Historical Transactions Occurring on July 27

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Burch Smith.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Lou Trivino.

The Tampa Bay Rays released Jacob Waguespack.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Erick Fedde and cash to the Atlanta Braves for future considerations (minors).

The Boston Red Sox traded Gilberto Batista (minors), Cutter Coffey (minors) and Eddinson Paulino (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays for Danny Jansen.

The New York Yankees traded Abrahan Ramirez (minors), Jared Serna (minors) and Agustín Ramírez to the Miami Marlins for Jazz Chisholm Jr..

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Yujanyer Herrera (minors) and Bradley Blalock to the Colorado Rockies for Nick Mears.

The Chicago Cubs traded Josh Rivera (minors) and Yohendrick Pinango to the Toronto Blue Jays for Nate Pearson.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Sam Aldegheri and George Klassen to the Los Angeles Angels for Carlos Estévez.

The Atlanta Braves signed Seth Elledge as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Rowan Wick as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers released Mike Brosseau.

The Baltimore Orioles released Darwinzon Hernández.

The Atlanta Braves released Ryder Jones.

The Atlanta Braves released Roel Ramírez.

The Atlanta Braves released Matt Swarmer.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Jhonny Severino (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos Santana.

Shane Greene of the New York Yankees granted free agency.

The New York Yankees traded Chandler Champlain (minors), T.J. Sikkema (minors) and Beck Way to the Kansas City Royals for Andrew Benintendi.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Shane Smith as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies released Matt Adams.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Jon Duplantier.

The Houston Astros traded Joe Smith and Abraham Toro to the Seattle Mariners for Kendall Graveman and Rafael Montero.

The Washington Nationals signed Josh Harrison as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Alberto Rosario as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox released Cheslor Cuthbert.

The Oakland Athletics released Daniel Gossett.

The Miami Marlins selected Justin Shafer off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Miami Marlins selected Josh D. Smith off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Boston Red Sox selected Robert Stock off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased José Pirela from the San Diego Padres.

The St. Louis Cardinals released Chris Beck.

The Oakland Athletics released Nick Hundley.

The Kansas City Royals traded Jake Diekman to the Oakland Athletics for Ismael Aquino (minors) and Dairon Blanco.

The Miami Marlins traded Sergio Romo, Chris Vallimont and player to be named to the Minnesota Twins for Lewin Díaz.

The Seattle Mariners selected Keon Broxton off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Parker Markel off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

The New York Mets signed Austin Jackson as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Eric Sogard as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants released Chris Heston.

The New York Mets traded Asdrúbal Cabrera to the Philadelphia Phillies for Franklyn Kilome.

The Minnesota Twins traded Eduardo Escobar to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Ernie De La Trinidad (minors), Gabriel Maciel (minors) and Jhoan Duran.

The Texas Rangers traded Cole Hamels and cash to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Rollie Lacy (minors) and Eddie Butler. The Chicago Cubs sent Alexander Ovalles (minors) (August 14, 2018) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

The Kansas City Royals traded Mike Moustakas to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jorge López and Brett Phillips.

The Minnesota Twins traded Ryan Pressly to the Houston Astros for Jorge Alcala and Gilberto Celestino.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Sam Tuivailala to the Seattle Mariners for Seth Elledge.

The Washington Nationals signed Chad Huffman as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Neil Ramírez as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins released Paul Clemens.

The New York Yankees released Branden Pinder.

The New York Mets traded Lucas Duda to the Tampa Bay Rays for Drew Smith.

The Chicago White Sox traded Dan Jennings to the Tampa Bay Rays for Casey Gillaspie (minors).

The Minnesota Twins traded John Ryan Murphy to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gabriel Moya.

The Texas Rangers signed Craig Breslow as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Maikel Garcia as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves traded Dario Álvarez and Lucas Harrell to the Texas Rangers for Travis Demeritte.

The Chicago Cubs signed Javier Assad as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners purchased JC Ramirez from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Chicago Cubs released Edwin Jackson.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Scott Snodgress.

The Oakland Athletics traded Tyler Clippard and cash to the New York Mets for Casey Meisner (minors).

The Boston Red Sox traded Shane Victorino and cash to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Josh Rutledge.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Graham Godfrey as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals released Zach Jackson.

The Kansas City Royals released Max Ramírez.

The Houston Astros released Ronny Cedeño.

The Atlanta Braves signed Miguel Batista as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Brian Broderick as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jeff Frazier as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Jarrett Grube as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Rusty Ryal as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Rays released Brandon Allen.

The Washington Nationals released Rick Ankiel.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Johnny Hellweg, Ariel Peña and Jean Segura.

The Colorado Rockies traded Marco Scutaro and cash to the San Francisco Giants for Charlie Culberson.

The Houston Astros selected C.J. Fick off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Seattle Mariners signed Wily Mo Peña as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Adalberto Mondesí as an amateur free agent.

The Atlanta Braves purchased Wil Nieves from the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Arizona Diamondbacks purchased Michael Restovich from the Chicago White Sox.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Trever Miller, Colby Rasmus, Brian Tallet and P.J. Walters to the Toronto Blue Jays for Octavio Dotel, Edwin Jackson, Corey Patterson and Marc Rzepczynski.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded Jason Frasor and Zach Stewart to the Chicago White Sox for Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Juan Castro as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Travis Chick as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Ryan Vogelsong as a free agent.

The New York Mets released Bobby Livingston.

The Florida Marlins released Nate Robertson.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Troy Cate as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays released Wade Miller.

The Cleveland Indians traded Ryan Garko to the San Francisco Giants for Scott Barnes.

The Colorado Rockies signed Josh Hall as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Peter Bergeron as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Tim Harikkala as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Shea Hillenbrand as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Tim Collins as an amateur free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays released Jim Crowell.

The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Scott Hairston to the San Diego Padres for Leo Rosales.

The Chicago White Sox traded Tadahito Iguchi to the Philadelphia Phillies for Michael Dubee (minors).

The Texas Rangers traded Kenny Lofton to the Cleveland Indians for Max Ramírez.

The Kansas City Royals signed Esteban Yan as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Wil Cordero as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers released Ricky Bottalico.

The Chicago Cubs released Enrique Wilson.

The Boston Red Sox selected Luis Mendoza off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

The Baltimore Orioles sent Armando Ríos to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

The Seattle Mariners released John Olerud.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Matt Perisho.

The San Diego Padres signed Yamid Haad as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Carlos Gómez as an amateur free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays released Deion Sanders.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Adam Walker (minors) and Bruce Chen to the New York Mets for Dennis Cook and Turk Wendell.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Wayne Gomes to the San Francisco Giants for Felipe Crespo.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Fred McGriff to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and Manny Aybar. The Chicago Cubs sent Jason Smith (August 6, 2001) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.

The San Diego Padres released Mike Saipe.

The Kansas City Royals released Jamie Walker.

The Colorado Rockies traded Rolando Arrojo, Rich Croushore, Mike Lansing and cash to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Taglienti (minors), Jeff Frye, Brian Rose and John Wasdin.

The New York Yankees signed Don Wengert as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles released Joel Bennett.

The Houston Astros signed Josías Manzanillo as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies traded Craig Counsell to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Joel Bennett as a free agent.

The Houston Astros traded Rick Wilkins and cash to the San Francisco Giants for Kirt Manwaring.

The California Angels traded Pat Borders to the Chicago White Sox for Robert Ellis.

The California Angels traded McKay Christensen, Andrew Lorraine, Bill Simas and John Snyder to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Abbott and Tim Fortugno.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Ken Hill to the Cleveland Indians for Pepe McNeal (minors), David Bell and Rick Heiserman.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mike Sharperson as a free agent.

Steve Pegues of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Brian Hunter to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Micah Franklin (October 13, 1994) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

The New York Yankees released Neal Heaton.

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.

The Kansas City Royals signed Dennis Rasmussen as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Scott Bradley to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Joe McCann (minors) (September 15, 1992) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

The California Angels signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.

The Houston Astros released Ken Oberkfell.

The Atlanta Braves signed Charlie Kerfeld as a free agent.

The Houston Astros released Alex Treviño.

The Boston Red Sox traded a player to be named later, Ed Perozo (minors) and Greg Hansell to the New York Mets for Mike Marshall. The Boston Red Sox sent Paul Williams (minors) (November 19, 1990) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz to the Minnesota Twins for John Candelaria.

The Cleveland Indians signed David Palmer as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics released Bill Dawley.

The Montreal Expos traded Rick Carriger (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Doug Piatt.

The New York Mets traded a player to be named later, Lenny Dykstra and Roger McDowell to the Philadelphia Phillies for Juan Samuel. The New York Mets sent Tom Edens (July 27, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

The Texas Rangers signed Iván Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

The New York Yankees released Dale Berra.

The Oakland Athletics released Rick Peters.

The San Diego Padres signed Miguel Diloné as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Jim Kern.

The Oakland Athletics released Fernando Arroyo.

The Atlanta Braves released John D'Acquisto.

The New York Mets signed Terry Leach as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays purchased Tom Murphy from the Boston Red Sox.

The Baltimore Orioles purchased Ken Rudolph from the San Francisco Giants.

The Seattle Mariners traded Dave Pagan to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Rick Honeycutt (August 22, 1977) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

The Montreal Expos released Jim Lyttle.

The New York Mets released Cleon Jones.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Gene Dusan (minors) and Ed Crosby to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later and Ed Sprague. The Cincinnati Reds sent Roe Skidmore (September 30, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

The New York Mets released Jim Piersall.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Jim Piersall as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs released Jim Hegan.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded John Turk (minors) and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Hegan.

The Chicago Cubs released Clyde McCullough.

Oakland (PCL) purchased Al Gettel from the New York Giants.

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Harry Gumbert off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees for $97,000.

The St. Louis Browns purchased Lou Finney from the Boston Red Sox.

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Harry Shuman off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Brooklyn Dodgers released Freddie Fitzsimmons.

The Philadelphia Phils signed Hilly Flitcraft as an amateur free agent.

The New York Giants purchased Cliff Melton from Baltimore (International).

The Chicago White Sox purchased Bill Shores from Kansas City (American Association).

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Ray Benge off waivers from the Boston Bees.

The Cincinnati Reds released Bob O'Farrell.

The Boston Red Sox signed Joe Judge as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Clarence Pickrel.

The Chicago White Sox purchased Jule Mallonee from Durham (Piedmont).

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Lew McCarty as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The New York Giants purchased Doug Baird from the Brooklyn Robins.

The New York Yankees purchased Chicken Hawks from Calgary (Western Canada).

The New York Giants purchased Curt Walker from Augusta (South Atlantic) for $7,000.

The Boston Braves signed Chet Chadbourne as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Boston Braves signed Zeb Terry as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Carson Bigbee from Tacoma (Northwestern).

The Chicago Cubs purchased Earl Moore from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Boston Braves released King Brady.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Billy Kelly from St Paul (American Association).

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Vin Campbell from Aberdeen (Northwestern).

The Philadelphia Phillies released Mike Kahoe.

The Chicago released Charlie Dexter.

The Cleveland released George Yeager.

The Brooklyn Superbas purchased Bill Donovan from Richmond (Atlantic).

The Washington Senators released Jack Glasscock.

The St. Louis Browns released Denny Lyons.

The Brooklyn purchased Willie Keeler from the New York Giants for $800.

The Columbus Solons released Bill Kuehne.