This time: April 11-18
Previous installment: April 4-10

Arizona Diamondbacks
Recalled: RHP Bobby Korecky
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Billy Buckner

Atlanta Braves
Released: 1B Ryan Voelkel
Recalled: RHP James Parr, LHP Jo-Jo Reyes
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Charlie Morton, C Clint Sammons
Placed on 7-day DL: LHP Lee Hyde, LHP Chad Rodgers, LHP Cole Rohrbough, 2B Diory Hernandez
Reinstated from DL: RHP Tim Gustafson, LHP Kevin Gunderson, LHP Juan Perez
Placed on temporarily inactive list: RHP Vladimir Nunez
Reinstated from inactive list: OF Antonio Perez

Baltimore Orioles
Recalled: RHP Matt Albers, RHP Radhames Liz
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Adam Eaton
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Matt Albers
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Brad Hennessey, 2B Ryan Adams, 2B Donnie Murphy

Boston Red Sox
Released: RHP David Harriott
Recalled: LHP Hunter Jones
Added to 40-man roster: SS Gil Velazquez
Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Travis Denker
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Travis Beazley, RHP Devern Hansack, RHP Ryne Lawson, RHP Richie Lentz, RHP Chad Povich, SS Ryan Dent, SS Yamaico Navarro, OF Jeff Corsaletti
Reinstated from DL: RHP Josh Papelbon, C Zak Farkes, OF Sean Danielson
Placed on temporarily inactive list: OF Brad Wilkerson
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP David Harriott

The Red Sox claimed Denker on waivers from the Padres, who had designated the 23-year-old for assignment to make room for their own waiver claim, righthander Luis Perdomo. San Diego claimed Denker on waivers from the Giants last October.

Harriott, who signed out of Australia in January ’07, never threw a pitch for a domestic Red Sox farm club. The 19-year-old spent the ’08 season on the restricted list.

Chicago Cubs
Signed: C Mario Mercedes
Released: RHP Bubba O’Donnell, OF TeWayne Willis
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Justin Berg, C Mario Mercedes, OF Doug Deeds
Reinstated from DL: C Michael Brenly, SS Matt Matulia, OF Jason Dubois

Chicago White Sox
Released: 1B Ben Broussard, 3B Bunky Kateon, OF Nick Damas
Added to 40-man roster: OF Jerry Owens
Traded RHP Michael Dubee to Pirates for 3B Andy Phillips

Dubee, the son of big league pitching coach Rich Dubee (Phillies), is already on his third organization. Originally signed by the Phillies, he came to the White Sox in the Tadahito Iguchi trade in 2007.

Cincinnati Reds
Acquired: 2B Drew Sutton from Astros as player to be named in trade of SS Jeff Keppinger
Recalled: 2B Danny Richar
Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Drew Sutton
Outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: 2B Danny Richar
Placed on 7-day DL: LHP Bill Bray
Placed on temporarily inactive list: LHP Pedro Viola
Reinstated from inactive list: LHP Pedro Viola

Cleveland Indians
Recalled: LHP Aaron Laffey
Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Josh Barfield
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Vinnie Chulk
Placed on 7-day DL: 3B Jared Goedert
Reinstated from DL: RHP Carlton Smith, C Armando Camacaro

Colorado Rockies
Released: OF Lino Garcia
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Matt Belisle
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP William Harris, RHP Greg Reynolds, SS Matt Repec

Detroit Tigers
Signed: 3B Mike Hessman, OF Brent Clevlen
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Brendan Wise, OF Jeramy Laster. OF Casper Wells

Florida Marlins
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Ryan Tucker, 1B Logan Morrison
Optioned to Triple-A: SS Andy Gonzalez

Tucker was dealing with some knee trouble, while Morrison fractured his right wrist while playing first base for Double-A Jacksonville.

Houston Astros
Traded: 2B Drew Sutton to Reds as player to be named in trade for SS Jeff Keppinger
Recalled: RHP Alberto Arias, RHP Jeff Fulchino, 2B Drew Sutton
Placed on 7-day DL: 3B Chris Johnson, OF Steve Brown
Reinstated from DL: RHP Chad Paronto
Reinstated from inactive list: OF Eli Iorg

Kansas City Royals
Signed: 1B Ryan Shealy
Placed on restricted list: RHP Jacob Rodriguez, C Joe Billick, SS Juan Rivera
Recalled: OF Mitch Maier
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Sidney Ponson
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Riquy Pena, LHP Ivor Hodgson, OF Shane Costa
Reinstated from DL: RHP Justin Garcia, C Joe Billick, 1B David Wood. OF Brian Buchanan

Billick and Rivera both received 50-game suspensions for failing tests for performance-enhancing drugs.

Los Angeles Angels
Signed: C Ryan Budde, 3B Matt Brown
Placed on restricted list: RHP Lou Green
Recalled: RHP Rafael Rodriguez, RHP Rich Thompson, OF Reggie Willits
Optioned to Triple-A: OF Reggie Willits
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Mason Tobin, RHP Jordon Towns
Placed on temporarily inactive list: LHP Will Smith, C Ben Johnson, C Bobby Wilson, 3B Matt Brown, SS Brandon Wood, OF Brad Coon
Reinstated from inactive list: LHP Will Smith

Brown, Coon, Johnson, Wilson and Wood, all members of Triple-A Salt Lake, attended the funeral for Nick Adenhart. All five players were teammates with Adenhart on last year’s Bees team.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Signed: LHP Greg Miller
Recalled: LHP Eric Stults, 2B Blake DeWitt
Added to 40-man roster: SS Juan Castro
Optioned to Triple-A: 2B Blake DeWitt
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Josh Wall, C Fumimasa Ishibashi, 2B Johnny Washington

Milwaukee Brewers
Signed: 2B Kevin Melillo
Released: OF Charlie Fermaint
Recalled: LHP R.J. Swindle
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Mark Holliman, RHP Garrett Sherrill, OF Erik Komatsu
Reinstated from DL: RHP Omar Aguilar, RHP Ryan Houston, LHP Daniel Meadows, C Corey Kemp

The Brewers cut ties with Fermaint, their fourth-round pick in ’03 from Puerto Rico, because for all his athleticism, he batted just .212/.277/.305 in 452 at-bats last season with high Class A Brevard County. He contributed 22 doubles and 27 stolen bases (in 37 attempts), but struck out 99 times and walked just 36 times. And the lack of production wasn’t an aberration. In three attempts at the Florida State League, the 23-year-old Fermaint mustered a line of .238/.301/.336 in 279 games.

Minnesota Twins
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Tim Lahey
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Brian Duensing

New York Mets
Signed: 3B Matt Gaski
Released: RHP Michael Olmsted, OF Rob Mackowiak
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Livan Hernandez, C Omir Santos
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Manuel Alvarez

New York Yankees
Signed: RHP Justin Pope
Recalled: RHP Anthony Claggett, RHP David Robertson, 1B Juan Miranda
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP David Robertson, 1B Juan Miranda
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Justin Pope, C Kevin Cash, 2B Kevin Russo
Reinstated from DL: C P.J. Pilittere, 3B Carlos Mendoza

Oakland Athletics
Released: RHP Lee Land, 3B Danny Hamblin
Recalled: RHP Dan Giese
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Jerry Blevins
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Andrew Carignan, RHP Fautino de los Santos, RHP Jose Fragoso, RHP Jason Glushon, RHP Michael Madsen, RHP Michael Mitchell, RHP Scott Moore, RHP Jason Ray, RHP Henry Rodriguez, RHP Steven Sharpe, RHP Jimmy Shull, RHP Jerome Williams, LHP Brad Kilby, LHP Lance Sewell, C Eric Munson, C Curtis Thigpen, 2B Joe Dillon, 2B Jemile Weeks, 3B Christian Vitters, OF Yusuf Carter, OF Aaron Cunningham, OF Javier Herrera, OF Matt Sulentic
Reinstated from DL: RHP Jason Glushon
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Lee Land, 1B Danny Hamblin

Cunningham separated his shoulder in a home-plate collision with the Mariners’ Jeff Clement. Weeks still was feeling the effects from last season’s hip flexor strain.

Philadelphia Phillies
Recalled: C Lou Marson
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP John Ennis, RHP Scott Nestor, LHP Ryan Ariail
Reinstated from DL: LHP Walter Tejeda, OF Jeremy Slayden

Ariail, 24, signed with the Phillies last September after a three-year run in the independent Frontier and Northern leagues. He went to spring training with the Orioles in ’07, but was cut at the end of camp.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Signed: RHP Evan Meek, 3B Brett Willemburg
Released: LHP Eneldis Vazquez
Traded: 3B Andy Phillips to White Sox for RHP Michael Dubee
Optioned to Triple-A: SS Luis Cruz
Designated for assignment LHP Dave Davidson
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Jimmy Barthmaier, RHP Tom Boleska, RHP Derek Hankins, RHP Bryan Morris, RHP Brian Slocum, LHP Corey Hamman, OF Jason Delaney

The Pirates signed Vazquez, a native of Cuba, in July ’07, but he never did suit up for the organization after missing all of ’08 with an injury. A native of South Africa, Willemburg went 2-for-7 as his nation’s third baseman in the World Baseball Classic. The 24-year-old last played pro ball in the U.S. in ’02, when he played in 16 games for the Arizona League Royals. Since then, he has played in Germany, England and South Africa, while representing his country in two WBCs and various international tournaments. Willemburg joins the growing list of WBC participants to earn contracts this spring. He joins Bruce Chen and Sidney Ponson (Royals) and Leon Boyd (Blue Jays).

Davidson lost his place on the roster when the Pirates traded for Delwyn Young.

St. Louis Cardinals
Recalled: RHP Mitchell Boggs, RHP Chris Perez
Added to 40-man roster: RHP P.J. Walters
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Josh Kinney, RHP Brad Thompson
Placed on 7-day DL: 1B Brandon Buckman, OF Aaron Luna
Reinstated from DL: LHP Royce Ring, C Blake Murphy

San Diego Padres
Signed: OF Drew Macias
Optioned to Triple-A: OF Drew Macias
Designated for assignment 2B Travis Denker
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Josh Banks, RHP Jeremy McBryde, RHP Robert Woodard, OF Josh Alley
Reinstated from DL: RHP Jeremy McBryde, SS Lance Zawadzki

San Francisco Giants
Signed: C Stephen Holm
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Justin Miller
Reinstated from DL: 2B Brock Bond, OF Tyler Graham

Seattle Mariners
Signed: RHP Jeff Zimmerman
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Sean White, C Jamie Burke
Optioned to Triple-A: 3B Matt Tuiasosopo
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Luis Pena, SS Carlos Triunfel, OF Danny Carroll, OF Mike Wilson
Reinstated from DL: 3B Ronnie Prettyman, OF Freddy Guzman

Yes, the Mariners signed that Jeff Zimmerman, the former Rangers closer who hasn’t pitched in a professional game since ’03 or in the big leagues since ’01. He’s 36 and has had three elbow operations, but the Mariners apparently were impressed with what they saw in a private workout.

Carroll has been out of the low Class A Clinton lineup with a strained groin he suffered on Opening Day. Wilson was out with an ankle sprain. Mariners correspondent John Hickey reports that Triunfel had surgery to repair ankle damage and a broken fibula in his left leg and probably will miss at least four months of the season.

Tampa Bay Rays
Released: RHP Craig James
Added to 40-man roster: C Michel Hernandez
Optioned to Triple-A: OF Matt Joyce
Placed on 7-day DL: 3B Jason Bowers
Placed on temporarily inactive list: RHP Joe Cruz

Texas Rangers
Signed: 3B Esteban German
Released: RHP Cesar Rojas
Placed on restricted list: RHP Michael de la Cruz, RHP Miguel Munoz
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Warner Madrigal
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Michael Schlact, 2B German Duran
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Cesar Rojas, OF David Paisano

Toronto Blue Jays
Signed: RHP Casey Beck, RHP Jake Cuffman, LHP Chris Michalak
Released: LHP Robert Zarate
Recalled: LHP Bill Murphy
Added to 40-man roster: C Raul Chavez
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Leon Boyd

Washington Nationals
Signed: LHP Ron Villone
Released: RHP Bobby Brownlie
Recalled: OF Roger Bernadina, OF Leonard Davis
Added to 40-man roster: SS Alex Cintron
Optioned to Triple-A: OF Lastings Milledge
Outrighted to Double-A and removed from 40-man OF Leonard Davis
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Clint Everts, RHP Josh Towers
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Dan Leatherman