Week In Review

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• Major League Baseball suspended Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for 211 games, and suspended a number of other players (including Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, Everth Cabrera, Antonio Bastardo, Jesus Montero, Francisco Cervelli and Jordany Valdespin) for 50 games each for their involvement in the Biogenesis scandal.
• The Phillies signed infielder Chase Utley to a two-year extension.
• The Indians signed utilityman Ryan Raburn to a two-year extension.
• The Rangers acquired outfielder Alex Rios and cash from the White Sox for infielder Leury Garcia.
• The Royals acquired utility infielder Jamey Carroll from the Twins for a PTBNL or cash.
• The Royals designated pitcher Francisley Bueno for assignment, then sent him to Triple-A Omaha. They also designated catcher Brett Hayes for assignment, and requested release waivers on catcher Adam Moore.
• The Indians designated infielder Mark Reynolds for assignment.
• The Rangers designated infielder Adam Rosales for assignment. The Athletics claimed Rosales, then designated him again.
• The Rays designated pitcher Kyle Farnsworth for assignment.
• The Phillies claimed outfielder Casper Wells. They also designated outfielders Delmon Young and Laynce Nix for assignment.
• The Giants designated catcher Guillermo Quiroz for assignment.
• The Blue Jays designated pitcher Michael Schwimer for assignment, then released him.
• The Astros outrighted pitcher Travis Blackley.
• The Yankees outrighted infielder Brent Lillibridge.
• The Dodgers outrighted catcher John Baker.
• The Giants outrighted pitcher Yusmeiro Petit.
• The Cubs outrighted outfielder Julio Borbon. They also claimed outfielder Thomas Neal from the Yankees.
• The Indians outrighted pitcher Joe Martinez.
• The Tigers released reliever Jose Valverde.
• The Mariners released outfielder Jason Bay.
• The Angels released reliever Ryan Madson.
• The Red Sox officially signed Dominican third baseman Rafael Devers.
• The Phillies signed Dominican third baseman Luis Encarnacion.
• The Pirates signed Dominican outfielder Jeremias Portorreal.
• The Diamondbacks promoted top prospect and third baseman Matt Davidson.
• The Angels signed infielder Andy Marte and pitcher Jason Urquidez to minor-league deals. They also released pitcher Mike Ekstrom.

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• The Rangers acquired pitcher Matt Garza from the Cubs for infielder Mike Olt, pitchers Justin Grimm and C.J. Edwards, and at least one player to be named.
• The Red Sox signed infielder Dustin Pedroia to an eight-year extension.
• MLB suspended Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun for the remainder of the season.
• The Phillies agreed to terms with Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez on a six-year, $48MM deal.
• The Yankees acquired outfielder Alfonso Soriano and cash from the Cubs for minor-league pitcher Corey Black.
• The Orioles acquired reliever Francisco Rodriguez from the Brewers for minor-league infielder Nick Delmonico.
• The Cubs signed Taiwanese pitcher Jen-Ho Tseng for $1.625MM.
• The Orioles signed Cuban outfielder Dariel Alvarez for $800K.
• The Reds signed Dominican pitcher Luis Tejada for $600K.
• The Giants acquired pitcher Guillermo Moscoso from the Cubs for a PTBNL or cash.
• The Mets acquired the Angels' No. 2 international bonus slot for minor-leaguers Julio Concepcion and Andres Perez.
• The Mariners signed catcher Humberto Quintero.
• The Marlins promoted top outfield prospects Christian Yelich and Jake Marisnick.
• The Angels claimed pitcher J.C. Gutierrez from the Royals.
• The Mets placed pitcher Shaun Marcum on unconditional release waivers.
• The Dodgers designated pitcher Ted Lilly for assignment.
• The Pirates designated infielder Brandon Inge for assignment.
• The Giants designated pitchers Yusmeiro Petit and Hunter Strickland for assignment.
• The Reds designated pitcher Greg Reynolds for assignment.
• The Orioles designated pitcher Jairo Asencio for assignment.
• Outfielder Chris Dickerson of the Orioles cleared waivers after being designated for assignment.
• The Angels outrighted pitcher Billy Buckner to Triple-A.
• The Marlins outrighted infielder Chris Valaika to Triple-A.
• The Athletics outrighted pitcher Vinnie Catricala to Double-A.
• The Yankees signed infielder Brendan Harris.
• The Tigers signed pitcher Jair Jurrjens.
• The Giants re-signed pitcher Chris Heston.
• The Phillies released pitcher Carlos Zambrano.
• The Astros released shortstop Ronny Cedeno.
• The Twins released pitcher Rich Harden.
• The Orioles released infielder Brandon Wood.
• The Royals released outfielder Willy Taveras.
• The Blue Jays released pitcher Claudio Vargas and infielder Eugenio Velez.

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• The Padres hired Mike Dee as their new CEO.
• Pitcher Derek Lowe, who most recently pitched for the Rangers, retired.
• The Royals claimed infielder Pedro Ciriaco off waivers from the Padres, then outrighted him to Triple-A Omaha.
• The Astros designated first baseman Carlos Pena and shortstop Ronny Cedeno for assignment.
• The Angels designated infielder Brendan Harris for assignment.
• The Yankees designated infielder Alberto Gonzalez for assignment.
• The Orioles designated outfielder Chris Dickerson for assignment.
• The Cubs outrighted pitcher Henry Rodriguez to Triple-A Iowa.
• The Red Sox outrighted pitcher Alfredo Aceves.
• The Yankees released outfielder Brennan Boesch.
• Pitcher Jair Jurrjens became a free agent after declining an outright assignment from the Orioles.
• The Astros signed Dominican shortstop Wander Franco for $575K.
• The Dodgers signed Dominican infielder Alberto Estrella for $600K.
• The Rockies acquired pitcher Armando Galarraga from the Reds for minor-leaguer Parker Frazier.
• The Red Sox signed pitchers Jose Contreras and Brandon Lyon to minor-league deals. The Pirates released Contreras earlier in the week.
• The Diamondbacks signed reliever Shawn Camp to a minor-league deal.
• The Padres signed pitcher Jason Lane out of independent ball.
• The Athletics released infielder Scott Moore.
• The Diamondbacks released veteran hitter Eric Hinske, who appears likely to retire.
• The White Sox released first baseman Lars Anderson and pitcher Jeff Gray. Anderson's departure clears the way for fellow first baseman Travis Ishikawa, who recently signed with the organization.
• Second baseman Matt Antonelli retired.
• Pitcher Danny Herrera signed with the Long Island Ducks.
• Pitcher Brad Mills signed with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan.

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• The Astros signed second baseman Jose Altuve to an extension.
• The Nationals acquired outfielder Scott Hairston from the Cubs in exchange for pitching prospect Ivan Pineyro.
• The Red Sox acquired reliever Matt Thornton from the White Sox in exchange for outfielder Brandon Jacobs.
• The Rockies acquired pitcher Mitchell Boggs from the Cardinals in exchange for international bonus spending rights. To make room for Boggs, the Rockies designated pitcher Joe Gardner for assignment, then outrighted him to the minors.
• The Cardinals released infielder Ty Wigginton.
• The Cubs released reliever Shawn Camp.
• Tom Garfinkel resigned as the Padres' president and CEO.
• The Cubs claimed outfielder Cole Gillespie from the Giants.
• The Cubs designated pitcher Henry Rodriguez for assignment.
• The Royals designated pitcher J.C. Gutierrez for assignment.
• The Yankees designated first baseman Travis Ishikawa for assignment. Ishikawa cleared waivers and elected free agency.
• The Giants designated minor-league pitcher Chris Heston for assignment.
• The Padres designated infielder Pedro Ciriaco for assignment.
• The Orioles designated pitcher Jair Jurrjens for assignment.
• The Indians outrighted catcher Omir Santos.
• The Athletics outrighted infielder Adam Rosales.
• The Twins outrighted pitcher P.J. Walters.
• The Red Sox outrighted infielder Jonathan Diaz.
• The Mets requested release waivers for pitcher Brandon Lyon.
• The Cubs signed first-round pick Kris Bryant.
• The Marlins signed first-round pick Colin Moran.
• The Padres signed first-round pick Hunter Renfroe.
• The Yankees signed first-round pick Aaron Judge.
• The Blue Jays signed 11th-round pick Jake Brentz and 30th-rounder Rowdy Tellez to hefty bonuses, but did not sign first-round pick Phil Bickford.
• The Astros promoted top pitching prospect Jarred Cosart.
• The Pirates acquired 1B/OF Russ Canzler from the Orioles for minor-league pitcher Tim Alderson. The Pirates also acquired shortstop Brian Bocock from the Nationals.
• The Giants signed outfielder Jeff Francoeur to a minor-league deal.
• The Tigers signed pitcher Jeremy Bonderman to a minor-league deal after the Mariners designated him for assignment.
• The Brewers signed utilityman Eric Patterson and pitcher/outfielder Micah Owings to minor-league deals.
• The Red Sox signed pitcher Bobby Lanigan to a minor-league deal.
• The Blue Jays released catcher Ramon Hernandez.

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• The Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco from the Marlins for pitchers Angel Sanchez, Steve Ames and Josh Wall.
• The Dodgers acquired reliever Carlos Marmol, the right to spend extra international bonus money, and cash from the Cubs in exchange for reliever Matt Guerrier.
• The Orioles acquired pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger from the Cubs for starter Jake Arrieta, reliever Pedro Strop and the right to spend extra international bonus money.
• The Orioles acquired third baseman Alex Liddi from the Mariners, with the Mariners receiving the right to spend extra international bonus money in the deal. The Orioles designated Russ Canzler for assignment to clear space for Liddi.
• The Astros acquired minor-league second baseman Ronald Torreyes from the Cubs, who received the right to spend extra international bonus money in the deal.
• The Yankees claimed first baseman Travis Ishikawa off waivers from the Orioles.
• The Royals designated outfielder Jeff Francoeur for assignment and requested release waivers for him.
• The Twins designated pitcher P.J. Walters for assignment.
• The Indians designated pitcher Carlos Carrasco for assignment.
• The Mets designated reliever Brandon Lyon for assignment.
• The Cubs designated reliever Shawn Camp for assignment.
• The White Sox designated catcher Hector Gimenez for assignment.
• Veteran hitter Eric Hinske cleared waivers and accepted the Diamondbacks' assignment to Triple-A.
• The Royals outrighted pitcher Francisley Bueno.
• The Rangers outrighted pitcher Kyle McClellan.
• The Blue Jays outrighted pitcher Chien-Ming Wang.
• The Nationals outrighted pitcher Cole Kimball off their 40-man roster.
• Clayton Mortensen of the Red Sox cleared waivers.
• Catcher Miguel Olivo, formerly of the Marlins, cleared waivers and elected free agency.
• The Rays signed first-round pick Ryne Stanek.
• The Red Sox signed second-round pick Teddy Stankiewicz.
• The Cubs signed or reached agreement with a number of top international prospects, including Eloy Jimenez, Gleyber Torres and Erling Moreno.
• The White Sox signed top international prospect Micker Adolfo Zapata.
• The Royals signed top international prospects Marten Gasparini and Cristhian Vasquez.
• The Rockies signed top international prospect Carlos Herrera.
• The Padres signed top international prospect Mayky Perez.
• The Mariners signed top international prospect Greifer Andrade.
• The Dodgers signed top international prospect Lucas Tirado.
• The Athletics signed top international prospect Jesus Lopez.
• The Angels signed top international prospect Ricardo Sanchez.
• The Red Sox signed top internationals prospects Rafael Devers and Emmanuel DeJesus.
• The Rangers signed top international prospects Michael DeLeon and Marcos Diplan. They also signed fellow top prospects Yeyson Yrizarri and Jose Almonte.
• The Diamondbacks signed top international prospect Jose Herrera.
• The Twins signed top international prospects Lewin Diaz and Roni Tapia.
• The Blue Jays signed top international prospects Yeltsin Gudino and Freddy Rodriguez. 
• More international signings can be found here.
• The Rangers signed Manny Ramirez to a minor-league deal.
• The Dodgers signed third baseman Ian Stewart.
• The Yankees signed infielder Luis Cruz after he refused an outright assignment from the Dodgers.
• The Nationals signed catcher Kelly Shoppach.
• The Rays signed pitcher Ramon Ramirez.
• The Royals signed first baseman Ben Broussard.
• The Padres signed pitcher Clay Zavada.
• Pitcher Jon Rauch opted out of his minor-league deal with the Orioles.
• Pitcher Aaron Laffey opted out of his minor-league deal with the Dodgers.
• Pitcher Justin Thomas opted out of his minor-league deal with the Athletics.
• The Indians released pitcher Chris Jakubauskas from Triple-A Columbus.
• The Nationals released pitcher Micah Owings from Triple-A Syracuse.
• The Diamondbacks released pitcher David Pauley from Triple-A Reno.

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• The Yankees and Robinson Cano are reportedly far apart on contract talks.
• The White Sox are getting calls on their veterans.
• As we approach the deadline, Chicago's other team is getting ready to sell.  Nate Schierholtz, Kevin Gregg, Scott Feldman, David DeJesus, Alfonso Soriano, James Russell, and Matt Garza are among the names that could draw interest.
• The Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw are talking extension.
• The O's are looking to bolster their rotation.
• Carlos Lee announced his retirement from baseball.
• Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez threw for teams and has been declared a free agent.
• The Tigers designated Jose Valverde for assignment after struggling in recent appearances.
• The Astros officially signed Mark Appel.
• The Royals reached agreement with Sean Manaea on a deal.
• Nelson Figueroa has signed with a club in Taiwan.
• The Mariners designated Eric Thames for assignment.
• The D'Backs agreed to sign No. 36 pick Aaron Blair.
• The Dodgers released catcher Ramon Hernandez.
• The Mariners signed Henry Blanco and cut Kelly Shoppach loose.
• The Phillies waived Michael Martinez after designating him for assignment.
• The Rockies acquired Hisanori Takahashi from the Cubs.
• Chris Bootcheck cleared waivers and re-signed with the Yankees.
• Chris Volstad was waived by the Rockies to make room for Roy Oswalt.
• The Mets will keep Bobby Parnell.
• The Rays promoted Wil Myers.
• The Padres released James Darnell.
• The MLBPA granted Jay-Z agent certification.
• The Yankees acquired Brent Lillibridge from the Cubs for a player to be named later or cash.
• The Yankees also completed a trade with the Rangers in which they landed Yoshinori Tateyama.
• The DIamondbacks designated Josh Wilson for assignment.
• The Mets acquired Eric Young Jr. and designated Collin Cowgill for assignment.
• The O's struck a deal with first-round pick Hunter Harvey.  They also agreed to a deal with comp pick Josh Hart.
• Nick Ciuffo, the Rays' first round pick, agreed to sign.
• The Twins signed Kohl Stewart, the No. 4 overall pick, for the full slot value.
• The Yanks signed Mike Zagurski to a minor league deal.
• Competitive balance pick Michael Lorenzen agreed to sign with the Reds for $1.5MM.
• Reid Brignac was designated for assignment by the Yanks.
• The Phillies signed first-round pick J.P. Crawford.
• The Bombers acquired Fernando Martinez via trade.
• The Mets called up Zack Wheeler.
• The Padres signed Ben Francisco.
• The Cards signed Oscar Mercado to an over slot deal.
• Braden Shipley signed an under slot deal with Arizona.
• Logan Kensing was DFA'd by the Rockies.
• Suspensions are likely in the Biogenesiscase.
• The Nats could go after right-handed power.
• The O's designated Yamaico Navarro for assignment.
• The Red Sox signed Trey Ball for a little under slot.
• The Rangers got one more international signing in.
• The Braves inked first-rounder Jason Hursh.
• The Mets signed first-round pick Dominic Smith.
• The Astros designated minor leaguer Ross Seaton for assignment.

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• The Astros agreed to terms with first overall pick Mark Appel. See below for more draft pick signings from the first three rounds.
• The Rays will promote outfielder Wil Myers.
• The Mariners promoted catcher Mike Zunino.
• The Dodgers discussed an extension with pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
• Catcher Miguel Olivo sought his release from the Marlins.
• The Cubs acquired pitcher Henry Rodriguez from the Nationals for fellow pitcher Ian Dickson.
• The Indians acquired shortstop John McDonald from the Pirates for cash or a player to be named.
• The Mariners signed veteran catcher Henry Blanco and designated Kelly Shoppach for assignment. The Blue Jays released Blanco earlier in the week.
• The Dodgers claimed catcher John Baker off waivers from the Padres and designated Ramon Hernandez for assignment.
• The Diamondbacks claimed pitcher Nathan Adcock off waivers from the Royals.
• The Padres acquired utilityman Pedro Ciriaco from the Red Sox for a player to be named and designated third baseman James Darnell for assignment.
• The Mets designated pitcher Collin McHugh for assignment.
• The Pirates designated reliever Mike Zagurski for assignment.
• The Giants designated reliever Ramon Ramirez for assignment.
• The Rockies designated outfielder Eric Young Jr. for assignment.
• The Yankees outrighted pitcher Cesar Cabral.
• The Cubs outrighted pitcher Eduardo Sanchez.
• The Blue Jays outrighted infielder Andy LaRoche and pitcher Evan Crawford.
• The Mariners outrighted catcher Brandon Bantz.
• The Angels outrighted infielder Chris Nelson.
• The White Sox outrighted pitcher Leyson Septimo.
• The Twins released pitcher Anthony Slama.
• The Pirates released reliever Jose Contreras.
• The Rockies released pitcher Jon Garland.
• Rick Ankiel elected free agency from the Mets.
• The Rockies signed third overall draft pick Jonathan Gray, second-round pick Ryan McMahon and competitive-balance pick Alex Balog.
• The Indians signed fifth overall pick Clint Frazier.
• The Royals signed first-round pick Hunter Dozier and second-round pick Cody Reed.
• The Mariners signed first-round pick D.J. Peterson and third-round pick Tyler O'Neill.
• The Tigers signed first-round pick Jonathon Crawford.
• The Cardinals signed first-round picks Marco Gonzales and Rob Kaminsky, as well as second-round pick Oscar Mercado and third-round pick Mike Mayers.
• The Rangers signed first-round picks Alex Gonzalez and Travis Demeritte, second-round pick Akeem Bostick and third-rounder David Ledbetter.
• The Athletics signed first-round pick Billy McKinney, as well as competitive-balance pick Chad Pinder and supplemental third-round pick Chris Kohler.
• The White Sox signed first-round pick Tim Anderson and second-round pick Tyler Danish.
• The Dodgers signed first-round pick Chris Anderson and third-round pick Brandon Dixon.
• The Reds signed first-round pick Phillip Ervin.
• The Yankees signed first-round pick Eric Jagielo and third-round pick Michael O'Neill.
• The Braves signed second-round pick Victor Caratini and third-round pick Carlos Salazar.
• The Brewers signed second-round pick Devin Williams and competitive-balance pick Tucker Neuhaus.
• The Padres signed second-round pick Dustin Peterson and third-round pick Bryan Verbitsky.
• The Rays signed second-round pick Riley Unroe.
• The Giants signed second-round pick Ryder Jones.
• The Pirates signed second-round pick Blake Taylor.
• The Phillies signed second-round pick Andrew Knapp.
• The Orioles agreed to terms with second-round pick Chance Sisco and third-round pick Stephen Tarpley.
• The Astros agreed to terms with second-round pick Andrew Thurman.
• The Red Sox agreed to terms with second-round pick Teddy Stankiewicz and third-round pick Jonathan Denney.
• The Marlins signed competitive-balance pick Colby Suggs.
• The Nationals signed third-round pick Drew Ward.
• The Angels signed third-round pick Keynan Middleton.
• The Mets signed third-round picks Ivan Wilson and Casey Meisner.
• The Twins signed third-round pick Stuart Turner.
• The Blue Jays signed third-round pick Patrick Murphy.
• The Diamondbacks signed third-round pick Daniel Palka.
• First baseman Travis Ishikawa of the Orioles exercised his opt-out clause.
• The White Sox acquired outfielder Carl Thomore from the Rockies for cash.
• The Reds signed pitcher Zach Duke to a minor-league deal after the Nationals released him.
• The Nationals signed pitcher Mark Lowe to a minor-league deal.
• The Indians signed pitcher Clay Rapada to a minor-league deal.
• The Angels signed pitchers Mike Ekstrom and Dustin Richardson to minor-league deals.
• The Twins signed pitcher Cody Eppley to a minor-league deal.
• The Diamondbacks signed pitcher David Pauley to a minor-league deal.
• The Royals released minor-league pitcher Matt Ridings.
• The Brewers released minor-league pitcher Clay Hensley.
• The Diamondbacks released minor-league pitcher Warner Madrigal.
• First baseman Kila Ka'aihue signed with Hiroshima in Japan.

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• The Astros took Stanford pitcher Mark Appel with the first overall pick in the 2013 Amateur Draft. Here are the results of the rest of the first round.
• The Mets demoted first baseman Ike Davis to Triple-A.
• The Dodgers promoted outfielder Yasiel Puig.
• The Pirates will promote starting pitcher and top prospect Gerrit Cole on Tuesday.
• The Brewers acquired third baseman Juan Francisco from the Braves for minor-league reliever Tom Keeling. They also released infielder Alex Gonzalez.
• Pitcher Chien-Ming Wang exercised his out clause with the Yankees and signed with the Blue Jays.
• The Nationals claimed pitcher Tyler Robertson from the Twins.
• The Astros claimed pitcher Wade LeBlanc from the Marlins.
• The Royals claimed infielder Edinson Rincon from the Padres and outfielder Quintin Berry from the Tigers.
• The Blue Jays designated catcher Henry Blanco and pitcher Evan Crawford for assignment.
• The Mets designated outfielder Rick Ankiel for assignment.
• The Rockies designated pitcher Jon Garland for assignment.
• The Royals designated pitcher Nate Adcock for assignment.
• The Nationals designated pitchers Zach Duke and Henry Rodriguez for assignment.
• The Orioles outrighted catcher Chris Snyder to Triple-A Norfolk.
• The White Sox outrighted infielder Tyler Greene to Triple-A Charlotte.
• The Diamondbacks outrighted pitcher Eric Smith.
• The Cubs outrighted pitcher Alex Burnett.
• The Angels released pitcher Mark Lowe.
• The Athletics acquired infielder Vinnie Catricala from the Mariners for cash or a PTBNL.
• The Yankees released outfielder Ben Francisco.
• Reliever J.C. Romero opted out of his deal with the Nationals and agreed to terms with the Indians.
• The Nationals will sign second-rounder Jake Johansen.
• The Dodgers will sign second-rounder Tom Windle.
• The Phillies will sign third-rounder Cord Sandberg.
• The Brewers will sign competitive-balance pick Tucker Neuhaus.
• The Orioles acquired first baseman Seth Loman from the White Sox for cash considerations.
• The Yankees released pitchers Cody Eppley and Clay Rapada.
• The Mariners released outfielder Corey Patterson.
• The Reds released reliever Mike MacDougal.
• The Mets released catcher Landon Powell.
• The Rangers released veteran hitter Mark Teahen.
• The Rays signed catcher Jesus Flores to a minor-league deal.
• The Diamondbacks signed first baseman Mike Jacobs to a minor-league deal.
• The Braves signed pitcher Mitch Atkins.
• The Indians signed minor-league infielder Paddy Matera.
• The Indians also signed Taiwanese shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang for $500K.
• Infielder Cale Iorg announced his retirement.

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• The Tigers acquired third baseman / outfielder Francisco Martinez from the Mariners for a PTBNL or cash and designated Quintin Berry for assignment.
• The Phillies released reliever Chad Durbin.
• The Marlins will designate pitcher Wade LeBlanc for assignment.
• The Mariners designated third baseman Vinnie Catricala for assignment.
• The Cubs designated pitcher Alex Burnett for assignment shortly after claiming him from the Orioles.
• The Angels designated pitcher Mark Lowe for assignment.
• The Braves designated third baseman Juan Francisco for assignment.
• The Padres designated third baseman Edinson Rincon for assignment.
• The Blue Jays outrighted pitcher Ricky Romero, as well as pitcher Ramon Ortiz and first baseman Clint Robinson.
• The Marlins outrighted infielder Nick Green.
• The Mariners outrighted infielder Robert Andino.
• The Cubs outrighted reliever Michael Bowden.
• The Angels outrighted pitcher Billy Buckner.
• The Nationals outrighted pitcher Yunesky Maya.
• Pitcher David Huff cleared waivers, and the Yankees sent him to Triple-A Scranton. The Yankees also outrighted pitcher Francisco Rondon.
• The Orioles signed pitcher Jon Rauch to a minor-league deal.
• The Indians signed pitcher Chris Jakubauskas to a minor-league deal.
• The Royals signed infielder Chase Lambin to a minor-league deal.
• The Dodgers signed catcher J.R. Towles to a minor-league deal.
• The Brewers signed pitcher Clay Hensley to a minor-league deal.
• The Rays acquired pitcher Erik Hamren from the Braves for future considerations.
• The Pirates acquired pitchers Atahualpa Severino (from the Royals) and Graham Godfrey (from the Red Sox), both for cash considerations.
• The Diamondbacks released first baseman Kila Ka'aihue.
• The Braves released minor-league utilityman Corey Wimberly.
• The Angels released pitcher Kip Wells.
• The Reds purchased the contract of outfielder Sebastian Elizalde from the Mexican League.
• Third baseman Dallas McPherson signed with the independent York Revolution.

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• The Yankees claimed pitcher David Huff off waivers from the Indians, and designated Francisco Rondon for assignment.
• The Rangers claimed outfielder Joe Benson off waivers from the Twins. They also placed pitcher Derek Lowe on release waivers.
• The Cubs claimed reliever Eduardo Sanchez from the Cardinals.
• The Yankees designated outfielder Ben Francisco for assignment.
• The Angels designated pitcher Billy Buckner for assignment.
• The Orioles designated reliever Alex Burnett for assignment.
• The Nationals designated pitcher Yunesky Maya for assignment.
• The Mariners designated infielder Robert Andino for assignment.
• The Cubs designated reliever Michael Bowden for assignment.
• The White Sox offered Rule 5 pick Angel Sanchez back to the Angels, but the Angels declined the offer, and the White Sox outrighted Sanchez to Triple-A Charlotte.
• Athletics reliever Chris Resop and first baseman Daric Barton cleared waivers, and the A's outrighted them to Triple-A Sacramento.
• The Angels outrighted outfielder Scott Cousins to Triple-A Salt Lake.
• The Yankees outrighted infielder Alberto Gonzalez to Triple-A Scranton.
• The Mets signed reliever David Aardsma to a minor-league deal.
• The Red Sox signed reliever Rafael Perez to a minor-league deal.
• The Rangers signed utilityman Mark Teahen to a minor-league deal after the Diamondbacks granted him his release.
• The Diamondbacks signed outfielder Dustin Martin to a minor-league deal.
• The Orioles signed catcher Ronny Paulino to a minor-league deal.
• The Blue Jays released pitcher Miguel Batista.
• The Orioles acquired minor-league infielder Josh Horton from the Athletics for cash or a PTBNL.
• The Rockies acquired minor-league infielder Drew Garcia from the White Sox for a PTBNL.
• Pitcher Scott Proctor retired.
• Pitcher Blaine Boyer signed with Japan's Hanshin Tigers.
• Infielder Wilson Valdez signed with the independent Camden Riversharks.
• Reliever Royce Ring signed with the Long Island Ducks.
• Orioles minor-leaguer Dan Klein retired. Also, the Orioles released minor-league pitcher Zach Braddock.