Dec 31, 2012

• The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Endy Chavez and INF Miguel Tejada on minor league contracts.

Dec 27, 2012

• The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with RHP John Maine on a minor league contract.
• The New York Mets agreed to terms with LHP Aaron Laffey on a minor league contract.

Dec 26, 2012

• The Boston Red Sox traded RHP Mark Melancon, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, INF Ivan De Jesus and 1B/OF Jerry Sands to Pittsburgh for RHP Joel Hanrahan and INF Brock Holt; agreed to terms with SS Stephen Drew on a one-year contract.
• The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with OF Raul Ibanez on a one-year contract.
• The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with C A.J. Pierzynski on a one-year contract.

Dec 23, 2012

• The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Jim Hoey on a minor league contract.

Dec 22, 2012

• The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with OF Cody Ross on a three-year contract.
• The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with INF Adam Greenberg on a minor league contract.

Dec 21, 2012

• The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with OF Nate Schierholtz on a one-year contract.
• The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Jose Veras on a one-year contract.
• The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with LHP Tom Gorzelanny on a two-year contract.
• The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Rich Harden on a minor league contract.
• The San Francisco Giants claimed RHP Sandy Rosario off waivers from Chicago Cubs.
• The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Bonderman on a minor league contract.
• The Toronto Blue Jays claimed OF-INF Russ Canzler off waivers from the Cleveland (AL).

Dec 20, 2012

• The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with 3B Placido Polanco on a one-year contract.
• The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Mike Pelfrey on a one-year contract.
• The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Mike Adams on a two-year contract.
• The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Yoshinori Tateyama on a minor league contract.

Dec 19, 2012

• The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with 2B Lance Zawadzki on a minor league contract; claimed RHP Mickey Storey off waivers from Houston.
• The Seattle Mariners traded LHP Jason Vargas to the L.A. Angels for 1B/DH Kendrys Morales.
• The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF Ichiro Suzuki on a two-year contract.
• The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Alfredo Figaro on a minor league contract.
• The Houston Astros traded LHP Rob Rasmussen to the L.A. Dodgers for RHP John Ely.
• The Detroit Tigers released LHP Adam Wilk.
• The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with LHP Jeff Francis on a one-year contract.
• The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Joe Martinez and C Brian Jeroloman on minor league contracts.
• The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Dempster on a two-year contract.
• The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with 1B Travis Ishikawa, LHP Daniel Schlereth and LHP Zach Braddock on minor league contracts.

Dec 18, 2012

• The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Ramon Ortiz and OF Ryan Langerhans on minor league contracts.
• The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with RHP Roberto Hernandez on a one-year contract.
• The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Santiago Casilla on a three-year contract.
• The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with LHP John Lannan on a one-year contract.
• The Oakland Athletics traded OF Collin Cowgill to the N.Y. Mets for INF Jefry Marte; agreed to terms with SS Hiroyuki Nakajima on a two-year contract.
• The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Mike Pelfrey on a one-year contract.
• The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with 2B Luis Rodriguez on a minor league contract.
• The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with 3B Mark Reynolds on a one-year contract.
• The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Koji Uehara on a one-year contract.

Dec 17, 2012

• The Toronto Blue Jays traded C John Buck, C Travis dArnaud, RHP Noah Syndergaard and OF Wuilmer Beccera to the N.Y. Mets for RHP R.A. Dickey, C Josh Thole and C Mike Nickeas; agreed to terms with Dickey on a three-year contract.
• The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with INF Donnie Murphy on a minor league contract.
• The Houston Astros agreed to terms with DH Carlos Pena on a one-year contract.
• The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Anibal Sanchez on a five-year contract.
• The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with 3B Ian Stewart on a one-year contract; agreed to terms with RHP Chang-Yong Lim on a minor league contract.

Dec 15, 2012

• The Philadelphia Phillies claimed LHP Mauricio Robles off waivers from Seattle.
• The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with OF Josh Hamilton on a five-year contract.

Dec 14, 2012

• The Texas Rangers announced C Konrad Schmidt cleared waivers.
• The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with INF Ty Wigginton on a two-year contract.
• The New York Yankees agreed to terms with INF Kevin Youkilis on a one-year contract.
• The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Xavier Nady on a minor league contract.

Dec 13, 2012

• The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with OF Andres Torres on a one-year contract and RHP Chad Gaudin on a minor league contract.
• The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with INF Andres Blanco, INF Josh Fields, LHP Cesar Jimenez, C Steven Lerud, OF Jermaine Michell, INF/OF Michael Martinez, RHP Zach Miner, INF/OF Pete Orr and C Humberto Quintero on minor league contracts.
• The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Correia on a two-year contract.
• The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with INF Jack Hannahan on a two-year contract.
• The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OF Shane Victorino on a three-year contract.
• The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with OF Nate McLouth on a one-year contract.

Dec 12, 2012

• The Texas Rangers claimed C Eli Whiteside off waivers from Toronto; agreed to terms with INF/OF Brandon Snyder on a minor league contract.
• The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with RHP Hector Lopez on a minor league contract.
• The St. Louis Cardinals traded OF/INF Skip Schumaker to the L.A. Dodgers for INF Jake Lemmerman.
• The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with OF Travis Buck, RHP Sean O-Sullivan, RHP Jason Ray, RHP Daniel Stange, INF Gregorio Petit, C Rene Rivera and C Eddy Rodriguez on minor league contracts.
• The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Jason Grilli on a two-year contract.
• The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Scott Elarton on a minor league contract.
• The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Joe Blanton and LHP Sean Burnett on two-year contracts.
• The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Mike McClendon and RHP Logan Kensing on minor league contracts.

Dec 11, 2012

• The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Claudio Vargas, RHP Richard Thompson, LHP Juan Perez, 3B Eugenio Velez and 1B/DH Luis Jimenez on minor league contracts.
• The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP George Sherrill, RHP Dan Wheeler and OF Willy Taveras on minor league contracts.
• The Cleveland Indians traded OF Shin-Soo Choo, INF-OF Jason Donald and cash to Cincinnati for OF Drew Stubbs and SS Didi Gregorius. Traded LHP Tony Sipp, 1B Lars Anderson and SS Didi Gregorius to Arizona for RHP Trevor Bauer, RHP Matt Albers and RHP Bryan Shaw.
• The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with RHP Brandon McCarthy on a two-year contract.

Dec 10, 2012

• The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Jason Grilli on a two-year contract.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with RHP Zack Greinke on a six-year contract.
• The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with C Brayan Pena on a one-year contract.
• The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with OF Ryan Ludwick on a two-year contract.
• The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with INF Jeff Keppinger on a three-year contract.
• The Boston Red Sox claimed RHP Sandy Rosario off waivers from Oakland.

Dec 9, 2012

• The Kansas City Royals acquired RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis and a player to be named or cash considerations from Tampa Bay for OF Wil Myers, RHP pitcher Jake Odorizzi, LHP Mike Montgomery and 3B Patrick Leonard.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with LHP Ryu Hyun-jin on a six-year contract.
• The Texas Rangers traded INF Michael Young to Philadelphia for RHP Josh Lindblom and RHP Lisalverto Bonilla.

Dec 8, 2012

• The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with INF Eric Chavez on a one-year contract.
• The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with OF Jason Bay on a one-year contract.

Dec 7, 2012

• The Boston Red Sox acquired RHP Graham Godfrey from Oakland to complete an earlier trade.
• The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Kyuji Fujikawa on a two-year contract.
• The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with LHP Travis Webb on a minor-league contract.
• The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF Brett Gardner on a one-year contract.
• The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with OF Angel Pagan on a four-year contract and with INF Marco Scutaro on a three-year contract.
• The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP Randy Choate on a three-year contract.
• The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Dan Haren on a one-year contract.

Dec 6, 2012

• The Texas Rangers sent RHP Wilfredo Boscan to San Diego to complete an earlier trade; agreed to terms with 1B-DH Brandon Allen, RHP Jake Brigham, RHP Evan Meek and RHP Randy Wells on minor league contracts.
• The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with 1B James Loney on a one-year contract.
• The New York Mets traded LHP Kyle Lobstein to Detroit for cash.
• The Minnesota Twins acquired RHP Vance Worley and RHP Trevor May from Philadelphia for OF Ben Revere; agreed to terms with RHP Jared Burton on a two-year contract.
• The Detroit Tigers acquired 2B Jeff Kobernus from Boston Red Sox for INF-OF Justin Henry.
• The Boston Red Sox acquired RHP Kyle Kaminska from Pittsburgh to complete an earlier trade; Agreed to terms with RHP Koji Uehara.
• The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a one-year contract.
• The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with C Wil Nieves and INF-OF Eric Hinske on one-year contracts.

Dec 5, 2012

• The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with OF Chih-Hsien Chiang on a minor league contract.
• The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with 2B Marco Scutaro on a three-year contract.
• The Detroit Tigers traded LHP Andy Oliver to Pittsburgh for C Ramon Cabrera.
• The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with OF Lew Ford, OF Conor Jackson, OF Jason Pridie, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP Adam Russell, C Allan De San Miguel, C Jose Gil, C Chris Robinson and LHP Jan Novak on minor league contracts.
• The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with C Jose Yepez and C Matt Pagnozzi on minor league contracts.

Dec 4, 2012

• The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Joakim Soria on a two-year contract.
• The Tampa Bay Rays acquired SS Yunel Escobar from Miami for INF Derek Dietrich.
• The New York Mets agreed to terms with 3B David Wright on an eight-year contract.
• The Houston Astros acquired RHP Alex White and RHP Alex Gillingham from Colorado for RHP Wilton Lopez and a player to be named or cash considerations.
• The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Carter on a minor league contract.

Dec 3, 2012

• The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with LHP Zach Duke on a one-year contract.
• The Toronto Blue Jays claimed C Eli Whiteside off waivers from the N.Y. Yankees.
• The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with C Geovany Soto on a one-year contract.
• The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Jason Marquis on a one-year contract.
• The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OF Mitch Maier, RHP Terry Doyle, INF Drew Sutton, RHP Oscar Villareal and RHP Jose De La Torre on minor-league contracts.

Dec 1, 2012

• The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OF Jonny Gomes on a two-year contract.
• The Milwaukee Brewers acquired RHP Burke Badenhop from Tampa Bay for OF Raul Mondesi Jr.