MLB Transactions in July 2022

Jul 31, 2022

  • The San Francisco Giants traded RHP Raynel Espinal to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for INF Dixon Machado.
  • The Chicago Cubs traded INF Dixon Machado to San Francisco Giants for RHP Raynel Espinal.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with SS Joshua Day, C Gavin Logan, LHP Spencer Giesting, OF Kevin Graham and SS Demetrio Crisantes on minor league contracts.
  • The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms with RHPs Eric Hilderbrand, Tristan Stivors, Mason Adams, Nick Altermatt, Drew McDaniel, Kole Ramage, Connor McCullough and Mark McLaughlin, SS Taishi Nakawake, 3Bs Brooks Baldwin and Drake Logan, 2B Mario Camilletti, LHP Jake Palisch, Cs Michael Turner and Troy Claunch and 1B Tim Elko on minor league contracts.

Jul 30, 2022

  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with C Kevin Parada on a minor league contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with RHP Zack Showalter on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired RHP Chris Martin from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for 2B Zach McKinstry.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals traded INF Edmundo Sos to Philadelphia in exchange for LHP JoJO Romero. Agreed to terms with OF Alex Iadisernia and Chris Rotondo on minor league contracts. Acquired LHP JoJo Romero from Philadelphia in exchange for 2B Edmundo Sosa.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies acquired 2B Edmundo Sosa from St. Louis Cardinals for LHP JoJo Romero.
  • The Colorado Rockies agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Bard on a two-year contract extension.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with SSs Keshawn Ogans and E.J. Exposito, RHPs Landon Harper, Cedric De Grandpre, Jason Franks, Adam Maier, J.R. Ritchie, Adam Maier Owen Murphy, William Silva, Seth Keller and Ian Mejia, 1B Justin Janas, Cs Andrew Keck and Drake Baldwin, 3Bs David McCabe and Ignacio Alvarez, 2B Cory Acton and OF Kevin Kilpatrick Jr., Christian Jackson, Noah Williams. Signed C Nick Clarno and Harrison Owen, RHP Hunter Riggins, OF Bryson Worrell and LHP Hayden Harris on minor league contracts.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired C Christian Cerda from Tampa in exchange for OF David Peralta.
  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with OF Kai Murphy on a minor league contract. Agreed to terms with OFs Braedon Karpathios and Jakob Marsee and 3B Graham Pauley on minor league contracts.
  • The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with LHPs Jackson Ferris and Branden Noriega, RHPs Nazier Mule, Garrett Brown, Luis Rujano, JonPaul Wheat, Shane Marshall and Matthew Peters, C Haydn McGeary and OFs Andy Garriola and KeShun Collier on minor league contracts. Acquired INF Zach McKinstry for L.A. Dodgers in exchange for RHP Chris Martin.
  • The Cincinnati Reds traded RHP Luis Castillo to Seattle in exchange for INFs Noelvi Marte and Edwin Arroyo and RHPs Levi Stoudt and Andrew Moore.

Jul 29, 2022

  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with SSs Michael Curialle, Brody Moore, OF Victor Scott II and C Jimmy Crooks III on minor league contracts.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with 2B Taylor Motter on a minor league contract.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with SS Jose Peraza, OFs Roman Anthony, Deundre Jones, INF Chase Meidroth, C Brooks Bannon, LHPs Dalton Rogers, Noah Dean, Hayden Mullins, Nathan Landry, Connor Butler, RHPs Marques Johnson, Garret Ramsey and Jaret Godman on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with SS Temarr Johnson on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels announced SS Jonathan Villar elected free agency.
  • The Seattle Mariners claimed RHP Phillips Valdez off waivers from Boston and optioned him to Tacoma (PCL). Acquired RHP Luis Castillo from Cincinnati in exchange for RHPs Levi Stoudt, Andrew Moore, INFs Noelvi Marte and Edwin Arroyo.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with RHPs Ryan Weber and Shane Greene on minor league contracts.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with RHPs Dylan Ray and Eli Saul and LHP Will Mabrey on minor league contracts
  • The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with C Beau Taylor on a minor league contract.
  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with RHP Brad Peacock on a minor league contract.

Jul 28, 2022

  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHPs William Kempner, Tyler Vogel, Liam Simon, Davis Hare, Spencer Miles, Sam Bower, Hayden Birdsong, LHPs Hayden Wynja, Jack Choate, John Bertrand, Carson Whisenhunt, OFs Carter Howell, Tanner O'Tremba, Wade Meckler, Matt Higgins, Cs Zach Morgan, Nomar Diaz, Thomas Gavello, 2B Andrew Kachel, SS Justin Bench and TWP Reggie Crawford on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets acquired OF Tyler Naquin and LHP Phillip Diehl from Cincinnati in exchange for OF Hector Rodriguez and RHP Jose Acuna.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHPs Luis Ramierz, Andrew Owen, SS Chandler Pollard and OF Tommy Specht on minor league contracts.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHPs Andrew Taylor and Joey Mancini, OFs Ryan Clifford and Zach Dezno, SSs Tommy Sacco Jr. and Tim Borden, 1B Garrett McGowan and C Ryan Wrobleski on minor league contracts. Agreed to terms with RHPs Austin Temple and Logan VanWey on major league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with 1B Josiah Sightler on a minor league contract.
  • The Miami Marlins agreed to terms with 1B Torin Montgomery and 3B Jacob Berry on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees added OF Andrew Benintendi to the active roster.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with SS Danny Santana on a minor league contract.

Jul 27, 2022

  • The New York Yankees announced RHP Shane Greene elected free agency in lieu of accepting an outright assignment.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP John Lynch on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Mets agreed to terms with RHP Blade Tidwell, OF Nick Morabito and INF Jacob Reimer on minor league contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with RHP Brock Porter on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals acquired RHP's Chandler Champlain, Beck Way and LHP T.J. Sikkema From New York in exchange for OF Andrew Benintendi.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with INF Jackson Holliday on a minor league contract.

Jul 26, 2022

  • The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with SS Brooks Lee on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to terms with LHPs Brandon Barriera, Mason Fluharty, Ian Churchill, and Ryan Chase, RHPs Ryan Jennings, T.J. Brock, Devereaux Harrison, Nolan Perry, Bo Bonds, Patrick Gallagher and Alex Amalfi, SSs Joshua Kasevich, Tucker Toman, Michael Turconi and Ryan McCarty, 2B Cade Doughty, 1B Peyton Williams, OFs Alan Roden, Dylan Rock and Vevonte Brown and C Samuel Hernandez Ten on contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with LHP Dominic Perachi, RHPs Joshua Loeschor, Derek Diamond, Mike Walsh and J.P. Massey and OF Tres Gonzalez on minor league contracts. Agreed to terms with OF Tanner Tredaway, C Nick Cimillo, RHPs Jaycob Deese and Elijah Birdsong on minor league contracts.
  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHPs Dallas Keuchel, Justin Sanchez, Seth Clark and Kohl Drake, RHPs Matt Brosky, Jacob Maton and Jackson Kelly, SS Griffin Cheney, OF Josh Hatcher on minor league contracts. Agreed to terms with RHP Kumar Rocker on a contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays traded LHP Ben Bowden to San Francisco in exchange for a player to be named later.
  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with SS Cole Young on a minor league contract.
  • The New York Yankees announced RHP Ryan Weber elected free agency.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHP Brett Gillis and OFs Drew Gilbert and Jacob Melton on contracts.
  • The Boston Red Sox agreed to terms with SSs Cutter Coffey, Mikey Romero and Bryant Zayas, RHPs Alex Hoppe, Caleb Bolden, Jonathan Brand and Isaac Coffey and C Matthew Donlan on contracts.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with INF Max Wagner on a minor league contract. Agreed to terms with OF Douglas Hodo, INF Adam Crampton, C Adam Retzbach, LHP Jared Beck, RHPs Trace Bright, Preston Johnson, Cameron Weston, Wyatt Cheney, Bradley Brehmer, Graham Firoved and Reese Sharp to minor league contracts.

Jul 25, 2022

  • The Texas Rangers agreed to terms with LHP Dallas Keuchel on a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with OFs Drew Gilbert, Jacob Melton and RHP Brett Gillis on minor league contracts.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with OF Tres Gonzales, LHP Dominic Perachi, RHPs Derek Diamond, JP Massey, Mike Walsh and Josh Loeschom on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Yankees agreed to terms with OFs Spencer Jones, Anthony Hall, RHPs Drew Thorpe, Trystan Vrieling and Eric Reyzelman on minor league contracts.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to terms with OFs Justin Crawford, Gabriel Rincones Jr., Chad Castillo, Cade Fergus and Troy Schreffler, RHPs Orion Kerkering, Alex Rao, Josh Bortka, Daniel Harper and Drew Garrett, LHP Mavis Graves, Cs Gustavo Sosa and Jordan Dissin and SS Bryan Rincon on minor league contracts. Agreed to terms with LHPs Ezra Farmer, Mason Ronan and Danny Wilkerson, 3B Matthew Alifano and OF Dakota Kotowski as non-drafted free agents.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers traded OF Abraham Almonte to Boston for cash considerations.

Jul 24, 2022

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to terms with CF Druw Jones on a minor league contract.
  • The Kansas City Royals signed OF Gavin Cross to a minor league contract.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired cash from New York Mets for C Michael Perez.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks released LHP Dallas Keuchel.

Jul 23, 2022

  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with LHP Aaron Ashby on a five-year contract through 2027. Signed LHP Jake McGee to a one-year contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs signed RHPs Cade Horton, Will Frisch, Nick Hull, Mason McGwire, Connor Noland, Brody McCollough and Brandon Birdsell and INF Christopher Paciolla to minor league contracts.
  • The Minnesota Twins signed RHP Michael Feliz to a minor league contract.
  • The Houston Astros signed LHP Trey Dombroski.
  • The Chicago White Sox added RHP Davis Martin from Charlotte (IL) as the 27th player for a doubleheader. Signed LHP Noah Schultz to a minor league contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles signed OFs Dylan Beavers and Jud Fabian to minor league contracts.

Jul 22, 2022

  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with OF Wyatt Ulrich on a minor league contract.
  • The Chicago Cubs released LHP Daniel Norris.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms with RHPs Thomas Harrington, Jack Brannigan and LHPs Hunter Barco and Cy Nielson on minor league contracts.
  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with OFs David Dahl, Elijah Green, Brenner Cox and Jared McKenzie, RHPs Daniel Ponce De Leon and Chance Huff, LHP Jake Bennett and INF Nate Ochoa on minor league contracts.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with C Andrew Knapp on a minor league contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with SS Errol Robinson and LHPs Cooper Hjerpe and Brycen Mautz on minor league contracts.
  • The New York Mets acquired INF Daniel Vogelbach from Pittsburgh in exchange for RHP Colin Holderman. Agreed to terms with INF Jett Williams on a minor league contract.
  • The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to terms with SS Eric Brown Jr. on a major league contract.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with RHPs Michael Knorr, Nolan DeVos, A.J. Blugaugh, Tyler Guilfoil, LHP Trey Dombroski III, C Collin Price, OF Zach Cole Jr., and SS Jackson Loftin on minor league contracts.

Jul 21, 2022

  • The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with 3B Trey Lipscomb, C Maxwell Romero Jr. and 3B Murphy Stehly on contracts.
  • The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Rosenthal on a one-year contract and placed him on the 15-day IL.
  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with RHP Cole Phillips on a contract.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to terms with RHP Tanner Jacobson on a contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays agreed to terms with CF Roman Quinn on a contract and activated him.
  • The New York Mets announced OF Ender Inciarte elected free agency.

Jul 19, 2022

  • The Texas Rangers released OF Zach Reks.
  • The New York Yankees signed RHP Kevin Stevens to a free-agent contract.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays claimed LHP Angel Perdomo off waivers from Milwaukee and optioned him to Durham (IL).

Jul 18, 2022

  • The San Francisco Giants acquired LHP Alex Young from Cleveland for cash considerations and optioned to Sacramento (PCL).
  • The Los Angeles Angels claimed 2B Phil Gosselin off waivers from Atlanta.

Jul 16, 2022

  • The Milwaukee Brewers acquired CF Matt Lipka from Washington in exchange for cash considerations.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays acquired LHP Foster Griffin from Kansas City in exchange for RHP Jonatan Bernal.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays claimed RHP Cooper Criswell off waiver from the L.A. Angels.

Jul 15, 2022

  • The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms with C Zade Richardson on a minor league contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with RHP Carson King on a minor league contract.

Jul 14, 2022

  • The San Francisco Giants claimed LHP Aaron Fletcher from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL).
  • The Cleveland Guardians claimed LHP Kirk McCarty off waivers from Baltimore.
  • The New York Mets named Nancy Elder chief communications officer.
  • The Los Angeles Angels acquired a player to be named later or cash considerations and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) from New York Yankees for INF/OF Tyler Wade.

Jul 13, 2022

  • The San Francisco Giants claimed RHP Angel Rondon off waivers from St. Louis.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed RHP Jake Reed off waivers from New York Mets.
  • The New York Mets claimed RHP Jake Reed off waivers from Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays announced manager Charlie Montoyo has been fired. Named John Schneider interim manager and Casey Candaele interim bench coach.

Jul 12, 2022

  • The Oakland Athletics claimed RHP David McKay off waivers from Tampa Bay.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays signed C Colton Shaver to a minor league contract.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed RHP Louis Head off waivers from Miami and optioned him to Norfolk (IL).

Jul 11, 2022

  • The Kansas City Royals acquired OF Drew Waters, RHP Andrew Hoffman and INF C.J. Alexander from Atlanta in exchange for a competitive balance draft pick.

Jul 10, 2022

  • The New York Mets claimed LHP Sam Clay off waivers from Philadelphia and optioned to Syracuse.

Jul 9, 2022

  • The St. Louis Cardinals released RHP Nick Wittgren.
  • The Oakland Athletics traded C/INF Christian Bethancourt to Tampa Bay for LHP Christian Fernandez and OF Cal Stevenson.
  • The Boston Red Sox released RHP Hansel Robles.

Jul 8, 2022

  • The San Francisco Giants claimed INF Conton Welker off waivers from Colorado.
  • The New York Mets released LHP Chasen Shreve.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired RHP Yohan Ramirez from Cleveland in exchange for cash considerations then optioned him to Indianapolis.

Jul 7, 2022

  • The Cleveland Guardians traded RHP Tobias Myers to San Francisco in exchange for cash considerations.

Jul 6, 2022

  • The Seattle Mariners agreed to terms with LHP Blake Weiman on a minor league contract.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP Matt Peacock off waivers from Kansas City.
  • The Baltimore Orioles claimed LHP Kirk McCarty off waivers from Cleveland and optioned him to Norfolk.

Jul 5, 2022

  • The Arizona Diamondbacks claimed INF Sergio Alcantara off waivers from San Diego.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies claimed LHP Sam Clay off waivers from Washington and optioned him to Lehigh Valley (IL).
  • The Cincinnati Reds claimed RHP Ian Gibaut off waivers from Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays traded 2B Leonel Callez to Atlanta.
  • The Tampa Bay Rays claimed INF Yu Chang off waivers from Pittsburgh.
  • The Houston Astros agreed to terms with C Victor Diaz on a minor league contract.

Jul 4, 2022

  • The Atlanta Braves traded RHP Touki Toussant to Los Angeles Angeles.
  • The Cleveland Indians claimed OF Oscar Mercado off waivers from Philadelphia.

Jul 3, 2022

  • The Philadelphia Phillies traded RHP Corey Oswalt to Colorado in exchange for cash considerations.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms with C Austin Barnes on a two-year contract through 2024.
  • The New York Yankees traded LHP Manny Baneulos to Pittsburgh in exchange for cash considerations.

Jul 2, 2022

  • The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with RHP Duncan Snider on a minor league contract.
  • The Los Angeles Angels agreed to terms with SS Jonathan Villar on a major league contract.
  • The Washington Nationals exercised the 2023 contract options on president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez.
  • The Cincinnati Reds signed RHP Carter Raffield.
  • The Toronto Blue Jays acquired LHP Anthony Banda from Pittsburgh in exchange for cash considerations.

Jul 1, 2022

  • The Cincinnati Reds agreed to terms with RHP Carter Raffield on a minor league contract.
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks claimed RHP Ryan Weiss off waivers from Kansas City and designated him for assignment.
  • The Minnesota Twins named Pete Maki pitching coach and Colby Suggs bullpen coach.