MLB TRANSACTIONS
American League
Baltimore Orioles – Jan. 29: Signed RHP Brady Rodgers and Cs Taylor Davis and Bryan Holaday to minor league contracts. Jan. 30: Claimed IF Pat Valaika off waivers from Arizona. Designated RHP Branden Kline for assignment. Jan. 31: Claimed RHP Travis Lakins off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. Designated IF/OF Stevie Wilkerson for assignment.
Boston Red Sox – Jan. 28: Agreed to terms with 1B Mitch Moreland on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Denyi Reyes for assignment. Detroit Tigers – Jan. 30: Agreed to terms with IF Jordy Mercer on a minor league contract.
Houston Astros – Jan. 28: Named Ryan Engels development coach of Round Rock (AAA); Gregorio Pettit manager, Jason Kanzler hitting coach and Sean Connole mental skills and development coach of Corpus Christi (AA); Rafael Peña hitting coach of Fayetteville (A); Sean Godfrey hitting coach of Quad Cities (A); Wladimir Sutil manager, Ernesto Irizarry hitting coach and Tanner Lubbach development coach of Tri-City (SS); Ricardo Rivera manager of the GCL Astros; Luis Reynoso hitting coach of the DSL Astros; Jeff Lewis minor league rehab coordinator; and Terrence Kennell minor league strength and conditioning rehab coordinator. Jan. 29: Named Dusty Baker manager.
Kansas City Royals – Jan. 29: Assigned RHP Heath Fillmyer outright to Omaha (AAA). Agreed to terms with RHP Greg Holland on a minor league contract.
Minnesota Twins – Jan. 29: Signed SS Calten Daal and RHPs Austin Adams, Alec Asher, Parker Bridwell, Joey Krehbiel, Casey Lawrence, Juan Minaya and Chris Rowley to minor league contracts. Feb. 3: Agreed to terms with RHPs Jhoulys Chacin and Ryan Garton, Cs Juan Graterol and Tomás Telis, IFs Jack Reinheimer and Wilfredo Tovar and LHPs Danny Coulombe, Blaine Hardy and Caleb Thielbar on minor league contracts.
New York Yankees – Feb. 3: Signed IF/OF Rosell Herrera; OFs Zack Granite and Thomas Milone; LHPs Luis Avilán and Tyler Lyons; RHPs Domingo Acevedo, David Hale, Dan Otero, Nick Tropeano and Adam Warren; and Cs Kellin Deglan, Chris Iannetta, Erik Kratz, Wynston Sawyer and Josh Thole to minor league contracts.
Seattle Mariners – Jan. 30: Signed RHP Yoshihisa Hirano to a one-year contract. Designated LHP Ricardo Sánchez for assignment. Jan. 31: Announced RHP Reggie McClain was claimed off waivers by Philadelphia.
Tampa Bay Rays – Feb. 3: Agreed to terms with RHPs Dylan Covey and John Curtiss and OF Johnny Davis on minor league contracts.
Texas Rangers – Jan. 30: Agreed to terms with IF Matt Duffy and RHP Derek Law on minor league contracts.
Toronto Blue Jays – Jan. 31: Promoted Matt Buschmann to director of pitching development while remaining as the major league bullpen coach; Casey Candaele the field coordinator; Dallas McPherson to skill development coordinator; John Tamargo Jr. to short-season field coordinator; Cory Popham to pitching programs coordinator & GCL pitching coach; Matt Tracy to pitching analysis coordinator & GCL assistant pitching coach; Harry Roberson to New Hampshire development coach; David Aardsma to rehab pitching coordinator; Michael Rivera to assistant to player development; and Matthew von Roemer to technology operations coordinator. Named Ken Huckaby manager and David Howell development coach for Buffalo (AAA); Cesar Martin manager for New Hampshire (AA); Donnie Murphy manager, Matt Hague swing consultant & hitting coach and Taylor Hill development coach for Dunedin (A); Luis Hurtado manager, Phil Cundari pitching coach and Ryan Wright hitting coach for Lansing (A); Brent Lavallee manager for Vancouver (A); Jose Mayorga manager for Bluefield (R); Dennis Holmberg manager for GCL Blue Jays; Dane Fujinaka manager. Named Reed Kienle minor league hitting analyst; Zach Stewart minor league assistant coach & batting practice pitcher; and Sonia De La Cruz as education coordinator.
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks – Jan. 28: Designated 3B Pat Valaika for assignment.
Chicago Cubs – Jan. 28: Agreed to terms with OF Steven Souza Jr. on a one-year contract. Selected the contract of LHP Adam Choplick from Southern Maryland (A). Feb. 1: Agreed to terms with RHP Jeremy Jeffress on a one-year contract. Cincinnati Reds – Jan. 28: Designated OF Jose Siri for assignment. Colorado Rockies – Jan. 29: Named Andy Gonzalez minor league camps and fundamentals coordinator; Steve Merriman minor league pitching coordinator; Doug Chadwick director/mental skills development; Daniel Kleinholz minor league clubhouse and equipment manager; Bob Apodaca special assistant/ player development; Jerry Weinstein
special assistant/player development and scouting; Warren Schaeffer manager, Blaine Beatty pitching coach and Phil Bailey physical performance coach of Albuquerque (AAA); Chris Denorfia manager, Frank Gonzalez pitching coach, Tom Sutaris hitting coach and Mason Rook physical performance coach of Hartford (AA); Steve Soliz supervisor of development, Ryan Kibler pitching coach, Michael Ramirez hitting coach and John Gentile physical performance coach of Lancaster (A); Zach Osborne hitting coach of Asheville (A); Cesar Galvez manager, Dave Burba pitching coach, Nic Wilson hitting coach and Tyler Grisdale physical performance coach of Boise (SS); Pedro Lopez supervisor of development, Helmis Rodriguez pitching coach and Trevor Burmeister hitting coach of Grand Junction (R); and Eugenio Jose manager of the DSL Rockies. Jan. 31: Agreed to terms with SS Trevor Story on a two-year contract.
Miami Marlins – Jan. 31: OF Curtis Granderson announced his retirement.
Milwaukee Brewers – Jan. 28: Signed RHP Shelby Miller to a minor league contract. Jan. 29: Named Samia Mahjub vice president/business analytics and strategic support. Jan. 30: Signed RHP David Phelps to a one-year contract. Designated RHP Deolis Guerra for assignment. Feb. 1: Signed 3B Andres Blanco and RHP Mike Morin to minor league contracts.
New York Mets – Jan. 28: Signed RHPs Rob Whalen and Erasmo Ramírez and IF Eduardo Núñez to minor league contracts. Jan. 31: Agreed to terms with 1B Matt Adams on a minor league contract. Philadelphia Phillies – Feb. 1: Designated RHP Trevor Kelley for assignment. Feb. 2: Designated RHP Trevor Kelley for assignment. Claimed RHP Reggie McClain off waivers from Seattle.
Pittsburgh Pirates – Jan. 31: Agreed to terms with IF-OF JT Riddle on a one-year contract and with LHPs Robbie Erlin and Derek Holland, C Andrew Susac and OF Charlie Tilson on minor league contracts.
San Francisco Giants – Jan. 30: Agreed to terms with 3B Pablo Sandoval on a minor league contract. Jan. 31: Agreed to terms with IF-OF Darin Ruf and IF Yolmer Sanchez on minor league contracts. Washington Nationals – Jan. 28: Agreed to terms with 1B Ryan Zimmerman on a one-year contract. Jan. 29: Traded RHP Hunter McMahon to Minnesota for RHP Ryne Harper.