MLB Transactions in November 2012

Nov 30, 2012

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Brad Bergesen.
  • The Atlanta Braves traded RHP Tommy Hanson to the Los Angeles Angels for RHP Jordan Walden; claimed RHP David Carpenter off waivers from Boston.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Blake Wood on a one-year contract; claimed INF Mike McDade off outright waivers from Toronto
  • The Houston Astros claimed RHP Philip Humber off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and agreed to terms with him on a one-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with 2B Chris Getz on a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins claimed 1B/OF Joe Mahoney off waivers from Baltimore.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Mariano Rivera on a one-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics announced RHP Jim Miller was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees; agreed to terms with 1B Daric Barton and INF Adam Rosales on one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with C Russell Martin on a two-year contract and RHP Charlie Morton on a one-year contract; acquired RHP Zach Thornton from Oakland for RHP Chris Resop; acquired RHP Jhondaniel Medina from Baltimore for INF Yamaico Navarro.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Josh Kinney; announced OF Scott Cousins was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels.

Nov 29, 2012

  • The Washington Nationals acquired OF Denard Span from the Minnesota Twins for RHP Alex Meyer.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with 2B Mike Fontenot, OF Rich Thompson, RHP Matt Buschmann, RHP Will Inman, 1B Nick Weglarz and INF Shawn O-Malley on minor league contracts.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Sam Holland, LHP Jeremy Gould, SS Luis Ugueto and OF Euri Minaya on minor league contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with 3B Scott Moore on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels claimed SS Tommy Field off waivers from Minnesota.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Felipe Paulino on a one-year contract.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with OF B.J. Upton on a five-year contract.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Brad Bergesen.

Nov 28, 2012

  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with INF Yangervis Solarte and RHP Collin Balester on minor league contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners released OF Chone Figgins.
  • The San Diego Padres traded RHP Cory Burns to Texas for a player to be named or cash considerations; agreed to terms with OF Travis Buck, RHP Daniel Stange, RHP Jason Ray and C Eddy Rodriguez on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Luis Rico and LHP Luis Santos to Kansas City for RHP Vin Mazzaro and 1B Clint Robinson.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with RHP Pat Neshek on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with LHP Andy Pettitte on a one-year contract. Designated C Eli Whiteside for assignment.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Madson on a one-year contract.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHP Jonathan Broxton on a three-year contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox traded RHP Zach Stewart to Pittsburgh for a player to be named; RHP Sandy Rosario to Oakland for a player to be named or cash considerations; and 3B Danny Valencia to Baltimore for cash considerations.

Nov 27, 2012

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Trevor Crowe, LHP Sergio Escalona, RHP Edgar Gonzalez and RHP Jose Valdez on minor league contracts.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Scott Feldman on a one-year contract.

Nov 26, 2012

  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with 3B Evan Longoria on a 10-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics traded INF Brandon Hicks to the New York Mets for cash considerations.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with C Eli Whiteside on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with LHP Tim Byrdak on a minor league contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Bell, RHP Cesar Carrillo, RHP Shane Dyer, RHP Shawn Hill, RHP Micah Kellogg, RHP David Kopp, RHP Victor Larez, RHP Carlos Monasterios, RHP Jesse Todd, LHP Jose Alvarez, LHP Ramon Garcia, LHP Efrain Nieves, C Brad Davis, INF Argenis Diaz, INF Lance Durham, INF John Lindsey, INF/OF Marcus Lemon, INF/OF Kevin Russo and INF/OF Matt Tuiasosopo on minor league contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with INF/OF Nate Spears on a minor league contract.

Nov 23, 2012

  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with INF Ozzie Martinez, OF Alfredo Silverio, RHP Juan Abreu, LHP Kelvin De La Cruz, RHP Gregory Infante, C Wilkin Castillo and INF Nick Evans on minor league contracts.

Nov 21, 2012

  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with OF Dewayne Wise on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Brooks Brown, RHP Erik Cordier, OF Felix Pie, RHP David Bromberg, RHP Luis Sanz and INF Alex Valdez on minor league contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with OF Ricardo Nanita, 2B Jim Negrych, RHP Neil Wagner and LHP Alex Hinshaw on minor league contracts.

Nov 20, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles traded INF Robert Andino to Seattle for OF Trayvon Robinson.
  • The Colorado Rockies traded LHP Matt Reynolds to Arizona for INF Ryan Wheeler.
  • The Kansas City Royals sgreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Guthrie on a three-year contract and C Brett Hayes on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with LHP Scott Rice and RHP Carlos Torres on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Hiroki Kuroda on a one-year contract; claimed RHP Mickey Storey off waivers from Houston.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with RHP Joel Peralta on a two-year contract.

Nov 19, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Camp on a one-year contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with OF Matt Carson and OF Cedric Hunter on minor league contracts.
  • The Miami Marlins traded SS Jose Reyes, LHP Mark Buehrle, RHP Josh Johnson, C John Buck and OF Emilio Bonifacio and cash to Toronto for INF Yunel Escobar, INF Adeiny Hechavarria, RHP Henderson Alvarez, RHP Anthony DeSclafani, LHP Justin Nicolino, C Jeff Mathis and OF Jake Marisnick; agreed to terms with OF Juan Pierre on a one-year contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with OF Kyle Blanks on a one-year contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with OF Melky Cabrera on a two-year contract.

Nov 17, 2012

  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with 2B James Beresford on a minor league contract.

Nov 16, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with C Gerald Laird on a two-year contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with C Dioner Navarro on a one-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with OF Torii Hunter on a two-year contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Ortega, RHP Brian Sanches, LHP Atahualpa Severino and INF Brandon Wood on minor league conracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with 2B Brian Bixler on a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres traded INF Andy Parrino and LHP Andrew Werner to Oakland for RHP Tyson Ross and INF A.J. Kirby-Jones.

Nov 15, 2012

  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with OF Trent Oeltjen, OF J.B. Shuck and 3B Brendan Harris.

Nov 14, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with C David Ross on a two-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins claimed LHP Scott Maine off waivers from Toronto.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with C Blake Lalli on a minor league contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with LHP Jeremy Affeldt on a three-year contract.

Nov 13, 2012

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Scott Baker on a one-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with INF Kevin Frandsen on a one-year contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with C Rob Johnson on a minor league contract; released RHP Kyle McClellan unconditionally.

Nov 12, 2012

  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with C Juan Apodaca, OF Jim Adduci, LHP Neal Cotts, OF Aaron Cunningham, and RHP Yonata Ortega on minor league contracts.

Nov 9, 2012

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with C Manuel Pina, 1B/DH Ian Gac and OF Luis Durango on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with C Mike Nickeas on a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Reid, OF Darren Ford, INF/OF Jared Goedert, INF Stefan Welch, INF Anderson Hernandez, INF Jeff Larish and LHP Kris Johnson on minor league contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Justin Germano on a minor league contract.

Nov 8, 2012

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Hector Rondon and INF Luis Hernandez on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals traded RHP Jeremy Jeffress to Toronto for cash considerations, and LHP Tommy Hottovy to Texas for a player to be named and cash considerations.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with INF Maicer Izturis on a three-year contract.

Nov 7, 2012

  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Greg Burke on a minor league contract; agreed to terms with OF Jason Bay to terminate his contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with OF Darren Ford on a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres traded OF Blake Tekotte to the Chicago White Sox for RHP Brandon Kloess.

Nov 6, 2012

  • The New York Yankees claimed RHP David Herndon off waivers from Toronto and LHP Josh Spence off waivers from San Diego.
  • The Seattle Mariners claimed OF Scott Cousins off waivers from Toronto.

Nov 5, 2012

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with DH David Ortiz on a two-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Jairo Asencio on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees claimed C Eli Whiteside off waivers from San Francisco.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with LHP Oliver Perez on a one-year contract.

Nov 3, 2012

  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with RHP Bartolo Colon on a one-year contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays acquired RHP Esmil Rogers from Cleveland for INF/C Yan Gomes and INF Mike Aviles.

Nov 2, 2012

  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed Alexi Casilla off waivers from Minnesota.
  • The Chicago Cubs claimed RHP Zach Putnam off waivers from Colorado.
  • The Cleveland Indians claimed RHP Blake Wood off waivers from Kansas City.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers claimed RHP Arcenio Leon off waivers from Houston
  • The Minnesota Twins claimed INF Tommy Field and RHP Josh Roenicke off waivers from Colorado.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Hisashi Iwakuma on a two-year contract.

Nov 1, 2012

  • The Atlanta Braves claimed OF Jordan Schafer off waivers from Houston.
  • The Houston Astros claimed RHP Sam Demel and INF Jake Elmore off waivers from Arizona.
  • The Texas Rangers claimed C Konrad Schmidt off waivers from Arizona.