Historical Transactions Occurring on December 30

The Cleveland Guardians signed Pedro Avila as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Amed Rosario as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Tayler Saucedo as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Josh Staumont as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Esteury Ruiz to the Miami Marlins for Adriano Marrero (minors).

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Corbin Burnes as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Paul Goldschmidt as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Joc Pederson as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed David Bañuelos as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Chris Flexen as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Michael Pérez as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Kevin Plawecki as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves traded Vaughn Grissom to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Sale and cash.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Casey Lawrence as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Kole Calhoun as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Dallas Keuchel as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Travis Shaw as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Tyler Thornburg as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks purchased Robby Scott from the Cincinnati Reds.

The San Diego Padres traded Clayton Richard and cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Connor Panas (minors).

The Chicago Cubs signed Carlos Corporán as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Steve Geltz as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Michael Crotta as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Huffman as a free agent.

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

The Texas Rangers signed Donnie Veal as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Casey Sadler.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jorge De León as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres traded Seth Smith to the Seattle Mariners for Brandon Maurer.

The San Francisco Giants signed Rafael Dolis as a free agent.

The Washington Nationals signed Will Rhymes as a free agent.

The New York Yankees released Yamaico Navarro.

The Texas Rangers traded Chris McGuiness to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Miles Mikolas.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Aaron Laffey as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed George Sherrill as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Kelly Johnson as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Tyler Yates as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Dave Borkowski as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jason Ellison as a free agent.

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

The Tampa Bay Rays signed Joe Nelson as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Dee Brown as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed D.J. Carrasco as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Bynum as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Travis Dawkins as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Mike Edwards as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Kerry Ligtenberg as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Todd Dunwoody as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Johnson as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Mark Quinn as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Roger Clemens as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mickey Lopez as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Ryan McGuire as a free agent.

The Anaheim Angels signed Eric Owens as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Christian Parker as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Wilson Delgado as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Salomón Torres as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Rich Becker as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Scott Service as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Pedro Borbón as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed John Mabry as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Carlos Pulido as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Russ Springer as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Julio Valera as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Kenny Rogers as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Dave Valle as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Jim Poole and cash to the Texas Rangers for Steve Allen (minors) and Dave Lynch (minors).

The Minnesota Twins signed Orlando Mercado as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Brown as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Dave Van Gorder as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Paul Splittorff as a free agent.

The New York Mets released Orlando Sánchez.

The Atlanta Braves signed Rufino Linares as an amateur free agent.

The Montreal Expos traded Dave McDonald to the San Francisco Giants for Ron Hunt.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Pee Wee Reese.

The Detroit Tigers traded Leo Cristante and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Wojey.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Marv Rickert from the Chicago White Sox.

Birmingham (Southern Association) purchased Earl Caldwell from the Boston Red Sox.

The Chicago White Sox purchased Floyd Baker from the St. Louis Browns.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Babe Phelps and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Babe Dahlgren.

The Boston Braves signed Tony Cuccinello as a free agent.

The New York Giants released Tony Cuccinello.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Don Lang and $20,000 to the New York Yankees for Monte Pearson.

The Cleveland Indians released Charlie Jamieson.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Reggie Grabowski as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The St. Louis Browns released Red Badgro.

The St. Louis Browns released Joe Hassler.

The New York Giants sent Andy Reese (December 30, 1930) to Oakland (Pacific Coast) to complete the trade.

Providence (Eastern) purchased Eddie Taylor from the Boston Braves.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jimmy Ring to the New York Giants for Jack Bentley and Wayland Dean.