Historical Transactions Occurring on August 2

The Detroit Tigers signed Tyler Owens as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres purchased Eli Wilson (minors) from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The New York Mets released Junior Fernández.

The Chicago Cubs released Kenta Maeda.

The New York Mets released Julian Merryweather.

The Los Angeles Angels released Kevin Newman.

The New York Mets released Colin Poche.

The Los Angeles Angels released Sean Poppen.

The Chicago White Sox released Noah Syndergaard.

The Los Angeles Angels released Touki Toussaint.

The Los Angeles Angels released LaMonte Wade Jr..

The Baltimore Orioles selected Ryan Noda off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

The Boston Red Sox released Chase Anderson.

The Seattle Mariners released Ty Buttrey.

The New York Yankees released J.D. Davis.

The Miami Marlins released Jonathan Davis.

The St. Louis Cardinals released Giovanny Gallegos.

The Toronto Blue Jays released Mike Mayers.

The Minnesota Twins released Josh Staumont.

The Boston Red Sox released Brandon Walter.

The Kansas City Royals traded Kevin Padlo to the Chicago Cubs for unknown compensation.

The Seattle Mariners selected Jonathan Hernández off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

The Houston Astros selected Janson Junk off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Miami Marlins selected John McMillon off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

The Miami Marlins selected Cristian Pache off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

The Chicago White Sox selected Gus Varland off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Chicago Cubs selected Trey Wingenter off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Rowan Wick as a free agent.

Didi Gregorius of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Nabil Crismatt.

The Washington Nationals released Corey Dickerson.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Josh Harrison.

The Chicago Cubs released Trey Mancini.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Zach McAllister.

The Chicago White Sox released Chris Shaw.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Jeremy Beasley from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Baltimore Orioles purchased Brett Phillips from the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Austin Romine from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Oakland Athletics released Christian Lopes.

The Chicago White Sox released Yacksel Ríos.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Antoine Kelly (minors) and Mark Mathias to the Texas Rangers for Matt Bush.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Malcom Nuñez (minors) and Johan Oviedo to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jose Quintana and Chris Stratton.

The Atlanta Braves traded Kris Anglin (minors) to the Detroit Tigers for Robbie Grossman.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Carlos Guarate (minors) to the Oakland Athletics for Austin Allen.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jadiel Sanchez (minors) and Mickey Moniak to the Los Angeles Angels for Noah Syndergaard.

The New York Mets traded Saúl González (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Mychal Givens.

The Seattle Mariners traded Michael Stryffeler (minors) and Andy Thomas (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Matthew Boyd and Curt Casali.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded Moises Brito (minors) and Nick Frasso (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Alex De Jesus (minors) and Mitch White.

The San Diego Padres traded Max Ferguson (minors), Corey Rosier (minors), Eric Hosmer and cash to the Boston Red Sox for Jay Groome (minors).

The San Diego Padres traded Victor Acosta (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Brandon Drury.

The San Diego Padres traded Jarlin Susana (minors), CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore, Robert Hassell III, Luke Voit and James Wood to the Washington Nationals for Josh Bell and Juan Soto.

The Minnesota Twins traded Juan Nunez (minors), Juan Rojas (minors), Yennier Cano and Cade Povich to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge López and cash.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Harrison Bader to the New York Yankees for Jordan Montgomery.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Clayton Beeter to the New York Yankees for Joey Gallo.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Ben Brown to the Chicago Cubs for David Robertson.

The Atlanta Braves traded Jesse Chavez and Tucker Davidson to the Los Angeles Angels for Raisel Iglesias.

The Minnesota Twins traded Steve Hajjar (minors), Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Spencer Steer to the Cincinnati Reds for Tyler Mahle.

The Minnesota Twins traded Sawyer Gipson-Long to the Detroit Tigers for Michael Fulmer.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded Jordan Groshans to the Miami Marlins for a player to be named later, Anthony Bass and Zach Pop. The Miami Marlins sent Edward Duran (minors) (August 31, 2022) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

The Minnesota Twins traded Ian Hamilton to the Cleveland Guardians for Sandy León.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Jake Lamb to the Seattle Mariners for player to be named later.

The Houston Astros traded Jake Odorizzi to the Atlanta Braves for Will Smith.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Logan O'Hoppe to the Los Angeles Angels for Brandon Marsh.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Tristan Peters to the San Francisco Giants for Trevor Rosenthal.

The San Diego Padres traded Brent Rooker to the Kansas City Royals for Cam Gallagher.

The New York Mets traded Nick Zwack (minors), J.D. Davis, Carson Seymour and Thomas Szapucki to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Ruf.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded Max Castillo and Samad Taylor to the Kansas City Royals for Whit Merrifield.

The San Francisco Giants traded Jeremy Walker to the Tampa Bay Rays for Ford Proctor.

The Chicago Cubs selected Kervin Castro off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

The Chicago White Sox selected Tobias Myers off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Andrew Vasquez off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Oakland Athletics signed Domingo Acevedo as a free agent.

Nick Tropeano of the New York Mets granted free agency.

Brandon Workman of the Boston Red Sox granted free agency.

The Milwaukee Brewers purchased John Axford from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Baltimore Orioles released Cody Carroll.

The Cleveland Indians released Zack Godley.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Brandon Kintzler.

The Baltimore Orioles released Evan Phillips.

The Chicago White Sox released Connor Sadzeck.

The Baltimore Orioles released Chris Shaw.

The Minnesota Twins released Matt Shoemaker.

The Chicago White Sox released Nick Williams.

The Chicago Cubs released Tony Wolters.

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Anthony Banda off waivers from the New York Mets.

The Texas Rangers selected DJ Peters off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Sean Poppen off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

The New York Mets selected Jake Reed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Detroit Tigers selected Nivaldo Rodriguez off waivers from the Houston Astros.

The Houston Astros selected Jacob Wilson off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

The Seattle Mariners selected Marcus Wilson off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

The San Francisco Giants returned Dany Jiménez (earlier draft pick) to the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Miami Marlins signed Logan Forsythe as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Tyler Bashlor from the New York Mets.

The Chicago White Sox released Kelvin Herrera.

The New York Mets traded Jordan Humphreys (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Billy Hamilton.

The Miami Marlins selected Brian Moran off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Atlanta Braves signed Lane Adams as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Lucas Duda as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins purchased Brandon Barnes from the Cleveland Indians.

The Chicago White Sox released Alcides Escobar.

The Atlanta Braves released Luiz Gohara.

The Cleveland Indians released Neil Ramírez.

The San Francisco Giants released Henry Ramos.

The Cleveland Indians released Trayce Thompson.

The San Francisco Giants released Nick Vincent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Tim Federowicz as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Mike Hauschild as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Chris Tillman as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Zach Penrod as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians released Louis Head.

The Seattle Mariners released Kirk Nieuwenhuis.

The Minnesota Twins released Paco Rodríguez.

The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Foley as an amateur free agent.

The Miami Marlins released Carlos Corporán.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Alexi Ogando.

The Philadelphia Phillies released J.C. Gutiérrez.

The Milwaukee Brewers released Donnie Murphy.

The Miami Marlins released Matt Angle.

The New York Yankees released Bruce Billings.

The San Diego Padres released Billy Buckner.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Luis Martinez.

The Cincinnati Reds released Ryan Rowland-Smith.

The Cincinnati Reds selected Jake Elmore off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Ryan Wheeler off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

The Cleveland Indians released Boof Bonser.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Drew Carpenter.

The Detroit Tigers released Cesar Carrillo.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Ted Lilly.

The Texas Rangers selected Adam Rosales off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

The Houston Astros signed Brian Sanches as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Thairo Estrada as an amateur free agent.

The Chicago White Sox released Dallas McPherson.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Scott Podsednik.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Brian Sanches.

The Cincinnati Reds released Brett Tomko.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Brian Bocock from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Houston Astros released Casey Fien.

The New York Yankees released Randy Flores.

The Baltimore Orioles selected Jo-Jo Reyes off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Brandon Jones to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

The San Diego Padres signed Mike Koplove as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves released Willy Taveras.

The Chicago White Sox signed Dylan Axelrod as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners released Roy Corcoran.

The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Josh Wilson to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

Gary Glover of the Tampa Bay Rays granted free agency.

The St. Louis Cardinals released Matt Clement.

The Cleveland Indians signed Scott Elarton as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins released David Lee.

The Florida Marlins signed Jason Romano as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres released Brian Falkenborg.

The San Francisco Giants released Marquis Grissom.

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Aquilino López off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Darren Bragg as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Dave Elder as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Tom Evans as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Benji Gil as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Mark Little as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Kevin McGlinchy as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Meyers as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Kevin Orie as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Keith Osik as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Jason Pearson as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed José Rodríguez as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Jesús Sánchez as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed José Silva as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Tim Young as a free agent.

The New York Yankees purchased Lance Davis from Long Island (Atlantic).

The Philadelphia Phillies traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Brian Sanches. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Mauber Lopez (minors) (August 2, 2004) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

The Colorado Rockies signed Pascual Matos as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Rudy Seánez as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs released Lenny Harris.

The Baltimore Orioles released Justin Atchley.

The Atlanta Braves released Joe Nelson.

The Chicago Cubs traded players to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chad Hermansen. Darren Lewis refused to report to his new team. The Chicago Cubs sent Tim Lavery (minors) (August 2, 2002), Rick Palma (minors) (August 2, 2002), cash (August 2, 2002) and cash (August 2, 2002) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

The Detroit Tigers signed Bryce Florie as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Charlie Greene as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed J.R. Phillips as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos purchased Luis Ortiz from Winnipeg (Northern).

The Philadelphia Phillies traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mickey Lopez. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Bobby Sismondo (minors) (August 2, 2001) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Ray Lankford and cash to the San Diego Padres for Woody Williams.

The Kansas City Royals signed Andrés Blanco as an amateur free agent.

The New York Mets released Jed Hansen.

The Boston Red Sox traded Aaron Holbert to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Nelson Lara (minors) (March 30, 2001) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

The Florida Marlins signed Ronald Belisario as an amateur free agent.

The Cleveland Indians released Tom Candiotti.

The St. Louis Cardinals released Brian Hunter.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed José Bautista as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox sent Brent Cookson to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Esteban Beltré as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Yurendell de Caster as an amateur free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Oswaldo Mairena as an amateur free agent.

The Colorado Rockies released Milt Thompson.

The Boston Red Sox released Bill Wertz.

Mike Scioscia voluntarily retired from the Texas Rangers.

The Seattle Mariners signed Aaron Scheffer as an amateur free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Don Carman as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers released Rick Renteria.

The Montreal Expos released Dave Schmidt.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Lynn Carlson (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Brian Dorsett.

The Boston Red Sox purchased Wayne Housie from Salinas (California).

The San Francisco Giants signed Bob Brenly as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers released Dave Engle.

The Chicago White Sox traded Ray Chadwick to the Boston Red Sox for Dana Williams.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Ken Griffey as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners released Larry Milbourne.

The California Angels traded a player to be named later, Mike Brown and Pat Clements to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Candelaria, George Hendrick and Al Holland. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

The California Angels released Ron Jackson.

The San Diego Padres signed Rick Lancellotti as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals purchased Eric Rasmussen from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Dave Tomlin from the Montreal Expos.

Dave Revering of the Toronto Blue Jays granted free agency.

The Montreal Expos purchased Doug Flynn from the Texas Rangers for $40,000.

The California Angels purchased Luis Tiant from Tabasco (Mexican).

The Chicago Cubs traded players to be named later to the New York Yankees for Pat Tabler. The Chicago Cubs sent Bill Caudill (April 1, 1982) and Jay Howell (August 2, 1982) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

The New York Mets purchased José Cardenal from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Seattle Mariners sent Stan Thomas to the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Luis Alcaraz from the Atlanta Braves.

The Detroit Tigers selected Woodie Fryman off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Kevin Collins from the Montreal Expos.

The Washington Senators traded Ron Hansen to the Chicago White Sox for Tim Cullen.

The New York Mets purchased Cal Koonce from the Chicago Cubs.

The Kansas City Athletics purchased Don Blasingame from the Washington Senators.

The Chicago Cubs released Billy Hoeft.

The New York Yankees released Dale Long.

The Kansas City Athletics traded Reno Bertoia and Gerry Staley to the Detroit Tigers for Bill Fischer and Ozzie Virgil.

The Cincinnati Reds selected Marshall Bridges off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Washington Nationals released Tommy Byrne.

The Chicago White Sox signed Tommy Byrne as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Merrill Combs from the Washington Nationals.

The Washington Nationals selected Gene Bearden off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Glen Gorbous as an amateur free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Cleveland Indians signed Jackie Price as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Athletics traded Jim Tyack to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jimmy Ripple.

Knoxville (Southern Association) sent Eddie Lukon to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.

The Brooklyn Dodgers purchased Wes Flowers from the Boston Red Sox.

The St. Louis Browns selected Moose Solters off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

The St. Louis Browns signed Glenn Liebhardt as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jack Rothrock from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Phil Weintraub from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Philadelphia Phillies sent Euel Moore to the New York Giants as part of a conditional deal.

Harrisburg (New York Pennsylvania) purchased Dan McGee from the Boston Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Sugar Cain and Lou Finney from Carrollton (Georgia-Alabama) for $1,250. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Johnny Couch off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Les Bell from Lansing (Central). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Boston Red Sox selected Elmer Myers off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

The Chicago Cubs traded Les Mann and Charlie Pick to the Boston Braves for Buck Herzog.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Charlie Pick from San Francisco (Pacific Coast) for $5,000.

The New York Yankees signed Solly Hofman as a free agent.

The Boston Braves purchased Art Bues from Buffalo (International).

The Chicago White Sox purchased Ernie Johnson from Dubuque (Three-I) for $500 plus $2000 if kept.

Rochester (International) purchased Bobby Keefe from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Chicago Cubs sent Bill Collins (August 2, 1911) to Newark (Eastern) to complete the trade.

Toronto (Eastern) purchased Ed Killian from the Detroit Tigers.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Cozy Dolan from Rockford (Wisconsin-Illinois) for $2,000.

The Brooklyn Superbas purchased Tex Erwin from Rochester (Eastern).

The Detroit Tigers purchased Del Gainer from Grafton (Pennsylvania-West Virginia).

The St. Louis Browns traded Bert Blue to the Philadelphia Athletics for Syd Smith.

The Boston Nationals released Wiley Piatt.

The Brooklyn Superbas signed Gus Weyhing as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds released Dusty Miller.

The Baltimore Orioles traded George Magoon to the Chicago Orphans for Gene DeMontreville.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Arlie Latham from the St. Louis Browns.

The Philadelphia Athletics released Duke Esper.