MLB Transactions in March 2011

Mar 31, 2011

  • The Cleveland Indians acquired outfielder Bubba Bell from Boston for cash considerations.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with pitcher Wade Davis on a four-year contract.

Mar 30, 2011

  • The Atlanta Braves released pitcher Billy Wagner.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies released second baseman Luis Castillo.

Mar 29, 2011

  • The Boston Red Sox traded pitcher Daniel Turpen to Colorado for catcher Michael McKenry.
  • The Cleveland Indians traded infielder/outfielder Jayson Nix to Toronto for cash considerations.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with pitcher Chad Billingsley on a four-year contract.
  • The San Diego Padres traded first baseman Allan Dykstra to the N.Y. Mets for pitcher Eddie Kunz.
  • The San Francisco Giants granted release to pitcher Jeff Suppan.

Mar 28, 2011

  • The Minnesota Twins traded pitcher Billy Bullock to Atlanta to retain Rule 5 draft choice pitcher Scott Diamond.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates traded infielder Josh Fields to Colorado for a player to be named or cash.
  • The Texas Rangers traded catcher Matt Treanor to Kansas City for cash considerations.
  • The Washington Nationals traded infielder Alberto Gonzalez to San Diego for pitcher Erik Davis and cash considerations.

Mar 27, 2011

  • The Tampa Bay Rays traded infielder Joe Inglett to Houston for a player to be named or cash considerations.
  • The Washington Nationals traded outfielder Nyjer Morgan to Milwaukee for infielder Cutter Dykstra and cash considerations.

Mar 26, 2011

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks announced the retirement of pitcher Mike Hampton.

Mar 25, 2011

  • The Chicago Cubs announced the retirement of pitcher Braden Looper.
  • The Kansas City Royals signed first baseman Mike Sweeney to a one-day minor league contract and announced the retirement of Sweeney; acquired infielder John Whittleman from Texas for cash; traded pitcher Gaby Hernandez to the Chicago White Sox for future considerations.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers traded outfielder Chris Dickerson to the New York Yankees for pitcher Sergio Mitre.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with pitcher Kevin Millwood on a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres released infielder Kevin Frandsen.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with pitcher Oliver Perez on a minor league contract.

Mar 24, 2011

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with pitcher Kip Wells on a minor league contract.
  • The Atlanta Braves announced pitcher Lee Hyde was claimed off waivers by Washington and pitcher Jose Ortegano was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees.

Mar 23, 2011

  • The Milwaukee Brewer acquired outfielder Brett Carroll from Kansas City for cash considerations and assigned him to Nashville (PCL).

Mar 21, 2011

  • The New York Mets released pitcher Oliver Perez.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with second baseman Luis Castillo on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates released infielder Garrett Atkins.

Mar 20, 2011

  • The San Diego Padres claimed pitcher Pat Neshek off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

Mar 18, 2011

  • The New York Mets released second baseman Luis Castillo.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed pitcher Garrett Olson off waivers from Seattle.

Mar 14, 2011

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with catcher Ryan Hanigan on a three-year contract.

Mar 13, 2011

  • The Kansas City Royals claimed pitcher Robert Fish off waivers from the New York Yankees.

Mar 12, 2011

  • The Toronto Blue Jays claimed pitcher Cesar Cabral off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

Mar 11, 2011

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with pitchers Josh Collmenter, Sam Demel, Barry Enright, Juan Gutierrez, David Hernandez, Daniel Hudson, Juan Jaime, Kam Mickolio, Kevin Mulvey, Yonata Ortega, Rafael Rodriguez, Carlos Rosa, Daniel Stange, Brian Sweeney, Esmerling Vasquez, Zach Kroenke, Jordan Norberto, Joe Paterson and Leyson Septimo, catchers John Hester and Konrad Schmidt, infielders Tony Abreu, Brandon Allen and Ryan Roberts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with pitchers Jeanmar Gomez and Josh Tomlin and catcher Carlos Santana to one-year contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies released catcher Chad Moeller.

Mar 10, 2011

  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with manager Charlie Manuel on a two-year contract extension through 2013.

Mar 9, 2011

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with catcher Robinson Cancel on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals announced the retirement of outfielder Pat White.

Mar 8, 2011

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with pitchers Daniel Bard, Michael Bowden, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront and Stolmy Pimentel, catchers Luis Esposito and Mark Wagner, infielders Lars Anderson, Jed Lowrie, Yamaico Navarro and Oscar Tejeda and outfielders Ryan Kalish, Darnell McDonald, Daniel Nava and Josh Reddick on one-year contracts.

Mar 7, 2011

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with infielder Nick Johnson on a minor league contract and outfielder Michael Brantley, catcher Lou Marson and pitchers Carlos Carrasco, Frank Herrmann, Josh Judy, Corey Kluber, Justin Masterson, Zach McAllister, Vinnie Pestano, Hector Rondon, Mitch Talbot, Jess Todd, Kelvin De La Cruz, Nick Hagadone, David Huff and Tony Sipp, infielders Jason Donald, Jared Goedert, Matt LaPorta, Jayson Nix and Luis Valbuena and outfielders Ezequiel Carrera, Trevor Crowe, Shelley Duncan and Nick Weglarz on one-year contracts.
  • The San Diego Padres announced the retirement of catcher Gregg Zaun.

Mar 6, 2011

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with pitcher Matt Thornton on a three-year contract.

Mar 4, 2011

  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with general manager Jon Daniels on a four-year contract extension through the 2015 season.

Mar 3, 2011

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with pitcher Cristhian Martinez and infielder Diory Hernandez on one-year contracts.
  • The Baltimore Orioles aAgreed to terms with infielder Robert Andino, outfielder Matt Angle, pitcher Jake Arrieta, infielder Josh Bell, pitchers Brad Bergesen, Zach Britton and Brandon Erbe, infielder Pedro Florimon, Jr., catcher Jake Fox, pitcher Luis Lebron, infielder Joe Mahoney, pitcher Troy Patton, outfielder Nolan Reimold, pitcher Adrian Rosario, pitcher Alfredo Simon, infielder Brandon Snyder, pitcher Chorye Spoone, catcher Craig Tatum, pitcher Chris Tillman, pitcher Rick Vandenhurk, pitcher Pedro Viola and catcher Matt Wieters on one-year contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with pitchers Bruce Billings, Jhoulys Chacin, Matt Daley, Chris Nelson, Clayton Mortensen, Juan Nicasio, Greg Reynolds, Cory Riordan, Esmil Rogers, Casey Weathers, Franklin Morales and Matt Reynolds, catchers Mike McKenry, Jose Morales, Jordan Pacheco and Wilin Rosario, outfielders Dexter Fowler, Cole Garner and Seth Smith, infielders Hector Gomez, Jonathan Herrera, Edgmer Escalona and Eric Young Jr. on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with infielders Daniel Murphy, Luis Hernandez, Nick Evans, Chin-lung Hu and Ike Davis, outfielder Fernando Martinez, catcher Josh Thole, infielder Ruben Tejada, infielder Justin Turner, outfielder Jason Pridie, outfielder Lucas Duda, catcher Mike Nickeas, infielder Brad Emaus, infielder Zach Lutz, infielder Jordany Valdespin, pitchers Manny Acosta, Pat Misch, Bobby Parnell, Jonathon Niese, Jenrry Mejia, Tobi Stoner, Dillon Gee, Manny Alvarez, Pedro Beato, Armando Rodriguez and Josh Stinson on one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with pitcher Ramon Aguero, pitcher Jose Ascanio, outfielder John Bowker, infielder Pedro Ciriaco, pitcher Mike Crotta, pitcher Kevin Hart, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, catcher Jason Jaramillo, outfielder Garrett Jones, pitchers Chris Leroux, Brad Lincoln and Jeff Locke, outfielder Andrew McCutchen, pitchers Daniel McCutchen, James McDonald, Kyle McPherson, Evan Meek, Bryan Morris, Charlie Morton and Daniel Moskos, infielder Steve Pearce, outfielder Alex Presley, pitcher Chris Resop, infielder Josh Rodriguez, outfielder Jose Tabata, infielder Neil Walker and pitcher Tony Watson on one-year contracts.

Mar 2, 2011

  • The Cleveland Indians traded pitcher Aaron Laffey to the Seattle Mariners for infielder Matt Lawson.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with infielder Ivan DeJesus, pitcher Scott Elbert, catcher A.J. Ellis, pitchers John Ely, Javy Guerra and Blake Hawksworth, outfielder Jamie Hoffmann, pitcher Kenley Jansen, pitcher Clayton Kershaw, infielder John Lindsey, pitcher Jon Link, infielder Russell Mitchell, pitcher Carlos Monasterios, outfielder Xavier Paul, outfielder Trayvon Robinson, pitcher Travis Schlichting, pitcher Ramon Troncoso and pitcher Luis Vasquez on one-year contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with third baseman Casey McGehee on a one-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with pitchers Ross Detwiler, Atahualpa Severino, Collin Balester, Brian Broderick, Adam Carr, Cole Kimball, Garrett Mock, Elvin Ramirez, Henry Rodriguez, Craig Stammen and Drew Storen, catch Wilson Ramos, infielders Ian Desmond, Danny Espinosa, Chris Marrero, outfielder Roger Bernadina, outfielder Corey Brown and outfielder Nyjer Morgan on one-year contracts.

Mar 1, 2011

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with pitcher Chad Durbin on a one-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with pitcher Vin Mazzaro and first baseman Kila Ka'aihue on one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with pitcher Cesar Lopez on a minor league contract.