Historical Transactions Occurring on May 8

The Atlanta Braves signed Carlos Carrasco as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Carl Edwards Jr. as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Zack Short as a free agent.

José Azócar of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.

Dustin Harris of the Houston Astros granted free agency.

The Baltimore Orioles purchased Enyel Garcia (minors) and Maicol Lauriano (minors) from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Kansas City Royals signed Trevor Richards as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Andrew Vasquez as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles purchased Luis Castillo from the Seattle Mariners.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Mike Ford as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers released Danny Duffy.

The Texas Rangers traded Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Robbie Grossman.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Wes Parsons as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Bryan Shaw as a free agent.

Meibrys Viloria of the Cleveland Guardians granted free agency.

The Seattle Mariners purchased Ethan Lindow (minors) from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Houston Astros purchased Kyle McGowin from Staten Island (Atlantic).

The Kansas City Royals traded Junior Marin (minors) and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for James McArthur (minors).

The Cincinnati Reds selected Franklin German off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

The Chicago Cubs signed Luke Farrell as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Juan Lagares as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Manuel Garcia (minors) from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Corey Oswalt from the San Francisco Giants.

The New York Mets released Robinson Canó.

The Houston Astros signed Michael Kelly as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Deven Marrero as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Yadiel Rivera as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles selected Brandon Waddell off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

The New York Yankees signed Daniel Camarena as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Lane Adams as a free agent.

Matt Belisle of the Cleveland Indians granted free agency.

The Boston Red Sox signed Ryan Fitzgerald as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers released James Russell.

The New York Mets traded Matt Harvey to the Cincinnati Reds for Devin Mesoraco and cash.

Cory Luebke voluntarily retired from the Chicago White Sox.

The Atlanta Braves released Ryan Howard.

The Minnesota Twins traded Danny Santana to the Atlanta Braves for Kevin Chapman and cash.

The Chicago Cubs traded Matt Szczur to the San Diego Padres for Justin Hancock.

The Cleveland Indians signed Carlos Marmól as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics purchased Matt Carson from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim purchased Chad Smith from the Oakland Athletics.

The Oakland Athletics released Alex Hassan.

The Washington Nationals released Kevin Mattison.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Chris Nelson.

The Texas Rangers released Juan Pérez.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Ryan Wheeler.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Shelley Duncan as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Lou Marson as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Alex Sanabia as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Nik Turley as a free agent.

Matt Treanor voluntarily retired from the Cleveland Indians.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Brooks Raley off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

The Oakland Athletics released Jordan Norberto.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Jonathan Sánchez.

The Washington Nationals signed Mike Gonzalez as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Tommy Manzella as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Miguel Tejada as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Kip Wells as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals sent Grégor Blanco to the Washington Nationals as part of a conditional deal.

The Kansas City Royals released Steven Shell.

The New York Yankees signed Justin Christian as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins released Yoslán Herrera.

The Detroit Tigers released Jason Waddell.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles traded Ryan Freel to the Chicago Cubs for Joey Gathright.

The Tampa Bay Rays traded Adam Kennedy to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Joe Dillon (May 9, 2009) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.

The Cleveland Indians sent Jason Michaels to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

The Seattle Mariners signed Víctor Díaz as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Aaron Fultz as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Ryan O'Malley as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Shawn Wooten as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Kevin Beirne.

The Washington Nationals signed Winston Abreu as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Jason Simontacchi as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Matt Blank as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Simón Castro as an amateur free agent.

The San Francisco Giants released Jeff Fassero.

The Kansas City Royals released Joe Mays.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Benito Santiago.

The Colorado Rockies released Brent Billingsley.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Ken Cloude.

The New York Mets released Shawn Sedlacek.

The Cincinnati Reds signed John Bale as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Hansel Izquierdo as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed David Newhan as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Santiago Pérez as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Pablo Sandoval as an amateur free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds released Travis Miller.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Kevin Nicholson as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Bob Smith.

The New York Mets signed Dan Serafini as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers traded Darwin Cubillán to the Montreal Expos for Mike Johnson.

The Cincinnati Reds released Mike Hubbard.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Marc Kroon.

The Florida Marlins released Randall Simon.

The Cleveland Indians released Bobby Witt.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Steve Decker.

The Seattle Mariners traded Robert Pérez to the Montreal Expos for Raúl Chávez.

The Seattle Mariners traded Rick Wilkins to the New York Mets for Lindsay Gulin (minors).

The Boston Red Sox signed Rusty Meacham as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians selected Jason Jacome off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

The New York Yankees signed Félix Fermín as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Stacy Jones as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Joe Hall as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Steve Lyons as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos returned Nikco Riesgo (earlier draft pick) to the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Chicago Cubs signed Tom Filer as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed John Russell as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers released Andy Allanson.

The Toronto Blue Jays released Mike Flanagan.

The Chicago White Sox signed Domingo Jean as an amateur free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Steve Kemp.

The Chicago White Sox released Tom Dodd.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Geno Petralli from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The New York Mets released Dick Tidrow.

The Montreal Expos released Rodney Scott.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Paul Blair as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Joe Coleman as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves released Gary Gentry.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Bob Coluccio to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Sharp.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Dick Selma.

The Kansas City Royals traded Tom Murphy to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Santorini.

The Texas Rangers signed Tom Robson as a free agent.

Hawaii (Pacific Coast) purchased Dennis Bennett from the California Angels.

The Oakland Athletics traded Frank Fernández, Paul Lindblad, Don Mincher and cash to the Washington Senators for Mike Epstein and Darold Knowles.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Kurt Bevacqua to the Cleveland Indians for Buddy Bradford.

The Philadelphia Phillies returned Error to Veracruz (Mexican) as part of a conditional deal.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Turk Farrell from the Houston Astros.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Bill Heath from the Houston Astros.

The San Francisco Giants traded Orlando Cepeda to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki.

The New York Mets traded a player to be named later and Jay Hook to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy McMillan. The New York Mets sent Adrian Garrett (June 17, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

The Cleveland Indians returned Bob Lipski (earlier draft pick) to the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Washington Senators purchased Hobie Landrith from the Baltimore Orioles.

The New York Yankees purchased Bob Schmidt from the Washington Senators.

The Milwaukee Braves traded Lou Johnson and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Chico Fernández.

The New York Mets traded Larry Foss and $20,000 to the Milwaukee Braves for Chico Fernández.

The Los Angeles Angels purchased Billy Consolo from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Ted Wills from the Boston Red Sox.

Toronto (International) purchased Ken Johnson from the Kansas City Athletics.

The Los Angeles Angels traded Bob Cerv and Tex Clevenger to the New York Yankees for Ryne Duren, Johnny James and Lee Thomas.

The Kansas City Athletics traded to the New York Yankees for unknown compensation. Mark Freeman returned to original team on May 8, 1959.

The Cincinnati Redlegs traded Hersh Freeman to the Chicago Cubs for Turk Lown.

The Washington Senators signed Don Minnick as a free agent.

The New York Giants purchased George Wilson from the Chicago White Sox for $25,000.

The Chicago Cubs returned Grant Dunlap to Shreveport (Texas) following previous purchase. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Washington Nationals traded Clyde Vollmer to the Boston Red Sox for Merrill Combs and Tommy O'Brien.

The New York Giants selected Frank Fanovich off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Cleveland Indians released Elbie Fletcher.

The Philadelphia Athletics released Fred Caligiuri.

The Philadelphia Athletics released Ed Levy.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded John Antonelli and Glenn Crawford to the Philadelphia Phillies for Buster Adams.

The Boston Braves released Wes Ferrell.

The Boston Bees sent Bill Weir to the Philadelphia Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Johnny Rizzo to the Cincinnati Reds for Vince DiMaggio.

Tony Parisse sent from ??? to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

The Boston Red Sox purchased Lou Finney from the Philadelphia Athletics.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Walt Masters as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals selected Carl Fischer off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

The Boston Bees signed Ken Weafer as a free agent.

The New York Giants released Charlie English.

The New York Giants released Firpo Marberry.

The Chicago Cubs released Ken Weafer.

The Washington Nationals selected Russ Scarritt off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

The New York Giants selected Don Songer off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Frank Bruggy as a free agent.

Rochester (International) purchased Herb Thormahlen from the Brooklyn Robins.

The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Frank McCue from Moline (Three-I) for $2,500.

New London (Eastern) purchased Frank O'Rourke from the Brooklyn Robins. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Richmond (International) purchased Charlie Pick from the Washington Nationals.

Atlanta (Southern Association) purchased Bill Foxen from the Chicago Cubs.

Atlanta (Southern Association) purchased Sam Frock from the Boston for $2,000.

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Elmer Zacher from the New York Giants.

The New York Highlanders purchased Jack Thoney from the Washington Senators.

Luther Taylor jumped from the Cleveland Blues to the New York Giants.

The Louisville Colonels purchased Dan Brouthers from the Baltimore Orioles for $500.

The Columbus Solons released Al Mays.

The Columbus Solons released John Munyan.

The Columbus Solons released Sam Nicholl.

The Louisville Colonels released Dude Esterbrook.