MLB Transactions in January 2016

Jan 30, 2016

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks traded RHP Chase Anderson, INF Aaron Hill, SS Isan Diaz and cash to Milwaukee Brewers for SS Jean Segura and RHP Tyler Wagner.
  • The Kansas City Royals signed OF Travis Snider to a minor-league contract.

Jan 29, 2016

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with LHP Robbie Ross on a one-year contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with RHPs Stephen Fife, Brandon Gomes, Jean Machi, Jonathan Pettibone and Drew Rucinski; LHPs Luis Cruz and Jack Leathersich; INFs Jesus Guzman, Munenori Kawasaki and Kristopher Negron; OF Juan Perez; and C Tim Federowicz on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Ian Kennedy on a five-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with 2B Neil Walker on a one-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies claimed LHP Bobby LaFromboise off waivers from the L.A. Angels.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Jake Diekman on a one-year contract and with RHP Steve Johnson on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with INF Maicer Izturis on a minor league contract.

Jan 28, 2016

  • The Colorado Rockies acquired LHP Jake McGee and RHP German Marquez from Tampa Bay for OF Corey Dickerson and 3B Kevin Padlo.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Doug Fister on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Ivan Nova on a one-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies named Andy Galdi director of baseball research and development.
  • The San Diego Padres traded OF Rymer Liriano to Milwaukee for LHP Trevor Seidenberger.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with 1B-OF Steve Pearce on a one-year contract.

Jan 27, 2016

  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with OF Kole Calhoun on a one-year contract. Traded INF Kody Eaves to Detroit for INF Jefry Marte.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with OF Yoenis Cespedes on a three-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates named Dave Jauss bench coach. Promoted Kevan Graves to assistant general manager, Will Lawton to assistant director of baseball operations and Sean Kelly to baseball operations assistant.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Nick Tepesch on a minor league contract. Promoted Rafic Saab to director of international scouting.

Jan 26, 2016

  • The Boston Red Sox extended their player development contract with Greenville (SAL) for four years.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with LHPs Matt Purke and Nik Turley, C Hector Sanchez, INFs Steve Lombardozzi and Andy Parrino and RHPs Phillippe Aumont, Colin Kleven, Matt Lollis and Josh Wall on minor league contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Josh Tomlin on a two-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros signed LHP Wandy Rodriguez, LHP Edwar Cabrera and INF Danny Worth to minor-league contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Angels traded OF Efren Navarro to Baltimore for cash.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers named Neil Rampe athletic trainer and Nathan Lucero and Thomas Albert assistant athletic trainers.
  • The Oakland Athletics named Catherine Aker director of corporate communications.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHPs Vin Mazzaro and Albert Suarez; LHPs Braulio Lara and Ricky Romero; C George Kottaras; INFs Kyle Blanks, Grant Green, Hak-Ju Lee and Ramiro Pena; and OFs Junior Arias, Gorkys Hernandez and Ryan Lollis on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with RHP Bronson Arroyo on a minor league contract.

Jan 25, 2016

  • The Cleveland Indians named Koby Perez director of Latin American scouting.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with OF Charlie Blackmon on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels claimed INF Ronald Torreyes off waivers from the N.Y. Yankees. Agreed to terms with RHP Garrett Richards on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with INFs Charlie Culberson and Elian Herrera and OFs Corey Brown, Alex Hassan and Rico Noel on minor league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with 3B Trevor Plouffe on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with 1B Lucas Duda and RHP Jenrry Mejia on one-year contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Tolleson on a one-year contract.

Jan 22, 2016

  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Jepsen on a one-year contract. Claimed LHP Mike Strong from Miami. Designated LHP Logan Darnell for release or assignment.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with LHP Antonio Bastardo on a two-year contract. Designated RHP Carlos Torres for assignment.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with INF Alexei Ramirez on a one-year contract. Designated OF Rymer Liriano for assignment.

Jan 21, 2016

  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with INF Chris Davis on a seven-year contract.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHP Matt Albers on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies named Andy Gonzalez manager for Boise (NWL), Frank Gonzales manager for Grand Junction (Pioneer), and Anthony Sanders supervisor and Lee Stevens hitting coach for Modesto (Cal).

Jan 20, 2016

  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Junichi Tazawa on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with OF Gerardo Parra on a three-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with OF Justin Upton on a six-year contract.

Jan 19, 2016

  • The Chicago White Sox named Julio Vinas manager of Charlotte (IL); Ryan Newman manager of Birmingham (SL); Joel Skinner manager of Winston-Salem (Carolina); Cole Armstrong manager of Kannapolis (SAL), Tommy Thompson manager, Matt Zaleski pitching coach and Willie Harris hitting coach of Great Falls (Pioneer); and Aaron Rowand minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP David Huff on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Al Alburquerque on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers signed RHP Joe Blanton to a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with LHP Wei-Yin Chen on a five-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with SS Didi Gregorius and RHP Nathan Eovaldi on one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with C Chris Stewart on a two-year contract. Claimed RHP A.J. Schugel off waivers from Seattle.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with LHPs Justin Marks and Adam Wilk on minor league contracts.

Jan 18, 2016

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Lorenzo Cain on a two-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins signed 2B Dee Gordon to a five-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers re-signed RHP Colby Lewis to a one-year contract.

Jan 17, 2016

  • The Toronto Blue Jays named Mike Murov director of baseball operations.

Jan 15, 2016

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with C Welington Castillo, LHP Patrick Corbin and RHPs Rubby De La Rosa, Randall Delgado, Daniel Hudson and Shelby Miller on one-year contracts.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Arodys Vizcaino on a one-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with RHP Brad Brach, INF Ryan Flaherty, RHP Miguel Gonzalez, INF Manny Machado, RHP Chris Tillman, and OF/INF Mark Trumbo to one-year contracts.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Joe Kelly on a one-year contract.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with OF Avisail Garcia and RHP Zach Putnam on one-year contracts.
  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with OF Avisail Garcia and RHP Zach Putnam on one-year contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Cody Allen, OF Lonnie Chisenhall, RHP Josh Tomlin and RHP Jeff Manship to one-year contracts.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with 3B Nolan Arenado on a one-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with INF Jose Iglesias on a one-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Josh Fields, INF Marwin Gonzalez, LHP Dallas Keuchel and INF Luis Valbuena on one-year contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with LHP Danny Duffy, C Drew Butera, RHP Louis Coleman, C Tony Cruz and OF Jarrod Dyson on one-year contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with LHP Luis Avilan, C Yasmani Grandal, RHP Kenley Jansen and INF Justin Turner on one-year contracts.
  • The Miami Dolphins agreed to terms with RHPs Jose Fernandez, Tom Koehler, David Phelps, A.J. Ramos, Carter Capps and Bryan Morris and SS Adeiny Hechavarria on one-year contracts.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers named Mike Schwartz director of food & beverage hospitality. Agreed to terms with RHP Wily Peralta and LHP Will Smith to one-year contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with INFs Eduardo Escobar and Eduardo Nunez, RHP Casey Fien and LHP Tommy Milone on one-year contracts.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Matt Harvey, SS Ruben Tejada, RHP Carlos Torres, RHP Addison Reed and LHP Josh Edgin on one-year contracts and C Nevin Ashley on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHP Michael Pineda and INF-OF Dustin Ackley on one-year contracts. Claimed OF Lane Adams off waivers from Kansas City. Designated INF Ronald Torreyes for assignment.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with OF Josh Reddick and RHP Fernando Rodriguez on one-year contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Hellickson on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with C Francisco Cervelli, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Mark Melancon, INF Jordy Mercer and LHP Tony Watson on one-year contracts.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHPs Andrew Cashner and Tyson Ross on one-year contracts.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with LHP Charlie Furbush and RHP Evan Scribner on one-year contracts.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with RHP Seth Maness, INF-OF Brandon Moss and RHP Trevor Rosenthal on one-year contracts.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with INF Logan Forsythe on a two-year contract and 1B Logan Morrison, RHP Erasmo Ramirez, C Hank Conger and C Rene Rivera on one-year contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with C Robinson Chirinos and RHP Tanner Scheppers on one-year contracts.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with LHP Brett Cecil, RHP Steve Delabar, RHP Drew Hutchison, LHP Aaron Loup, OF Michael Saunders and RHP Drew Storen on a one-year contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with INF Anthony Rendon, RHP Stephen Strasburg, INF Danny Espinosa and OF Ben Revere on one-year contracts.

Jan 14, 2016

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Chris Withrow on a one-year contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox named Greg Norton minor league hitting coordinator; Billy McMillon minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator; Edgar Barreto strength and conditioning coordinator; Kirby Retzer strength and conditioning coach for Pawtucket (IL); Carlos Febles manager and Jon Nunnally hitting coach, Eric Velazquez trainer and Chris Messina strength and conditioning coach for Portland (EL); Joe Oliver manager, Nelson Paulino hitting coach and Nick Kuchwara trainer for Salem (Carolina); Lee May Jr. hitting coach for Greenville (SAL); Iggy Suarez manager, Wilton Veras hitting coach and Scott Gallon trainer for Lowell (NYP); Ben Chadwick strength and conditioning coach for the GCL Red Sox.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with INF Brett Lawrie and LHP Dan Jennings on one-year contracts.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Bryan Shaw on a one-year contract.
  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with INF Andrew Romine on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Fernando Salas on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with OF-1B Scott Van Slyke on a one-year contract. Named Bill Haselman manager, Matt Herges pitching coach and Shawn Wooten hitting coach for Oklahoma City (PCL), Ryan Garko manager for Tulsa (Texas), Drew Saylor manager for Rancho Cucamonga (Cal), Gil Velazquez for Great Lakes (MWL), Shaun Larkin manager for Ogden (Pioneer) and John Shoemaker manager for the Arizona League Dodgers.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with LHP Tommy Milone on a one-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with 3B Danny Valencia on a one-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Jeanmar Gomez and SS Freddy Galvis to one-year contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates released C Tony Sanchez. Agreed to terms with LHP Jeff Locke on a one-year contract and RHP Guido Knudson on a minor league contract.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with SS Alexei Ramirez, RHP Carlos Villanueva, C Derek Norris and LHP Drew Pomeranz to one-year contracts. Selected the contract of LHP Ryan Buchter to the 40-man roster. Granted RHP Marcos Mateo his release so he can play in Japan next season. Named Rod Barajas manager of El Paso (PCL), Phil Wellman manager, Johnny Washington hitting coach and Dan Byrne strength coach of San Antonio (TL), Francisco Morales manager and Mike McCoy coach of Lake Elsinore (Cal), Anthony Contreras manager, Raul Padron coach, Mitch Mattoon trainer and Drew Heithoff strength coach of Fort Wayne (MWL), Brandon Wood manager, Oscar Bernard hitting coach and Vinny Lopez coach of Tri-City (NWL).
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with OF Leonys Martin on a one-year contreact.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with OF Desmond Jennings, LHP Jake McGee, RHP Alex Cobb and OF Brandon Guyer to one-year contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with INF Jurickson Profar on a one-year contract.

Jan 13, 2016

  • The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with LHP Justin Wilson on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with RHP Chris Hatcher on a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with RHP Edwin Jackson and 3B Chris Johnson on one-year contracts.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with 1B Yonder Alonso on a one-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants traded RHP Cody Hall to Arizona for a player to be named or cash.
  • The Seattle Mariners named Todd Donovan assistant director of player personnel and Nick Manno, Andy Pratt and Jason Lefkowitz pro scouts.
  • The Texas Rangers released RHP Kohsuke Tomita. Agreed to terms with RHP Tom Wilhelmsen on a one-year contract and INF Pedro Ciriaco on a minor league contract. Named Ben Baroody assistant to the senior director of amateur scouting.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays named Gil Kim director of player development.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with C Wilson Ramos on a one-year contract.

Jan 12, 2016

  • The Los Angeles Dodgers named Alex Anthopoulos vice president of baseball operations. Traded LHP Tyler Olson and INF Ronald Torreyes to the N.Y. Yankees for INF Rob Segedin and a player to be named or cash. Acquired INF Erick Mejia from the Seattle Mariners for RHP Joe Wieland.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals named Robby Hisert coach of Memphis (PCL), Ramon Ortiz hitting coach and T.C. Calhoun coach of Springfield (TL), Donnie Ecker hitting coach and Jim Foster coach of Palm Beach (FSL), Dan Martin trainer and Nathan Sopena coach of Peoria (MWL), Chris Whitman trainer and C.J. Beatty coach of State College (NYP), Cale Johnson pitching coach, Roberto Espinoza hitting coach and Keith Joynt coach of Johnson City (Appalachian), Giovanni Carrara pitching coach, Cody Gabella coach and Koji Kanemura trainer of the GCL Cardinals, Billy Villanueva pitching coach of the DSL Cardinals, Tony Ferreira minor league operations administrator and Frank Daversa assistant minor league rehab coordinator.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays signed LHP Dana Eveland, 1B Kyle Roller, RHP Eddie Gamboa, RHP Jhan Marinez and RHP Tyler Sturdevant with invitations to major league spring training.

Jan 11, 2016

  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with RHP Seung Hwan Oh on a one-year contract.

Jan 10, 2016

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHPs Pedro Villarreal and Ryan Mattheus on minor league contracts.

Jan 8, 2016

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with INF-OF Kelly Johnson on a one-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed INF-OF Joey Terdoslavich off waivers from Atlanta.
  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with RHP Zach McAllister on a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with LHP Hector Santiago on a one-year contract.
  • The Miami Marlins named Gary Cathcart minor league field coordinator, Joe Dillon minor league hitting coordinator, Mike Cather minor league pitching coordinator and Tommy Thompson senior advisor of player development. Promoted Joe Coleman to senior advisor of pitching development, Joe Lisewski to minor league video coordinator.
  • The New York Yankees acquired RHP Kirby Yates from the Cleveland Indians for cash.
  • The Washington Nationals named Dan Jennings special assistant to president of baseball operations. Acquired OF Ben Revere from the Toronto BlueJays for RHP Drew Storen.

Jan 7, 2016

  • The Baltimore Orioles named Mark Quinn assistant major league hitting coach.
  • The Chicago White Sox claimed OF Daniel Fields off waivers from Los Angeles (NL).
  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with RHP Kenta Maeda on an eight-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with 1B Chris Carter on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Trey Haley on a one-year contract.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with OF Denard Span on a three-year contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners released RHP Anthony Bass. Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Cook on a one-year contract.

Jan 6, 2016

  • The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with OF Alex Gordon on a four-year contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with 1B Chris Carter on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHP Neftali Perez on a one-year contract.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with 2B Daniel Murphy on a three-year contract and INF Stephen Drew on a one-year contract.

Jan 5, 2016

  • The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with 1B Mike Napoli on a one-year contract.
  • The Houston Astros named Dave Borkowski pitching coach at Corpus Christi TL), Ramon Vazquez manager, Lancaster (Cal), Omar Lopez manager and Chris Holt pitching coach, Quad Cities (MW), Josh Bonifay manager, Greeneville (SALLY), Wladimir Sutil coach/Latin infield instructor (Gulf) and Russ Steinhorn manager, (DSL). Named Drew French pitching coach and Dillon Lawson hitting coach at Tri-City (NYP), Bill Murphy pitching coach at Greeneville, Aaron DelGiudice development coach at Fresno (PCL) and Lancaster (Cal), and Tommy Kawamura development coach at Corpus Christi (TL) and Quad Cities (MW).
  • The Oakland Athletics traded RHP Arnold Leon to Toronto for cash or a player to be named.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted strength and conditioning coach Brendon Huttmann to sports science coordinator. Named Kevin Fitzgerald physical therapist and Ricky White strength coach.
  • The Texas Rangers signed LHP Cesar Ramos to a minor league contract.

Jan 4, 2016

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Eury Perez and RHP Cesar Valdez on minor league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals named Andy Hawkins pitching coach for Omaha (PCL), Steve Luebber pitching coach and Brian Buchanan hitting coach for Northwest Arkansas (Texas), Jamie Quirk manager Charlie Corbell pitching coach for Wilmington (Carolina), Mitch Stetter pitching coach for Lexington (SAL), Carlos Reyes pitching coach for Surprise (Arizona), Chino Cadahia senior coordinator of player development, Bill Fischer senior pitching advisor and John Wathan special assistant to player development.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with LHP Jim Fuller, LHP Kelvin Marte, C Ed Easley, INF Juan Diaz and OF Antoan Richardson on minor league contracts.

Jan 2, 2016

  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OF Eury Perez and RHP Cesar Valdez on minor league contracts.