This time: June 7-13
Previous installment: May 31-June 6

Check out the Transactions Glossary for the key to deciphering the various inactive lists presented here.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Bryan Augenstein, LHP Wade Miley
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Leo Rosales
Optioned to Double-A: LHP Daniel Schlereth

Atlanta Braves
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Tommy Hanson, 1B Barbaro Canizares
Placed on 7-day DL: OF Jordan Schafer

For Hanson, the Triple-A International League’s leader in ERA (1.49) and strikeouts (90), a big league callup was only a matter of time. Even casual baseball fans know that he’s got the best stuff in the Braves’ system. But fans of all stripes may be less familiar with Canizares, a 29-year-old first baseman who defected from Cuba and signed with the Braves in February ’06. Though he’s a sturdy 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, Canizares has a real knack for hitting, as evidenced by his .344/.412/.533 batting line in 58 games for Triple-A Gwinnett. He ranked second in the IL batting race at the time of his callup, while placing second in on-base and fourth in slugging. An injury to Greg Norton paved the way for Canizares, who has batted .319/.375/.469 with 24 home runs and 58 doubles in 894 Triple-A at-bats.

Hanson said of Canizares, his former Gwinnett teammate: "He just goes up there and rakes. That’s what he does. He’s a hitter. When I was there he was on a tear."

Schafer will miss two weeks or more with a deep bone bruise in his left hand.

Baltimore Orioles
Released: RHP Donis de la Cruz
Added to 40-man roster: 1B Oscar Salazar
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP David Hernandez
Placed on 7-day DL: 2B Justin Turner
Reinstated from DL: RHP Jim Hoey, C Brendan Monaghan, OF Daniel Figueroa

Salazar, 30, has been utilized mostly as a first and third baseman since signing with the Orioles for the ’07 season. But he’s played enough corner outfield—and he’s hit well enough—to warrant an extended big league look as a reserve. Salazar was batting .372/.408/.618 with 10 homers and 17 doubles in 199 at-bats for Triple-A Norfolk, ranking first in the IL in average and second in slugging. His utility is not lost on Orioles manager Dave Trembley.

Boston Red Sox
Released: 1B Sandy Madera
Traded: OF Chip Ambres to Mets for future considerations
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Dave McKae, LHP Javier Lopez, C Ty Weeden, OF Sean Danielson
Reinstated from DL: RHP Dave McKae, LHP Nick Hagadone, C Sandy Madera, OF Daniel Nava, OF Josh Reddick, OF Jon Van Every

The Red Sox’ first pick in the ’07 draft, Hagadone missed most of the ’08 season after having Tommy John surgery. The supplemental first-rounder from Washington has huge arm strength but had compiled just 34 innings in his first two pro summers because of the injury.

Chicago Cubs
Released: 3B Kyle Reynolds
Optioned to Triple-A: 1B Jake Fox, 2B Bobby Scales
Placed on 7-day DL: C Mark Johnson
Reinstated from DL: RHP Aaron Shafer, 2B Luis Rivas, 3B Matt Camp

The best hitter in the minors through May, Fox batted .417/.429/.583 (5-for-12) in sporadic play for the Cubs—which included going 5-for-6 as a pinch-hitter. Chicago, though, optioned him back to Iowa when Aaron Miles was ready to return from the disabled list.

Chicago White Sox
Signed: RHP Freddy Garcia
Recalled: RHP Jose Contreras
Added to 40-man roster: LHP Aaron Poreda
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Wes Whisler
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: 3B Wilson Betemit
Placed on 7-day DL: LHP Mike Johnston, C Corky Miller, 2B Drew Garcia, 3B Kyle Shelton
Reinstated from DL: RHP Jeff Marquez, C Mike Grace, OF Miguel Negron

The system’s top pitching prospect, Poreda struck out three of the first six batters he faced in the big leagues, working as a reliever. In 11 starts for Double-A Birmingham, the ’07 first-rounder went 5-4, 2.39 with 69 strikeouts, 35 walks and one home run allowed in 64 1/3 innings.

Cincinnati Reds
Released: RHP Juan Aquino
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP James Avery, C Korey Feiner, SS Yen-Wen Kuo
Reinstated from DL: RHP Dallas Buck, C Korey Feiner

Cleveland Indians
Signed: LHP Mike Gosling
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Tony Sipp
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Blaine Neal

Colorado Rockies
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Franklin Morales, C Edwin Bellorin
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Samuel Deduno, C Dayton Buller, SS Hector Gomez
Reinstated from DL: C Dayton Buller
Placed on temporarily inactive list: LHP Brandon Durden

Detroit Tigers
Released: OF Jason Tyner
Recalled: RHP Ryan Perry
Added to 40-man roster: SS Don Kelly
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Ryan Perry, 1B Jeff Larish, OF Clete Thomas
Placed on 7-day DL: OF Ben Guez, OF Kyle Peter
Reinstated from DL: RHP Brayan Villarreal, OF Billy Nowlin, OF Casper Wells

Originally signed by the Tigers as an eighth-round pick in ’01, Kelly bolted for minor league free agency after the ’06 season, spending one year each with the Pirates and Diamondbacks before returning to Detroit this season. A 29-year-old, lefty-hitting infielder from Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Kelly was off to a fine start with Triple-A Toledo: .339/.407/.475 with 10 doubles, 14 steals in 17 attempts and a 19-to-38 walk to strikeout ratio.

Florida Marlins
Released: RHP Ron Hill
Placed on suspended list: OF Cameron Maybin
Recalled: RHP Ricky Nolasco
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Tim Wood
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: RHP Hayden Penn
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Daniel Barone, SS Ryan Klosterman
Reinstated from DL: RHP Garrett Parcell

The Pacific Coast League suspended Maybin for "aggressively arguing a call and bumping (an umpire)." The 22-year-old was batting .297/.360/.429 in 27 games with Triple-A New Orleans.

Houston Astros
Released: LHP Carlos Lazu, OF Chris Turner
Recalled: LHP Wesley Wright
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: RHP Geoff Geary
Placed on 7-day DL: OF Marques Williams
Reinstated from DL: OF Jay Austin
Placed on temporarily inactive list: C Jordan Comadena
Reinstated from inactive list: LHP Andy Van Hekken

Kansas City Royals
Released: C Joe Billick
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Henry Barrera, LHP Dan Cevette
Reinstated from DL: RHP Justin Garcia, RHP Riquy Pena
Reinstated from inactive list: C Joe Billick, SS Juan Rivera

Los Angeles Angels
Signed: OF Val Majewski
Recalled: RHP Kevin Jepsen, 2B Sean Rodriguez
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Jose Arredondo, 2B Howie Kendrick
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP David Herndon, RHP Vladimir Veras, OF Peter Bourjos

A former Orioles’ top prospect, Majewski has auditioned for affiliated clubs in the independent Atlantic League in each of the past two seasons. Baltimore, who made him a third-round pick in ’02, cut him at the end of spring training ’08. Last year, the New Jersey native and product of Rutgers signed on with Newark. This time, the 27-year-old Majewski joined Camden, for whom he batted .310 with four home runs in 28 games before catching the Angels’ attention.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Recalled: 2B Blake DeWitt
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Robert Boothe, RHP Eric Krebs, C Danny Ardoin
Reinstated from DL: 3B Austin Gallagher

Milwaukee Brewers
Placed on suspended list: RHP Nick Bucci
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Mike Burns
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Juan Sandoval, 2B Brett Lawrie
Reinstated from DL: LHP Sam Narron
Reinstated from inactive list: OF Drew T. Anderson

Minnesota Twins
Released: LHP Jarrad Eacott
Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Alexi Casilla
Placed on 7-day DL: 3B Luke Hughes

New York Mets
Signed: OF Luis Rivera
Released: RHP Rogers Figueroa
Acquired: OF Chip Ambres from Red Sox for future considerations
Added to 40-man roster: LHP Jon Switzer
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: OF Emil Brown
Placed on 7-day DL: C Javier Valentin
Reinstated from DL: OF Seth Williams

New York Yankees
Released: OF Wady Rufino
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Christian Garcia, RHP Alan Horne, SS Walter Ibarra, OF James Cooper, OF Colin Curtis
Reinstated from DL: RHP J.B. Cox, RHP Humberto Sanchez, C P.J. Pilittere, SS Garrison Lassiter
Placed on temporarily inactive list: OF John Rodriguez

Oakland Athletics
Recalled: 1B Daric Barton, OF Chris Denorfia
Optioned to Triple-A: SS Gregorio Petit, OF Aaron Cunningham
Reinstated from DL: RHP Chris Farley

Philadelphia Phillies
Released: LHP Josh Shortslef, 3B Todd Waller
Placed on restricted list: 2B Pablo Ozuna
Recalled: RHP Kyle Kendrick, LHP Sergio Escalona
Added to 40-man roster: C Paul Bako
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Kyle Kendrick
Placed on 7-day DL: SS Jason Donald, SS Korby Mintken, OF Dominic Brown
Reinstated from DL: RHP Mike Cisco, 2B Carlos Leon, 3B Mike Cervenak, SS Jorge Velandia
Placed on temporarily inactive list: C Kevin Nelson
Reinstated from inactive list: C Kevin Nelson

On the heels of a breakthrough campaign at Double-A, Donald was off to a slow start through 50 games with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, batting just .230/.293/.324. Now the 24-year-old will have to wait about a month to try to reverse those trends. A torn meniscus in his left knee will require surgery.

In a drug test, Ozuna showed an elevated testosterone/epitestosterone ratio, a performance-enhancing substance violation that resulted in a 50-game suspension for the 34-year-old.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Released: RHP Josh Hill
Acquired: OF Chris Snelling from Padres for future considerations
Recalled: RHP Charlie Morton
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Tom Gorzelanny
Placed on 7-day DL: C Steven Suarez, 2B Josh Bonifay, 3B Neil Walker
Reinstated from DL: RHP Rafael de los Santos, RHP Bryan Morris, OF Jose Tabata

The Padres loaned Snelling, whom they signed as a minor league free agent in the offseason, to the Mexican League, where he batted .324/.435/.520 with five home runs and 16 doubles in 179 at-bats for Monterrey. The 27-year-old Aussie hit .370 for Triple-A Tacoma back in ’05, but he had stumbled through three abbreviated, lousy seasons in the interim.

St. Louis Cardinals
Recalled: RHP P.J. Walters
Optioned to Triple-A: 3B Brian Barden
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Elvis Hernandez, RHP David Kopp, LHP Kristhiam Linares, C Paul Vasquez
Reinstated from DL: LHP Nick Additon, 1B Mark Hamilton, OF Jon Edwards

San Diego Padres
Traded: C Colt Morton to Mariners for future considerations
Traded: OF Chris Snelling to Pirates for future considerations
Placed on restricted list: RHP Tom Davis
Granted free agency: 2B Chris Burke
Recalled: RHP Edwin Moreno, LHP Wade LeBlanc, LHP Joe Thatcher, C Jose Lobaton
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Wade LeBlanc, LHP Joe Thatcher
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: C Jose Lobaton, 2B Chris Burke
Placed on 7-day DL: LHP Cesar Ramos, SS Drew Cumberland, SS Jeudy Valdez
Reinstated from DL: RHP Robert Woodard

San Francisco Giants
Released: RHP Jesse Foppert
Recalled: 2B Kevin Frandsen
Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Kevin Frandsen
Placed on 7-day DL: 2B Eugenio Velez
Reinstated from DL: RHP Chris Wilson

Seattle Mariners
Acquired: C Colt Morton from Padres for future considerations
Placed on suspended list: RHP Kyle Parker
Added to 40-man roster: C Jamie Burke
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: RHP Denny Stark
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Jeff Zimmerman
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Kyle Parker

Tampa Bay Rays
Signed: RHP Jorge Julio
Released: RHP John Baird, RHP Chad Orvella
Optioned to Triple-A: OF Matt Joyce
Placed on 7-day DL: OF Chris Richard
Reinstated from DL: RHP John Baird

Texas Rangers
Signed: LHP Ryan O’Malley
Released: RHP Kazuo Fukumori
Recalled: RHP Guillermo Moscoso
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: RHP Kris Benson
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Omar Poveda, RHP Michael Schlact, LHP Ryan O’Malley, 1B Nate Gold, SS Guilder Rodriguez
Reinstated from DL: C Max Ramirez

Fukumori, 31, demonstrated why he never could hold down the closer’s job in Japan. Since signing with Texas for the ’08 season, he’s accumulated a grand total of four big league innings, in which time he allowed nine runs, 11 hits, four walks and two home runs, leading to a 20.25 ERA. Fukumori wasn’t all that much better in Triple-A, where he posted a 5.48 ERA in 64 innings for Oklahoma, while striking out 40 and allowing 79 hits.

Toronto Blue Jays
Released: RHP Samuel Medina, 1B Nate Nelson
Placed on suspended list: OF Edward Suero
Placed on 7-day DL: 2B Howie Clark
Reinstated from DL: 2B Scott Campbell, 2B Kevin Howard, OF Russ Adams, OF Eric Thames
Reinstated from inactive list: C J.P. Arencibia

Washington Nationals
Signed: RHP Jesse Estrada
Added to 40-man roster: OF Corey Patterson
Placed on 7-day DL: SS Michael Martinez
Reinstated from DL: RHP Luis Atilano, SS Ian Desmond