MLB Transactions in February 2014

Feb 28, 2014

  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with LHP Logan Darnell, RHP Samuel Deduno, LHP Scott Diamond, RHP Casey Fien, RHP Kyle Gibson, LHP Edgar Ibarra, LHP Kris Johnson, RHP Trevor May, RHP Ryan Pressly, LHP Brooks Raley, LHP Caleb Thielbar, RHP Michael Tonkin, RHP Vance Worley, C Chris Herrmann, C Josmil Pinto, INF Chris Colabello, INF Brian Dozier, INF Eduardo Escobar, INF Pedro Florimon, INF Jorge Polanco, INF Danny Santana, INF Kennys Vargas, OF Oswaldo Arcia, OF Aaron Hicks, OF Max Kepler, OF Chris Parmelee and OF Alex Presley on one-year contracts.

Feb 27, 2014

  • The Chicago White Sox traded INF Jake Elmore to Oakland for cash considerations.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHPs Francisley Bueno, Chris Dwyer, Donnie Joseph and John Lamb; RHPs Michael Mariot and Yordano Ventura; INFs Pedro Ciriaco and Christian Colon; and OFs Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson on one-year contracts.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with OF Tyler Colvin on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHPs Brandon Maurer, Hector Noesi, Stephen Pryor, Erasmo Ramirez and Taijuan Walker; LHPs Bobby LaFramboise and Lucas Luetge; C Jesus Sucre; and INFs Brad Miller, Jesus Montero and Carlos Triunfel on one-year contracts.

Feb 26, 2014

  • The Chicago White Sox claimed RHP Maikel Cleto off waivers from Kansas City.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with OF Mike Trout on a one-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHPs Pedro Figueroa, Michael Kirkman, Joseph Ortiz and Robbie Ross, Jr., RHPs Miles Mikolas, Ben Rowen, Nick Tepesch, Shawn Tolleson and Matt West, C Robinson Chirinos, INF Jurickson Profar and OF Alex Castellanos on one-year contracts.

Feb 25, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHPs David Carpenter, Cory Gearrin, David Hale, Juan Jaime, Aaron Northcraft, Wirfin Obispo and Anthony Varvaro; LHPs Luis Avilan, Ryan Buchter, Carlos Perez and Alex Wood; INFs Ernesto Mejia, Tyler Pastornicky and Elmer Reyes; OFs Jose Constanza, Todd Cunningham and Joey Terdoslavich; and Cs Christian Bethancourt and Evan Gattis on one-year contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHPs Blake Beavan, Danny Farquhar, Yoervis Medina and Tom Wilhelmsen; OF Ji-Man Choi; and OFs Abraham Almonte, Xavier Avery and James Jones.

Feb 24, 2014

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with OF Nelson Cruz on a one-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHPs Jose Ortega, Luke Putkonen and Evan Reed; LHPs Kyle Lobstein and Drew Smyly; INF Nick Castellanos and OF Steven Moya on one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed 3B Brent Morel off waivers from Toronto.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with manager Ron Washington on a contract extension through the 2015 season.

Feb 23, 2014

  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OF Brett Gardner on a four-year contract.

Feb 22, 2014

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with LHP Chris Capuano on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with SS Erisbel Arruebarruena on a five-year contract.

Feb 21, 2014

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Justin Marks, RHPs Louis Coleman and Kelvin Herrera, INFs Cheslor Cuthbert, Mike Moustakas and Danny Valencia and OF Lane Adams on one-year contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP Liam Hendriks off waivers from Baltimore.

Feb 20, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with SS Andrelton Simmons on a seven-year contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Logan Bawcom, LHPs Anthony Fernandez and James Paxton, C Mike Zunino, INFs Nick Franklin and Kyle Seager and OFs Julio Morban, Stefen Romero on one-year contracts.

Feb 19, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves signed general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez to contract extensions.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with RHP Ubaldo Jimenez on a four-year contract.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHP Homer Bailey on a six-year contract.

Feb 17, 2014

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with RHP Suk-min Yoon on a three-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with RHP Jose Valdez, LHP Casey Crosby, C Ramon Cabrera, INFs Jordan Lennerton and Eugenio Suarez and OF Daniel Fields on one-year contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals claimed OF Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Baltimore.
  • The Oakland Athletics claimed LHP Joe Savery off waivers from Philadelphia.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHPs Lisalverto Bonilla, Cory Burns, Wilmer Font, Roman Mendez and Tanner Scheppers; INF Luis Sardinas and OFs James Adduci, Engel Beltre and Michael Choice on one-year contracts.

Feb 16, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Craig Kimbrel on a four-year contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Francisco Cordero on a minor league contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with OF Josh Reddick on a one-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP A.J. Burnett to a one-year contract.

Feb 15, 2014

  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed INF/OF Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Miami.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with LHP Andrew Miller on a one-year contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with UT Emilio Bonifacio on a minor league contract.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Harang on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with 1B Justin Smoak on a one-year contract.

Feb 14, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Julio Teheran on a six-year contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with OF Corey Brown on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Tommy Hanson and 1B/DH Mitch Moreland on one-year contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Josh Roenicke on a minor league contract.

Feb 13, 2014

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHPs Jason Hammel and James McDonald on one-year contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with OF Michael Brantley on a four-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with OF Carlos Mosquera.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Chad Gaudin.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with LHP Yao-Hsun Yang on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with RHP Fernando Rodney on a two-year contract and LHP Randy Wolf and RHP Zach Miner on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals traded RHP Nathan Karns to Tampa Bay for C Jose Lobaton, OF Drew Vettleson and LHP Felipe Rivero.

Feb 12, 2014

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with RHP Bronson Arroyo on a two-year contract.
  • The Cincinnati Reds claimed RHP Brett Marshall off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Davies on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Greg Holland on a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Marmol on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Jose Valverde on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees announced the retirement of SS Derek Jeter, effective at the end of the 2014 season.

Feb 11, 2014

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with LHPs Jose Mijares and Rich Hill on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals placed on waivers 2B Emilio Bonifacio for the purpose of giving him his release.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Lyon on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with RHP Kenley Jansen on a one-year contract.

Feb 10, 2014

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

Feb 8, 2014

  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Samardzija on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with LHP Paul Maholm on a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with 2B Jeff Baker on a two-year contract.

Feb 7, 2014

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with RHP Bronson Arroyo on a two-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with 1B Matt LaPorta on a minor league contract.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHP Mitchell Boggs on a one-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with RHP Francisco Rodriguez on a one-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with OF Coco Crisp on a three-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with C Omir Santos on a minor league contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Luis Ayala on a minor league contract.

Feb 6, 2014

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with OF Mark Trumbo on a one-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with C Matt Wieters on a one-year contract and RHP Evan Meek on a minor league contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with 2B Darwin Barney on a one-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Jerome Williams on a one-year contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with RHP Pat Neshek on a minor league contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit, OFs Justin Christian and Jeremy Moore, C Eddy Rodriguez and RHP Juan Sandoval on minor league contracts.

Feb 5, 2014

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with 1B/OF Bryan LaHair on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with INF Justin Turner on a minor league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers announced RHP Chaz Roe rejected outright assignment and elected free agency.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with C Koyie Hill on a minor league contract.

Feb 4, 2014

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with 1B Freddie Freeman on an eight-year contract and OF Jason Heyward on a two-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with OF Jason Pridie, LHP Pedro Hernandez, LHP Yohan Flande and INF Rafael Ynoa on minor league contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with OF Sam Fuld on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with INF-OF Logan Morrison on a one-year contract.

Feb 3, 2014

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks signed manager Kirk Gibson and general manager Kevin Towers to contract extensions; agreed to terms with OF Gerardo Parra on a one-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with INF Alex Gonzalez on a minor league contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Manny Corpas and RHP Nick Masset on minor league contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with 3B David Freese and RHP Kevin Jepsen; signed INF Chad Tracy to a minor-league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Farnsworth on a minor-league contract.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Bard, RHP Che-Hsuan Lin and RHP Armando Galarraga on minor league contracts; released RHP Tyler Tufts.

Feb 1, 2014

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Bruce Chen on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with C Yorvit Torrealba on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with C A.J. Ellis on a one-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Doug Fister.