Historical Transactions Occurring on December 28

The Baltimore Orioles signed Zach Eflin as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Pete Fairbanks as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Elvis Alvarado as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Walker Buehler as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Miguel Díaz as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Buck Farmer as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Mitch Garver as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Tim Hill as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Kevin Kiermaier as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Óscar Mercado as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jarlín García as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Ryder Jones as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Jordan Lyles as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Taylor Rogers as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Domingo Tapia as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox released Mark Payton.

The Atlanta Braves traded Indigo Diaz (minors) and Caleb Durbin to the New York Yankees for Lucas Luetge.

The Texas Rangers signed Charlie Culberson as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Tim Dillard as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Elier Hernandez as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Collin Wiles as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Shun Yamaguchi as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Donn Roach as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Matt Shoemaker as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Cody Ege as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Josh Outman as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox released Jorge Rondon.

The Oakland Athletics signed Henderson Alvarez III as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Aroldis Chapman to the New York Yankees for Eric Jagielo (minors), Caleb Cotham, Rookie Davis and Tony Renda.

The Chicago Cubs signed Taylor Teagarden as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Joaquín Benoit as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Jason Donald as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Melky Mesa as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Mike Costanzo as a free agent.

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

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Ricardo Pinto as an amateur free agent.

The Oakland Athletics traded Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney to the Boston Red Sox for Miles Head (minors), Raúl Alcántara and Josh Reddick.

The Washington Nationals signed Eric Bruntlett as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Mark DeRosa as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Eddie Guardado as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Josh Bard as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Brad Penny as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Bartolomé Fortunato as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Arturo López as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Jon Switzer as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Rosman García as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Guillermo Quiroz as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Mike Wood as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Matt Childers as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Eric Milton as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Abraham Núñez as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Jaret Wright as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Jeff Farnsworth as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.

Rick Reed of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed John Barnes as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Frank Catalanotto as a free agent.

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

The Cincinnati Reds signed José Rijo as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Brian Tollberg as a free agent.

Albie Lopez of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.

The Chicago Cubs signed Angel Echevarria as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed John Frascatore as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Rontrez Johnson as a free agent.

The New York Mets purchased Gary Matthews from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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

The Florida Marlins signed Joe Roa as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Mike Romano as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Roberto Hernández as an amateur free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Franquelis Osoria as an amateur free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Gregg Jefferies as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers traded Luis Gonzalez to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Karim García.

The Cleveland Indians signed Tony Fernández as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Rich Sauveur as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Mike Brumley as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Jerry Goff as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Charlie Hayes as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed John Johnstone as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Doug Jones as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox traded Tim Raines to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Blaise Kozeniewski (minors) (February 6, 1996) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

The California Angels signed Carlos Martínez as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres traded Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro Martínez, Phil Plantier and Craig Shipley to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later, Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine and Brian Williams. The Houston Astros sent Sean Fesh (minors) (May 1, 1995) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

The Chicago White Sox signed Darrin Jackson as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Isidro Márquez to the Chicago White Sox for Ron Coomer.

The New York Mets signed Eric Bullock as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Kirk McCaskill as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Ron Washington as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed John Pacella as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Mark Ryal as a free agent.

The New York Mets traded Pat Zachry to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jorge Orta.

The Toronto Blue Jays traded Paul Mirabella to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Dave Geisel (March 25, 1982) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

The Minnesota Twins traded Hosken Powell to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Greg Wells (January 18, 1982) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

The Chicago White Sox signed Jim Lyttle as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs released Tommy Davis.

The Cincinnati Redlegs traded Ted Kluszewski to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.

The New York Yankees released Tommy Henrich.

Seattle (PCL) purchased Mark Christman from the Washington Nationals.

The Chicago Cubs sent Clarke Pittenger (December 28, 1925) to Louisville (American Association) to complete the trade.

Columbus (American Association) purchased Dick Burrus from the Philadelphia Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Boston Braves released Ed Walsh.

The Boston Americans sent John Knight (December 28, 1907) to Baltimore (International) to complete the trade.

The Washington Senators signed Kip Selbach as a free agent.