Historical Transactions Occurring on December 19

The Minnesota Twins signed Josh Bell as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Shawn Dubin as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Ian Hamilton as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Adrian Houser as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Merrill Kelly as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Michael King as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Adam Kloffenstein as a free agent.

The Athletics signed Cade Marlowe as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Chris Martin as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Gregory Santos as a free agent.

The Athletics signed Brian Serven as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles traded Caden Bodine (minors), Slater de Brun (minors), Michael Forret (minors), Austin Overn (minors) and Draft Pick. 2026 Competitive Balance Round A pick (No. 33) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Shane Baz.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Avery Owusu-Asiedu (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Kyle Backhus.

The Kansas City Royals traded Jonathan Bowlan to the Philadelphia Phillies for Matt Strahm.

As part of a 3-team trade: The Tampa Bay Rays sent Brandon Lowe, Jake Mangum and Mason Montgomery to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Houston Astros sent Anderson Brito (minors) and Jacob Melton to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mike Burrows to the Houston Astros.

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Osvaldo Bido off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

The Texas Rangers signed Tucker Barnhart as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Griffin Canning as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Nolan Hoffman as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Michael Soroka as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Alan Trejo as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Bruce Zimmermann as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds released Peyton Burdick.

The Cincinnati Reds selected Roansy Contreras off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

The Minnesota Twins signed A.J. Alexy as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Trevor Gott as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Brenan Hanifee as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Hunter Renfroe as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Nash Walters as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds traded TJ Hopkins to the San Francisco Giants for player to be named later.

The New York Yankees selected Jeter Downs off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

The Washington Nationals signed Matt Adams as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Sergio Alcántara as a free agent.

The Cleveland Guardians signed Caleb Baragar as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Eduard Bazardo as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Travis Blankenhorn as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Anthony Castro as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Kyle Dowdy as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Billy Hamilton as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Jake Lamb as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Tim Lopes as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Jordan Luplow as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Sean Manaea as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Billy McKinney as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Gerardo Reyes as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Tommy Romero as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Ryder Ryan as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Max Schrock as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jameson Taillon as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Cam Vieaux as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Cody Asche as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Danny Coulombe as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Tim Federowicz as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Ian Gibaut as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Zack Godley as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Drew Maggi as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Hernán Pérez as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Martín Pérez as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Jack Reinheimer as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Caleb Thielbar as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Wilfredo Tovar as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Edinson Vólquez as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Jimmy Yacabonis as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners released Max Povse.

The Chicago Cubs signed Francisco Arcia as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Michael Brantley as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Rays signed Jairo Labourt as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed James McCann as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Eduardo Paredes as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Chris Smith as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mike Zagurski as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers released Carlos Asuaje.

The Texas Rangers signed Austin Bibens-Dirkx as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Jake Buchanan as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Tony Cruz as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Erik Goeddel as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Nick Hundley as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Shane Peterson as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Jacob Turner as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Dairon Blanco as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles traded a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics for Jaycob Brugman. The Baltimore Orioles sent Jake Bray (minors) (December 19, 2017) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

The Tampa Bay Rays traded a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics for Joey Wendle. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Jonah Heim (December 19, 2017) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Jeff Beliveau as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Travis Blackley as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Josmil Pinto as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Jimmy Rollins as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Brendan Ryan as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Brett Wallace as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Logan Watkins as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Thad Weber as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Rob Wooten as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Michel Báez as an amateur free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed José Domínguez as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Aaron Laffey as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Vinnie Pestano as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Andrew Albers as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Adron Chambers as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Fernando Cruz as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Jermaine Curtis as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Corey Hart as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Brandon Morrow as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jason Motte as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Alex Ríos as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Wesley Wright as a free agent.

The New York Yankees purchased Gonzalez Germen from the New York Mets.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Josh Lindblom.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Shawn O'Malley.

The Kansas City Royals released Carlos Peguero.

The Oakland Athletics released Nick Punto.

The Texas Rangers released Ben Rowen.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Brian Wilson.

The Kansas City Royals traded Johnny Giavotella to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Brian Broderick.

As part of a 3-team trade: The Tampa Bay Rays sent José Castillo, Ryan Hanigan, Wil Myers and Gerardo Reyes to the San Diego Padres. The Washington Nationals sent Travis Ott (minors) and Steven Souza Jr. to the Tampa Bay Rays. The San Diego Padres sent Jake Bauers, René Rivera and Burch Smith to the Tampa Bay Rays. The San Diego Padres sent a player to be named later and Joe Ross to the Washington Nationals. The San Diego Padres sent Trea Turner (June 14, 2015) to the Washington Nationals to complete the trade.

The New York Yankees traded David Phelps, Martín Prado and cash to the Miami Marlins for Nathan Eovaldi, Domingo Germán and Garrett Jones.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jimmy Rollins and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tom Windle (minors) and Zach Eflin.

The Atlanta Braves traded Aaron Northcraft and Justin Upton to the San Diego Padres for Max Fried, Dustin Peterson, Jace Peterson and Mallex Smith.

The Chicago Cubs selected Ryan Lavarnway off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Chicago Cubs selected Shane Peterson off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

The San Diego Padres traded Ryan Hanigan to the Boston Red Sox for Will Middlebrooks.

The Cleveland Indians signed John Axford as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Ronald Belisario as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Trevor Bell as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Carlos Beltrán as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Emmanuel Burriss as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Matt Daley as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mitch Maier as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Daniel McCutchen as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Xavier Paul as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jonathan Sánchez as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics purchased Corey Brown from the Washington Nationals.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Jeremy Reed.

The Colorado Rockies signed Justin Berg as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Zach Braddock as a free agent.

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

The Boston Red Sox signed Ryan Dempster as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Jeff Francis as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Travis Ishikawa as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Joshua Rodriguez as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Daniel Schlereth as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Ichiro Suzuki as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed J.R. Towles as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers released Adam Wilk.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded John Ely to the Houston Astros for Rob Rasmussen.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim traded Kendrys Morales to the Seattle Mariners for Jason Vargas.

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Mickey Storey off waivers from the Houston Astros.

The San Francisco Giants signed Brian Burres as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Mike Cameron as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed John Grabow as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Jeremy Hermida as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Jason Kubel as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Yohan Pino as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jimmy Rollins as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Ryan Budde as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Guillermo Mota as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Luis Vizcaíno as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals traded Yuniesky Betancourt, Zack Greinke and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Travis Blackley as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Luke Hudson as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Greg Norton as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Juan Rivera as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Scott Strickland as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Mike Wood as a free agent.

Yokohama Bay Stars (Japan Central) purchased Dan Johnson from the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Danny Ardoin as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Michael Barrett as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Paul Hoover as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed D'Angelo Jimenez as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Jason LaRue as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Roberto Novoa as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Mark Redman as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Esmailin Caridad as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Brent Abernathy as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Éric Gagné as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Ryan Klesko as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jason Marquis as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jayson Werth as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Masumi Kuwata as an amateur free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Andy Abad as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Rafael Furcal as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Nomar Garciaparra as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Danny Graves as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Jed Hansen as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Steve Karsay as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed José Mesa as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Bart Miadich as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Luis Ordaz as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Travis Phelps as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Ricardo Rincón as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Max St. Pierre as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Mac Suzuki as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Steve Watkins as a free agent.

Edwar Ramírez of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Joe Borowski.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Mike Edwards.

The Kansas City Royals traded Matt Diaz to the Atlanta Braves for Ricardo Rodriguez (minors).

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim traded Josh Paul to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Travis Schlichting.

The Texas Rangers traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Vicente Padilla. The Texas Rangers sent Ricardo Rodríguez (December 19, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

The San Francisco Giants signed Jason Christiansen as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Plácido Polanco as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Édgar Rentería as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Ron Villone as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Miguel Cairo as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Carl Everett as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Sterling Hitchcock as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Javier Martínez as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Kent Mercker as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Eddie Pérez as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Matt Perisho as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Adam Piatt as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Reggie Sanders as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Gary Sheffield as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Scott Spiezio as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Kelly Stinnett as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Tanyon Sturtze as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Brian Tollberg as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Fernando Viña as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Rondell White as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos for Michael Barrett. The Oakland Athletics sent Brett Price (minors) (December 19, 2003) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

The Montreal Expos traded José Macias to the Chicago Cubs for Wilton Chavez (minors).

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Terry Adams as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Jason Bere as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Kris Foster as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed John Frascatore as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Seth Greisinger as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jesse Levis as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Greg Maddux as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Dan Miceli as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Warren Morris as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Russ Springer as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Mike Stanton as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Todd Zeile as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Hideki Matsui as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Moisés Alou as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed David Bell as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Dave Burba as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed John Burkett as a free agent.

The Anaheim Angels signed Dennis Cook as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Mike Judd as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Adam Riggs as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Nerio Rodríguez as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox traded Scott Hatteberg to the Colorado Rockies for Pokey Reese.

The Chicago Cubs traded Michael Tucker to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Shawn Sonnier (minors) (March 15, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

The Seattle Mariners signed Norm Charlton as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Pat Hentgen as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Todd Hundley as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Izzy Molina as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Tom Prince as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Manny Ramirez as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Ben Rivera as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles released Brian Falkenborg.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Gerald Williams as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Héctor Almonte as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Mark Guthrie as a free agent.

Jamie Walker of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Scott Aldred as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Harold Baines as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Dave Eiland as a free agent.

The Anaheim Angels signed Cecil Fielder as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Shawn Gilbert as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Nelson Liriano as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Torey Lovullo as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Sherman Obando as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Erik Plantenberg as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Ricky Trlicek as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Brad Woodall as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Sandy Martínez. The Chicago Cubs sent Trevor Schaffer (minors) (December 19, 1997) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

The Florida Marlins traded Kurt Abbott to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Ludwick.

The Texas Rangers traded Benji Gil to the Chicago White Sox for Al Levine and Larry Thomas.

The Minnesota Twins signed Eric Anthony as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Esteban Beltré as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Mike Bielecki as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed John Briscoe as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Terry Clark as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Carlos Crawford as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Eric Davis as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Luis Gonzalez as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Pete Incaviglia as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Mike Magnante as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Manny Martínez as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Keith Mitchell as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Les Norman as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Keith Shepherd as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Mike Simms as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Tom Urbani as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Greg Vaughn as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves released Ben Van Ryn.

The San Francisco Giants traded Tom Lampkin to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent René Arocha (February 12, 1997) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

The Boston Red Sox signed Juan Bell as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mark Grace as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Eric Helfand as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Oreste Marrero as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Rudy Pemberton as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Jody Reed as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals traded Brent Mayne to the New York Mets for Al Shirley (minors).

The New York Mets signed Mike Birkbeck as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Danny Sheaffer as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded John DeSilva to the Baltimore Orioles for John O'Donoghue.

The Seattle Mariners signed Tim Fortugno as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Rick Wrona as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Mike Carter (minors) and Rafael Novoa to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Scanlan.

The Texas Rangers signed Doug Dascenzo as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Manuel Lee as a free agent.

Joe Boever of the Houston Astros granted free agency.

Bernardo Brito of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.

Ellis Burks of the Boston Red Sox granted free agency.

Kevin Campbell of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.

Mark Carreon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Dave Cochrane of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.

Kevin Elster of the New York Mets granted free agency.

Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox granted free agency.

Eric Fox of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.

Dave Gallagher of the New York Mets granted free agency.

Paul Gibson of the New York Mets granted free agency.

Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.

Jimmy Jones of the Houston Astros granted free agency.

Joe Klink of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.

Gene Larkin of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.

Greg Litton of the San Francisco Giants granted free agency.

Bob Milacki of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.

Randy Milligan of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.

Rod Nichols of the Cleveland Indians granted free agency.

Jeff Parrett of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.

Bill Pecota of the New York Mets granted free agency.

Robert Person of the Florida Marlins granted free agency.

Mike Raczka of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.

Wally Ritchie of the Philadelphia Phillies granted free agency.

Mark Williamson of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.

The Baltimore Orioles released Mark McLemore.

Brian Fisher of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.

The Seattle Mariners signed Brian Fisher as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Tom Filer as a free agent.

The Minnesota Twins signed Brian Harper as a free agent.

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

The Houston Astros signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Luis Lopez as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Steve Springer as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Rick Sutcliffe as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Walker as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Dave Winfield as a free agent.

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

The Boston Red Sox signed Tom Brunansky as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Dalton as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Danny Darwin as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Mickey Hatcher as a free agent.

The California Angels signed Donnie Hill as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Bill Krueger as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Dan Petry as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Scott Sanderson as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Don Slaught as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Mickey Tettleton as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Fernando Valenzuela as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Greg Booker as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Thad Bosley as a free agent.

The California Angels signed Mark Eichhorn as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Dan Schatzeder as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed John Shelby as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Robin Yount as a free agent.

Mike Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.

The Boston Red Sox released Rick Cerone.

The San Diego Padres released Dave Leiper.

The Minnesota Twins signed Tim Laudner as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Mike Smithson as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers traded Scott Anderson to the Montreal Expos for Mike Berger (minors).

The Houston Astros signed Alan Ashby as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Bob Forsch as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Jack Morris as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed David Palmer as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants released Juan Berenguer.

The Kansas City Royals released Buddy Biancalana.

The Minnesota Twins released Ray Fontenot.

The San Francisco Giants released Jim Gott.

The California Angels released Bobby Grich.

The San Francisco Giants released Atlee Hammaker.

The California Angels released Rufino Linares.

The Kansas City Royals released Hal McRae.

The Chicago White Sox released Luis Salazar.

The Baltimore Orioles released Nate Snell.

The Montreal Expos released George Wright.

The California Angels traded a player to be named later and Ron Romanick to the New York Yankees for Butch Wynegar. The California Angels sent Alan Mills (June 22, 1987) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Dann Bilardello, Andy McGaffigan, John Stuper and Jay Tibbs to the Montreal Expos for Sal Butera and Bill Gullickson.

The Oakland Athletics signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Luis Pujols as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Amos Otis as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Dan Schatzeder as a free agent.

The New York Yankees traded Mike Browning (minors) to the California Angels for Curt Brown.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Ernie Camacho as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Edgar Martínez as an amateur free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Ty Van Burkleo as an amateur free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Stan Bahnsen as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Mike Cubbage as a free agent.

Fred Holdsworth of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.

The New York Mets released Bill Almon.

The Chicago White Sox released Junior Moore.

The Seattle Mariners traded Steve Stroughter to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Bacsik.

The Cleveland Indians signed Jorge Orta as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants released Rob Andrews.

The Houston Astros signed Jesús Alou as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Rick Austin as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Tony Taylor as a free agent.

The Houston Colt .45s purchased Walt Bond from the Cleveland Indians.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Andy Seminick.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Mike Sandlock from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Philadelphia Athletics traded Bob Hooper to the Cleveland Indians for Bobby Wilson (minors) and Dick Rozek.

The New York Giants released Gene Thompson.

The New York Giants released Harry Danning.

The St. Louis Cardinals released Debs Garms.

The Brooklyn Dodgers purchased Luke Sewell from the Chicago White Sox.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Bill Hallahan.

The New York Yankees purchased Lee Stine from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Samuel Byrd from the New York Yankees.

Doc Farrell refused to report to his new team in 1935. The New York Yankees sent Doc Farrell (December 19, 1934), Floyd Newkirk (December 19, 1934), Jimmy Densmore (minors) (December 19, 1934), Ted Norbert (minors) (December 19, 1934) and $5,000 (1935) to San Francisco (PCL) to complete the trade.

The Philadelphia Athletics signed Bullet Joe Bush as a free agent.

Los Angeles (PCL) sent Vic Aldridge (January, 1922) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Elmer Ponder (January, 1922), John Sullivan (January, 1922), Babe Twombly (January, 1922), Tom Daly (February, 1922) and Charlie Deal (April, 1922) to Los Angeles (PCL) to complete the trade.

The Boston Doves signed Fred Tenney as a free agent.

Rube Waddell jumped from the Chicago Orphans to Los Angeles (California).