The New York Mets have purchased the contract of INF Ruben Gotay from Triple-A New Orleans.

The Colorado Rockies purchased the contract of pitcher Alberto Arias from Colorado Springs of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).

The Atlanta Braves have traded OF Ryan Langerhans to the Oakland A's for a player to be named later or cash considerations; purchased outfielder Willie Harris from Richmond of the International League (AAA).

The Cincinnati Reds have acquired RHP Marcus McBeth from the Oakland Athletics as one of the two players to be named later in the April 27 trade.

The Houston Astros have purchased contract of OF Hunter Pence from Triple-A Round Rock.

The Cincinnati Reds have signed RHP Todd Coffey to a one-year contract extension through the 2008 season.

The Oakland A's have acquired OF Chris Denorfia from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for two players to be named later and cash considerations.

The St. Louis Cardinals have purchased the contract of RHP Kelvin Jimenez from Triple-A Memphis.

The Kansas City Royals have released nonroster RHP Dewon Brazelton.

The Los Angeles Angels have purchased the contract of INF Brandon Wood from Salt Lake.

The New York Yankees have purchased the contract of RHP Phil Hughes from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with pitcher John Smoltz on a one-year contract extension with a vesting option for 2009 and club option for 2010.

The Houston Astros purchased the contract of pitcher Stephen Randolph from Round Rock of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).

The Florida Marlins have purchased the contract of RHP Nate Field from Triple-A Albuquerque.

The Toronto Blue Jays have purchased the contract of C Sal Fasano from Triple-A Syracuse.

The Chicago Cubs have selected OF Danny Putnam from Double-A Midland and LHP Dallas Braden from Triple-A Sacramento. The A's also released RHP Scott Dunn.

The Oakland A's purchased the contract of pitcher Dallas Braden from Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League (AAA); purchased the contract of outfielder Danny Putnam from Midland of the Texas League (AA).

The Chicago White Sox have placed INF Alex Cintron on bereavement list.

The Florida Marlins have purchased the contract of RHP Wes Obermueller from Triple-A Albuquerque.

The Toronto Blue Jays have purchased the contract of RHP Brian Tallet from Syracuse.

The Colorado Rockies have purchased the contract of RHP Bobby Keppel from Triple-A Colorado Springs.

The Milwaukee Brewers have purchased the contract of RHP Chris Spurling.

The Texas Rangers have purchased the contract of RHP Willie Eyre from Triple-A Oklahoma.

The Detroit Tigers have purchased the contract of RHP Aquilino Lopez from Triple-A Toledo.

The Atlanta Braves have placed 3B Willy Aybar on the suspended list.

The Boston Red Sox have acquired LHP Daniel Haigwood from the Texas Rangers in exchange for RHP Scott Shoemaker and cash considerations.

The Colorado Rockies have purchased the contract of RHP Matt Herges from Triple-A Colorado Springs.

The San Diego Padres have purchased the contract of RHP Aaron Rakers from Triple-A Portland.

The Seattle Mariners have signed 2B Jose Lopez to a four-year contract with a club option on a fifth year.

The Washington Nationals have selected OF Michael Restovich from Triple-A Columbus.

The Baltimore Orioles have selected the contract of OF Jon Knott from Norfolk.

The Cincinnati Reds have Signed INF/OF Ryan Freel to a two-year contract extension through the 2009 season.

The Colorado Rockies have purchased the contract of RHP Zach McClellan from Triple-A Colorado Springs.

The Toronto Blue Jays have purchased the contract of RHP Jamie Vermilyea from Triple-A Syracuse.

The Atlanta Braves have purchased the contract of LHP Steve Colyer from Triple-A Richmond.

The Cincinnati Reds have purchased the contract of SS Enrique Cruz from Double-A Chattanooga.

The Cleveland Indians have signed RHP Jake Westbrook to a three-year contract extension through the 2010 season.

The Philadelphia Phillies have claimed RHP J.D. Durbin off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

The San Francisco Giants signed pitcher Ricardo Rincon to a minor league contract.

The San Diego Padres have purchased the contract of C Pete Laforest from Triple-A Tacoma.

The Philadelphia Phillies have claimed INF Michael Garciaparra off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

The Boston Red Sox have claimed RHP J.D. Durbin off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Minnesota Twins have purchased the contract of OF Josh Rabe from Triple-A Rochester.

The Texas Rangers have purchased the contract of RHP Jamey Wright.

The San Diego Padres signed pitcher Chris Young to a four-year contract with a club option for the 2011 season.

The Cleveland Indians have signed C Amid Haad to a Minor League contract and assigned him to Triple-A Buffalo.

The Florida Marlins have purchased the contract of RHP Rick Vanden Hurk from Double-A Carolina.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed pitcher Rick Bauer to a minor league contract.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have purchased the contract of RHP Micah Owings from Triple-A Tucson.

The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired RHP Francisco Rosario from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for cash considerations.

The Kansas City Royals have purchased the contract of RHP Jason Standridge from Triple-A Omaha.

The New York Yankees have signed LHP Ron Villone to a Minor League contract and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The Seattle Mariners have signed SS Yuniesky Betancourt to a three-year contract extension with a club option on a fourth year.

The Washington Nationals have purchased the contract of INF D'Angelo Jimenez from Triple-A Columbus.

The Baltimore Orioles have selected the contract of C Alberto Castillo from Triple-A Norfolk.

The Philadelphia Phillies have purchased the contract of RHP Joe Bisenius from Triple-A Ottawa.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased the contract of pitcher Victor Santos.

The Chicago White Sox have purchased the contracts of LHP John Danks and C Gustavo Molina from Triple-A Charlotte.

The Cincinnati Reds have purchased contract of LHP Eddie Guardado and released RHP Dustin Hermanson.

The Florida Marlins have purchased the contracts of OF Alejandro De Aza from Double-A Carolina, and RHP Lee Gardner and 3B Jason Wood from Triple-A Albuquerque.

The Houston Astros have purchased the contracts of RHP Brian Moehler and RHP Rick White from Triple-A Round Rock.

The Los Angeles Angels have purchased the contract of RHP Chris Bootcheck from Triple-A Salt Lake.

The New York Yankees have released C Ben Davis and LHP Ron Villone.

The Oakland A's have selected the contracts of INF Todd Walker and OF Travis Buck from Triple-A Sacramento.

The San Diego Padres have agreed to terms with INF Adrian Gonzalez on a four-year contract through the 2010 season with a club option for 2011.

The San Francisco Giants have acquired LHP Travis Blackley from Seattle for OF Jason Ellison.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have selected RHP Gary Glover and RHP Al Reyes from Triple-A Durham; signed first baseman Carlos Pena.