MLB TRANSACTIONS
Baltimore Orioles – Feb. 11: Claimed IF Ramón Urías off waivers from St. Louis. Assigned IF Pat Valaika outright to Norfolk (IL). Feb. 12: Named Nick White minor league strength and conditioning coordinator, Ethan Stewart player performance facilitator, Anaíma García education coordinator, Trey Wiedman strength and conditioning coach of Norfolk (IL), Jonathan Medici strength and conditioning coach of Bowie (EL), Liz Pardo strength and conditioning coach of Aberdeen (NYP), Brandon Farish strength and conditioning coach of the GCL Orioles and Julio Diaz and Andres Tarazona strength and conditioning coaches of the DSL Orioles. Feb. 14: Agreed to terms with LHP Tommy Milone on a minor league contract. Boston Red Sox – Feb. 11: Promoted bench coach Ron Roenicke to interim manager. Signed C Juan Centeno and OF César Puello to minor league contracts. Feb. 14: Signed OF Kevin Pillar to a one-year contract. Cleveland Indians – Feb. 14: Agreed to terms with OF Domingo Santana on a minor league contract. Feb. 15: Designated 3B Andrew Velazquez for assignment.
Detroit Tigers – Feb. 12: Placed RHP Michael Fulmer on the 60-day IL. Agreed to terms with OF Cameron Maybin on a one-year contract. Houston Astros – Feb. 14: Named Chris Speier quality control coach. Feb. 17: Agreed to terms with RHP Jared Hughes on a minor league contract.
Kansas City Royals – Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with OF Nick Heath; LHPs Richard Lovelady and Gabe Speier; Cs Cam Gallagher and Meibrys Viloria; IFs Kelvin Gutierrez, Jeison Guzman, Nicky Lopez and Ryan McBroom; and RHPs Scott Barlow, Brad Keller, Kevin McCarthy, Jake Newberry and Stephen Woods Jr. on one-year contracts. Feb. 17: Agreed to terms with RHPs Scott Blewett, Carlos Hernandez, Jakob Junis, Glenn Sparkman and Kyle Zimmer; LHP Tim Hill; IF Adalberto Mondesi, IF-OF Hunter Dozier and OF Bubba Starling.
Los Angeles Angels – Feb. 15: Assigned RHP Parker Markel outright to Salt Lake (PCL). New York Yankees – Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with RHP Tony Zych on a minor league contract. Feb. 16: Signed RHP Chad Bettis to a minor league contract.
Oakland Athletics – Feb. 15: Placed RHP Daniel Mengden on the 60-day IL.
Seattle Mariners – Feb. 11: Agreed to terms with LHP Manny Bañuelos, LHP Wei-Yin Chen, OF Eric Filia and IF Alen Hanson to minor league contracts. Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with RHP Taijuan Walker on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Austin Adams on the 60-day IL. Feb. 17: Signed RHP Cody Anderson to a minor league contract.
Tampa Bay Rays – Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with LHP Aaron Loup on a minor league contract. Feb. 14: Agreed to terms with RHP Brooks Pounders and RHP Deck McGuire to minor league contracts.
Texas Rangers – Feb. 11: Agreed to terms with RHP Taylor Jungmann on a minor league contract.
Toronto Blue Jays – Feb. 11: Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Petricka on a minor league contract.
Atlanta Braves – Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Tomlin on a minor league contract. Feb. 14: Agreed to terms with 1B Yonder Alonso on a minor league contract. Feb. 17: Promoted Alex Anthopoulos to president/baseball operations and general manager and signed him to a contract extension through 2024. Signed manager Brian Snitker, catching coach Sal Fasano, pitching coach Rick Kranitz, bullpen coach Marty Reed, hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, third base coach Ron Washington, bench coach Walt Weiss, first base/ outfield coach Eric Young Sr. and assistant hitting coach José Castro through the 2021 season. Chicago Cubs – Feb. 17: Agreed to terms with 2B Jason Kipnis on a minor league contract. Cincinnati Reds – Feb. 11: Assigned RHP Sal Romano outright to Louisville (IL). Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with IF/OF Derek Dietrich on a minor league contract.
Miami Marlins – Feb. 13: Agreed to terms with RHP Brad Boxberger and UTL Sean Rodriguez on minor league contracts. Feb. 15: Signed RHP Brad Boxberger to a minor league contract. Milwaukee Brewers – Feb. 16: Agreed to terms with LHP Brent Suter on a two-year contract. Philadelphia Phillies – Feb. 12: Assigned RHP JD Hammer outright to Lehigh Valley (IL). Feb. 13: Signed RHP Tommy Hunter to a one-year contract. Transferred RHP David Robertson to the 60-day IL. Feb. 16: Traded LHP Tyler Gilbert to the L.A. Dodgers for OF Kyle Garlick. Designated OF Nick Martini for assignment.
Pittsburgh Pirates – Feb. 13: Agreed to terms with OF Jarrod Dyson on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Jameson Taillon on the 60-day IL. St. Louis Cardinals – Feb. 12: Placed RHP Jordan Hicks on the 60-day IL. Agreed to terms with IF Brad Miller on a one-year contract.
San Diego Padres – Feb. 14: Agreed to terms with RHP Seth Frankoff on a minor league contract. San Francisco Giants – Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with IF Wilmer Flores on a two-year contract. Signed RHP Trevor Cahill to a minor league contract. Feb. 15: Traded RHP Burch Smith to Oakland for cash.
Washington Nationals – Feb. 12: Agreed to terms with RHPs Dakota Bacus, Bryan Bonnell, Paolo Espino, Javy Guerra, David Hernandez, Kevin Quackenbush and Derek Self; LHPs Fernando Abad and Sam Freeman; C Welington Castillo; IFs Brandon Snyder, Drew Ward and Jacob Wilson; and OFs Emilio Bonifácio, JB Schuck and Mac Williamson on minor league contracts.