, Jose Espada, Justin Maese, Zachary Rodgers and Mike Estevez; LHPs Nate Abel, Stuart Holmes, Hunter Barnett, Tayler Saucedo and Travis Bergen; 3B John La Prise, Connor Panas, Carl Wise and Nash Knight; OFs Lance Jones, Kalik May, Earl Burl III, Jake Thomas, Nicholas Sinay and DJ McKnight; Cs Robert Lucido, Josh Reavis, Ryan Hissey and Owen Spiwak; 2B Mattingly Romanin and Andrew Guillotte; 1B Levi Scott and Christian Williams; and SSs Juandy Mendoza and JC Cardenas on minor league contracts.

Jun 15, 2015

  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with 3B Kris Goodman; SSs Giovanny Alfonzo, Joseph Chavez and Taylor Munden; OFs Brandon Rawe, Alex Fernandez and Kyle Barrett; LHPs Gunnar Kines, Jeffrey Kinley and Trevor Lacosse; and RHPs Ben Meyer, Obed Diaz, L.J. Brewster and Kyle Keller on minor league contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers signed OF Trent Clark, RHP Cody Ponce and RHP Nash Walters to minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHPs Chase Ingram, Corey Taylor and Witt Haggard; LHPs Thomas Szapucki, Sixto Torres, Taylor Henry and Seth Davis; and C Patrick Mazeika on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates signed SS Kevin Newman to a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres fired manager Bud Black.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals signed OF Nick Plummer, RHP Jake Woodford, RHP Jordan Hicks, OF Paul DeJong, RHP Ryan Helsley, INF Andrew Brodbeck, OF Craig Aikin, C Ryan McCarvel, INF Luke Doyle, INF Hunter Newman, RHP Ben Yokley, LHP Chandler Hawkins, INF Dylan Tice, C Stephen Zavala, OF Orlando Olivera, INF Joey Hawkins, INF Josh Swirchak, C Riley Drongesen and LHP Brady Bowen to minor league contracts.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays signed OF Grady Sizemore to a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHPs Adam Choplick, Jason Richman, Clyde Kendrick, C.D. Pelham and Joeanthony Rivera and Jeffrey Springs, RHP Michael Matuella, Tyler Davis, Jacob Shortslef, Maikor Mora, John Werner and Ashton Perritt, OFs Nick Kaye, Jamie Potts, Eric Jenkins and London Lindley, INFs Curtis Terry, Xavier Turner, Josh Altmann and Dean Long, and Cs Joenny Vazquez and Tyler Sanchez on minor league contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Jon Harris.
  • The Washington Nationals acquired INF Trea Turner from San Diego to complete an earlier trade.

Jun 14, 2015

  • The New York Mets signed LHP Thomas Szapucki, RHP Chase Ingram, RHP Corey Taylor, C Patrick Mazeika, RHP Witt Haggard, LHP Sixto Torres, LHP Taylor Henry and LHP Seth Davis to minor league contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHPs Adam Choplick, Jason Richman and Jeffrey Springs, OFs Nick Kaye and London Lindley, INF Curtis Terry, and C Joenny Vazquez on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals acquired INF Trea Turner from San Diego to complete an earlier trade.

Jun 13, 2015

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHPs Drew Hasler, Brandon Magallones, Brandon Quintero, Christopher Comito, Danny Dopico, Corey Zangari, Jordan Stephens and Jack Charleston; LHPs Johnathan Frebis, Ryan Riga, Ryan Hinchley and Zack Erwin; Cs Jacob Cooper, Casey Schroeder and Blake Hickman; SSs Daniel Mendick, Bradley Strong, Grant Massey and Landon Lassiter; OFs Frank Califano, Tyler Sullivan and Jackson Glines; INF Sikes Orvis; and 2B David Walker on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets claimed OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis off waivers from the L.A. Angels.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHPs Bret Helton, Seth McGarry and Jonathan Brubaker on minor league contracts.
  • The San Diego Padres acquired LHP Brad Wieck from the New York Mets to complete and earlier trade.

Jun 12, 2015

  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with OF Blake Gailen on a minor league contract. Exercised their contract option for 2016 on general manager Jerry Dipoto.
  • The Texas Rangers signed RHP Dillon Tate. Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Lemoine, SS Dylan Moore, RHP Blake Bass, RHP Peter Fairbanks, SS Leon Byrd and OF Ledarious Clark.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays traded INF Ronald Torreyes to the L.A. Dodgers for cash considerations.

Jun 11, 2015

  • The Cincinnati Reds released RHP Jason Marquis.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with LHP Alex Henson on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees traded RHP David Carpenter to Washington for INF Tony Renda.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Juan Gutierrez on a minor league contract.

Jun 9, 2015

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Soriano on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Sergio Santos on a minor league contract.

Jun 8, 2015

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP David Aardsma on a minor league contract.
  • The Cincinnati Reds released RHP Matt Magill.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Correia on a one-year contract.

Jun 4, 2015

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks traded OF Mark Trumbo and LHP Vidal Nuno to Seattle for C Welington Castillo, RHP Dominic Leone, OF Gabby Guerrero and SS Jack Reinheimer.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with SS Beamer Weems on a minor league contract.

Jun 3, 2015

  • The Boston Red Sox acquired OF Alejandro De Aza and cash considerations from Baltimore for RHP Joe Gunkel.
  • The Cincinnati Reds released OF Donald Lutz.
  • The Seattle Mariners acquired OF Mark Trumbo and LHP Vidal Nuno from the Arizona Diamondbacks for C Wellington Castillo, RHP Dominic Leone, OF Gabby Guerrero and SS Jack Reinheimer.

Jun 2, 2015

  • The Milwaukee Brewers claimed INF Hernan Perez off waivers from Detroit.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF Teodoro Martinez on a minor league contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies released OF Grady Sizemore.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Erik Cordier and INF Kevin Frandsen on minor league contracts.

Jun 1, 2015

  • The Washington Nationals acquired RHP P.J. Walters from the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash considerations and assigned him to Syracuse.