MLB Transactions in November 2021

Nov 30, 2021

  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP John Brebbia, LHP Jarlin Garcia and OF Austin Slater on one-year contacts. Agreed to terms with RHP Alex Cobb on a two-year contract. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHP Sam Delaplane, LHP Joe Palumbo and OF Luis Gonzalez.
  • The San Diego Padres acquired C Jorge Alfaro from Miami for a person to be named later or cash. Agreed to terms with LHP Tim Hill and RHPs Austin Adams and Emilio Pagan. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHP Trey Wingenter and LHPs Jose Castillo and Matt Strahm.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals failed to offer a 2022 contract to INF Joe Rondon.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with INF Kevin Newman on a one-year contract. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to LHPs Steven Brault and Chad Kuhl.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with RHP Seranthony Dominguez on a one-year contract. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to LHP Kyle Dohy and OF Roman Quinn.
  • The New York Mets failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHPs Robert Gsellman, Stephen Nogosek and OF Mark Payton. Agreed to terms with OF Mark Canha on a two-year contract. Agreed to terms with OF Starling Marte on a four-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers failed to offer a 2022 contract to LHP Andrew Vasquez. Agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Hudson on a one-year contract.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHPs Daniel Bard and Tyler Kinley on one-year contracts.
  • The Cincinnati Reds failed to offer a 2022 contract to RHP Brandon Bailey.
  • The Chicago Cubs failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHP Jason Adam and OF Michael Hermosillo.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with INF Orlando Arcia on two-year contract. Agreed to terms with OF Guillermo Heredia on a one-year contract. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHPs Jasseel De La Cruz and Richard Rodriguez.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with OF Kole Calhoun on a one-year contract for 2022 with a club option for 2023. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to Cs David Garcia, Yohel Pozo and OF Billy McKinney. Assigned OF DJ Peters outright to Round Rock (Triple-A West).
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with INF Ji-Man Choi on a one-year contract.
  • The New York Yankees released INF Chris Gittens. Agreed to term with RHP Domingo German, LHP Lucas Luetge and INF Gio Urshela on one-year contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Michael Lorenzen on a one-year contract. Failed to offer 2022 contract to INF Phil Gosselin.
  • The Kansas City Royals failed to offer a 2022 contract to LHP Richard Lovelady.
  • The Detroit Tigers failed to offer a 2022 contract to LHP Matthew Boyd and C Grayson Greiner.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Brasier on a one-year contract. Failed to offer a 2022 contract to OF Tim Locastro.
  • The Miami Marlins acquired a person to be named later or cash from San Diego Padres for C Jorge Alfaro.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with C Jose Godoy, INF Kevin Padlo and RHP Casey Sadler on one-year contracts. Agreed to terms with LHP Robbie Ray on a five-year contract.
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with RHP Deolis Guerra and INF/OFs Tony Kemp and Chad Pinder on one-year contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins claimed RHP Trevor Megill from the Chicago Cubs. Sent OF Jake Cave outright to St. Paul (Triple-A East). Failed to offer 2022 contracts to LHP Danny Coulombe and RHPs Trevor Megill and Juan Minaya. Agreed to terms with RHPs JHarel Cotton, Tyler Duffey and LHP Caleb Thielbar on one-year contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals claimed INF Lucius Fox off waivers from Baltimore. Agreed to terms with OF Andrew Stevenson and INF Cesar Hernandez on one-year contracts. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHPs Ryne Harper, Wander Suero and 1B Mike Ford.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers signed Cs Pedro Severino and Brett Sullivan to one-year contracts. Agreed to terms with INFs Jace Peterson, Rowdy Tellez and RHP Jandel Gustave on a one-year contract. Failed to offer 2022 contracts to RHP John Curtiss and INF Danile Vogelbach.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks named Damion Easley assistant Major League hitting coach, Drew Hedman assistant Major League hitting coach/director of Minor League hitting, Rick Short assistant Major League hitting coach/assistant Minor League hitting coordinator, Dan Carlson assistant Major League pitching coach/Minor League pitching coordinator and Barry Enright assistant Major League pitching coach/Minor League pitching coordinator. Agreed to terms with RHPs Noe Ramirez, J.B. Wendelken and LHP Caleb Smith on one-year contracts. Sent RHP Brett de Geus outright to Reno (Triple-A West). Sent INF Andrew Young outright to Amarillo (Double-A Central). Failed to offer a 2022 contract to RHP Taylor Clarke.
  • The Houston Astros signed RHP Hector Neris to a two-year contract. Assigned RHP Andre Scrubb outright to Sugar Land (Triple-A West).
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHP Kendall Graveman on a three-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles released RHP Brooks Kriske to pursue an international opportunity. Agreed to terms with LHP Paul Fry, RHP Jorge Lopez and OF Anthony Santander on one-year contracts. Assigned INF Richie Martin outright to Norfolk (Triple-A East). Agreed to term with INF Rougned Odor on a one-year contract.

Nov 29, 2021

  • The Philadelphia Phillies claimed RHP Yoan Lopez off waivers from Atlanta. Designated OF Roman Quinn for assignment.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with LHP Jose Quintana and OF Ben Gamel on a one-year contracts. Acquired RHPs Zach Thompson, Kyle Nicolas and OF Connor Scott from Miami in exchange for C Jacob Stallings.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP Steven Matz on a four-year contract.

Nov 27, 2021

  • The Boston Red Sox signed RHP Michael Wacha to a one-year contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners acquired INF/OF Adam Frazier from San Diego in exchange for LHP Ray Kerr and OF Corey Rosier.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to term with INF Wander Franco on an eleven-year contract.

Nov 24, 2021

  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with OF Nick Plummer on a one-year contract. Claimed RHP Antonio Santos off waivers from Colorado.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks claimed LHP Kyle Nelson off waivers from Cleveland.

Nov 23, 2021

  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Anthony DeSclafani on a three-year contract.

Nov 22, 2021

  • The Chicago Cubs acquired OF Harold Ramirez from Cleveland for cash considerations.
  • The Cleveland Guardians acquired cash considerations from Chicago Cubs for OF Harold Ramirez.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers acquired RHP J.C. Mejia from Cleveland in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
  • The San Francisco Giants traded RHP Jay Jackson to Atlanta in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Agreed to terms with RHP Anthony DeSclafani on a three-year contract.

Nov 21, 2021

  • The Cleveland Guardians selected the contracts of OF Steven Kwan, RHP Cody Morris and INF Richie Palacios from Columbus (Triple-A East). Selected the contracts of INFs Tyler Freeman, Brayan Rocchio, Jose Tena, C Bryan Lavastida, LHP Konnor Pilkington and OF George Valera from Akron (Double-A Northeast). Selected the contract of INF Jhonkensy Noel from Lake County (High-A Central). Acquired RHP Tobias Myers from Tampa Bay in exchange for INF Junior Caminero and agreed to terms on a major league contract. Designated RHPs Justin Garza, J.C. Mejia, LHPs Scott Moss, Kyle Nelson, Alex Young and OFs Daniel Johnson and Harold Ramirez for assignment.

Nov 19, 2021

  • The Oakland Athletics selected the contracts of INF Nick Allen and OF Cody Thomas from Las Vegas (Triple-A West), INF Jonah Bride from Midland (Double-A Central) and RHP Jorge Juan and INF Jordan Diaz from Lansing (High-A Central) and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Acquired RHP Brent Honeywell from Tampa Bay for cash considerations.
  • The Washington Nationals selected the contracts of OF Donovan Casey from Harrisburg (Double-A Northeast) and LHP Evan Lee from Wilmington (High-A East) and agreed to terms on a major league contracts.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed INF Lucius Fox off waivers from Kansas City. Selected the contracts of RHPs Felix Bautista, Kyle Bradish, Logan Gillaspie, LHPs DL Hall, Kevin Smith and INF Terrin Vavra and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Chicago White Sox selected the contracts of RHP Jason Bilious and LHP Bennett Sousa from Charlotte (Triple-A East) and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Houston Astros selected the contracts of LHP Jonathan Bermudez, INF Jeremy Pena and RHP Shawn Dubin from Sugar Land (Triple-A West) and INF Joe Perez from Corpus Christi (Double-A Central) and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with manager Chris Woodward to a contract extension through 2023 with an option for 2024. Selected the contracts of INF Ezequiel Duran and RHP Ronny Henriquez from Hickory (High-A East) and RHP Ricky Vanasco from Frisco (Double-A Central) and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Sent RHPs Kyle Cody and Edwar Colina outright to Round Rock (Triple-A West).
  • The Colorado Rockies selected the contracts of RHP Noah Davis and INF Ezequiel Tovar from Spokane (High-A West)and LHP Ryan Rolison from Albuquerque (Triple-A West) and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies selected the contracts of INF Luis Garcia from Clearwater (Low-A Southeast), RHP James McArthur from Reading (Double-A Northeast) and OF Jhailyn Ortiz from Jersey Shore (High-A East) and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Acquired C Garrett Stubbs from Houston in exchange for OF Logan Cerny.
  • The Boston Red Sox selected the contracts of INF Jeter Downs, RHPs Kutter Crawford and Josh Winckowski from Worcester (Triple-A East) and RHP Brayan Bello from Portland (Double-A Northeast) and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins selected the contracts of RHPs Blayne Enlow from Cedar Rapids (High-A Central), Cole Sands, Chris Vallimont from Wichita (Double-A Central), Josh Winder from St. Paul (Triple-A East) and INFs Royce Lewis from Pensacola (Double-A South) and Jose Miranda from St. Paul and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees acquired INF T.J. Rumfeld and LHP Joel Valdez from Philadelphia in exchange for RHP Nick Nelson and C Donny Sands. Selected the contracts of INF Oswaldo Cabrera, RHPs Ron Marinaccio, Stephen Fidings, OF Everson Pereira and LHP JP Sears and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Designated OF Clint Frazier and OFs Rougned Odor adn Tyler Wade for assignment.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP Shaun Anderson off waivers from San Diego. Selected the contracts of RHPs Hagen Danner from Lansing (High-A Central), Bowden Francis from Buffalo (Triple-A East), INF Leo Jiminez from Mesa (Arizona Fall League) and LHP Zach Logue from Buffalo and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Chicago Cubs selected the contracts of OF Nelson Velazquez and RHP Ethan Roberts from Tennessee (Double-A South) and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Cincinnati Reds selected the contracts of RHPs Hunter Greene, Alexis Diaz, Daniel Duarte, James Marinan and OF Allan Cerda from Louisville (Triple-A East) and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Detroit Tigers selected the contracts of RHP Angel De Jesus and INF Kody Clemens and agreed to terms on a major league contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays selected the contracts of INF Jonathan Aranda, RHPs Calvin Faucher, Tommy Romero and C/INF Ford Proctor and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Released LHP Dietrich Ennis.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks selected the contracts of UTL Cooper Hummel, OF Kristian Robinson and RHP Ryan Weiss and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Assigned LHP Miguel Aguilar and RHPs Kevin Ginkel and Riley Smith outright to Reno (Triple-A West).
  • The Atlanta Braves selected the contracts of RHPs Freddy Tarnok, Brooks Wilson, William Woods and OF Drew Waters and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers selected the contracts of OF James Outman, INFs Jacob Amaya, Eddys Leonard, Jorbit Vivas and RHP Michael Grove and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The New York Mets selected the contracts of INFs Ronny Mauricio, Mark Vientos, RHPs Jose Butto and Adam Oller and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Sent RHP Dedniel Nunez to Syracuse (Triple-A East).
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates selected the contracts of INF Liover Peguero, OFs Canaan Smith-Njigba, Jack Suwinski and Travis Swaggerty and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Designated C Michael Perez for assignment.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals selected the contracts of RHPs Jake Walsh, Freddy Pacheco and INF/OF Brendan Donovan and agreed to terms on major league contracts.
  • The Kansas City Royals selected the contracts of RHPs Jonathan Bowlan, Collin Snider, Nathan Webb, C MJ Melendez and INFs Maikel Garcia and Nick Pratto and agreed to terms on major league contracts. Designated RHP Kyle Zimmer for assignment.

Nov 18, 2021

  • The New York Mets named Billy Eppler general manager.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with C Elias Diaz on a three-year contract.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks named Brent Strom pitching coach.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with RHP Jose Berrios on a seven-year contract.

Nov 17, 2021

  • The Miami Marlins named Marcus Thames hitting coach, Al Pedrique third base/infield coach, Edwar Gonzalez assistant hitting coach and Eric Duncan quality assurance coach.

Nov 16, 2021

  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with RHP Noah Syndergaard on a one-year contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates released RHP Tanner Anderson, C Taylor Daivs and INF/OF Phillip Evans from the 40-Man roster.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with C Manny Pina on a two-year contract.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies named Howie Kendrick special assistant to the general manager; Brian Kaplan assistant major league pitching coach and director of pitching development; Jason Camilli assistant major league hitting coach; Morgan Gregory director of strength and conditioning and nutrition; Furey Leva assistant major league strength and conditioning coach; Christian Bermudez medical operations liaison.
  • The Washington Nationals named De Jon Watson director of player development.

Nov 15, 2021

  • The Atlanta Braves signed C Manny Pina to a two-year contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals named Jared "Skip" Schumaker bench coach and Turner Ward assistant hitting coach.
  • The New York Yankees named Luis Rojas third base coach.
  • The Chicago Cubs named Daniel Moskos assistant pitching coach.

Nov 14, 2021

  • The Miami Marlins acquired RHP Louis Head from Tampa Bay in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Nov 13, 2021

  • The Milwaukee Brewers acquired 2B Mike Brosseau from the Tampa Bay in exchange for RHP Evan Reifert.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Jhoulys Chacín on a one-year contract.

Nov 12, 2021

  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with manager Gabe Kapler on a contract extension through 2024.
  • The Kansas City Royals named Keoni De Renne assistant hitting coach, Damon Hollins first base coach and Allan de San Miguel strategist/bullpen catcher.

Nov 11, 2021

  • The Philadelphia Phillies named Ani Kilambi assistant general manager.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers named Ozzie Timmons and Connor Dawson hitting coaches.

Nov 10, 2021

  • The Texas Rangers named Tim Hyers hitting coach.
  • The New York Yankees signed LHP Joely Rodrigues to a one-year contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers signed LHP Andrew Heaney to a one-year contract.

Nov 9, 2021

  • The Chicago Cubs named Greg Brown hitting coach.
  • The San Francisco Giants named Mark Hallberg third base coach, Pedro Guerrero assistant hitting coach and Taira Uematsu assistant coach.

Nov 8, 2021

  • The San Diego Padres selected the contract of RHP Adrian Martinez from El Paso (Triple-A West) and agreed to terms on a one-year contract.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks selected the contract of C Jose Herrera from Reno (Triple-A West) and agreed to terms on a one-year contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed RHP Bryan Baker off waivers from Toronto.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP T.J. McFarland on a one-year contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins named Jayce Tingler bench coach and David Popkins hitting coach.

Nov 7, 2021

  • The Chicago Cubs exercised their 2022 club option on LHP Wade Miley.
  • The Boston Red Sox exercised their 2022 club option on C Christian Vazquez. Declined their 2022 club options on LHP Martin Perez and RHP Garrett Richards.
  • The New York Yankees declined their 2022 club option on LHP Joely Rodriguez.
  • The San Francisco Giants exercised their 2022 club options for LHP Jose Alvarez, INF Wilmer Flores and RHP Jay Jackson. Declined their 2022 club option on RHP Johnny Cueto.
  • The Houston Astros exercised their 2022 option on 1B Yuli Gurriel.
  • The Detroit Tigers exercised 2022 option on C Tucker Barnhart.

Nov 6, 2021

  • The Chicago White Sox exercised their option on RHP Craig Kimbrel for the 2022 season.
  • The Atlanta Braves declined 2022 option on RHP Josh Tomlin.
  • The Cincinnati Reds announced LHP Justin Wilson has exercised his 2022 option.

Nov 5, 2021

  • The Washington Nationals claimed LHP Francisco Perez off waivers from Cleveland.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed RHP Hunter Harvey off waivers from San Francisco.
  • The Boston Red Sox claimed OF Tim Locastro off waivers from the New York Yankees.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with manager Dusty Baker on a one-year contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins claimed RHP Jharel Cotton off waivers from Texas. Declined 2022 mutual option on Alex Colome.
  • The New York Yankees claimed OF Greg Allen of waivers from Pittsburgh.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies claimed LHP Ryan Sherriff off waivers from Tampa Bay.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed OF Greg Allen off waivers from New York Yankees.
  • The San Francisco Giants claimed OF Austin Dean off waivers from St. Louis. Claimed RHP Hunter Harvey of waivers from Baltimore. Claimed LHP Joe Palumbo off waivers from Texas. Exercised 2022 club option on LHP Jose Alvarez and INF Wilmer Flores. Declined 2022 club option on RHP Johnny Cueto.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers declined 2022 club option on RHP Joe Kelly.
  • The San Diego Padres exercised 2022 club options on RHP's Pierce Johnson and Craig Stammen. Declined 2022 club options on RHP Keone Kela and OF Jake Marisnick. INF/OF Jurickson Profar exercised his 2022 player option. RHP Mark Melancon declined his 2022 player option.
  • The Cleveland Indians exercised 2022 club option for 3B Jose Ramirez. Declined the 2022 club option for C Roberto Perez. Named Chris Valaika hitting coach.
  • The Los Angeles Angels claimed INF Andrew Velazquez off waivers from the New York Yankees.
  • The Chicago Cubs claimed LHP Wade Miley off waivers from Cincinnati.

Nov 4, 2021

  • The Oakland Athletics exercised 2022 mutual option on LHP Andrew Chafin and announced Chafin declined 2022 mutual option. Declined 2022 option on LHP Jacob Diekman.
  • The Cincinnati Reds announced OF Nick Castellanos has terminated his contract.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks exercised their 2022 option for RHP Merrill Kelly and declined the option for OF Kole Calhoun and RHP Tyler Clippard.
  • The San Francisco Giants announced the retirement of C Buster Posey.
  • The New York Yankees declined option on OF Brett Gardner and RHP Darren O'Day.
  • The New York Mets declined mutual option on OF Kevin Pillar, who also declined.

Nov 3, 2021

  • The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed RHP Eric Hanhold off waivers from Baltimore.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies declined club options for next season on OFs Odubel Herrera and Andrew McCutchen.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with free agent RHP Trevor Gott on a minor league contract.
  • The Seattle Mariners declined 2022 club option on 3B Kyle Seager and 2022-25 options on LHP Yusei Kikuchi.
  • The Detroit Tigers traded 3B Nick Quintana to Cincinnati Reds for C Tucker Barnhart.
  • The Cincinnati Reds traded C Tucker Barnhart to Detroit for 3B Nick Quintana.
  • The Kansas City Royals named Rene Francisco to senior vice president/assistant general manager of Major League & International Operations; Scott Sharp to senior vice president/assistant general manager; Jin Wong to vice president/assistant general manager of Baseball Administration; Dr. Daniel Mack to vice president/assistant general manager of Research & Development; Jeff Davenport to vice president of Major League Team Operations and Rusty Kuntz to special assistant to the president & general manager of Quality Control.
  • The Washington Nationals named Tim Bogar bench coach, Darnell Coles hitting coach, Pat Roessler assistant hitting coach, Jim Hickey pitching coach, Eric Young Jr. first base coach, Gary DiSarcina third base coach, Henry Blanco catching and strategy coach and Ricky Bones bullpen coach.

Nov 2, 2021

  • The Atlanta Braves placed Ehire Adrianza on the paternity list. Activated 3B Johan Camargo.

Nov 1, 2021

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks hired Jeff Banister as bench coach.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with manager Bob Melvin on a three-year contract.
  • The Texas Rangers named Donnie Ecker major league bench coach and offensive coordinator and Josh Bonifay director of player development.
  • The Kansas City Royals released 1B Ryan McBroom.