Historical Transactions Occurring on July 26
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- July 26, 2023
The Boston Red Sox signed Eddy Alvarez as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Franklin German as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox released Jake Faria.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Ryan Tepera.
The Seattle Mariners released Konner Wade.
The Los Angeles Angels traded Ky Bush (minors) and Edgar Quero (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López.
The Boston Red Sox traded Marques Johnson (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Mauricio Llovera.
The Minnesota Twins traded Jorge López to the Miami Marlins for Dylan Floro.
The Seattle Mariners traded Mason McCoy to the Toronto Blue Jays for Trent Thornton.
The Cleveland Guardians traded Amed Rosario to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Noah Syndergaard and cash.
- July 26, 2022
The Texas Rangers signed Dallas Keuchel as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Vinny Nittoli as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Daniel Norris as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants purchased Ben Bowden from the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Toronto Blue Jays released Joe Biagini.
- July 26, 2021
The San Diego Padres traded Michell Miliano (minors), Tucupita Marcano and Jack Suwinski to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adam Frazier and cash.
The Oakland Athletics traded Greg Deichmann and Daniel Palencia to the Chicago Cubs for Andrew Chafin.
The New York Yankees traded Diego Castillo and Hoy Park to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Clay Holmes.
The Cleveland Indians selected Alex Young off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- July 26, 2020
The Cincinnati Reds selected Robel García off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
- July 26, 2019
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Tyler Ladendorf as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants released Brandon Beachy.
The Colorado Rockies released Seunghwan Oh.
The Colorado Rockies released Mark Reynolds.
The San Francisco Giants traded Derek Holland and cash to the Chicago Cubs for cash.
- July 26, 2018
The Baltimore Orioles released Elvis Araújo.
The Los Angeles Angels released Ben Revere.
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Madison Younginer.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded J.A. Happ to the New York Yankees for Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney.
The Los Angeles Angels traded Martín Maldonado to the Houston Astros for Patrick Sandoval and international bonus slot money.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Seunghwan Oh to the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later, Chad Spanberger (minors) and Forrest Wall. The Colorado Rockies sent Bryan Baker (August 14, 2018) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
The Chicago White Sox traded Joakim Soria and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for Kodi Medeiros (minors) and Wilber Pérez (minors).
The Tampa Bay Rays traded Jonny Venters to the Atlanta Braves for international bonus slot money.
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Oliver Drake off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.
- July 26, 2017
The Miami Marlins signed Chris Parmelee as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Chad Huffman.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Pat Neshek to the Colorado Rockies for Jose Gomez (minors), Alejandro Requena (minors) and J.D. Hammer.
The San Francisco Giants traded Eduardo Núñez to the Boston Red Sox for Shaun Anderson and Gregory Santos.
The Chicago White Sox traded Anthony Swarzak to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ryan Cordell.
- July 26, 2016
The Kansas City Royals signed Angel Zerpa as an amateur free agent.
The Texas Rangers released Justin Ruggiano.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Drew Storen and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Joaquín Benoit.
The San Diego Padres traded B.J. Upton and cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Hansel Rodriguez (minors).
- July 26, 2015
The Minnesota Twins signed Michael Bowden as a free agent.
The New York Yankees released Chris Smith.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Johnny Cueto and cash to the Kansas City Royals for Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed.
- July 26, 2014
The St. Louis Cardinals signed A.J. Pierzynski as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Randy Wolf as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves released Mark Hamilton.
The Boston Red Sox released Andrés Torres.
The Boston Red Sox traded Jake Peavy and cash to the San Francisco Giants for Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree.
- July 26, 2013
The Atlanta Braves signed Greg Golson as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Brendan Harris as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Humberto Quintero as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Eugenio Vélez as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Dariel Álvarez as an amateur free agent.
The San Francisco Giants purchased Guillermo Moscoso from the Chicago Cubs.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Cole Garner.
The Baltimore Orioles released Brandon Wood.
The Chicago Cubs traded Alfonso Soriano and cash to the New York Yankees for Corey Black (minors).
- July 26, 2012
The Miami Marlins sent Brad Davis to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
The New York Mets released Miguel Batista.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Trevor Bell.
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Travis Denker.
The Atlanta Braves released Eric Junge.
The Oakland Athletics released Chris Ray.
The Atlanta Braves released Lance Zawadzki.
- July 26, 2011
The Cincinnati Reds traded Jonny Gomes and cash to the Washington Nationals for Chris Manno (minors) and Bill Rhinehart (minors).
- July 26, 2010
The Texas Rangers released Geoff Geary.
The Seattle Mariners released Joe Nelson.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Saúl Rivera.
- July 26, 2009
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Jesús Colomé as a free agent.
The New York Mets released Brandon Knight.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded a player to be named later and Chris Perez to the Cleveland Indians for Mark DeRosa. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jess Todd (July 26, 2009) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
- July 26, 2008
The Chicago White Sox signed Jason Tyner as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays released Josh Labandeira.
The Cleveland Indians traded Casey Blake and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jon Meloan and Carlos Santana.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Dámaso Marte and Xavier Nady to the New York Yankees for Jeff Karstens, Daniel McCutchen, Ross Ohlendorf and José Tábata.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Anthony Reyes to the Cleveland Indians for Luis Perdomo.
- July 26, 2007
The Boston Red Sox signed Brady Clark as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Bret Prinz as a free agent.
- July 26, 2006
The San Francisco Giants released Matt Anderson.
The Seattle Mariners released Carl Everett.
The New York Yankees released Kelly Stinnett.
The Cleveland Indians traded Ben Broussard and cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
The New York Yankees traded Hector Made (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sal Fasano.
- July 26, 2005
The San Diego Padres signed Ryan Snare as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Reggie Taylor as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox released John Halama.
- July 26, 2004
The Cleveland Indians sent Russell Branyan to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a conditional deal.
- July 26, 2002
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Micah Franklin.
The Colorado Rockies selected Mark Watson off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
- July 26, 2001
The Cincinnati Reds released Dave Maurer.
The Chicago White Sox traded James Baldwin and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jeff Barry, Gary Majewski and Onan Masaoka.
- July 26, 2000
The Toronto Blue Jays sent Eric Gunderson to the San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal.
The New York Mets signed Justin Huber as an amateur free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Mark Dalesandro.
The Florida Marlins traded Jorge Cordova (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Manny Aybar.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Jamie Arnold, Jorge Piedra and cash to the Chicago Cubs for Ismael Valdez.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Rob Ducey to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Sneed (minors) (July 31, 2000) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Curt Schilling to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa, Travis Lee and Vicente Padilla.
- July 26, 1999
The San Diego Padres traded Greg Myers to the Atlanta Braves for Doug Dent (minors).
The Boston Red Sox traded Robert Ramsay to the Seattle Mariners for Butch Huskey.
- July 26, 1998
The Milwaukee Brewers released Paul Wagner.
- July 26, 1997
The Detroit Tigers signed Marcus Jensen as a free agent.
- July 26, 1995
The Colorado Rockies signed Joel Johnston as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Éric Gagné as an amateur free agent.
The Montreal Expos released Tom Foley.
The Florida Marlins released Keith Shepherd.
The Boston Red Sox released Wally Whitehurst.
- July 26, 1994
The Cleveland Indians signed Marco Scutaro as an amateur free agent.
- July 26, 1993
The Cincinnati Reds released Greg Cadaret.
The Oakland Athletics released Kevin Seitzer.
The San Diego Padres released Kurt Stillwell.
The Colorado Rockies traded a player to be named later, Brad Ausmus and Doug Bochtler to the San Diego Padres for Greg Harris and Bruce Hurst. The Colorado Rockies sent Andy Ashby (July 27, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
- July 26, 1992
The Chicago Cubs signed Dave Pavlas as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Ralph Milliard as an amateur free agent.
- July 26, 1991
The Philadelphia Phillies released Jeff Tabaka.
The Oakland Athletics traded Apolinar Garcia (minors) and Lee Tinsley to the Cleveland Indians for Brook Jacoby.
- July 26, 1988
The Atlanta Braves released Gary Roenicke.
- July 26, 1986
The Chicago Cubs traded Ron Meridith to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later and Bryan Dial (minors). The Texas Rangers sent Rich Surhoff (July 28, 1986) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- July 26, 1985
The Pittsburgh Pirates released John Henry Johnson.
The Chicago Cubs traded Tom Grant to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Beard.
- July 26, 1984
The Montreal Expos traded Jim Jefferson (minors) and Andy McGaffigan to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Driessen.
- July 26, 1983
The Seattle Mariners signed Ron Roenicke as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers released Rick Lancellotti.
The San Diego Padres released Jerry Turner.
- July 26, 1982
The Minnesota Twins released Darrell Jackson.
- July 26, 1978
The Oakland Athletics released Tito Fuentes.
- July 26, 1977
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Jim Wynn as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves released Steve Kline.
- July 26, 1974
The Detroit Tigers signed Sheldon Burnside as an amateur free agent.
- July 26, 1972
The St. Louis Cardinals released Tony Cloninger.
The Oakland Athletics traded a player to be named later, Vic Harris and Marty Martínez to the Texas Rangers for Ted Kubiak and Don Mincher. The Oakland Athletics sent Steve Lawson (July 26, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
- July 26, 1971
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Dave Ricketts as a free agent.
- July 26, 1969
The California Angels purchased Billy Cowan from the New York Yankees.
The Washington Senators purchased Zoilo Versalles from the Cleveland Indians.
- July 26, 1968
The Detroit Tigers traded Dennis Ribant to the Chicago White Sox for Don McMahon.
- July 26, 1966
The Atlanta Braves purchased Ty Cline from the Chicago Cubs.
- July 26, 1965
The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets for Frank Lary. The Chicago White Sox sent Jimmie Schaffer (July 26, 1965) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
- July 26, 1962
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Jay Ward to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Cueto.
- July 26, 1961
The Kansas City Athletics released Hank Bauer.
- July 26, 1960
The Detroit Tigers purchased Harry Chiti from the Kansas City Athletics.
The Baltimore Orioles released Bobby Thomson.
The Detroit Tigers traded Rocky Bridges and Red Wilson to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Foiles.
- July 26, 1959
The San Francisco Giants traded Billy Muffett and cash to the Boston Red Sox for Bud Byerly.
The New York Yankees selected Gary Blaylock off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- July 26, 1958
The Chicago Cubs released Ted Tappe.
- July 26, 1955
The Baltimore Orioles signed Ted Gray as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Gordie Sundin as an amateur free agent.
The Chicago White Sox purchased Bobby Adams from the Cincinnati Redlegs.
- July 26, 1948
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Ken Burkhart to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Young.
The Boston Red Sox selected Earl Caldwell off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
- July 26, 1945
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Jake Powell from the Washington Nationals.
- July 26, 1938
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Dick West from Baltimore (International).
- July 26, 1937
The Cleveland Indians traded Blondy Ryan to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall.
- July 26, 1935
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Chile Gómez as a free agent.
- July 26, 1934
The Boston Braves purchased Les Mallon from Buffalo (International).
- July 26, 1933
The St. Louis Cardinals released Rogers Hornsby.
The St. Louis Browns signed Rogers Hornsby as a free agent.
- July 26, 1927
Fort Worth (Texas) purchased Joe Pate from the Philadelphia Athletics.
- July 26, 1924
The New York Giants signed Leon Cadore as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
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.
- July 26, 1921
The Chicago Cubs released Lefty Tyler.
- July 26, 1918
The New York Yankees purchased Jack Fournier from Los Angeles (Pacific Coast).
- July 26, 1913
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Doug Baird from Springfield (I-I-I).
- July 26, 1912
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Sandy Burk from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- July 26, 1910
Indianapolis (American Association) purchased Skip Dowd from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Detroit Tigers purchased Art Loudell from Waco (Texas).
Jersey City (Eastern) purchased Larry McClure from the New York Highlanders.
Kansas City (American Association) purchased Bill Powell from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- July 26, 1909
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Clare Patterson from Guthrie (Western Association).
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased John Raleigh from Vernon (PCL).
The Boston Doves released Vive Lindaman.
- July 26, 1908
The Detroit Tigers selected George Winter off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
- July 26, 1904
The Cleveland Napoleons purchased Fritz Buelow from the Detroit Tigers.
- July 26, 1901
The Cleveland signed Joe Connor as a free agent.
- July 26, 1899
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Harry Croft as a free agent.
- July 26, 1898
The Boston signed Dave Pickett as a free agent.
- July 26, 1890
The Syracuse Stars signed Ezra Lincoln as a free agent.
- July 26, 1889
The Indianapolis Hoosiers signed Gus Krock as a free agent.
The New York Giants purchased Hank O'Day from the Washington Nationals.
- July 26, 1885
The Buffalo Bisons released Jim McCauley. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
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