Historical Transactions Occurring on July 28
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- July 28, 2025
The Atlanta Braves purchased Carlos Carrasco from the New York Yankees.
The Boston Red Sox released Austin Adams.
The Chicago Cubs released Jake Brentz.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Jadher Areinamo (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Danny Jansen and cash.
The Detroit Tigers traded Enrique Jimenez (minors) to the Minnesota Twins for Randy Dobnak and Chris Paddack.
- July 28, 2024
Josh Fleming of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Spencer Howard of the Cleveland Guardians granted free agency.
The San Diego Padres released Glenn Otto.
The Los Angeles Angels released CD Pelham.
The Texas Rangers released Austin Pruitt.
The Chicago Cubs traded Ty Johnson (minors), Hunter Bigge and Christopher Morel to the Tampa Bay Rays for Isaac Paredes.
The San Diego Padres traded Homer Bush (minors), J.D. Gonzalez (minors) and Dylan Lesko (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jason Adam.
The New York Mets traded Tyler Stuart (minors) to the Washington Nationals for Jesse Winker.
The Texas Rangers traded Liam Hicks and Tyler Owens to the Detroit Tigers for Carson Kelly.
The Boston Red Sox selected Yohan Ramírez off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- July 28, 2023
The Colorado Rockies signed Roman Quinn as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers purchased Kevin Plawecki from the San Diego Padres.
The Miami Marlins traded Ronald Hernandez (minors) and Marco Vargas (minors) to the New York Mets for David Robertson.
The Chicago White Sox traded Kendall Graveman to the Houston Astros for Korey Lee.
The Chicago White Sox traded Joe Kelly and Lance Lynn to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jordan Leasure, Nick Nastrini and Trayce Thompson.
- July 28, 2022
The Boston Red Sox signed Danny Santana as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Logan VanWey as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics released Ryan Castellani.
The Oakland Athletics released Grant Holmes.
The Oakland Athletics released Drew Jackson.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Phillip Diehl and Tyler Naquin to the New York Mets for José Acuña (minors) and Héctor Rodríguez (minors).
- July 28, 2021
Eric Campbell voluntarily retired from the Seattle Mariners.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Keury Mella.
The Chicago Cubs released Eric Sogard.
The Seattle Mariners traded Carter Bins (minors) and Joaquin Tejada (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tyler Anderson.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Alberto Ciprian (minors) and Cooper Hummel to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Eduardo Escobar.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Case Williams (minors) and Noah Davis to the Colorado Rockies for Mychal Givens.
The New York Yankees traded Luis Cessa and Justin Wilson to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jason Parker (minors) (August 30, 2021) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
The Houston Astros traded Bryan De La Cruz and Austin Pruitt to the Miami Marlins for Yimi García.
The Oakland Athletics traded Jesús Luzardo to the Miami Marlins for Starling Marte.
- July 28, 2020
The Kansas City Royals signed Matt Harvey as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins selected Mike Morin off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
- July 28, 2019
The Texas Rangers returned Kyle Dowdy (earlier draft pick) to the Cleveland Indians.
Mike Marjama of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
The Kansas City Royals released Lucas Duda.
The Tampa Bay Rays traded Ian Gibaut to the Texas Rangers for player to be named or cash.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Eric Sogard to the Tampa Bay Rays for players to be named later. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Curtis Taylor (minors) (September 1, 2019) and Edisson Gonzalez (minors) (September 1, 2019) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Marcus Stroman and cash to the New York Mets for Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson.
The Tampa Bay Rays traded Christian Arroyo and Hunter Wood to the Cleveland Indians for Ruben Cardenas (minors) and international bonus slot money.
- July 28, 2018
The Colorado Rockies signed Santiago Casilla as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Brian Ellington.
The Chicago White Sox released Jacob May.
The Detroit Tigers selected Josh Smoker off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- July 28, 2017
The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased Luke Farrell from the Kansas City Royals.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Hank Conger.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jeremy Hellickson to the Baltimore Orioles for Garrett Cleavinger, Hyun Soo Kim and international bonus slot money.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Howie Kendrick and cash to the Washington Nationals for McKenzie Mills (minors) and international bonus slot money.
The Tampa Bay Rays traded Erasmo Ramírez to the Seattle Mariners for Steve Cishek and cash.
The Miami Marlins traded AJ Ramos to the New York Mets for Ricardo Cespedes (minors) and Merandy González.
- July 28, 2016
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Erik Kratz as a free agent.
The New York Yankees released Lane Adams.
The Detroit Tigers released Lendy Castillo.
The Toronto Blue Jays released Tony Sanchez.
The Minnesota Twins traded Eduardo Núñez to the San Francisco Giants for Adalberto Mejía.
- July 28, 2015
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Phillippe Aumont as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Vince Belnome as a free agent.
Brent Morel of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Joe Thatcher of the Houston Astros granted free agency.
The Tampa Bay Rays traded David DeJesus to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Eduar Lopez (minors).
The Cleveland Indians traded David Murphy to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Eric Stamets.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jonathan Papelbon and cash to the Washington Nationals for Nick Pivetta.
The Colorado Rockies traded LaTroy Hawkins and Troy Tulowitzki to the Toronto Blue Jays for Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, José Reyes and Jesús Tinoco.
The Oakland Athletics traded Ben Zobrist and cash to the Kansas City Royals for Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea.
The Boston Red Sox selected Jean Machi off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
- July 28, 2014
The Minnesota Twins signed DJ Johnson as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Nick Evans.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Tony Gwynn.
The Cincinnati Reds released Adam Russell.
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Erick Threets.
The Chicago Cubs traded Darwin Barney and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jonathan Martinez (minors) (July 30, 2014) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Liam Hendriks and Erik Kratz to the Kansas City Royals for Danny Valencia.
- July 28, 2012
The Atlanta Braves signed Josh Kroeger as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Mike MacDougal as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Humberto Quintero as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics traded Fautino De Los Santos to the Milwaukee Brewers for George Kottaras.
The Minnesota Twins traded Francisco Liriano to the Chicago White Sox for Eduardo Escobar and Pedro Hernández.
The Houston Astros selected Steve Pearce off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
- July 28, 2011
The Milwaukee Brewers purchased Felipe López from the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Toronto Blue Jays purchased César Valdez from the Florida Marlins.
The Chicago Cubs traded Kosuke Fukudome and cash to the Cleveland Indians for Abner Abreu (minors) and Carlton Smith (minors).
The New York Mets traded Carlos Beltrán and cash to the San Francisco Giants for Zack Wheeler.
- July 28, 2010
The Chicago White Sox signed Jon Adkins as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves released Alejandro Machado.
The Cleveland Indians traded Jhonny Peralta and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Giovanni Soto.
The Kansas City Royals traded Scott Podsednik to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Elisaul Pimentel (minors) and Lucas May.
- July 28, 2009
The New York Mets signed Adam Pettyjohn as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Dan Butler as an amateur free agent.
The Oakland Athletics traded a player to be named later, Craig Italiano (minors) and Ryan Webb to the San Diego Padres for Scott Hairston. The Oakland Athletics sent Sean Gallagher (July 28, 2009) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
The Boston Red Sox traded Mark Kotsay to the Chicago White Sox for Brian Anderson.
- July 28, 2008
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Carlos Hernández as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Heath Phillips as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Tom Shearn as a free agent.
- July 28, 2007
The Florida Marlins signed Jason Phillips as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres released Russell Branyan.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Shaun Cumberland (minors), Jorge Cantú and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Calvin Medlock (minors) and Brian Shackelford.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Ty Wigginton and cash to the Houston Astros for Dan Wheeler.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Seth McClung to the Milwaukee Brewers for Grant Balfour.
- July 28, 2006
The Oakland Athletics signed Brandon Puffer as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers released Tike Redman.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Willy Aybar, Danys Báez and cash to the Atlanta Braves for Wilson Betemit.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded David Bell to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wilfrido Laureano (minors).
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Nelson Cruz and Carlos Lee to the Texas Rangers for Julian Cordero (minors), Francisco Cordero, Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix.
The Washington Nationals traded Mike Stanton to the San Francisco Giants for Shairon Martis.
- July 28, 2005
The Colorado Rockies traded Shawn Chacón to the New York Yankees for Eduardo Sierra (minors) and Ramón Ramírez.
The San Diego Padres traded J.J. Furmaniak to the Pittsburgh Pirates for David Ross.
- July 28, 2004
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Fred McGriff.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Luis Ortiz.
- July 28, 2003
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Pedro Borbón as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos signed Vic Darensbourg as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Raúl Casanova.
The Houston Astros released Brian Hunter.
The Kansas City Royals traded Jeremy Hill to the New York Mets for Graeme Lloyd.
- July 28, 2002
The Chicago White Sox traded Kenny Lofton to the San Francisco Giants for Ryan Meaux (minors) and Félix Díaz.
The Cleveland Indians traded Paul Shuey to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Francisco Cruceta, Terry Mulholland and Ricardo Rodríguez.
- July 28, 2001
The Pittsburgh Pirates released John Wehner.
The Minnesota Twins traded Mark Redman to the Detroit Tigers for Todd Jones.
- July 28, 2000
The Cincinnati Reds signed Robin Jennings as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Lou Merloni as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles released Rich Amaral.
The Colorado Rockies released Bubba Carpenter.
The Toronto Blue Jays released Brendan Donnelly.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Todd Belitz and Jim Mecir to the Oakland Athletics for Jesús Colomé.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Mike Bordick to the New York Mets for Pat Gorman (minors), Leslie Brea, Mike Kinkade and Melvin Mora.
The Anaheim Angels traded Brett Hinchliffe and Keith Luuloa to the Chicago Cubs for Brett King (minors), Chris Hatcher and Mike Heathcott.
The Cleveland Indians traded Ricky Ledée to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.
The Cleveland Indians traded Alex Ramírez and Enrique Wilson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Wil Cordero.
The Cleveland Indians traded a player to be named later, Kane Davis, Paul Rigdon and Richie Sexson to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jason Bere, Bob Wickman and Steve Woodard. The Cleveland Indians sent Marco Scutaro (August 30, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Bubba Trammell and Rick White to the New York Mets for Jason Tyner and Paul Wilson.
- July 28, 1999
The Boston Red Sox signed Lenny Webster as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Jesse Levis.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair to the Seattle Mariners for David Segui.
- July 28, 1998
The Baltimore Orioles released Norm Charlton.
The Oakland Athletics traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Tim Worrell. The Oakland Athletics sent Adam Robinson (minors) (July 28, 1998) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
- July 28, 1997
The Anaheim Angels released Kevin Gross.
- July 28, 1996
The Atlanta Braves signed Wilson Betemit as an amateur free agent.
The Boston Red Sox released Frank Bolick.
- July 28, 1995
The Houston Astros sent Ross Powell to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
The California Angels signed Carlos Martínez as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Ricky Trlicek as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Ivanon Coffie as an amateur free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and Bobby Bonilla. The New York Mets sent Jimmy Williams (minors) (August 16, 1995) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded David Cone to the New York Yankees for Mike Gordon (minors), Jason Jarvis (minors) and Marty Janzen.
The Oakland Athletics traded Jason Beverlin and Rubén Sierra to the New York Yankees for Danny Tartabull.
- July 28, 1993
The Seattle Mariners signed Ted Power as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies released Mark Grant.
- July 28, 1992
The Detroit Tigers signed John Cangelosi as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Kal Daniels. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Sodders (minors) (July 28, 1992) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded a player to be named later and Steve Searcy to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Stan Javier. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Julio Peguero (July 28, 1992) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
- July 28, 1991
The Baltimore Orioles released Oddibe McDowell.
- July 28, 1990
The Detroit Tigers signed Walt Terrell as a free agent.
- July 28, 1989
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Bill Dawley as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Matt Grott as an amateur free agent.
The Houston Astros released Bob Knepper.
The Detroit Tigers traded Keith Moreland to the Baltimore Orioles for Brian Dubois.
- July 28, 1988
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Salomé Barojas from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
The Atlanta Braves released Ken Griffey.
The Montreal Expos traded Bryan Oelkers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Noce.
- July 28, 1987
The California Angels signed Bill Buckner as a free agent.
- July 28, 1986
The Cincinnati Reds released Iván de Jesús.
The Texas Rangers traded a player to be named later and Bryan Dial (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Meridith. The Texas Rangers sent Rich Surhoff (July 28, 1986) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- July 28, 1983
The Montreal Expos released Randy Lerch.
- July 28, 1980
The Texas Rangers purchased Ed Figueroa from the New York Yankees.
- July 28, 1978
The California Angels traded Gil Flores to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Pepe Mangual (July 29, 1978) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
- July 28, 1976
The Cincinnati Reds released Luis Sánchez.
- July 28, 1975
The New York Mets purchased Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics.
- July 28, 1974
The Chicago Cubs traded Horacio Piña to the California Angels for Rick Stelmaszek.
- July 28, 1972
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Ron Clark and Paul Ratliff to the California Angels for Joe Azcue and Syd O'Brien.
- July 28, 1968
The Philadelphia Phillies released Dyar Miller.
- July 28, 1965
The Cincinnati Reds traded Jim Coates and a player to be named to the California Angels for Bobby Locke.
- July 28, 1964
The Cincinnati Reds traded Bobby Klaus to the New York Mets for Tim Harkness.
The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later and Joe Cunningham to the Washington Senators for Carl Bouldin and Bill Skowron. The Chicago White Sox sent Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.
- July 28, 1962
The Houston Colt .45s purchased Gordon Jones from the Kansas City Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- July 28, 1961
The New York Yankees purchased Bob Hale from the Cleveland Indians.
- July 28, 1960
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Bill Heath as an amateur free agent.
- July 28, 1956
The Milwaukee Braves purchased Bob Ross from the Washington Nationals for $30,000.
- July 28, 1952
The Chicago White Sox traded Ray Coleman and Jay Porter to the St. Louis Browns for Darrell Johnson and Jim Rivera.
- July 28, 1951
The Cincinnati Reds signed Danny Litwhiler as a free agent.
- July 28, 1950
The Chicago Cubs signed Gene Fodge as an amateur free agent.
- July 28, 1947
The Philadelphia Athletics released Lee Griffeth.
- July 28, 1944
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Vern Kennedy from the Cleveland Indians.
- July 28, 1940
The New York Giants released Willis Hudlin.
- July 28, 1939
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Gus Suhr to the Philadelphia Phillies for Max Butcher.
- July 28, 1937
Billy Urbanski retired from the Boston Bees.
- July 28, 1934
Mission (PCL) sent Wayne Osborne to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
The Washington Nationals released Moe Berg.
The New York Giants released George Grantham.
- July 28, 1928
- July 28, 1926
- July 28, 1924
The Boston Braves purchased Marty Shay from Worcester (Eastern).
- July 28, 1920
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Heinie Mueller from Fort Smith (Western Association).
The Washington Nationals selected Fred Thomas off waivers from the Philadelphia Athletics.
- July 28, 1919
The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Slim Harriss and Glenn Myatt from Houston (Texas).
Kansas City (American Association) purchased Hooks Warner from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- July 28, 1918
The Brooklyn Robins signed Jimmy Archer as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The Chicago White Sox signed Wilbur Good as a free agent.
- July 28, 1916
The Philadelphia Athletics signed Charlie Grimm as an amateur free agent.
- July 28, 1915
The New York Giants purchased George Kelly from Victoria (Northwest) for $1,200. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The Washington Nationals purchased Sam Rice from Petersburg (Virginia).
- July 28, 1914
The Boston Braves purchased Ensign Cottrell from Baltimore (International).
The Cleveland Naps traded Vean Gregg to the Boston Red Sox for Fritz Coumbe, Ben Egan and Rankin Johnson.
- July 28, 1913
The New York Yankees purchased Doc Cook from Austin (Texas). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- July 28, 1909
The Brooklyn Superbas purchased Eddie Dent from Winston-Salem (Carolina Association).
The Brooklyn Superbas purchased Elmer Knetzer from Lawrence (New England).
The Brooklyn Superbas purchased Harry Redmond from Winston-Salem (Carolina Association).
- July 28, 1905
The Boston Americans purchased Joe Harris from Fall River (New England).
The Boston Americans purchased Bob Peterson from Fall River (New England).
- July 28, 1902
The Baltimore Orioles signed Bill Mellor as a free agent.
- July 28, 1899
The Boston released Frank Killen.
The Cincinnati Reds released Jake Stenzel.
- July 28, 1896
The Boston released Joe Harrington.
- July 28, 1891
The New York Giants purchased Andy Dunning from Manchester (New England).
The Philadelphia Athletics released Ed Beecher.
The Philadelphia Athletics released John Corkhill.
- July 28, 1890
The Cincinnati Reds released Kid Baldwin.
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