MLB Transactions in January 2014

Jan 31, 2014

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with OF Roger Bernadina on a minor league contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with C Alex Avila on a one-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Crow on a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with INF/OF Matt Clark on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Ranger announced the retirement of INF Michael Young.

Jan 30, 2014

  • The Baltimore Orioles purchased the contract of 1B Carlos Diaz from the Mexico City Reds; signed 3B Jomar Reyes and assigned him and Diaz to the Gulf Coast League.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Bruce Chen on a one-year contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins released LHP Andrew Albers.

Jan 29, 2014

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with INF Ramon Santiago on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals acquired OF Carlos Peguero from Seattle for a player to be named or cash considerations.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Matt Guerrier on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Bruce Billings, INF Russ Canzler, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Brian Gordon, RHP Chris Leroux, OF Antoan Richardson, INF Scott Sizemore, INF Yangervis Solarte and INF Zelous Wheeler on minor league contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Scott Baker on a minor league contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with INF Daniel Descalso on a one-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers claimed LHP Pedro Figueroa off waivers from Tampa Bay.

Jan 28, 2014

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with LHP Aroldis Chapman on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with INF Paul Janish on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with 1B Carlos Pena and OF Brennan Boesch on minor league contracts.

Jan 27, 2014

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with INF Chris Nelson on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with INF Elliott Johnson on a minor league contract.

Jan 26, 2014

  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with 2B Joe Thurston and OF Jeremy Hermida on minor league contracts.

Jan 24, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Freddy Garcia on a minor league contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with LHP Travis Wood on a one-year contract and with RHP Carlos Pimentel, LHP Tommy Hottovy, LHP Jonathan Sanchez, LHP Tsuyoshi Wada, INF Ryan Roberts, INF Chris Valaika, INF Jeudy Valdez, OF Chris Coghlan, OF Aaron Cunningham, OF Ryan Kalish, OF Mitch Maier, OF Darnell McDonald, OF Casper Wells, C John Baker and C Eli Whiteside on minor league contracts.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with manager Robin Ventura on a multiyear contract extension.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with C Luke Carlin on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers signed INF Chone Figgins to a minor league contract.
  • The Miami Marlins signed 3B Ty Wigginton to a minor-league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees traded LHP David Huff to the San Francisco Giants for cash considerations.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with LHP Joe Beimel and RHP Mark Rogers on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Gabriel Alfaro, INF Jamey Carroll, RHP Manny Delcarmen, INF Mike Fontenot, RHP Clay Hensley, RHP Daniel Stange, INF Brock Peterson, and C Chris Snyder on minor league contracts.

Jan 23, 2014

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP David Aardsma on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Jon Rauch on a minor league contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with INF Joaquin Arias on two-year contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with OF Endy Chavez on a minor league contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with RHP Grant Balfour on a two-year contract.

Jan 22, 2014

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OF Grady Sizemore on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with OF/1B Lucas Duda on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Masahiro Tanaka on a seven-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with LHP Eric O-Flaherty on a two-year contract.
  • The San Diego Padres acquired LHP Alex Torres and RHP Jesse Hahn from Tampa Bay for INF Logan Forsythe, INF Maxx Tissenbaum, RHP Matt Andriese, RHP Brad Boxberger and RHP Matt Lollis.

Jan 21, 2014

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHPs Dylan Axelrod, Parker Frazier, Brian Omogrosso, Omar Poveda and Zach Putnam; LHPs David Purcey and Mauricio Robles; C Hector Gimenez, INF Alex Liddi; and OF Denis Phipps on minor league contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Justin Maxwell on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Cs Miguel Olivo and Griff Erickson to minor league contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with LHP Antonio Bastardo on a one-year contract; agreed to terms with OF Bobby Abreu and RHP Chad Gaudin on minor league contracts.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with C Ed Easley and INF Scott Moore on minor league contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with OF Ricardo Nanita on a minor league contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Clay Hensley on a minor league contract.

Jan 20, 2014

  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with 1B Lyle Overbay on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Dillon Gee on a one-year contract; signed LHP John Lannan and INF Omar Quintanilla to minor league contracts.

Jan 18, 2014

  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Rafael Perez on a minor league contract.

Jan 17, 2014

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with LHP Joe Thatcher on a one-year contract.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Kris Medlen, LHP Mike Minor, INF Chris Johnson and OF Jordan Schafer on one-year contracts.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with 1B Chris Davis, RHP Tommy Hunter, LHP Brian Matusz, RHP Bud Norris and LHP Troy Patton on one-year contracts.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with 1B/OF Mike Carp, INF Jonathan Herrera, and RHP Junichi Tazawa on one-year contracts.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with OF Nate Schierholtz, INF Luis Valbuena, LHP James Russell and RHP Pedro Strop on one-year contracts.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with INF Gordon Beckham and OF Alejandro De Aza on one-year contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with LHP Marc Rzepczynski on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Juan Nicasio and OF Drew Stubbs on one-year contracts.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHPs Al Alburquerque, Rick Porcello and Max Scherzer and OFs Andy Dirks and Austin Jackson on one-year contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with C Jason Castro and INF/OF Jesus Guzman on one-year contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with INF Emilio Bonifacio, RHP Luke Hochevar and 1B Eric Hosmer on one-year contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Ernesto Frieri and RHP Fernando Salas on one-year contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with LHP Clayton Kershaw on a seven-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with OF Giancarlo Stanton, RHP Steve Cishek and LHP Mike Dunn on one-year contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Marco Estrada and 1B-3B Juan Francisco on one-year contract; agreed to terms with 1B/3B Mark Reynolds on a minor league contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with 3B Trevor Plouffe, RHP Anthony Swarzak and LHP Brian Duensing on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Bobby Parnell, 2B Daniel Murphy and OF Eric Young Jr. on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF Brett Gardner and RHPs Shawn Kelley, Ivan Nova and RHP David Robertson on one-year contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with RHP Luke Gregerson, INFs Jed Lowrie and Brandon Moss and OF Craig Gentry on one-year contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with OF John Mayberry Jr. on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with INFs Pedro Alvarez, Gaby Sanchez and Neil Walker; RHPs Vin Mazzaro and Mark Melancon; and OF Travis Snider on one-year contracts.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHPs Ian Kennedy and Tyson Ross, INFs Everth Cabrera and Chase Headley and INF/OF Kyle Blanks on one-year contracts.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with OF Gregor Blanco, RHP Yusmeiro Petit and INF Tony Abreu on one-year contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Logan Kensing and C Manny Pina on minor league contracts.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with OFs Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos on one-year contracts.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Hellickson, LHPs Jake McGee and Cesar Ramos, OFs Matt Joyce and Sean Rodriguez and C Jose Lobaton on one-year contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHPs Neftali Perez and Alexi Ogando on one-year contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with LHP Brett Cecil, OF Colby Rasmus and RHP Esmil Rogers on one-year contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with C Wilson Ramos, RHP Drew Storen and LHPs Ross Detwiler and Jerry Blevins on one-year contracts and RHP Jordan Zimmermann and SS Ian Desmond on two-year contracts.

Jan 16, 2014

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with OF Chris Heisey on a one-year contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with OF Nyjer Morgan on a minor league contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Wilton Lopez on a one-year contract and C Michael McKenry on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LGP Tim Collins on a one-year contract and RHPs Brad Penny and Guillermo Mota on minor league contracts.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with RHP Henry Rodriguez on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with 1B Ike Davis and SS Ruben Tejada on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Yankees released OF Vernon Wells; agreed to terms with C Francisco Cervelli on a one-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with C John Jaso and RHP Jim Johnson on one-year contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Kendrick on a one-year contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with C John Buck on a one-year contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with LHP David Price on a one-year contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with INF Chris Getz on a minor league contract.

Jan 15, 2014

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Burke Badenhop on a one-year contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians signed LHP Josh Outman to a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with LHP Franklin Morales on a one-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers signed LHP Zach Duke to a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with OF Michael Saunders on a one-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Neal Cotts on a one-year contract.

Jan 14, 2014

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with OF Delmon Young on a minor league contract.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHP Brian Omogrosso on a minor league contract.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with LHP Jeff Francis on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Yeiper Castillo, LHP Wade LeBlanc, LHP Mark Mulder, INF Shawn O-Malley, C Luis Martinez, LHP Clay Rapada and LHP Justin Thomas on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with 2B Brian Roberts on a one-year contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with OF Seth Smith on a one-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Kameron Loe on a minor league contract.

Jan 13, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Lay Batista, RHP Yunesky Maya, LHP Atahualpa Severino, C Matt Kennelly, C Steven Lerud, INF Mat Gamel and INF Mark Hamilton on minor league contracts.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with OF Dayan Viciedo on a one-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with INF Ronny Cedeno on a minor league contract.

Jan 11, 2014

  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Stephen Strasburg on a one-year contract.

Jan 10, 2014

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks claimed LHP Santos Rodriguez off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with C Brett Hayes on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHPs Joel Carreno and Miguel Socolovich and INFs Brandon Allen and Anthony Seratelli on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with LHP Matt Thornton on a two-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with INF Mike Fontenot on a minor league contract.

Jan 9, 2014

  • The Detroit Tigers signed RHPs Jhan Marinez, Luis Marte, Eduardo Sanchez and Drew VerHagen; LHPs Duane Below, Blaine Hardy and Robbie Ray; Cs Craig Albernaz, Luis Exposito, James McCann and John Murrian; INFs Devon Travis and Danny Worth; and OFs Ezequiel Carrera, Tyler Collins and Trevor Crowe to minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Jason Adam, LHP Scott Alexander, RHP Aaron Brooks, RHP Kyle Zimmer, C Juan Graterol, OF Jorge Bonifacio, C Adam Moore, OF Gorkys Hernandez, RHP Sugar Ray Marimon, OF Paulo Orlando, RHP Cory Wade, RHP P.J. Walters, C Ramon Hernandez, INF Jason Donald, INF Brandon Laird and OF Melky Mesa on minor league contracts.
  • The Miami Marlins signed RHP Kevin Slowey, LHP Andrew Heaney, RHP Jesus Sanchez, LHP Josh Spence, INF Juan Diaz, OF Matt Angle and OF Joe Benson to minor league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with LHP Matt Hoffman, LHP Aaron Thompson, RHP Deolis Guerra, RHP Lester Oliveros, RHP Yohan Pino, C Dan Rohlfing, INF Jason Bartlett, INF James Beresford, INF Doug Bernier, INF Deibinson Romero, INF Brandon Waring, OF Jason Kubel, OF Darin Mastroianni, OF Jermaine Mitchell, OF Chris Rahl and OF Wilkin Ramirez on minor league contracts.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with INF Jayson Nix on a minor league contract.

Jan 8, 2014

  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with SS Jose Iglesias on a one-year contract.

Jan 7, 2014

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with C Ramon Hernandez on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with OFs Shakir Albert and Julio Lugo, Cs Hendrik Clementina and Gersel Pitre and RHP Misja Harcksen.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with RHP Jesse Chavez on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with INF Robert Andino on a minor league contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays claimed LHP Pedro Figueroa off waivers from Oakland.

Jan 6, 2014

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Scott Atchison and OF Jeff Francoeur on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with C Taylor Teagarden on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with OF Chris Dickerson on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with C Humberto Quintero on a minor league contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals claimed OF Rafael Ortega off waivers from Texas.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with OF James Darnell and SS Ray Olmedo on minor league contracts.

Jan 4, 2014

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with OF Quintin Berry on a minor league contract.

Jan 3, 2014

  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with 1B James Loney on a three-year contract.

Jan 2, 2014

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with LHP Scott Downs on a one-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants released 1B Brett Pill.
  • The Seattle Mariners signed OF Cole Gillespie, RHP Matt Palmer and RHP Ramon Ramirez to minor league contracts.