This week’s installment considers all transactions reported by MLB between Oct. 11 to Oct. 17. The previous installment is available here.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Hector Ambriz, RHP Tony Barnette, RHP Brooks Brown, RHP Reid Mahon, RHP Max Scherzer, C John Hester, OF Evan Frey
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: SS Mark Hallberg, OF Cyle Hankerd

Baltimore Orioles
Released: RHP Miguel Achil, RHP Adolfito Garcia, LHP Leonardo Madrigal

Boston Red Sox
Granted free agency: SS Josh Wilson

Chicago Cubs
Released: RHP Leonel Perez
Removed from 40-man roster: LHP Carmen Pignatiello

Chicago White Sox
Removed from 40-man roster: C Donny Lucy

Cincinnati Reds
Signed: RHP Jon Adkins, RHP Jeff Kennard, LHP Adam Pettyjohn
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: LHP Philippe Valiquette, 1B Yonder Alonso

Colorado Rockies
Signed: RHP Jon George, RHP Ching-Lung Lo
Granted free agency: 2B Jayson Nix

Both Nix brothers are free to seek employment with whichever organization they choose. Both Jayson and Laynce are free agents. Jayson Nix, 26, who stumbled and fell as the Rockies’ Opening Day second baseman this season, batting .125/.234/.161 in a sparse 56 at-bats and ceding the everyday job to the three-headed monster of Clint Barmes, Jeff Baker and Omar Quintanilla. Jonathan Herrera and Ian Stewart also figured into that equation. A Rockies’ supplemental first-round pick in 2001 from Midland (Texas) High, Nix batted .281/.342/.439 in his three years with Triple-A Colorado Springs, covering 1,061 at-bats. He’s better known for his strong glove work and for helping Team USA win the bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics.

Laynce Nix, 27, finished his second season with Triple-A Nashville (Brewers) in 2008. A Rangers’ fourth-round pick in 2000—also from Midland High—he has compiled .285/.346/.533 averages in 1,117 at-bats as a Triple-A center/right fielder.

Detroit Tigers
Signed: C Charlie Lisk (Gateway (Frontier))
Released: LHP Zach Piccola

Fresh off signing top indy leagues prospect Mike LaLuna, the Tigers have inked Lisk, a two-time Frontier League all-star. The 25-year-old backstop batted .313 with 12 doubles, 24 home runs and 64 RBIs for the Gateway Grizzlies. He finished the season tied for second in the FL in home runs and was fourth in the league with a .583 slugging percentage. Lisk was originally a 24th-round pick of the White Sox in 2001 out of a South Carolina high school and signed for $390,000.

Florida Marlins
Signed: SS Manuel Mayorson
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Todd Doolittle, RHP Tim Wood, LHP Aaron Thompson, LHP Sean West, 1B Logan Morrison, OF Scott Cousins, OF John Raynor

Houston Astros
Granted free agency: RHP Runelvys Hernandez, SS Tomas Perez

Kansas City Royals
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: LHP Gilbert de la Vara
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: SS Kyle Martin

Los Angeles Angels
Granted free agency: RHP Chris Bootcheck

The Angels’ first-round pick from Auburn in 2000, Bootcheck spent only one full season with the club, in 2007, when he posted a 4.77 ERA in 51 games.

Milwaukee Brewers
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: RHP Cody Scarpetta

Minnesota Twins
Released: OF J.W. Wilson

New York Mets
Reinstated from inactive list: 3B Olmedo Saenz

New York Yankees
Granted free agency: LHP Billy Traber

Oakland Athletics
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Jeff Gray, RHP Brett Hunter

Philadelphia Phillies
Granted free agency: LHP Travis Blackley, OF Chris Snelling
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Tyson Brummett, RHP Andrew Carpenter, RHP Pat Overholt, C Lou Marson, OF Quintin Berry, OF Jeremy Slayden
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: RHP Chris Kissock, OF Domonic Brown, OF Michael Taylor

The Mariners signed both Blackley (2000) and Snelling (1999) from Australia on the watch of former general manager Pat Gillick. Each made his way to the Phillies organization in 2008, where Gillick now presides. Despite their talent, both Australians have been derailed by injuries throughout their careers, neither earning much more than cups of coffee in the big leagues. Blackley (a major league Rule 5 pick last December) missed the 2005 season after surgery to repair tears in his labrum; Snelling (acquired in a cash transaction last November) never has missed an entire season, but you have to combine three seasons to rack up even 140 games played.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Granted free agency: RHP Franquelis Osoria
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Derek Hankins

San Francisco Giants
Granted free agency: RHP Kevin Correia, RHP Tyler Walker, 3B Scott McClain, SS Ivan Ochoa

At least McClain, who has hit 287 minor league home runs, got a big league homer (two, in fact) before the Giants let him go.

Tampa Bay Rays
Signed: RHP Nelson Liriano, RHP Elvin Perez
Granted free agency: SS Jorge Velandia

Texas Rangers
Signed: RHP Corey Ragsdale

Toronto Blue Jays
Granted free agency: LHP Gustavo Chacin

Chacin, who signed with Toronto in 1998 out of Venezuela, set a Blue Jays franchise rookie record by making 34 starts in 2005. He made a combined 22 starts in 2006 and 2007, and none in 2008 as he missed the entire year with a shoulder injury, signaling the end of his time with the organization.

Washington Nationals
Signed: SS Marcos Yepez
Removed from 40-man roster: RHP Levale Speigner, OF Ryan Langerhans