USA TODAY Sports Weekly

MLB TRANSACTIO­NS

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MLB — Dec. 18: Announced the resignatio­n of executive vice president Chris Park, effective Dec. 31.

American League

Boston Red Sox — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with RHP Heath Hembree on a one-year contract.

Chicago White Sox — Dec. 19: Agreed to terms with C James McCann on a one-year contract.

Cleveland Indians — Dec. 19: Agreed to terms with RHP Cody Anderson on a one-year contract. Dec. 22: Signed OF Brandon Barnes and RHP Brooks Pounders to minor league contracts.

Detroit Tigers — Dec. 19: Agreed to terms with RHPs Eduardo Paredes and Chris Smith and LHP Nick Ramirez on minor league contracts.

Houston Astros — Dec. 19: Agreed to terms with OF Michael Brantley on a two-year contract.

Kansas City Royals — Dec. 18: Designated IF-OF Rosell Herrera for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Terrance Gore on a one-year contract and with OF Bubba Starling, 1B Samir Duenez and RHP Jason Adam on minor league contracts.

Los Angeles Angels — Dec. 20: Agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Cahill on a one-year contract. Dec. 22: Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Harvey on a one-year contract.

New York Yankees — Dec. 17: Agreed to terms with LHP J.A. Happ on a two-year contract. Designated RHP Parker Bridwell for assignment. Dec. 18: Named Carlos Beltran special adviser. Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with LHP Danny Coulombe and LHP Rex Brothers on minor league contracts. Announced Bridwell was claimed off waivers by the Angels.

Oakland Athletics — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with RHP Joakim Soria on a two-year contract. Traded RHP Emilio Pagan and a 2019 competitiv­e balance Round A draft pick to Tampa Bay.

Seattle Mariners — Dec. 20: Agreed to terms with LHP Zac Rosscup on a one-year contract. Dec. 21: Acquired OF Domingo Santana from the Milwaukee Brewers for OF Ben Gamel and RHP Noah Zavalos.

Tampa Bay Rays — Dec. 22: Agreed to terms with RHP Charlie Morton on a two-year contract.

Texas Rangers — Dec. 17: Agreed to terms with RHPs Matt Bush and Tim Dillard, LHP Zac Curtis and IF Chase d’Arnaud on minor league contracts. Dec. 18: Agreed to terms with RHP Lance Lynn on a three-year contract. Dec. 21: Acquired LHPs Kyle Bird and Brock Burke and RHP Yoel Espinal from Tampa Bay and IF Eli White and an internatio­nal signing bonus pool allocation from Oakland. Traded IF Jurickson Profar to Oakland and RHP Rollie Lacy to Tampa Bay. Agreed to terms with RHPs Ariel Hernandez and Phillips Valdez, LHPs Miguel Del Pozo and Jack Leathersic­h and IF Nolan Fontana on minor league contracts.

Toronto Blue Jays — Dec. 22: Signed 2B Eric Sogard to a minor league contract.

National League

Arizona Diamondbac­ks — Dec. 19: Named Joe Garagiola Jr. special adviser to the president and CEO.

Chicago Cubs — Dec. 18: Agreed to terms with IF Daniel Descalso on a two-year contract.

Cincinnati Reds — Dec. 21: Acquired OF Yasiel Puig, OF Matt Kemp and LHP Alex Wood and cash from the Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP Homer Bailey, IF Jeter Downs and RHP Josiah Gray. Dec. 22: Designated LHP Robby Scott for assignment.

Colorado Rockies — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with IF Daniel Murphy on a two-year contract.

Los Angeles Dodgers — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Kelly on a three-year contract.

Milwaukee Brewers — Dec. 19: Signed RHP Chris Dula to a minor league contract.

New York Mets — Dec. 17: Agreed to terms with C Wilson Ramos on a two-year contract and OF Rajai Davis on a minor league contract. Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with OF Gregor Blanco on a minor league contract.

Philadelph­ia Phillies — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with LHP Jeremy Bleich, C Rob Brantly, IFs Phil Gosselin and Gregorio Petit, RHP Josh Martin, C-1B-OF Matt McBride and OF Shane Robinson to minor league contracts.

Pittsburgh Pirates — Dec. 17: Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Lyles on a one-year contract.

St. Louis Cardinals — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with LHP Andrew Miller on a two-year contract. Dec. 22: Designated RHP Ryan Meisinger for assignment.

San Diego Padres — Dec. 20: Agreed to terms with IF Ian Kinsler on a two-year contract. Designated LHP Clayton Richard for assignment. Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with LHPs Ryan Bollinger and Dietrich Enns, RHP Tyler Higgins, IFs Allen Craig, Seth Mejias-Brean and Aderlin Rodriguez and OFs Alex Dickerson and Jacob Scavuzzo on minor league contracts.

San Francisco Giants — Dec. 21: Agreed to terms with LHP-RHP Pat Venditte on a one-year contract.

Washington Nationals — Dec. 17: Traded 2B Andruw Monasterio to Cleveland to complete an earlier trade. Dec. 18: Agreed to terms with 1B Matt Adams on a one-year contract.

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