Historical Transactions Occurring on July 18
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- July 18, 2025
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Sergio Alcántara as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Kevin Herget as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Corbin Martin as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Tanner Rainey as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Aaron Wilkerson as a free agent.
Scott Alexander of the San Francisco Giants granted free agency.
Daniel Bard voluntarily retired from the Seattle Mariners.
The Atlanta Braves released Kolton Ingram.
The Texas Rangers traded Dane Dunning to the Atlanta Braves for José Ruiz and cash.
- July 18, 2024
The Kansas City Royals signed Dinelson Lamet as a free agent.
Dallas Keuchel of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
The Kansas City Royals released Nick Anderson.
- July 18, 2023
T.J. McFarland of the New York Mets granted free agency.
- July 18, 2022
The Washington Nationals signed Dee Strange-Gordon as a free agent.
Ender Inciarte of the New York Mets granted free agency.
The San Francisco Giants purchased Alex Young from the Cleveland Guardians.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Cam Booser.
The Baltimore Orioles released Isaac Mattson.
The Cincinnati Reds released Taylor Motter.
The Baltimore Orioles released Beau Taylor.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Ty Tice.
The Los Angeles Angels selected Phil Gosselin off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Drake Baldwin in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 2022.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Mason Barnett in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 2022.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Jonathan Cannon in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2022.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Alex Freeland in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 1, 2022.
The Los Angeles Angels drafted Ben Joyce in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2022.
The San Francisco Giants drafted William Kempner in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2022.
The Washington Nationals drafted Trey Lipscomb in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 21, 2022.
The Tampa Bay Rays drafted Trevor Martin in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2022.
The Colorado Rockies drafted Carson Palmquist in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 27, 2022.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Gabriel Rincones Jr. in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2022.
The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Alan Roden in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2022.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Colby Thomas in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 2022.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Nolan McLean in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Brandon Sproat in the 3rd round of the 2022 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Jimmy Crooks in the 4th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 2022.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Chase Meidroth in the 4th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 2022.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Troy Melton in the 4th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 4, 2022.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Spencer Miles in the 4th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2022.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Andrew Morris in the 4th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2022.
The Colorado Rockies drafted Ryan Ritter in the 4th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 7, 2022.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Nacho Alvarez Jr. in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 2022.
The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Mason Fluharty in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2022.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Orion Kerkering in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2022.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Jack Perkins in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2022.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Tyler Schweitzer in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2022.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Victor Scott II in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 2022.
The Miami Marlins drafted Josh White in the 5th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 23, 2022.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Hayden Birdsong in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2022.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Alex Hoppe in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2022.
The San Diego Padres drafted Jakob Marsee in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 2022.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Zach Maxwell in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 11, 2022.
The Los Angeles Angels drafted Victor Mederos in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 2, 2022.
The Houston Astros drafted Collin Price in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2022.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Max Rajcic in the 6th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 23, 2022.
The Houston Astros drafted AJ Blubaugh in the 7th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2022.
The Washington Nationals drafted Riley Cornelio in the 7th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 8, 2022.
The New York Yankees drafted Cam Schlittler in the 7th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 27, 2022.
The New York Mets drafted Jonah Tong in the 7th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 1, 2022.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Zebby Matthews in the 8th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2022.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Wade Meckler in the 8th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 2022.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Cameron Weston in the 8th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2022.
The Colorado Rockies drafted Zach Agnos in the 10th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2022.
The Houston Astros drafted Zach Cole in the 10th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2022.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Tim Elko in the 10th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed July 31, 2022.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Brian Fitzpatrick in the 10th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 10, 2022.
The Miami Marlins drafted Cade Gibson in the 10th round of the 2022 amateur draft. Player signed August 1, 2022.
- July 18, 2021
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Shane Carle as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs selected Frank Schwindel off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.
The New York Yankees released Sal Romano.
The New York Yankees signed Sal Romano as a free agent.
- July 18, 2020
The New York Mets released Matt Adams.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Logan Forsythe.
The Tampa Bay Rays released Chris Herrmann.
The Tampa Bay Rays released Ryan LaMarre.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Francisco Liriano.
- July 18, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Shelby Miller as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs released Francisco Arcia.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Drew Smyly.
The New York Yankees released Ryan Lavarnway.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Ryan Lavarnway as a free agent.
- July 18, 2018
The Los Angeles Angels signed Michael Stefanic as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals released Abraham Almonte.
The Baltimore Orioles released Joely Rodríguez.
The Baltimore Orioles released Asher Wojciechowski.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rylan Bannon, Yusniel Diaz, Dean Kremer, Zach Pop and Breyvic Valera.
- July 18, 2017
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Chris Colabello as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays purchased Chaz Roe from the Atlanta Braves.
The Colorado Rockies released Domonic Brown.
The Texas Rangers released Wesley Wright.
The Detroit Tigers traded J.D. Martinez to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jose King (minors), Sergio Alcántara and Dawel Lugo.
- July 18, 2016
The Miami Marlins released Craig Breslow.
The Kansas City Royals selected Nick Tepesch off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.
- July 18, 2015
The New York Mets released Alex Castellanos.
- July 18, 2014
The Cincinnati Reds signed Donnie Murphy as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Chris Volstad as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Aaron Wilkerson as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Barry Enright.
The Minnesota Twins released Brad Nelson.
The Chicago Cubs released Yorvit Torrealba.
The Atlanta Braves released Dan Uggla.
- July 18, 2013
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Shawn Camp as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Travis Ishikawa as a free agent.
Jair Jurrjens of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
The Chicago White Sox released Lars Anderson.
The Chicago Cubs released Esmailin Caridad.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released José Contreras.
The Colorado Rockies released Greg Golson.
The Chicago White Sox released Jeff Gray.
The Texas Rangers released Brad Mills.
The Houston Astros released José Valdez.
The Oakland Athletics released Scott Moore.
The San Diego Padres signed Scott Moore as a free agent.
- July 18, 2011
The New York Mets signed Fernando Perez as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Anthony Castro as an amateur free agent.
- July 18, 2009
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Scott Dohmann as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Rudy Seánez.
- July 18, 2007
The Washington Nationals signed Héctor Carrasco as a free agent.
Joe Winkelsas of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
The Chicago Cubs released Mike Kinkade.
- July 18, 2006
The Atlanta Braves signed Randall Delgado as an amateur free agent.
The San Diego Padres traded Brian Sikorski to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Adams.
- July 18, 2005
Jason Romano of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
The Atlanta Braves released Mike Porzio.
The New York Mets released Benito Santiago.
The New York Yankees released Marc Valdes.
The Chicago Cubs traded Jason Dubois to the Cleveland Indians for Jody Gerut.
- July 18, 2004
The Pittsburgh Pirates released Héctor Almonte.
The Texas Rangers released Kris Keller.
The Montreal Expos traded Carl Everett to the Chicago White Sox for Gary Majewski and Jon Rauch.
- July 18, 2003
The Atlanta Braves signed Rontrez Johnson as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Henry Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.
The Atlanta Braves released Bo Porter.
The Texas Rangers traded Ryan Ludwick to the Cleveland Indians for Ricardo Rodríguez and Shane Spencer.
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Tony Womack to the Colorado Rockies for Mike Watson (minors).
- July 18, 2002
The San Diego Padres signed Jonathan Johnson as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Adam Melhuse as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies released Chuck Smith.
The Colorado Rockies selected Randy Flores off waivers from the Texas Rangers.
- July 18, 2001
The Colorado Rockies signed Darryl Hamilton as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Chris Peters as a free agent.
- July 18, 2000
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Curtis Pride as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers purchased Hal Morris from the Cincinnati Reds.
- July 18, 1999
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Mark Thompson as a free agent.
- July 18, 1998
The Oakland Athletics traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Bip Roberts. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Wood (July 18, 1998) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
- July 18, 1997
The Texas Rangers signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants traded Brandon Leese (minors) and Bobby Rector (minors) to the Florida Marlins for Pat Rapp.
The Seattle Mariners traded Carlos Villalobos (minors), Dean Crow and Scott Sanders to the Detroit Tigers for Felipe Lira and Omar Olivares.
- July 18, 1995
The Toronto Blue Jays released Danny Darwin.
The San Francisco Giants released Ricky Trlicek.
The Chicago White Sox traded Warren Newson to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Jeff Darwin (October 9, 1995) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
- July 18, 1994
The Kansas City Royals signed Mike Jeffcoat as a free agent.
- July 18, 1993
The Atlanta Braves traded Vince Moore (minors), Donnie Elliott and Melvin Nieves to the San Diego Padres for Fred McGriff.
- July 18, 1991
The Cincinnati Reds signed Stan Jefferson as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Jim Presley as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds released Don Carman.
- July 18, 1989
The Toronto Blue Jays released Bob Brenly.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Mariano Duncan and Tim Leary to the Cincinnati Reds for Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris.
- July 18, 1986
The Oakland Athletics released Rick Langford.
- July 18, 1984
The Chicago White Sox signed Mike York as a free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Roy Smalley to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Doug Drabek (August 13, 1984) and Kevin Hickey (August 13, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
- July 18, 1983
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Ron Roenicke.
- July 18, 1981
The Chicago White Sox signed George Riley as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed DeWayne Vaughn as an amateur free agent.
- July 18, 1979
The Cleveland Indians signed Mike Stanton as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Mike Madden as an amateur free agent.
- July 18, 1978
The California Angels signed Al Fitzmorris as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded John Tamargo to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Rob Dressler (July 24, 1978) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
- July 18, 1975
The Montreal Expos purchased Jim Lyttle from the Chicago White Sox.
The Chicago White Sox purchased Jerry Moses from the San Diego Padres.
- July 18, 1973
The Baltimore Orioles signed Curt Motton as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals purchased Joe Hoerner from the Atlanta Braves.
- July 18, 1956
The Cincinnati Redlegs signed Bruce Edwards as a free agent.
- July 18, 1951
The St. Louis Browns released Johnny Berardino.
The Boston Red Sox traded a player to be named later, Matt Batts, Jim Suchecki and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Les Moss. The Boston Red Sox sent Jim McDonald (July 18, 1951) to the St. Louis Browns to complete the trade.
- July 18, 1941
The Chicago White Sox purchased Dave Philley from Shreveport (Texas).
- July 18, 1939
The Brooklyn Dodgers traded players to be named later and $35000 and 3 players to the Boston Red Sox for Pee Wee Reese. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Red Evans (September 1, 1939) and Art Parks (February 24, 1940) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- July 18, 1931
- July 18, 1930
The Chicago White Sox selected Bob Fothergill off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
- July 18, 1927
The Boston Braves purchased Luke Urban from Toledo (American Association).
The Philadelphia Athletics sent Joe Hassler (December 17, 1927) to Toledo (American Association) to complete the trade.
The New York Giants selected Les Mann off waivers from the Boston Braves.
- July 18, 1924
The Washington Nationals sent Pinky Hargrave (July 19, 1924) to Kansas City (American Association) to complete the trade. Pete Scott refused to report to his new team on July 26, 1924. cash and Pinky Hargrave returned to original team on July 26, 1924.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Jeff Pfeffer.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jeff Pfeffer as a free agent.
- July 18, 1923
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Eddie Moore from Atlanta (Southern Association).
- July 18, 1917
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Tony Boeckel from Great Falls (Northwestern) for $1,500.
- July 18, 1912
The Boston Braves purchased Win Noyes from Spokane (Northwestern).
- July 18, 1910
The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Lefty Russell from Baltimore (Eastern) for $12,000.
The Chicago Cubs purchased Vic Saier from Lansing (Southern Michigan) for $1,500.
- July 18, 1907
The New York Highlanders purchased Rube Manning from Williamsport (Tri-State).
The New York Giants released Tommy Corcoran.
- July 18, 1902
The Detroit Tigers loaned Harry Arndt to the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The Detroit Tigers loaned Sport McAllister to the Baltimore Orioles.
The Baltimore Orioles purchased Jack Katoll and Herm McFarland from the Chicago White Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- July 18, 1898
Fall River (New England) sent Hi Ladd to the Boston as part of a conditional deal.
Bill Keister returned to the Boston by Rochester (Eastern) as part of earlier loan.
- July 18, 1890
The Louisville Colonels signed Ned Bligh as a free agent.
The Brooklyn Gladiators signed Tom Ford as a free agent.
- July 18, 1880
The Cleveland Blues signed Mike McGeary as a free agent.
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